Spurs Date

[normal rules]

Club have confirmed sell out

[drfcsteve]

Ridiculous. Club worried about paying a few grand for potentially unsold tickets when we’re getting half a mil from the gate anyway.

[paddy hoops]

I can't believe the club asked for so few tickets. We could have easily sold the larger consignment with the amount of interest. Gutted I can't go, club have dropped an absolute clanger on this one.

Obviously I'll be watching it on TV but I just think some of the decisions the club makes about ticketing for games, not just this one, don't make any sense

[TonySoprano]

Very very frustrating, given we are entitled to 10% capacity as per the competition rules.

Let's hope the club go back to spurs to request the full allocation.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

[drfcsteve]

Very very frustrating, given we are entitled to 10% capacity as per the competition rules.

Let's hope the club go back to spurs to request the full allocation.

I thought it was confirmed earlier in the thread, there will be no more tickets. It was 3,900 or 5,800 and drfc went for the lower amount.

[TonySoprano]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Selling out 2 weeks before the game means the club massively underestimated demand

[TonySoprano]

Very very frustrating, given we are entitled to 10% capacity as per the competition rules.

Let's hope the club go back to spurs to request the full allocation.

I thought it was confirmed earlier in the thread, there will be no more tickets. It was 3,900 or 5,800 and drfc went for the lower amount.

Not confirmed officially.
Nothing to say we can't go back and claim our full entitlement.

[drfcsteve]

I hope so.

[normal rules]

Very very frustrating, given we are entitled to 10% capacity as per the competition rules.

Let's hope the club go back to spurs to request the full allocation.

I don’t think that’s going to happen. There is a spurs fan online who has a ST there. His seat is in the tier above the away fans where the extra allocation usually is. He states he gets moved before buying ticket when there is a big away following . He has his ticket already for the game . So that area is being sold to home fans .

[CoppsOnTheRocks]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Pretty much this. People that regularly go to games get the points, if you didn't get a ticket because you had to wait to general sale then it's just unfortunate. Paying back thousands to a club like us would be ridiculous.

[GazLaz]

Does anyone know anyone who wanted a ticket but didn’t get one?

[drfcsteve]

Does anyone know anyone who wanted a ticket but didn’t get one?

Obviously yes otherwise it wouldn’t have sold out. 5 of us were waiting till general sale, none got tickets.

[paddy hoops]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Right are we saying now as a club and a fan base that the only people that have a right to away tickets are those that can afford/have time to go regularly? Talk about a club shooting itself in the foot.

Especially when we all know that it's not like Spurs are going to sell out their allocation to see us play. We could have sold out 5000 tickets and that more money for the club.

Me and several of my mates who can't go regularly were planning on going out of our way to get to this and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. A night at a prem club, especially one of the London clubs, could have potentially pulled quite a lot of extra fans and possibly quite a few neutrals and casual fans. This is nothing but short sighted as far as I can see

[bpoolrover]

I know of 4 that go prob 10 games a season that missed out

[Fal]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Right are we saying now as a club and a fan base that the only people that have a right to away tickets are those that can afford/have time to go regularly? Talk about a club shooting itself in the foot.

Especially when we all know that it's not like Spurs are going to sell out their allocation to see us play. We could have sold out 5000 tickets and that more money for the club.

Me and several of my mates who can't go regularly were planning on going out of our way to get to this and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. A night at a prem club, especially one of the London clubs, could have potentially pulled quite a lot of extra fans and possibly quite a few neutrals and casual fans. This is nothing but short sighted as far as I can see

Most clubs in the Prem/EFL will be lucky if tickets going to general sale if they have a sizeable fan base, the whole system is set up to ensure those who regularly go have the first right of refusal and those who go once in a blue moon have to chance it with general sale. Its a very fair system

[paddy hoops]

I'm not saying don't give them first choice. But I'm saying if you know you're about to play a prem team away, something that doesn't come up very often for us, maybe make sure you've got enough tickets so that you can actually get some to general sale.

[normal rules]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Right are we saying now as a club and a fan base that the only people that have a right to away tickets are those that can afford/have time to go regularly? Talk about a club shooting itself in the foot.

Especially when we all know that it's not like Spurs are going to sell out their allocation to see us play. We could have sold out 5000 tickets and that more money for the club.

Me and several of my mates who can't go regularly were planning on going out of our way to get to this and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. A night at a prem club, especially one of the London clubs, could have potentially pulled quite a lot of extra fans and possibly quite a few neutrals and casual fans. This is nothing but short sighted as far as I can see

Playing devils advocate here. can you imagine what it’s like getting a ticket as a home fan at spurs ? There are some spurs fans that see this game as an opportunity to see their team at a reasonable price and get a seat. Bearing in mind high profile tickets there are circa £100. I suppose we have a cause to moan if on the night there are big swathes of the away end empty . Then we have a cause to complain. Of course by that time it’s too late . They are believed to have 50500 season ticket holders and 80000 on a waiting list . Different world to the likes of drfc.sometimes we don’t know how lucky we are . For 99% of games 99% of our fans that want to get tickets do so.

[Filo]

There’ll be 25k to30k seats empty on the night

[Ldr]

Everyone assuming that they are not closing any part of the stadium for this one. Could be that large areas are closed off

[normal rules]

Morcambe took 2500 ish in their 3rd fa cup game a couple years ago. I wonder what they were allocated? There was a 40k plus crowd there for that one . Sunday 2pm ko. Live on tv

[sf9944]

Be nice to have a bit of transparency on this.

Why did the club only take 3900 as opposed to 5800?
Is there any chance of extra tickets? Perhaps through negotiation with Spurs as SM seemed to be suggesting yesterday?
Is it 3900 or 5800 with no in between option?

Transparency would be helpful as there are a lot of unofficial and perhaps even conspiracy theories out there. We don’t want to be alienating our own fans.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Right are we saying now as a club and a fan base that the only people that have a right to away tickets are those that can afford/have time to go regularly? Talk about a club shooting itself in the foot.

Especially when we all know that it's not like Spurs are going to sell out their allocation to see us play. We could have sold out 5000 tickets and that more money for the club.

Me and several of my mates who can't go regularly were planning on going out of our way to get to this and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. A night at a prem club, especially one of the London clubs, could have potentially pulled quite a lot of extra fans and possibly quite a few neutrals and casual fans. This is nothing but short sighted as far as I can see

Not saying that at all. If you were to read the whole thread, there's some reasoning why the club went for the 3900 allocation.  You, nor I, have no idea how many more than the 3900 could have been sold. If it was a case of being able to request additional blocks by block, then the decision would have been alot easier to assess.

As others have said, the priority system is a fair one. If there are fans who attend around ten home games a season, then they could have put themselves further up the list, rather than wait for general sale.

[TonySoprano]

Looks like they massively underestimated the demand.

Don't exaggerate. If just shy of 1000 have gone to general sale then those most regular of supporters have got tickets if they wanted them.

Right are we saying now as a club and a fan base that the only people that have a right to away tickets are those that can afford/have time to go regularly? Talk about a club shooting itself in the foot.

Especially when we all know that it's not like Spurs are going to sell out their allocation to see us play. We could have sold out 5000 tickets and that more money for the club.

Me and several of my mates who can't go regularly were planning on going out of our way to get to this and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. A night at a prem club, especially one of the London clubs, could have potentially pulled quite a lot of extra fans and possibly quite a few neutrals and casual fans. This is nothing but short sighted as far as I can see

Not saying that at all. If you were to read the whole thread, there's some reasoning why the club went for the 3900 allocation.  You, nor I, have no idea how many more than the 3900 could have been sold. If it was a case of being able to request additional blocks by block, then the decision would have been alot easier to assess.

As others have said, the priority system is a fair one. If there are fans who attend around ten home games a season, then they could have put themselves further up the list, rather than wait for general sale.

Yes, but the point is we COULD have had more tickets if the club wanted.
People are missing out.

Mansfield took 6000 to Everton new stadium, did they f**k about with limited ticket numbers ? No they took the whole allocation. 

[DonnyBazR0ver]

No, the point is, you didnt have all the information to hand, to have made the assessment in the first place.

Now, with all the information that you have now, let's say it's your decision and you have to pay Spurs the compensation for unsold tickets, are you going to choose the allocation you're confident of selling, or the one you think we might?

It's your call.

[rich1471]

113 behind the goal cannot wait for the game win or lose it will be a great night

I'm in there with you Rich, looking forward to this one! If you're wanting to go on coach I'd be tempted to get in and get booked on asap, I think Paul was on coach 15 or 16 already yesterday morning.

on coach 10 booked on Saturday cannot wait,they asked me to count people on and off so nobody gets left behind

[drfcsteve]

No, the point is, you didnt have all the information to hand, to have made the assessment in the first place.

Now, with all the information that you have now, let's say it's your decision and you have to pay Spurs the compensation for unsold tickets, are you going to choose the allocation you're confident of selling, or the one you think we might?

It's your call.

I said earlier on in the thread I thought taking the lower amount was a mistake.

Despite, in my opinion, it being obvious there would be huge demand for these tickets, the club have now put themselves in a position of turning away up to 1,900 rovers fans who wanted to experience this once in a generation event.

Forget about the penny pinching worrying about unsold tickets, the club have potentially now cost themselves around £20k? in lost revenue, and pissed off a good chunk of fans in the process.

[VivaRovers]

As others have said, the priority system is a fair one. If there are fans who attend around ten home games a season, then they could have put themselves further up the list, rather than wait for general sale.

How would they do this?

I think the Points system is largely sound, but it does feel like it's missing another purchase cut-off beneath 25 points, as currently if you've made it to 20 matches you've no greater standing than someone who hasn't been to any.

Unless there's something I've missed.

[sf9944]

This needs to be addressed by the club officially. Not through supporters that have been told things. In saying that I don’t mean to be disrespectful to those that have passed on information on here.

I think most will accept the situation if the club is transparent about the reasons for decisions made. People are saying the club would have lost money had they gone for the higher allocation and been unable to sell them. But just how much money would they have lost and how much of a risk was it?

As I said above we don’t want to be alienating people.

[Fal]

No, the point is, you didnt have all the information to hand, to have made the assessment in the first place.

Now, with all the information that you have now, let's say it's your decision and you have to pay Spurs the compensation for unsold tickets, are you going to choose the allocation you're confident of selling, or the one you think we might?

It's your call.

I said earlier on in the thread I thought taking the lower amount was a mistake.

Despite, in my opinion, it being obvious there would be huge demand for these tickets, the club have now put themselves in a position of turning away up to 1,900 rovers fans who wanted to experience this once in a generation event.

Forget about the penny pinching worrying about unsold tickets, the club have potentially now cost themselves around £20k? in lost revenue, and pissed off a good chunk of fans in the process.

If the demand was high then we wouldve sold out way before General Sale with the amount of ST holders we have, the club aren't losing out on anything at all. Its just the bunch of fans who go every now and again who are pissed off, if you werent quick enough or had enough points due to your own circumstances then quite simply no one elses fault apart from your own. Think of those fans of football clubs who can't even get to a normal league fixture due to the waiting lists etc, the club put the priortiy points system in place like many other clubs have to ensure those who attended all if not most games will have a great chance of getting a ticket for an away fixture.

We have 1312 tickets for Luton, if they sell out too are you going to complain about that too? No its because its a one off tie against Tottenham and the fairweather fans are coming out for it. Harsh but in my opinion i have zero sympathy for those without a ticket, its your decision to not put yourself in a better position for tickets whether that be for work/family or other reasons.

For example where were the extra 3000 fans who attended the promotion game against Bradford at the end of last season and 5 months later were nowhere to be seen because its just a normal league fixture....