Wendy Match

[BigBed]

No, and I can verify this as I've sat there since they put a roof on it UTB

If I could like this twice I would!!
Watched the Wigan match from BLUT central to the goal, about halfway up, very good view, a little quiet, but I'd highly recommend, and it's well out of the weather and you'll never have the sun in your eyes!!!

 

[TCsLoveChild]

If I could like this twice I would!!
Watched the Wigan match from BLUT central to the goal, about halfway up, very good view, a little quiet, but I'd highly recommend, and it's well out of the weather and you'll never have the sun in your eyes!!!

Thanks for the tip, unfortunately I go with around 8-10 mates every week, all season ticket holder and some of whom claim to be too poor to sit anywhere else so basically I am stuck (at least until a few of em start dying off! UTB

 

[Addison]

Question for those in the know please

I am a season ticket holder on the KOP. GF wants to attend the Wendy game granted not a big football fan however she has been added to my Blades Ticket's account. Called the ticket office this morning and because she doesnt have 500 points i cannot buy a ticket yet there are plenty still available, lady at the ticket office stated new rules by SY Police??, GF attended the Sheffield Derby last season and previous other matches but not a chance for this one

i appreciate not a passionate fan like myself however seems a bit harsh that although tickets are available she cant have one unless she has more than 500 points,

apologies if this / similar issue has been discussed elswhere

any ideas or sugestions (serious ones only please)

Thank you

UTB

Out of interest did the ticket office explain what the new rules insisted on by SYP are? I can understand there being a requirement that everyone in possession of a match ticket should have their details entered onto the database. I could understand the Club setting a bar that new registrations by a certain date will not qualify for a pig ticket to out pig infiltrators. It may have been sensible for the Club to set a bar of 500 points at the outset because of the numbers on the database to ensure everyone could get a ticket.

Now we have not sold out the Home end and there are over 1,000 tickets left and a number of Blades who have been on the Clubs database for some time but have less than 500 points still don't qualify for a ticket. If the bar is not amended these fans lose out and so does the Club in terms of revenue.

SAG can limit numbers in certain areas of the ground due to health and safety and potential disorder and have input into away fan numbers. They surely do not have the authority to impose a loyalty points threshold on the sale of tickets to Home fans?

As to suggestions to get a tickets as others have said an appeal to those season ticket holders who probably live far away and can't get to a Friday night game is probably the best option to get a ticket. Hope you get a ticket.

 

[8lade]

Come on, be fair, you only took the other half to these games, cos nobodyelse would go with you, didn't you?..............be honest!!

I prefer to go alone to matches (taking the other half got old after the first match), you can always talk to the bloke next to you if you feel a need to talk to anybody.

 

[BladeInIreland]

Stupid rule really, my old man can’t get a ticket but he is on the system as he gets to a couple a season, been a few since his last season ticket. Clearly not a pig and if there’s spare tickets why shouldn’t he be able to get one.

 

[Ricky]

If this rule prevents a sell out it will be absolutely pathetic.

 

[Harry's Game]

SAG can do anything they like....




....Except override Sky on kick off times.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

You think SY Police have thought that far ahead yet ?. To be honest I would be surprised as the rivalry between us and Derby isn't as intense as the other two

To be honest, however intense the “rivalry” may be.........they still only get 2.5K

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Out of interest did the ticket office explain what the new rules insisted on by SYP are? I can understand there being a requirement that everyone in possession of a match ticket should have their details entered onto the database. I could understand the Club setting a bar that new registrations by a certain date will not qualify for a pig ticket to out pig infiltrators. It may have been sensible for the Club to set a bar of 500 points at the outset because of the numbers on the database to ensure everyone could get a ticket.

Now we have not sold out the Home end and there are over 1,000 tickets left and a number of Blades who have been on the Clubs database for some time but have less than 500 points still don't qualify for a ticket. If the bar is not amended these fans lose out and so does the Club in terms of revenue.

SAG can limit numbers in certain areas of the ground due to health and safety and potential disorder and have input into away fan numbers. They surely do not have the authority to impose a loyalty points threshold on the sale of tickets to Home fans?

As to suggestions to get a tickets as others have said an appeal to those season ticket holders who probably live far away and can't get to a Friday night game is probably the best option to get a ticket. Hope you get a ticket.

Some fans are probably put off by how complicated it all sounds.
Just having a purchase record should have been enough.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

The only games I’ve ever took our lass too are Wolves(Cardiff) Burnley(Wembley) and Hudds(Wembley). So my glory hunting missus ain’t seen us win yet.

 

[PaulHalfway]

Obvious thing to do now is reduce the points to 250, means people have been to 5 home games as a minimum

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Obvious thing to do now is reduce the points to 250, means people have been to 5 home games as a minimum

If they’d done that I’d have got one no problem ( I have one ) but had to ask a friend of a friend so to speak

 

[dublin 10 blade]

I took my girlfriend to a game once
Walsall at home when we got relegated,
She’s , not my girlfriend, and I’ve never taken a lass to game since

 

[Addison]

Obvious thing to do now is reduce the points to 250, means people have been to 5 home games as a minimum

I agree and that was the points total required for last seasons game.Its the suggestion that this can't be done because of an SYP directive that is concerning.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Matches I've taken GFs/partners to:

Norwich (2003)
Lincoln City (friendly)
Worksop (friendly)
Leicester (in the cup)
Fleetwood

Why do people only feel the urge to take infrequent supporters to the best games where tickets are scarce?

24000 scare?

 

[penthouseblade]

Question for those in the know please

I am a season ticket holder on the KOP. GF wants to attend the Wendy game granted not a big football fan however she has been added to my Blades Ticket's account. Called the ticket office this morning and because she doesnt have 500 points i cannot buy a ticket yet there are plenty still available, lady at the ticket office stated new rules by SY Police??, GF attended the Sheffield Derby last season and previous other matches but not a chance for this one

i appreciate not a passionate fan like myself however seems a bit harsh that although tickets are available she cant have one unless she has more than 500 points,

apologies if this / similar issue has been discussed elswhere

any ideas or sugestions (serious ones only please)

Thank you

UTB

The 500 points will simply be to stop fans of the Massive getting tickets in the home stands. Not that they generally do I dont think?

The new friends and family thing is a bit of a pain, but once set up it's easy enough to use to your advantage. You can get hold of anything if you try hard enough pal.....

 

[8lade]

24000 scare?

Yes that was a 'family day' or whatever they called that promotion hence the reason why the crowd was so much, to quote the big fat wanker sat next to my family, 'fuck me it's a right fucking fish factory in here today.'
Anymore questions or clarification needed?

 

[71Blade]

ticket sorted big thank you Dkc

UTB

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Question for those in the know please

I am a season ticket holder on the KOP. GF wants to attend the Wendy game granted not a big football fan however she has been added to my Blades Ticket's account. Called the ticket office this morning and because she doesnt have 500 points i cannot buy a ticket yet there are plenty still available, lady at the ticket office stated new rules by SY Police??, GF attended the Sheffield Derby last season and previous other matches but not a chance for this one

i appreciate not a passionate fan like myself however seems a bit harsh that although tickets are available she cant have one unless she has more than 500 points,

apologies if this / similar issue has been discussed elswhere

any ideas or sugestions (serious ones only please)

Thank you

UTB

Not read all the threads so apologies if duplicating but may be worth buying her a membership card? I think that gets her points? Can anyone confirm?

 

[ghandi]

Not read all the threads so apologies if duplicating but may be worth buying her a membership card? I think that gets her points? Can anyone confirm?

100 points for membership.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

100 points for membership.

Then buy her 5 and she’s sorted!

 

[ghandi]

Then buy her 5 and she’s sorted!

He was sorted in the post prior to yours !

 

[Cerberus Blade]

He was sorted in the post prior to yours !

I did say I didn’t read all the threads though so I have a disclaimer and I take full credit for the genius solution, whatever it was.

It is a bit of an issue though, trying to get tickets for certain games. Not for me because I have so many loyalty points that I can do what the F I like! But I do feel for some folk (not all) who want to go to a game but can’t because they don’t qualify. The situation is made worse when there are empty seats and folks locked out, with money in their hand that they want to part with, to come in.

I think it’s even worse when it’s a Sheffield derby. There are many families (deranged ones of course) who have not only Blades in them (as is normal and to be expected) but also the wayward estranged Owl as well. We should be able to accommodate these people. It should be a rudimentary part of every Owl’s education to watch United and realise what they are missing.

And as for the “casual” Blades supporter, they should be welcomed to the Lane and get them hooked. That’s almost what happened to me.

I was “interested” in Sheffield football at the age of 12 but had no allegiance to either club. I did not come from a family with allegiances to either club either. But the Sheffield derby was my first ever game. (Was it 1970? I can’t remember? But the Blades beat Owls 3-2 at the Lane and sub John Tudor scored the winner).

I went to that game because everyone at school was talking about it. You had to have an opinion. You had to be in one camp or the other. I wasn’t. So I went to see for myself.

I wouldn’t say that one match decided it for me, because I used to go and watch both for the next few months - depending on who was at home. But United were classy and Wednesday were not. Then I realised I’d rather watch Uniteds reserves in the Central league than Wednesday!

The point is: I went to that match because I could. There weren’t “memberships” back then. It was a case of, “if you want to watch it, turn up and pay, and you’re in! “

I liked that. And they found room for more of us than they can do today. Almost 50,000 in Bramall Lane and Hillsboro for some of them games in the 1970’s. That’s 20,000 more than we’ll see at either Sheffield derby this season.

Meanwhile there are fans out there who would love to be inside watching the match. They want to give us money to do so. But we have to say no to that and have empty seats instead.

At a time when the “entertainment” business is more competitive than ever, we choose to turn away paying customers who, like me, might be willing to hand over good money on a regular basis for the rest of their lives.

As a businessman, I find that a strange business model!

 

[1889]

I did say I didn’t read all the threads though so I have a disclaimer and I take full credit for the genius solution, whatever it was.

It is a bit of an issue though, trying to get tickets for certain games. Not for me because I have so many loyalty points that I can do what the F I like! But I do feel for some folk (not all) who want to go to a game but can’t because they don’t qualify. The situation is made worse when there are empty seats and folks locked out, with money in their hand that they want to part with, to come in.

I think it’s even worse when it’s a Sheffield derby. There are many families (deranged ones of course) who have not only Blades in them (as is normal and to be expected) but also the wayward estranged Owl as well. We should be able to accommodate these people. It should be a rudimentary part of every Owl’s education to watch United and realise what they are missing.

And as for the “casual” Blades supporter, they should be welcomed to the Lane and get them hooked. That’s almost what happened to me.

I was “interested” in Sheffield football at the age of 12 but had no allegiance to either club. I did not come from a family with allegiances to either club either. But the Sheffield derby was my first ever game. (Was it 1970? I can’t remember? But the Blades beat Owls 3-2 at the Lane and sub John Tudor scored the winner).

I went to that game because everyone at school was talking about it. You had to have an opinion. You had to be in one camp or the other. I wasn’t. So I went to see for myself.

I wouldn’t say that one match decided it for me, because I used to go and watch both for the next few months - depending on who was at home. But United were classy and Wednesday were not. Then I realised I’d rather watch Uniteds reserves in the Central league than Wednesday!

The point is: I went to that match because I could. There weren’t “memberships” back then. It was a case of, “if you want to watch it, turn up and pay, and you’re in! “

I liked that. And they found room for more of us than they can do today. Almost 50,000 in Bramall Lane and Hillsboro for some of them games in the 1970’s. That’s 20,000 more than we’ll see at either Sheffield derby this season.

Meanwhile there are fans out there who would love to be inside watching the match. They want to give us money to do so. But we have to say no to that and have empty seats instead.

At a time when the “entertainment” business is more competitive than ever, we choose to turn away paying customers who, like me, might be willing to hand over good money on a regular basis for the rest of their lives.

As a businessman, I find that a strange business model!

Very true CB, but it’s SYP imposed business model and everyone knows, that if they themselves were a business, the administrators would have been called in many decades ago

 

[MobileBlade]

Obvious thing to do now is reduce the points to 250, means people have been to 5 home games as a minimum

You get 100 points just for buying a membership card. Not sure if its been mentioned.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Very true CB, but it’s SYP imposed business model and everyone knows, that if they themselves were a business, the administrators would have been called in many decades ago

I just think, at some point, you have to take a stand. At some point United have to stand up to this nonsense and say, “we’ve got 32,700 seats in the stadium and we are going to fill every one”. If the police can’t police it then we’ll put extra stewards on, but this is the capacity we’ve been granted in law, and this is what we intend to do.

We’ve got insurance as well. If it goes wrong, sue us. But we’ve built a stadium to seat 32,700 and that’s our intention.

What could they do about that?

 

[bartman]

I just think, at some point, you have to take a stand. At some point United have to stand up to this nonsense and say, “we’ve got 32,700 seats in the stadium and we are going to fill every one”. If the police can’t police it then we’ll put extra stewards on, but this is the capacity we’ve been granted in law, and this is what we intend to do.

We’ve got insurance as well. If it goes wrong, sue us. But we’ve built a stadium to seat 32,700 and that’s our intention.

What could they do about that?

The police and the Safety Advisory Group could refuse permission for spectators to be at the game .

Hillsborough has the same issues

 

[Foxy]

What could they do about that?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/conten...ounds/Safety Certification and SAG Policy.pdf

 

[Sheffsteel]

The police and the Safety Advisory Group could refuse permission for spectators to be at the game .

Hillsborough has the same issues

True, the thing I find weird is the constantly variable away allocations in the lower tier.
It seems the Safety Committee make it up as they go along with the away allocation always varying from one game to the next with numbers anywhere between 2,100 to 2,300. For one match we offer away team 2,190, the next match we offer 2,319, then we offer the next club 2,245, the next get offered 2,521 etc.

I’ve said this before but I’d love the club to shed some light on the reduced capacity mystery.
Also not sure why we can’t give away fans an extra 500 or 1000 in the Bramall Lane upper tier corner.
McCabe said that the beauty of new corner stand is we could be really flexible regards the away tickets offered to away fans because
the internal concourse areas in the BLUT can be closed for segregation.
Suspect that when we return to the PL capacity would increase back to 32,700 again. Why is this?

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

I presume its to stop Wednesday fans from buying tickets.