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If all goes to plan, and we end up as a settled Premiership team, away tickets would be harder to come across.

So for games that are likely to sell out, how about the club keep 10% set aside for general sale?!

I agree with the loyalty points in general, but I like the idea that anyone can start supporting the Blades, and have a chance to get a ticket to the big away games......without having to get them, by knowing someone, who knows someone, who walks Mccabes dogs etc. :)
 



TimofeeVee said:
If all goes to plan, and we end up as a settled Premiership team, away tickets would be harder to come across.

So for games that are likely to sell out, how about the club keep 10% set aside for general sale?!

I agree with the loyalty points in general, but I like the idea that anyone can start supporting the Blades, and have a chance to get a ticket to the big away games......without having to get them, by knowing someone, who knows someone, who walks Mccabes dogs etc. :)
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Sorry mate but the day some half&shall scarf wearing (Chinese/USA) football tourist gets a ticket ahead of those of us who did Swindon Away on a wet Tuesday night in League One - is the day I start longing for us not to be in the PL...
 
TimofeeVee said:
If all goes to plan, and we end up as a settled Premiership team, away tickets would be harder to come across.
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Bolocks to that, I'm already getting my knickers in a twist about the 2023, 24 & 27 Champions league final tickets. With only 27,562 tickets available in Porto for the first one, I bet all those 80,000 new Beijing Blades will get first dibs.

We really shouldn't have taken that Chinese sponsorship and it won't be the same in the new pink shirts.

Still, I'll be there cheering on the Sheffield Storm Pirate Blade Steelers.......
 
IdLiketoRogerMoore said:
Sorry mate but the day some half&shall scarf wearing (Chinese/USA) football tourist gets a ticket ahead of those of us who did Swindon Away on a wet Tuesday night in League One - is the day I start longing for us not to be in the PL...
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Need a golden like button. Only to be used once. This would be mine.

The most ridiculous, infuriating suggestion I've ever seen on here. I'd be nowhere near a ticket for away games and there's a good reason for that. I don't deserve one.

TimofeeVee said:
If all goes to plan, and we end up as a settled Premiership team, away tickets would be harder to come across.

So for games that are likely to sell out, how about the club keep 10% set aside for general sale?!

I agree with the loyalty points in general, but I like the idea that anyone can start supporting the Blades, and have a chance to get a ticket to the big away games......without having to get them, by knowing someone, who knows someone, who walks Mccabes dogs etc. :)
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Go and think about what you've said.
 
totally agree, the allocation for Forest was shocking, i have wrote to the club about this and had a interesting phone call back, sugguested the same saving a few tickets back for general sale, and if not then how bout beam back for ALL away matches that SELL OUT, said interesting they are considering this move. Hoping for Preston tickets in December with 5,000 roughly allocation.
 
I'm going to struggle to get away tickets for this season if recent allocation is anything to go by?. Unfortunately I've not been able to get to many away games recently due to work commitments ect!. I currently don't have the 35000+ points to get 1st choice. I'd have very little chance of getting an away tckt in the prem. the current system is best because it rewards the fans who have travelled long distances on a wet Tuesday night. At least I've got a season ticket now and can get to home games regularly. I know someone over here that has been on a waiting list for a season ticket for 12 years!!. I would never want to be in that situation?. Utb
 
I think I am in the few that has quite a number of loyalty points but also want a revamp of the system. Maybe a rollover period.

I also think a different system for kids and teens to that of 18+

Under 10s should get higher points to start with - almost like a "manufacturer contribution" when buying a car. Otherwise, Mum/Dads will always struggle to take their Boys/Girls to matches away. They could have up to 3 'linked' adults and can only purchase away tickets if one of those linked adults are going to the game with them.. This could enable kids to build up enough points ready for when they turn 16 and can go alone.

Maybe u/10s get triple the loyalty points of an adult and 16-18 get double? But they also get a bit of a head start with like 10k loyalty points - this would mean that a trip to Hillsborough, adults get 50pts, u/10s 150pts, young adults 100pts
 
I remember going to away games in the Prem in 06/07 and seeing so many people I'd never seen before despite going away regularly since the mid 80s.

One game in particular stands out, Bolton away when we lost 1-0. 3000 or so Blades, away sell out, and I'm stood on the concourse just before kick off. Looking around not recognising a single face. Bizarre.
 
What is intriguing is the number of people who have got a gripe with the loyalty point system are generally the same people who are now struggling to get tickets for away games.

I can usually get away tickets for games as I'm quite high up with the loyalty points, but I've consistently gone to the away games and less desirable fixtures during our stint in the third division, I don't really see why I should potentially lose on tickets if they keep some behind for general sale. It sort of defeats the objective of a loyalty point system.

On the other hand I do think there should be a 5 year roll over period
 
How many of our away games before Christmas are going to sell out quickly? Leeds and Burton on a Friday night will sell out but not straight away. QPR and Millwall will struggle to sell out (we took about 700 there last season). Preston give a good allocation (about 4K) and Villa is two days before Christmas.
 
Over the last, say 3 years I have attended in excess of 40 away games as well as all pre season friendlies, cup games and checkatrade matches that points are awarded for. I have watched some great games but I've endured some rank awful times in league one but supported my team through thick and thin. Approx 10-12 years ago for personal reasons I was unable to have a season ticket for two years but still went to some games. Here I am still paying the price for that over a decade ago now we are doing well. Where were some of these supporters when were utter drivel? Those that rarely miss never need to worry with a rolling system. The will always be at the front of the queue. The younger generation has no incentive to go to away games either. For the odd game they can get tickets there will be more that keeps them well down the list. The only people who seem opposed to what is a sensible "tweak" of the system is the "I'm alright Jack" brigade who fear others may catch up. If your a regular through thick AND THIN then what would you have to fear?
 



Unfortunately away games are now a closed shop younger fans have little or no chance of tickets, we should be having a rolling loyalty points system so new faces can catch up. As it is it is a case of more shall have more when it comes to loyalty points.
 
spongebobblade said:
If your a regular through thick AND THIN then what would you have to fear?
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Probably everyone being in the same boat as everyone else making it harder to get tickets, when we've capped or lost a proportion of our points?

There are valid reasons to look at it and the club are... But the current trend (and not aiming this at anyone here), appears to be to attack those with most points, rather than find a workable solution.

There's a reason people have so many points, many seem to begrudge this due to their own circumstances, but funnily enough, we never seem to see it being a massive problem for the less attractive fixtures.
 
TimofeeVee said:
If all goes to plan, and we end up as a settled Premiership team, away tickets would be harder to come across.

So for games that are likely to sell out, how about the club keep 10% set aside for general sale?!

I agree with the loyalty points in general, but I like the idea that anyone can start supporting the Blades, and have a chance to get a ticket to the big away games......without having to get them, by knowing someone, who knows someone, who walks Mccabes dogs etc. :)
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I guess you don't have many points then
 
metalblade said:
Unfortunately away games are now a closed shop younger fans have little or no chance of tickets, we should be having a rolling loyalty points system so new faces can catch up. As it is it is a case of more shall have more when it comes to loyalty points.
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Must admit it does beg the question how younger fans without the hoard of loyalty points will get the tickets. Shots of the away end are starting to look like a casting call for Dads Army!
 
Foxy said:
Probably everyone being in the same boat as everyone else making it harder to get tickets, when we've capped or lost a proportion of our points?

There are valid reasons to look at it and the club are... But the current trend (and not aiming this at anyone here), appears to be to attack those with most points, rather than find a workable solution.

There's a reason people have so many points, many seem to begrudge this due to their own circumstances, but funnily enough, we never seem to see it being a massive problem for the less attractive fixtures.
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From my point of view it's not an attack on those for having the most points more of an observation that they seem to be the ones who generally don't want change (I'm alright jack?)
Here's an example of how the current system doesn't work. I know of people who have started going away again during the second half of last season and this who haven't been away since the premiership days. I'm not criticising them, that's there prerogative but do they deserve a ticket more than those who have been loyal during , say the lean 5 years? It's a difficult one I agree but a rolling system for me would bring us more up to date? It's the younger fan who is suffering the most though. Does it mean you have to start buying season tickets from the moment they are born? I'm sure in your own situation it's a problem you understand. When my daughter was born, we never thought for one moment loyalty points would be an issue never mind whether she would like football or not! ( note that being a blade wouldn't and hasn't ever been an issue!!)
Edit; the less attractive fixtures are the ones we try to make up the points on! (Work permitting)
 
The problem seems to be as much if not more about how many tickets we are been given by the home side. QPR away we've been allocated 1700 tickets on the upper tier. What about the lower tier ? Was Forest a sell out in the home end ? Even at home we don't seem to be giving the away teams much of an allocation and we aren't selling out the home end so why don't all clubs give out more away tickets?

I can remember us filling away ends at.the likes of Forest and now we only get a couple of thousand tickets. It'll be the same.e for them at our place, they would bring 4-5 k but we will only give them 2800
 
Foxy said:
Probably everyone being in the same boat as everyone else making it harder to get tickets, when we've capped or lost a proportion of our points?

There are valid reasons to look at it and the club are... But the current trend (and not aiming this at anyone here), appears to be to attack those with most points, rather than find a workable solution.

There's a reason people have so many points, many seem to begrudge this due to their own circumstances, but funnily enough, we never seem to see it being a massive problem for the less attractive fixtures.
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If there was a roll-over period, wouldn't that just mean that even more people are eligible for the first couple of days sales than there are now?

Are the club also considering offering extra loyalty points for those us who don't live in Sheffield, say 1 LP per mile per round trip?

Not that that would benefit me at all


Well only a little bit :D
 
Should be 80% of tickets go to people with say 30k plus points and then the rest go to season ticket holders
 
Keep hearing the "not fair on the kids" argument. I have mates who’s kids have lots of points. One is 12 and has over 60,000 points. I know the cost of taking kids can be high but we have been in the pub league for six years. Lots of clubs offered very attractive pricing for Kids tickets (admittedly not all) and on a number of occasions younger kids have been a fiver or even free with a paying adult - they still got a ticket and still accrued loyalty points. Plus, we have had big allocations which were not routinely selling out until last season so the opportunity has been there for kids to rack up some points. I do agree there may need to be some tweaking of the system if allocations remain small and away followings remain high, but that shouldn’t penalise the adults & kids that have attained healthy numbers of points watching what, up until last season, was complete dross at times....
 
I was at the Forest game and looking around me pre match and there were 5 kids, I would guess they were all younger than 11, who were sat within a few metres of me. So, people saying that youngsters won't be able to attend away games as they do not have enough points seems to be proven wrong to me. And that was just from within my immediate vicinity.
 



awblade said:
I was at the Forest game and looking around me pre match and there were 5 kids, I would guess they were all younger than 11, who were sat within a few metres of me. So, people saying that youngsters won't be able to attend away games as they do not have enough points seems to be proven wrong to me. And that was just from within my immediate vicinity.
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I know of numerous younger fans who use other people's points to get tickets. To them it's the "here and now". Get the ticket by any means possible because the chance of them ever having enough points of there own at present are remote to say the least. As has been said there will be a few with the necessary points of there own but I suspect these are very select
 
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