| Away Ballots 18:06 - Feb 13 with 2307 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
Has anyone on here been successful in an away ballot this season?
No success again for me in the Palace ballot. I've no issue with the points system, but the SB membership is proving to be a waste of £40. |  | | |  |
| Away Ballots on 18:32 - Feb 13 with 2235 views | NeedhamChris |
Nope. Entered every one and no joy. | |
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| Away Ballots on 18:39 - Feb 13 with 2217 views | Dennyx4 |
Entered every time, but no luck.
The 2% ballot is a bit of a joke really. |  | | |
| Away Ballots on 20:07 - Feb 13 with 2135 views | roblenton |
| Away Ballots on 18:39 - Feb 13 by Dennyx4 |
Entered every time, but no luck.
The 2% ballot is a bit of a joke really. |
I was also sceptic but then amazingly got tickets via the ballot for Liverpool.
So it does happen. | | | |
| Away Ballots on 20:39 - Feb 13 with 2070 views | PSGBlue |
| Away Ballots on 20:07 - Feb 13 by roblenton |
I was also sceptic but then amazingly got tickets via the ballot for Liverpool.
So it does happen. |
I am quite sure that most members had bought their membership ahead of finding out that only 2% was going to the ballot. I was expecting to see 5-10%. A ballot for 60 tickets is almost worthless. I felt the club were slow on informing supporters about the 2% limit.
This may work the other way next season with those with less than 20 points not bothering with the membership unless they still require it for home tickets. |  | | |
| Away Ballots on 21:11 - Feb 13 with 2012 views | southnorfolkblue |
I was successful for Fulham but that was it.
I’m not going to renew our 2 memberships for next season unless they open up a bigger percentage of tickets to the ballot | |
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| Away Ballots on 21:47 - Feb 13 with 1934 views | EssexBloo |
Nope. As a ST holder not sure I’ll get membership as well next year.
No luck for mascot ballots for children either. | | | |
| Away Ballots on 21:49 - Feb 13 with 1938 views | BaltachaFanClub |
14 of us have memberships. No ballot success at all.
Wrote to club, got quite a terse response, more or less “hard luck”
I then explained the flaws in the system, and how to improve it.
No reply. |  |
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| Away Ballots on 23:36 - Feb 13 with 1783 views | WubbleU |
Nope entered every one and nothing. Just a mail saying no luck this time would be nice. At least you know where you are at rather than checking spam folders, and fearing a mail has gone astray. Can't take much to auto generate mails to every account that misses out. | | | |
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| Away Ballots on 07:44 - Feb 14 with 1639 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
Complete waste of 40 quid. Not repeating that. |  |
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| Away Ballots on 08:03 - Feb 14 with 1611 views | BlueRaider |
| Away Ballots on 21:49 - Feb 13 by BaltachaFanClub |
14 of us have memberships. No ballot success at all.
Wrote to club, got quite a terse response, more or less “hard luck”
I then explained the flaws in the system, and how to improve it.
No reply. |
What was your suggestion on improving it ?
I did similar, suggesting a weighted ballot system for all the tickets (i.e. 40 points, 40 entries in the ballot) etc | |
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| Away Ballots on 08:25 - Feb 14 with 1563 views | cvillageblue |
| Away Ballots on 08:03 - Feb 14 by BlueRaider |
What was your suggestion on improving it ?
I did similar, suggesting a weighted ballot system for all the tickets (i.e. 40 points, 40 entries in the ballot) etc |
Why would you give a better chance to those who are more likely to have been to several away games?
Personally, been stuck on 14 pts all season and no luck in ballots.
It'll all be worth it mind to get a ticket for Wembley for the cup semi final . . . . . | |
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| Away Ballots on 08:52 - Feb 14 with 1516 views | BaltachaFanClub |
| Away Ballots on 08:03 - Feb 14 by BlueRaider |
What was your suggestion on improving it ?
I did similar, suggesting a weighted ballot system for all the tickets (i.e. 40 points, 40 entries in the ballot) etc |
My suggestions were many, but my personal favourite was a turn based one.
If you have already made it to an away game, via the ballot or points system, you are not in the next ballot. Allowing those without as many points a chance to get a ticket.
So, simply, if you were successful in game one, you were lower down the list for game two. | |
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| Away Ballots on 09:13 - Feb 14 with 1462 views | sjg |
| Away Ballots on 08:25 - Feb 14 by cvillageblue |
Why would you give a better chance to those who are more likely to have been to several away games?
Personally, been stuck on 14 pts all season and no luck in ballots.
It'll all be worth it mind to get a ticket for Wembley for the cup semi final . . . . . |
Yeah that's so true why should I get more chance to go to Liverpool away off the back of going to Plymouth away, I should have given my Liverpool ticket to a first time fan now I think about it | | | |
| Away Ballots on 09:20 - Feb 14 with 1433 views | cvillageblue |
| Away Ballots on 09:13 - Feb 14 by sjg |
Yeah that's so true why should I get more chance to go to Liverpool away off the back of going to Plymouth away, I should have given my Liverpool ticket to a first time fan now I think about it |
I'd say most that went to Plymouth away were at Anfield. . . . .
Personally I think that the ballot could be expanded to a 100 or so tickets but it's fine as it is.
As the thread shows many won't bother next season anyway so any ballot will make it easier to get tickets. | |
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| Away Ballots on 09:23 - Feb 14 with 1419 views | brazil1982 |
| Away Ballots on 08:25 - Feb 14 by cvillageblue |
Why would you give a better chance to those who are more likely to have been to several away games?
Personally, been stuck on 14 pts all season and no luck in ballots.
It'll all be worth it mind to get a ticket for Wembley for the cup semi final . . . . . |
Not to charge £40. |  | | |
| Away Ballots on 09:35 - Feb 14 with 1375 views | SaleAway |
I've nto had any luck in the ballot - but obviously, the membership allowed me to buy a ticket to Coventry, and hopefully will get in for Forest too ( would be nice if our FA cup record counted for FA cup games, even if we don't get a APP for it).
I don't think anything needs to change in the ballot other than maybe upping the numbers...
the bigger thing would be making sure that people can't resell away tickets... if we stay up, that might change, as I think away tickets are going all digital, so it will be harder to move them on, so that might help.
If we go down, then the clamour for tickets will probably be less.... so either way, I'm holding out hope for getting to more games next season. | |
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| Away Ballots on 09:43 - Feb 14 with 1311 views | sjg |
| Away Ballots on 09:20 - Feb 14 by cvillageblue |
I'd say most that went to Plymouth away were at Anfield. . . . .
Personally I think that the ballot could be expanded to a 100 or so tickets but it's fine as it is.
As the thread shows many won't bother next season anyway so any ballot will make it easier to get tickets. |
I will revisit your original post
'Why would you give a better chance to those who are more likely to have been to several away games?'
Because I spent money going to games like Plymouth and Preston that you couldn't be arsed to go to | | | |
| Away Ballots on 13:59 - Feb 14 with 1106 views | AndrewRatcliffITFC |
Got lucky for the Arsenal away game. I had one ballot entry for three members of the family and then a separate single family member also had an entry.
The joint tripple entry won in the ballot and the single one didn't. When I came to purchase the tickets it let me purchase 4 tickets for some reason! It must have been a glitch in the system. | | | |
| Away Ballots on 14:23 - Feb 14 with 1050 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Away Ballots on 20:39 - Feb 13 by PSGBlue |
I am quite sure that most members had bought their membership ahead of finding out that only 2% was going to the ballot. I was expecting to see 5-10%. A ballot for 60 tickets is almost worthless. I felt the club were slow on informing supporters about the 2% limit.
This may work the other way next season with those with less than 20 points not bothering with the membership unless they still require it for home tickets. |
Absolutely this.
The ballot was an integral part of the sales campaign for the membership. It was only after the event that the minimal extent of the ballot was revealed.
In any other line of business that's called a rip off. Club has done many things right over the last 2-3 years. This isn't one of them. | |
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| Away Ballots on 14:35 - Feb 14 with 1027 views | peterleeblue |
Not so much away but I have managed to get members tickets for 2 games so far this season. I am hoping to make at least one more home game this season so at c£13.00 extra per game I can stomach that to see us in the premier league.
Also may yet prove good for the FA Cup. If we stay up ill probably renew the membershio nexct year |  | | |
| Away Ballots on 15:03 - Feb 14 with 972 views | itfc48 |
| Away Ballots on 14:35 - Feb 14 by peterleeblue |
Not so much away but I have managed to get members tickets for 2 games so far this season. I am hoping to make at least one more home game this season so at c£13.00 extra per game I can stomach that to see us in the premier league.
Also may yet prove good for the FA Cup. If we stay up ill probably renew the membershio nexct year |
No luck and only one successful home ballot. | | | |
| Away Ballots on 15:10 - Feb 14 with 955 views | Zx1988 |
| Away Ballots on 14:23 - Feb 14 by southnorfolkblue |
Absolutely this.
The ballot was an integral part of the sales campaign for the membership. It was only after the event that the minimal extent of the ballot was revealed.
In any other line of business that's called a rip off. Club has done many things right over the last 2-3 years. This isn't one of them. |
The PR side of things has been fairly consistently spot on. It's been the commercial decision making over the last 12-18 months that has left a lot to be desired; profit before fans, would pretty much sum up most of it. | |
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| Away Ballots on 15:20 - Feb 14 with 908 views | Parsley |
No luck for me in the ballot although I was able to buy a ticket for Coventry and made it to Fulham in the home end. I'm ok with it this season, gives something to the fans who travelled consistently in the Championship. I hope they increase the ballot % next year though otherwise it becomes a closed shop |  | | |
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