Watford Away

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:16 pm

Looking at traveling up for this game. Will be a new ground for me to visit. How many tickets will we get allocated and are they likely to go on general sale. UTC

Thanks for any help.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:17 pm

Allocation is around 2000 and may just go on general sale.

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 5:15 pm

Thanks leisure, think I will have to get the Burnley based in - laws to get tickets to be sure of going? Cheer and what a great win yesterday UTC

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 5:20 pm

Hi cornish - All wins are great at the moment but yesterday's was special with Joey scoring! UTC

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:32 pm

LEISURE - They certainly are and what a return for Joey. Think he will get more game time tonight also. We now have tickets courtesy of Burnley family(never going to get 3000pts at this rate lol), yep you right this game could sell out due to it being a possible WIN!!!! UTC

scamander · Post by **scamander** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:54 pm

Hi Cornish,

Always enjoy going to Watford, if you get the chance they do amazing cheesey hotdogs. Anyway, I called the club last week and was told that tickets for general sale will be released on 25th Jan (previous to that they'll be available to season ticket holders etc).

Hoping I can get a couple.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:08 pm

Think you will be fine, everyone who wants a ticket will get one. A lot of our fans only seem interested in watching us away when we play at grounds like Old Trafford and the Emirates.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:59 pm

5000 points!

Ordered using my shareholder card. Phew!

J50 · Post by **J50** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:28 am

Bought Watford tickets yesterday.

Not a season ticket holder.

Just saying.

scamander · Post by **scamander** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:15 am

According to the site they'll be on general release tomorrow, couldn't buy them online yesterday and it indicated the 25th as general release. Hopefully they'll be two remaining...

J50 · Post by **J50** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:32 am

Well they were available to buy yesterday no restrictions as usually shows.

PWBFC · Post by **PWBFC** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:20 am

I also bought 4 this morning with no restrictions.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:44 am

Yep, no requirement for season ticket details. Another success for our egalitarian ticketing system.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 10:58 am

I won't know till the day of the game if I can make it so will there be pay at the gate on the day?

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:11 am

mkmel wrote:I won't know till the day of the game if I can make it so will there be pay at the gate on the day?

There definitely won't if we sell out but even if we don't there's no guarantee you'll be able to pay on the day.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:13 am

aggi wrote:Yep, no requirement for season ticket details. Another success for our egalitarian ticketing system.

They're probably using some common sense based on the number of unsold tickets they have left and that makes sense to me! There seems to be no winning for the Ticket Office, if they're rigid with the sales system they get criticised and when they're flexible they also get criticised!

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:17 am

93% of ST holders don't go to regular away games so it's not such a big issue.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:38 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:93% of ST holders don't go to regular away games so it's not such a big issue.

Have we been allocated more than 1,000 tickets? (Obviously we don't know as the club has decided this must be kept secret.)

If the club are going to arbitrarily change things then maybe an announcement would be sensible to let people know, although I would suspect the system not being correctly implemented is more realistic than them taking a pro-active approach to ticket sales.

scamander · Post by **scamander** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:19 pm

was able to log on and buy them today with no restrictions, looking forward to the cheesey hotdogs and taking some notes to turn into a match report....

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:23 pm

aggi wrote:Have we been allocated more than 1,000 tickets? (Obviously we don't know as the club has decided this must be kept secret.)

If the club are going to arbitrarily change things then maybe an announcement would be sensible to let people know, although I would suspect the system not being correctly implemented is more realistic than them taking a pro-active approach to ticket sales.

The allocation at Watford is always the same, just over 2000. Not sure why you don't think it's a pro-active decision??

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:33 pm

Leisure wrote:The allocation at Watford is always the same, just over 2000. Not sure why you don't think it's a pro-active decision??

pro-active or not, if they've released them to general sale ahead of when they said they would and not announced it, that's really poor.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:33 pm

Seems pretty rare things go to plan with regards tickets doesn't it.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:35 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Seems pretty rare things go to plan with regards tickets doesn't it.

The plan is to allow everyone who wants a ticket to get one and hopefully that's what will happen.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:50 pm

I genuinely don't understand how a multi-million pound turnover organisation gets relatively simple things so wrong. You can't communicate a policy and then just go off piste without updating that communication. The club gets so much right, but communication is an ongoing joke. If only there was somebody in charge of that kind of thing.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:31 pm

Leisure wrote:The allocation at Watford is always the same, just over 2000. Not sure why you don't think it's a pro-active decision??

Well partly as our ticketing procedures seems to have been reactive rather than pro-active for a considerable time and partly because if it was a pro-active decision, rather than a cock-up, they would surely have publicised it otherwise it makes it a bit pointless.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:38 pm

Going off the clubs past record I would say it's more likely to be a cock up than them making a common sense decision. Seem to recall same thing happened with Charlton away last season.

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:48 am

scamander wrote:Hi Cornish,

Always enjoy going to Watford, if you get the chance they do amazing cheesey hotdogs. Anyway, I called the club last week and was told that tickets for general sale will be released on 25th Jan (previous to that they'll be available to season ticket holders etc).

Hoping I can get a couple.

Cheers for the info - looking forward to this now have tickets via family in Burnley as I wasn't sure they would go on general sale!!! and they have now. Thanks for the food update - got to be worth a try. On the 0530 coach up from Plymouth so a long day - hoping for our first win!!!! see you there UTC

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:51 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:93% of ST holders don't go to regular away games so it's not such a big issue.

Hi Quickenthetempo - that's a good stat if true seems a bit high to me though?? I've got tickets now via Burnley based family - so cant wait. Hoping its our first win? UTC

cornishclaret92 · Post by **cornishclaret92** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:56 am

Leisure wrote:The plan is to allow everyone who wants a ticket to get one and hopefully that's what will happen.

Leisure think you are right again matey. Gone on general sale - but glad our Burnley based family got ours last week. cant wait for the game now. 0530 coach from Plymouth lol. before that a ferry from Cornwall over into Devon - going to be as long day. UTC

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:03 pm

It was a long process before it went on open sale. 5000 points (so CT could get his at leisure), 3000, ST holders and finally the travelling fans.

I invoked my shareholder privilege, as I missed out on Arsenal, while I was away.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:09 pm

Getting mine Friday. Is there any chance there will be any left?

J50 · Post by **J50** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:15 pm

How does shareholder privilege work? Blimey I'd forgotten about them!

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:29 pm

cornishclaret92 wrote:Hi Quickenthetempo - that's a good stat if true seems a bit high to me though?? I've got tickets now via Burnley based family - so cant wait. Hoping its our first win? UTC

Like most stats it was back of a fag packet calculations of 1k ST holders out of 15k attending regular away games.

BuryClaret · Post by **BuryClaret** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:06 pm

Ticket came today after ordering Monday. Looking forward to this one! First time at Vicarage Rd for me.

Getting the 10:15 from Manchester Piccadilly, arrives into Watford Junction at 12.30. Time to stop off for lunch and some drinks on the walk to the ground.

Anyone else going on the train?

Targetman · Post by **Targetman** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:24 pm

BuryClaret wrote:Ticket came today after ordering Monday. Looking forward to this one! First time at Vicarage Rd for me.

Getting the 10:15 from Manchester Piccadilly, arrives into Watford Junction at 12.30. Time to stop off for lunch and some drinks on the walk to the ground.

Anyone else going on the train?

Manchester to London trains dont normally stop at Watford Junction. Are you sure that arrival time isnt for Euston?
We have always had to get the local train from Euston to Watford Junction.

BuryClaret · Post by **BuryClaret** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:49 pm

Targetman wrote:Manchester to London trains dont normally stop at Watford Junction. Are you sure that arrival time isnt for Euston?
We have always had to get the local train from Euston to Watford Junction.

I have to change at Milton Keynes going down and Euston going back up.

Targetman · Post by **Targetman** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:59 pm

BuryClaret wrote:I have to change at Milton Keynes going down and Euston going back up.

Right ok.

Vicarage Road is about 20 minutes walk from Watford Junction station.
Plenty of pubs on the way!

claretdennis · Post by **claretdennis** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:06 pm

I'm taking my lad, can anyone recommend a pub to watch the lunchtime game please?

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:10 pm

J50 wrote:How does shareholder privilege work? Blimey I'd forgotten about them!

You ring the Foundation and supply all the details.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:12 pm

claretdennis wrote:I'm taking my lad, can anyone recommend a pub to watch the lunchtime game please?

Think its called the Flag right outside station has the football on normally

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:35 pm

claretdom wrote:Think its called the Flag right outside station has the football on normally

There's also a big sports bar on the High Street.

Holtyclaret · Post by **Holtyclaret** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:15 pm

Just got two tickets for me and my lad, can't wait to see snodders and Brady!!

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:19 pm

Holtyclaret wrote:Just got two tickets for me and my lad, can't wait to see snodders and Brady!!

I presume they are 2 of your mates that you're meeting up with?