Lincoln allocation and prices

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:23 pm

Dy1geo wrote:A s for the price Lincoln have to be applauded for agreeing to our prices, they could have insisted on a higher price like Karen Brady accused us of doing when we played West Ham at this stage a few years ago.

The home team alone now decide prices.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:24 pm

thelaughingclaret wrote:Some of the Lincoln fans are moaning that the prices are too cheap! You couldn't make this up. Lincoln fans are giving Blackburn fans a run for their money on the deranged scale. I hope we stuff them 8-0 now.

The ones who won't get a ticket will want normal league prices to triple the money they earn.

Only fans going will benefit from the reduced prices and even then some would prefer to pay full price if it means 20k others do for the benefit of their club.

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:25 pm

Redbeard wrote:Song for Lincoln:

'You're Not Wimbledon
You're Not Wimbledon
You Don't Womble, You Just Wobble -
You're Not Wimbledon.'

Just a quick effort off the top of my head, like.

Hope that one doesn't come back to bite you in the bottom

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:25 pm

I went on there with good intentions of explaining it all to them..trying to make them realise they wouldnt get what they wanted. Don't think they listened and now some are starting to get arrogant and nasty and just cannot accept the realities of the situation.

One guy is complaining that if we don't sell out that they are spaces Lincoln fans could have had. Not thinking how that would work. I know it's a massive game for them but the excitement and exuberance is being replaced by arrogance and attitude.

One attempts to belittle us by saying we used to average 3000 and we have plastic fans. The irony obviously lost that they have 1500 ST holders and are complaining about getting 3210

Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:26 pm

Hope that one doesn't come back to bite you in the bottom.

So do I.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:28 pm

Redbeard wrote:Song for Lincoln:

'You're Not Wimbledon
You're Not Wimbledon
You Don't Womble, You Just Wobble -
You're Not Wimbledon.'

Just a quick effort off the top of my head, like.

What about

'You couldnt get all your tickets? Get all your tickets!!!! You couldnt get all your tickets!'

Or even

We couldnt sell all your tickets!

KlyBfc · Post by **KlyBfc** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:28 pm

Keep stopping myself biting on Twitter.

Had a quick look at their feeble attendances in their play off finals. It shows that the rubbish some are posting on twitter and their forum is embarrassing.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:30 pm

Must have been 80,000 Lincoln locked out. Along with 1,000,000 Leeds fans.

Dy1geo · Post by **Dy1geo** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:35 pm

Leisure wrote:The home team alone now decide prices.

Thanks for correcting me, didn't know that rule had been changed, the worrying thing is if we get through and get an away tie, they home team could nudge up the price or is there a rule that it can't be more than their usual league prices

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:35 pm

It's getting a tad embarrassing from our end now.

Lincoln, not Liverpool.

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:42 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:It's getting a tad embarrassing from our end now.

Lincoln, not Liverpool.

Why is it? They have got 15%..we have followed the rules. The Lincoln fans are embarrassing themselves over this.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:05 pm

Dy1geo wrote:Thanks for correcting me, didn't know that rule had been changed, the worrying thing is if we get through and get an away tie, they home team could nudge up the price or is there a rule that it can't be more than their usual league prices

Yes, it changed this season. In the Qualifying Rounds both clubs have to agree but in the 'proper' rounds it's at the discretion of the home club. As for your other point, the home club probably could judge up the price but both clubs have to be charged the same.

Den_Perry · Post by **Den_Perry** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:21 pm

F*** Lincoln. Hope we tup them big time. Nomarks.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:25 pm

As I posted previously - they've always been a horrible little club with horrible fans. We've had all sorts of problems there when we were a small enough club to force us to play them in league games.

Last time we went, they charged us more to stand than they were charging their own fans to sit. I know where I'd like to shove their sirens.

LittleBritton · Post by **LittleBritton** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:25 pm

Bless 'em, perhaps we should switch the tie to their place!

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:28 pm

Getting worked up over Lincoln fans is a new low for this board. Its a bit sad when we get our knickers in a twist about how much better our support is than teams like Leeds and Brighton but getting our knobs out over Lincoln is really scraping the barrel

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:41 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Getting worked up over Lincoln fans is a new low for this board. Its a bit sad when we get our knickers in a twist about how much better our support is than teams like Leeds and Brighton but getting our knobs out over Lincoln is really scraping the barrel

To be fair i think it is their reaction and comments that have sparked this bout of name calling. I doubt anything would have been said otherwise. Just playing devils advocate here....

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:45 pm

You are wasting your time on there with some of them.

They remind me of the Morecambe fans around us when they first got in the football league "F**k off Burnley, we'll be above you before you know it"

Its fantastic what they have done in the cup this year, but I don't think they are aware of the actual difference in quality between a very poor Ipswich side and the best Burnley team in our lifetime.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:46 pm

I never even knew Lincoln had a football team until Monday evening.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:48 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:the best Burnley team in our lifetime.

Not quite for some of us older ones Lancaster - but one hell of a team all the same.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:49 pm

Somethingfishy wrote:Why is it? They have got 15%..we have followed the rules. The Lincoln fans are embarrassing themselves over this.

Nothing to do with the club, I think that it's good that they are looking after their own and still want us in there for this game, even though I think it's a bit crackers.

What is a tad embarrassing is you going on their board and saying that it's security and safety reasons that they haven't been able to have the whole stand (how tinpot are we in your eyes?) and blaming the police for it.

Not to mention others dragging up attendances from Play Off finals gone by and generally trying to take the p1ss out of a non league clubs support.

Oh, did they say something nasty about us and now we all have to get upset?

Them Lincoln bullies, I don't know how I will ever cope.

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:52 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Getting worked up over Lincoln fans is a new low for this board. Its a bit sad when we get our knickers in a twist about how much better our support is than teams like Leeds and Brighton but getting our knobs out over Lincoln is really scraping the barrel

Mixed metaphors. If we are getting our knobs out then surely we can't properly scrape the barrel with our one free hand? Would be like patting your head and rubbing your stomach?

kendaldave · Post by **kendaldave** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:55 pm

Attacking their level of support is ridiculous. Lincoln’s average crowd of roughly 4k this season in the National League is better than some of the crowds I remember on the Turf during the dark days of the Fourth Division.

Sadly, some of the comments on this and related threads come across as the sort of ‘Premier League’ arrogance that does us no credit whatsoever.

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:02 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Nothing to do with the club, I think that it's good that they are looking after their own and still want us in there for this game, even though I think it's a bit crackers.

What is a tad embarrassing is you going on their board and saying that it's security and safety reasons that they haven't been able to have the whole stand (how tinpot are we in your eyes?) and blaming the police for it.

Not to mention others dragging up attendances from Play Off finals gone by and generally trying to take the p1ss out of a non league clubs support.

Oh, did they say something nasty about us and now we all have to get upset?

Them Lincoln bullies, I don't know how I will ever cope.

I would think it is fairly safe to say that that is the only thing that has stopped us giving the whole of the stand. Just not possible for the reasons already mentioned numerous times. It is total common sense and police/safety driven. We have done the next best thing and given them the bare minimum whilst keeping our section in the stand albeit smaller. It also means no precedent set for the future. I don't see how it is embarrassing to warn them they won't get what they expect and then to say I told you so when they throw their toys out of the pram.

The support jibes are poor i must admit. However I think some of their fans brought this up initially and our lot have risen to it.

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:10 am

This has all the hallmarks of the Altringham game back in 82. Following their giant killing exploits in previous years they drew us/Bury in round 3 or 4 (we had to replay) and their manager said (I kid you not) ... With all due respect to Burnley or Bury, the smaller clubs just get in our way.

We battered them 6-0.

Like they'd have given us 3500 seats at their gaff if we'd have been drawn there (reading the thread it looks like their capacity is 10-11k). Right.

What a set of jumped up fuckheads.

I really hope we do a professional job and smack them into oblivion.

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:14 am

Not another team that want to start some kind of faux rivalry with us

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:18 am

Somethingfishy wrote:I would think it is fairly safe to say that that is the only thing that has stopped us giving the whole of the stand. Just not possible for the reasons already mentioned numerous times. It is total common sense and police/safety driven.

B0llocks.

Giving no credit to the people who want to see Burnley fans in that stand.

A police and safety driven act would be to have all Lincoln fans in the Cricket Field.

And not to have both sets of supporters in there.

I must be missing something here, when police and ground safety in the Cricket Field is reliant on having several hundred Burnley fans in there.

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:24 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:B0llocks.

Giving no credit to the people who want to see Burnley fans in that stand.

A police and safety driven act would be to have all Lincoln fans in the Cricket Field.

And not to have both sets of supporters in there.

I must be missing something here, when police and ground safety in the Cricket Field is reliant on having several hundred Burnley fans in there.

I am certainly not going into all the ins and outs yet again. It has been mentioned by several people about the access and the partition and the turnstile situation.

If you want to believe the sentimental view that is is purely the Burnley board wanting Burnley fans in that stand so be it. It may be the case they do but i can bet the police and safety people have had the biggest word.

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:36 am

The safety thing is a bit odd. I assume the segregation underneath can't be moved so the more of the stand you have past it,the more difficult it becomes - if there's only a door in the wall then it's not really safe to let fans through it. So I guess the partition in the seats will move over a bit and the way the steps from below work out it means you can push that on a bit and still have access from one half of the stand (the away half of the segregation underneath).

To have the whole stand I suppose they would have to have both sets of turnstiles which makes it harder for the police to manage.

Plus of course we have season ticket holders in there who arguably shouldn't be expected to give up their seats just because a bunch of Lincoln supporters who probably haven't seen them in several years have got excited about a cup run. (By which i mean that the cup runs are great because it does generate excitement in the town and obviously a lot of folk who perhaps don;t normally look out for the club's progress suddenly become interested).

And lets be clear here - it's entirely in Lincoln's gift to ensure that tickets go to those who regularly follow the club first.

Let's not get wound up by a bunch of supporters calling us names - but by heck they sound a right arrogant lot - beating a bunch of reserves who don't play competitive football has really upped their expectation.

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:39 am

ClaretTony wrote:As I posted previously - they've always been a horrible little club with horrible fans.

They also have a "Vicar" in their ranks now!!

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:41 am

You have a strange view of things, I'll grant you that.

BabylonClaret · Post by **BabylonClaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:47 am

That's putting it lightly! I think quite a few of them think they're going to turn us over! (Like I said - it's Altringham mark 2)

I know this is football and anything can happen but there's a huge difference between a poor Ipswich side (that they needed a replay to get past) and Brighton reserves.

I think we'll play the same or similar side to Sunderland and Bristol but those 8 "changes" aren't reserves who step up, they're mostly playters who have started more than one Premier league game. This side is too professional and resolute to lose to a side like Lincoln - ask Boro about how we were unfair for only spanking teams at the bottom last season!!

It's the Cup mind, and anything can happen - but we will be huge bookies favourites. And with good reason.

EarbyClaret · Post by **EarbyClaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:54 am

What some Lincoln fans seem to have overlooked in their understandable excitement at reaching this stage is that we're serious about winning this.

Surely if the FA rules state that the away team is allowed a 15% allocation then we have treated them the same as we would have treated say Liverpool or Leeds if they had been the visitors.

Great achievement by them to get this far and we'll treat them with the respect they deserve by putting out a very strong team with the intention of beating them at the first attempt.

If we do so, by the time the QFs come around we could be in a relatively safe league position. There's a 50/50 chance we'll be drawn at home if we are in the last 8 - no team left in the competition at that stage would relish a trip to TM - our aim has to be to get as far as we can.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:07 am

ClaretTony wrote:Last time we went, they charged us more to stand than they were charging their own fans to sit. I know where I'd like to shove their sirens.

I seem to remember it being £20 to stand back in January 1999. It was a disgraceful price.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:19 am

Somethingfishy wrote:I am certainly not going into all the ins and outs yet again. It has been mentioned by several people about the access and the partition and the turnstile situation.

If you want to believe the sentimental view that is is purely the Burnley board wanting Burnley fans in that stand so be it. It may be the case they do but i can bet the police and safety people have had the biggest word.

Fishy have you actually been in the CFS? The metal partition downstairs is completely (re)moveable. It's easier up have a stand full of Lincoln fans safetywise that's for sure. That's how turf moor was policed for twenty years- just shut the turnstiles at the other end.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:22 am

Coming to the footballing cathedral of Turf Moor is a privilege, not a right.

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:36 am

I seem to recall going to a friendly preseason game in the early 1970s at Lincoln and there was a lot of agro. Upstarts.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:49 am

I understand their disappointment. It's a big game for them and they want to take as many fans as they can - any team would. Based on the reaction on this thread, I was expecting an overwhelming number of ridiculous comments from them. In reality, there are some silly comments (much like on here), but plenty of sensible comments too. Nothing to get too worked up about

Jel · Post by **Jel** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:56 am

Down at the ticket office and there's a queue already!

Heathclaret · Post by **Heathclaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:59 am

Can't they go in the Jimmy Mac lower, give the cricket field stand to home fans. I live near Lincoln, let them ride on the crest of the wave, before it wipes them out. COYC

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:01 am

CFS ST holder here.

Why do I have to ring that bl**dy number?
If my ST was anywhere else in the ground, I could do it
online free of charge. Do Lincoln fans know my
clarets number and login details? If so, they could get a ticket
anywhere else in the ground.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:01 am

It's a good job the Football League isn't involved in all this.

We all know how they like as many fans as possible to be involved in any potential celebrations

Clarinetclaret · Post by **Clarinetclaret** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:04 am

kendaldave wrote:Attacking their level of support is ridiculous. Lincoln’s average crowd of roughly 4k this season in the National League is better than some of the crowds I remember on the Turf during the dark days of the Fourth Division.

Sadly, some of the comments on this and related threads come across as the sort of ‘Premier League’ arrogance that does us no credit whatsoever.

Probably only getting 4k because they are on a roll at the moment. Without looking i bet they didnt get much more when they were a league team.
As for premier league arrogance, all I see is people replying to Lincolns claims that they are a massive club with massive support and would sell out twice over, maybe not in those words but thats the gist of it.
******** to them and their fans.
Watched a fair few Lincoln games this season, their striker, matt reid i think hes called, looks an handful in a big dozy lump kind of way.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:07 am

2 Bee Holed wrote:Do Lincoln fans know my
clarets number and login details? If so, they could get a ticket
anywhere else in the ground.

How would a Lincoln fan get hold of your number and login details????

And even if they did the ticket would be uploaded to your card, so you'd get a free ticket!!!

Vince Fontaine · Post by **Vince Fontaine** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:35 am

Got our tickets for the Lincoln match. We have had to move to block 23 as bock 22 is for Lincoln supporters. We therefore have paper tickets. Will be even more of an atmosphere in there as limited numbers from Burnley will have the siege mentality. I do hope the rest of the ground gets as fired up for this as the Cricketfielder's!!!!
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Redbeard · Post by **Redbeard** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:38 am

Clarinetclaret wrote:Their striker looks a handful in a big dozy lump kind of way.

billyhamilton82 · Post by **billyhamilton82** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:44 am

The Altrincham game was 6-1 and they came up against a team on route to the third division championship with billy Hamilton grabbing a brilliant hat trick. Horrible conditions but a brilliant night.

It was Jim Iley (Bury manager) who got most upset as the Alty manager Tony Sanders suggested Bury or Burnley wasn't a plum draw. Which you have to admit is quite an honest appraisal but Iley wasn't happy and actually stated he wasn't bothered who got through our replay as long as either of us stuffed the Robins in the next round which of course we duly did.

The headline in the Daily Mail the following day was .......Red Red Robins!

And we got the full back page as I think it was played on a Monday night after several postponements.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 1:21 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:me personally, I would have given them the whole stand

**** that, why should CFS season ticket holders get booted out of the best stand? I'm in there and I'll be standing and singing all game. Give them the bare minimum, I hope we absolutely spank 'em.

billyhamilton82 · Post by **billyhamilton82** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 1:29 pm

All the people stating we should give them the full stand obviously don't understand how integral the CFS support is to our home form and fully underestimate the challenge Lincoln will provide.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 1:34 pm

If the result of a game against non-league opposition pivots on a few hundred Burnley fans being in the CFS then there's a serious problem.