Lincoln tickets

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:46 pm

Well based on the evidence of the last round, and in particular the number of Bristol City fans that turned up to half fill the away section, (as well as all the previous detail of Lincoln season ticket sales) the allocation was prima facie reasonable.

Bristol City are (currently) 3 divisions higher, have far more season ticket sales, and the match wasn't on tv (that being the case with Ipswich whose fans presumably would rather watch the game on TV than go the not-very-far to Lincoln and with our game with Lincoln)..............but there were loads of empty seats.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:56 pm

Mr Imp, I think you will find the divs on your forum with the inflammatory posts kicked all this off.

"Arrogance definition, offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride." applies to some of you lot as well

Just go back to the first posts on the subject, and we are blameless.

Repeated attempts to explain to your more clueless fans, especially the ones who seem to not realise that we actually used to play each other on a fairly regular basis exhausted patience over here pretty quickly.

Hope its a good game, and the best team wins.

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:57 pm

Hillimp:

Many thanks for your definition of arrogance.
Could you please explain to us why you asked for 35% of our ground?
Could you also tell us how many of your fans will be paying in excess of the
face value of the £10 ticket? Is there a bucket in the ticket office where people
can leave the extra money?
When answering these two questions, could you bear in mind your definition of arrogance?

Just a tip, I would suggest you tone down your language when referring to Claret Tony,
he is one of the people who administers this message board.

I hope you enjoy the game and have a great day out.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:59 pm

Back in the day a visit to Sincil Bank was a consumately unpleasant experience.

We'll see how your fans behave.

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:08 pm

Lancasterclaret...you have totally hit the nail on the head. I was one of the 4 posters he has mentioned. I warned them not to expect too many tickets. I got shouted down. Then reality hit and the toys went totally out of the pram. Totally disproportionate and bizarre responses followed. I happen to think the 4 of us have been quite restrained in the face of the replies we have faced. They seem to have lost all sense of reality over there. Getting a bit giddy methinks after half a season of success.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:11 pm

Hillimp says " I would contend that we are not a Horrible little club with horrible fans Claret Tony" Now he's just flown straight into the wasps nest with that statement
If you have been to Sincil Bank in the 70s and 80s then i beg to differ horrorable lot always looking for trouble
Not to say crammed into a $hitty corner penned in like Sardines standing on your tiptoes to see out

Sean Dyche's Watch · Post by **Sean Dyche's Watch** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:43 pm

I've just spotted this on the official site:

Please be aware that if you are purchasing tickets for this game from the 'LN' postocdes or the surrounding areas you will be contacted by a member of Burnley FC ,and may have your ticket cancelled, and you will not be reimbursed if you are found not to be a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club.

I wonder what process they would use to try to find out if someone is a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club or not?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:43 pm

Hillimp wrote:There are very few Lincoln fans who have been to Turf Moor and we are looking forward to visiting a new ground and town.

Where were you
Where were you
Where were you when we were 5hit?

morpheus2 · Post by **morpheus2** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:48 pm

Are they on general sale yet??

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:50 pm

Lets be honest, after the last few seasons we've had, if you didn't have a Clarets number before we drew the Mighty Imps in the cup, then you most certainly don't deserve a ticket for this mouthwatering encounter....... because you aint a Claret !!!!

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:53 pm

Sean Dyche's Watch wrote:I've just spotted this on the official site:

Please be aware that if you are purchasing tickets for this game from the 'LN' postocdes or the surrounding areas you will be contacted by a member of Burnley FC ,and may have your ticket cancelled, and you will not be reimbursed if you are found not to be a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club.

I wonder what process they would use to try to find out if someone is a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club or not?

Take a bacterial swab to see if they ever used the Longside toilets

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:55 pm

I know plenty of people from round here who are fans of other teams who go on games just for something to do and an excuse to get smashed and act like morons. So why are these measures being taken to stop people with LN Post Codes?

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:07 pm

Tickets are already showing 'limited' in the James Hargreaves, Bob Lord and Jimmy Mc stands and I'm not sure they've gone on general sale yet. I don't think Lincoln need worry about getting extra seats or whether we will sell enough to justify not giving them the 15,000 they believe they could shift.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:07 pm

Any fingers less than six will give them away when they do the count handing over their tickets

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:14 pm

dushanbe wrote:Tickets are already showing 'limited' in the James Hargreaves, Bob Lord and Jimmy Mc stands and I'm not sure they've gone on general sale yet. I don't think Lincoln need worry about getting extra seats or whether we will sell enough to justify not giving them the 15,000 they believe they could shift.

That's because all season tickets holders seats are unavailable on the website, unsold tickets will become available on Friday and things will look a lot different.

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:16 pm

Good point, well made Goody.

Sheedyclaret · Post by **Sheedyclaret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:17 pm

They will be showing as limited as they are on reserve still till Friday to season ticket holders I think

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:18 pm

can you pay on the gate ?

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:26 pm

" I wonder what process they would use to try to find out if someone is a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club or not?

I think this is worthy of its own thread. However, I would suggest that the best way is for them to prove that either they, a parent, grandparent or blood relative attended the Turf in 86/87 for every home game after Christmas.

k90bfc · Post by **k90bfc** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:29 pm

I live in Nuneaton,more than enough aggro with Lincoln fans,closed half the town down once when playing the Boro,locked in pubs by Police and everything,before kick off! They should realise they are way above their football status,This is Premier League Burnley get real and accept where and who you are,like we did in 1987!

paulatky · Post by **paulatky** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:45 pm

Hillimp,where has Claret Tony called you x horrible club with horrible fans ?

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:53 pm

paulatky wrote:Hillimp,where has Claret Tony called you x horrible club with horrible fans ?

http://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboar ... 64#p305664" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:57 pm

Somebody's posted a barcode on here. First come first served.

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:41 pm

Willy wrote:I went online to buy mine and my 2 sons for the JMU and they were in the basket but both my sons were down as adults and there was no way of changing this.
I therefore rang the ticket office to explain this and was told to ring again and choose option 2.
I did this holding on for 15 minutes before putting the phone down as I'd jumped from number 5 to number 3 in the queue whilst listening to a repetitive plug for the Holiday Inn Express.
I then rang again at lunch time and hung up after 25 minutes of the same.
I rang back chose option 1 and bought the tickets at the correct value whilst incurring a £1.60 booking fee!

Willy I think the problem you had is just a minor glitsch on the website. I've found that whenever you change an adult ticket for a child the price doesn't immediately change, but if you click through to the payment page it does charge the correct amount.

Apologies if this is not what you found but it may be worth a try if you have problems in future.

ian · Post by **ian** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:21 pm

fatboy47 wrote:can you pay on the gate ?

You can but you won't get a ticket, neither will you gain entry. Try paying at the ticket office... if there are any tickets left

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:30 pm

k90bfc wrote:I live in Nuneaton,more than enough aggro with Lincoln fans,closed half the town down once when playing the Boro,locked in pubs by Police and everything,before kick off! They should realise they are way above their football status,This is Premier League Burnley get real and accept where and who you are,like we did in 1987!

I went to Nuneaton once, had aggro after the game and ended up with a brick through the window as we pulled away from the ground. CT was running the coach along with Box Car.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:58 pm

Hillimp wrote:Having watched this forum for a week or so it may be appropriate to look at a definition of arrogance:

Arrogance definition, offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.

The Clarets fans who have posted on the Lincoln forum (90 posts from 4 posters alone) have certainly tried to explain the 15% rule even though we knew it already and have explained all the reasons we should not expect any more tickets. We are disappointed but resigned to that and have accepted being lectured on our own forum quite stoically.

As for the above posts, the tickets have been rationed to one per season ticket holder and can be bought on the phone. There are then ticket book sales and the general public can not get any until next Thursday and only if there are any left at that point. When 5000 tickets were available for Ipswich the queue stretched around the ground and some queued for 7-8 hours. I would contend that we are not a Horrible little club with horrible fans (Claret Tony) and in evidence we have gone through 5 rounds of the FA cup against teams from 4 leagues of English football without a single reported issue of crowd trouble. There are very few Lincoln fans who have been to Turf Moor and we are looking forward to visiting a new ground and town. Arrogance?? not from us.

I imagine any suggestions of your fans being "horrible" go back to the 80's where, let's face it, you had some naughty boys, as did Burnley. You had a reputation for it just like us.

With the game being on TV, and being an early kick off, it will put a few fans off attending. Without TV I'd have expected a near sell out, and you never know we might still get close? With you mentioning arrogance though, I'd suggest you get yourself on Twitter and see some of the comments on there, with your fans assuming we'll have a half empty ground and that you'd sell 7,000 no problem. They also don't seem to understand that there is no segregation to have been able to give you more than 4,000.

Overall the entire argument, whether your fans understand it or not, is over 800 seats. But why should our season ticket holders in that stand have to move when we have no need to give them to you? Every single one of your season ticket holder is able to purchase a ticket, so all of your season committed fans can attend, yet your fans want our committed fans to shift out of the way so your day trippers can attend.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:06 pm

Just a reminder for season tickets holders that if you don't claim your seat before this Friday it will then go on general sale.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:40 pm

I'm buying for my child as well, so I'm having to wait until Friday despite having a season ticket myself. I bet there are loads in the same boat.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:44 am

Is it still one ticket per season ticket holder?

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:03 am

Claretmatt4 wrote:Is it still one ticket per season ticket holder?

Don't know for sure but I would guess that once they go on general sale you would be able to get as many as you like. I'll try and find out for you.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:11 am

I'm making an assumption that's the case as I want 3, but only one season ticket and want to sit together.

Hillimp · Post by **Hillimp** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:15 am

Claretforever wrote:I imagine any suggestions of your fans being "horrible" go back to the 80's where, let's face it, you had some naughty boys, as did Burnley. You had a reputation for it just like us.

With the game being on TV, and being an early kick off, it will put a few fans off attending. Without TV I'd have expected a near sell out, and you never know we might still get close? With you mentioning arrogance though, I'd suggest you get yourself on Twitter and see some of the comments on there, with your fans assuming we'll have a half empty ground and that you'd sell 7,000 no problem. They also don't seem to understand that there is no segregation to have been able to give you more than 4,000.

Overall the entire argument, whether your fans understand it or not, is over 800 seats. But why should our season ticket holders in that stand have to move when we have no need to give them to you? Every single one of your season ticket holder is able to purchase a ticket, so all of your season committed fans can attend, yet your fans want our committed fans to shift out of the way so your day trippers can attend.

I entirely accept the ticket argument as do most sensible fans that do not indulge in Twitterohhea. You will be saying that the President of the United States uses it next!
However the Lincoln 'firm' the LTE (Lincoln Transit Executive) have disbanded as they are mainly Grandparents now, the local office of the Klu Klux Klan closed some years ago and you can't get a decent attendance anywhere at a Nazi rally in Lincoln these days.

Walton · Post by **Walton** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:36 am

Hillimp wrote:There are very few Lincoln fans who have been to Turf Moor and we are looking forward to visiting a new ground and town. Arrogance?? not from us.

Having attended the FA Cup tie between Burnley and Lincoln City in November 1996, and the League Cup tie in August 1997, I can confirm that very few Lincoln fans came to Turf Moor. Certainly not the 7,000 they reckon they could bring this time round.

I've never seen such a set of self-entitled supporters. You wouldn't see fans of Man Utd complaining over the ticket allocation, yet you see the glory hunters of Lincoln jumping aboard this bandwagon. We've allocated enough tickets for your average home crowd to attend, which is like Burnley getting 19/20,000 away tickets. The equivalent of Lincoln's demand would be us crying that we didn't get 40,000 tickets.

Every time I've seen a post on a Lincoln board, or something on Lincolnshire Live or Twitter, all I can do is say to myself in an Alan Partridge voice:

Who...

Who...

Who do you think you are?

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CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:58 am

At the risk of being ridiculed for being thick: I have just bought my ticket online which was easy enough. Will it get posted to me or do I now collect it?
Be gentle.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:01 pm

Mine says smart card activation so presume they are being uploaded onto season ticket card??

Ooogeorgeorgeoghani · Post by **Ooogeorgeorgeoghani** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:05 pm

As a season ticket holder wanting to sit elsewhere for this game, will i have to wait till friday!

Barry_Chuckle · Post by **Barry_Chuckle** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:13 pm

We have 3 ST holders, but other regular walkons want to attend making us needing 6 tickets, I bought online on Tuesday, and chose from the tickets available. I cant see there being many better seat options for 6 folk together when the ST release takes place Friday.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:16 pm

Leisure wrote:Don't know for sure but I would guess that once they go on general sale you would be able to get as many as you like. I'll try and find out for you.

Just checked and you can buy as many as you want now but limited seats available, so probably best to wait until tomorrow when all unclaimed seats of ST holders will be released for general sale.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:19 pm

I was being thick wasn't I - it will be on my Card!

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:59 pm

Hillimp:
You are not answering my questions:
1/. Why did you ask for 35% of our ground?
2/. How many of your fans have paid over £10 for their tickets?
Have you a bucket in your ticket office where they put their voluntary donation to your club?
How much have you raised so far?

gwills18 · Post by **gwills18** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:12 pm

Quick question on new season tickets. Any idea why I can’t buy a junior season ticket online? It keeps showing up as an adult ticket. Ticket office was less then helpful over the phone other than come down to the club shop to sort it out.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:14 pm

gwills18 wrote:Quick question on new season tickets. Any idea why I can’t buy a junior season ticket online? It keeps showing up as an adult ticket. Ticket office was less then helpful over the phone other than come down to the club shop to sort it out.

Think you're on the wrong thread, unless it's a Lincoln ST you're after!

gwills18 · Post by **gwills18** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:20 pm

Sorry, didn't want to start a new thread so tagged on this one. My bad. I thought the Lincoln season tickets had already sold out for next season? 7000+ sold I was told.

Man of Kent · Post by **Man of Kent** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:37 pm

Sean Dyche's Watch wrote:I've just spotted this on the official site:

Please be aware that if you are purchasing tickets for this game from the 'LN' postocdes or the surrounding areas you will be contacted by a member of Burnley FC ,and may have your ticket cancelled, and you will not be reimbursed if you are found not to be a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club.

I wonder what process they would use to try to find out if someone is a genuine fan of Burnley Football Club or not?

They'll ask them to sing some of our songs really, really quickly!

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:04 pm

gwills18 wrote:Quick question on new season tickets. Any idea why I can’t buy a junior season ticket online? It keeps showing up as an adult ticket. Ticket office was less then helpful over the phone other than come down to the club shop to sort it out.

you need to take proof of age down to the club shop before they will give you a clarets number for a junior.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:54 pm

Just got some.
That's 2 more less for the pesky Imps to get their hands on

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:59 pm

Any left in the CFS? I'd check but doesn't work on my phone...

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:15 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Any left in the CFS? I'd check but doesn't work on my phone...

They haven't been available on-line up to now and not sure if they will be tomorrow.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:32 pm

Leisure wrote:They haven't been available on-line up to now and not sure if they will be tomorrow.

Thanks Leisure. A return to the Longside it is!