Leicester tickets sold out

WHARTON94 · Post by **WHARTON94** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:00 pm

Unbelievable how fast they sold out! Sold out by 10am this morning! Fed up of trying to get tickets for games away! It is getting hard work now ! Just give us more seat and I am sure we can fill them !

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:01 pm

jrgbfc wrote:Oh well good of the club to keep us all well informed. Have they ever given a reason for their baffling refusal to give out away allocations?

So people can pretend to know more than others.

Real ale 2 · Post by **Real ale 2** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:05 pm

Sorry to disagree Clarettony...we had 2,046 fans last year for Leicester=
away (your figures ) ..selling out a few days before the game after going=
on general sale ..this year we have sold out this morning after only just=
going on general sale to season ticket holders , with still three weeks =
to go before the game on Dec 2nd we could have sold a lot more with time to
plan travel.most people thought would be ok as about to go on general sale ..Everton away was because it was a Sunday , live on tv hence=
the club virtually giving tickets away and giving the extra points to indu=
ce supporters to go and the appalling facilities at Goodison where you have to wait to make sure you don't get the rubbish lower tier seats

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:17 pm

This is very fcking annoying.

I’ve missed around 7 away games in 4 years, all with good excuses (weddings etc). Make that 8.

Really Mickey Mouse thinking to doubt we would sell 3000 tickets given the surrounding fixtures and the fact we have our best team in 40 years, 7th in the Prem.

We need all the away support we can get, even if it costs us £25k here and there. Our brand as a club is also hit if we are deemed to have poxy away support (which we don’t; it’s phenomenal by and large).

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ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:23 pm

mkmel wrote:Maybe pay at the turnstile on the day?

How on earth will there be pay on the day if we’ve sold out.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:27 pm

Real ale 2 wrote:Sorry to disagree Clarettony...we had 2,046 fans last year for Leicester=
away (your figures )

You’re agreeing, not disagreeing unless you are nit picking over 46. I said 2,000.

For what it’s worth I don’t agree at all if we’ve taken the minimum allocation. I think it shows disregard for our fans to be honest but probably because we were stung with Everton.

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:34 pm

It also just really underestimates our away support.

The decision assumes it’s crap. But it’s not. It’s very good. 3 O clock Saturday games it’s always really solid.

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jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:35 pm

Even with 700 tickets unsold at 30 quid a pop it's only about 20 grand. With the millions that we have rolling into the club every year is it really such a disaster if we have to pay out once or twice a season?

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:41 pm

Of course it’s not jrg.

It’s really small beans. One extra decision driven by the extra support, that leads to a point could be worth £800k or what ever you get per place.

So many reasons to file this in the ‘dumb decision’ box.

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Real ale 2 · Post by **Real ale 2** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:03 pm

Not quibbling over 46 fans Tony..we took 2,000 last year early doors, this year were riding high and it's our last " local " away game until ..Christmas plus tickets went on sale in plenty of time for a proper ko time

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:04 pm

All day long the manager and players would want 3,000 fans at this game.

The club can financially stand a few grand loss in case we didn't sell them all as I'm sure other club's do with us?

But why do our PR dept insist on not telling us, the fans, what allocation we have taken for away fixtures?

Is it some kind of childish game amongst the staff who work there to keep it to themselves?

I wish somebody from the Club would answer that question.

But they won't.

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:13 pm

Totally with you ty. Weird.

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jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:53 pm

The most infuriating thing is the clubs refusal to give a reason for their wall of silence around away allocations. If every other club in the country can do it what is our problem?

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:06 pm

We could sell 1000 tickets easier than Leicester could.

Leicester better sell out now.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:09 pm

Leisure wrote:With a fair proportion of those being Southern based fans.

Yes. I have a southern accent and was surrounded by very Hampshire accents!

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:37 pm

ClaretTony wrote:How on earth will there be pay on the day if we’ve sold out.

Why do you have to be so consistently obnoxious?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:43 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Why do you have to be so consistently obnoxious?

I just knew as soon as I saw you had posted on this thread that you would be replying to me with yet another offensive remark. Do you actually get a kick out of trolling and being offensive? It seems so.

You desperately tried to ruin the last board, so much so that you were the first person every globally banned by Footy Mad. I was told in no uncertain terms by them that if you tried to get back on I had to inform them of any new usernames. You are now trying just as hard to ruin this one.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:45 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I just knew as soon as I saw you had posted on this thread that you would be replying to me with yet another offensive remark. Do you actually get a kick out of trolling and being offensive? It seems so.

You desperately tried to ruin the last board, so much so that you were the first person every globally banned by Footy Mad. I was told in no uncertain terms by them that if you tried to get back on I had to inform them of any new usernames. You are now trying just as hard to ruin this one.

Your response to MKMel was completely unnecesary. He made a sensible suggestion and you responded with predictable arrogance.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:46 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Your response to MKMel was completely unnecesary. He made a sensible suggestion and you responded with predictable arrogance.

And your response once again is typically offensive.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:47 pm

ClaretTony wrote:And your response once again is typically offensive.

Really?

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:52 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Really?

To be fair a lot of your posts are unnecessarily antagonistic

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:09 pm

There's a few single tickets left for sale at the club shop according to Twitter.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:11 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:There's a few single tickets left for sale at the club shop according to Twitter.

How on earth will there be if we have sold out?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:13 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:How on earth will there be if we have sold out?

One of the staff can't count properly as more tickets always seem to spring up.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:13 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:There's a few single tickets left for sale at the club shop according to Twitter.

aggi was the one who started the thread earlier claiming they were sold out. Not sure where he got that from but it is obvious there aren't many left.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:15 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:One of the staff can't count properly as more tickets always seem to spring up.

Sorry I was trying to be funny

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:15 pm

ClaretTony wrote:aggi was the one who started the thread earlier claiming they were sold out. Not sure where he got that from but it is obvious there aren't many left.

The replies to the official account suggest the club announced sold out with one chap asking for 11 tickets but only getting 5 from the club.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:17 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Sorry I was trying to be funny

I know but I'm not getting involved.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:18 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:One of the staff can't count properly as more tickets always seem to spring up.

I think one of the problems could be some tickets going to foundation and such and therefore not under the control of the ticket office. They also have to put a set number of tickets, a figure agreed by the Premier League, to one side for players. If, closer to the game, those tickets aren't required then I presume they are made available for sale.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:19 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:The replies to the official account suggest the club announced sold out with one chap asking for 11 tickets but only getting 5 from the club.

Did they announce it on Twitter? I just checked the official site and couldn't find anything there.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:21 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Did they announce it on Twitter? I just checked the official site and couldn't find anything there.

I haven't seen anything just going of what others have said. They haven't been able to purchase tickets.

ClaretCliff · Post by **ClaretCliff** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:57 am

ClaretTony wrote:aggi was the one who started the thread earlier claiming they were sold out. Not sure where he got that from but it is obvious there aren't many left.

I tried to buy online at about 11 yesterday morning (Friday) but only Bournemouth available. I rang ticket office to ask why Leicester not available to buy and he said they had sold out earlier that morning.

1989_claret · Post by **1989_claret** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:16 am

All sold out. Was a mistake on Twitter.

Brighton will NOT be the full allocation either!

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:30 am

Big own goal by the club - more than that actually. It's insulting and shambolic.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:30 am

1989_claret wrote:All sold out. Was a mistake on Twitter.

Brighton will NOT be the full allocation either!

Is the mistake you are referring to the tweet last night saying there were single tickets remaining?

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:40 am

ClaretTony wrote:How on earth will there be pay on the day if we’ve sold out.

Hi CT, how do these away tickets work?

Home club has got a ground with a capacity of X (sometimes X is a big number, sometimes a lot smaller).

Home club's season tickets account for a proportion of 90% of X.

Home club has two categories of tickets to sell for each home game: (I) home fans and (ii) away fans.

Home club has got a number of non-ST fans. Home club knows if the number of non-ST fans is large or more limited - and can estimate the demand from non-ST fans for each fixture.

Home club wants to maximise ticket sales revenue.

HC has to offer up to 10% of X to away team.

Away team can take X(10%) or a smaller number, let's call this Y.

Does the HC decide that AC has to pay for all the tickets taken for AC fans - so HC is g'teed this revenue whether or not AC can sell or the tickets it takes - and this is the case whether the AC takes the smaller allocation, or only when they take the maximum allocation?

If the away fans have a disagreement with their club (not Burnley, but there are a number of other fans in this situation) are they costing their team money if they don't buy all the away allocation their club takes?

Are these ticket allocation and revenue rules Premier League rules, or do they also operate in Championship and other divisions in EFL?

When we had pay on the gate at Southampton - was this reducing the cost to Burnley or unsold away allocation? Or, did Southampton retain this revenue?

If Burnley are liable for the cost of away ticket allocation, what efforts do the club make to maximise these ticket sales - beyond publishing the fixture list and some great away results?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:34 am

Too many questions in your post Paul but the basics are

Away club are offered 3k or 10% of the ground is smaller than 30k. I.e 1200 offered at Bournemouth with a 11k capacity.

For clubs that can segregate sections and sell tickets to home fans they can offer either 1.5k or similar, or the full allocation with the away club paying for any unsold tickets.

Leicester, Everton or Chelsea for instance could sell the seats for £45 instead of £30 capped away price.

1989_claret · Post by **1989_claret** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:04 am

ClaretTony wrote:Is the mistake you are referring to the tweet last night saying there were single tickets remaining?

Yes the tweet from last night. Darren Bentley has said it was a mis-communication.

People wanting Brighton tickets better be quick too as the person as the ticket office said we have taken the smallest amount we could. In my opinion a big mistake!

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:26 am

1989_claret wrote:People wanting Brighton tickets better be quick too as the person as the ticket office said we have taken the smallest amount we could. In my opinion a big mistake!

Without knowing just what allocation they have taken not sure how you can say it's a big mistake? If the allocation is around 1500, as we only took 1400+ to Southampton and the game is just over 1 week before Xmas, that's probably enough.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 11:32 am

Leisure wrote:Without knowing just what allocation they have taken not sure how you can say it's a big mistake? If the allocation is around 1500, as we only took 1400+ to Southampton and the game is just over 1 week before Xmas, that's probably enough.

"Just over one week".....do you write for The Sun ? It's more than 3 weeks !

Leicester is a lot lot closer than Southampton for fans.

Club has misjudged this one

mickleoverclaret · Post by **mickleoverclaret** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:09 pm

Leisure wrote:Without knowing just what allocation they have taken not sure how you can say it's a big mistake? If the allocation is around 1500, as we only took 1400+ to Southampton and the game is just over 1 week before Xmas, that's probably enough.

That's part of the problem really, unless the club tell us what allocation they've taken we'll always be guessing. The decision not to take a full allocation for Leicester is obviously an awful one so being sceptical about the club doing exactly the same for the very next away game seems justifiable.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:15 pm

It's good to see another 7000 Burnley fans wanted tickets for Leicester. This level of interest should make sure we sell out every away game this season now.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:32 pm

TVC15 wrote:It's insulting and shambolic.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:36 pm

TVC15 wrote:"Just over one week".....do you write for The Sun ? It's more than 3 weeks !

Leicester is a lot lot closer than Southampton for fans.

Club has misjudged this one

He’s talking about Brighton not Leicester

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:38 pm

BleedingClaret wrote:He’s talking about Brighton not Leicester

Oops - apologies then !

Allocation for Brighton looks more realistic then. Leicester allocation definitely very strange decision by club

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:42 pm

You can understand the clubs logic with the Brighton game, long trip and the week before Christmas, but the Leicester decision is absolutely bonkers, as is the North Korea style secrecy regarding away allocations.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:45 pm

TVC15 wrote:"Just over one week".....do you write for The Sun ? It's more than 3 weeks !

Leicester is a lot lot closer than Southampton for fans.

Club has misjudged this one

No, I don't write for The Sun! I was responding to 1989_claret who was referring to the club having made a big mistake by having only taken the minimum allocation for Brighton (which is a week or so before Xmas!).

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:47 pm

jrgbfc wrote:You can understand the clubs logic with the Brighton game, long trip and the week before Christmas, but the Leicester decision is absolutely bonkers, as is the North Korea style secrecy regarding away allocations.

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:48 pm

It’s very simple if you take all the facts surrounding the Leicester game including its day Saturday it’s time 3pm it’s location compared to the away games either side of it, how we are performing in general especially away and finally whether it would really harm the clubs finances if 3 or 400 tickets that weren’t sold were covered by the club and finally if you cared if all the Burnley fans that wanted to go could then you’d take the full allocation.
Same criteria applied for Brighton you take the smaller allocation.
Or you could just shrowed it all in secrecy acting like you haven’t got two penny’s to rub together and p@ss everyone off... is Hoos back

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:58 pm

I think that we should ask the people that actually run our away supporters groups, the likes of rossi and leisure, to ask the question to the club about how they decide on the take up of allocations and why they refuse to tell the FANS what they are.