ARTICLE: Lazio are at the Turf

[ClaretTony]

Finally confirmed

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/lazio-are-at-the-turf

[martin_p]

Judging by the email I got they’re only selling tickets in less than half the ground.

‘ Stadium access:

Tickets for this fixture will be sold in the following areas
· Bob Lord Stand: Blocks 1-6
· Jimmy McIlroy: All Blocks
· North Stand Lower: Blocks 4-8’

Unless I’ve misunderstood!

[ClaretsPadiham]

We play Lazio on the same day/time that Roma play Everton.

Flights from Rome will be interesting to say the least.

Recipe for disaster

[Claretfam]

Sorry if this comes through twice ... not a regular user here -- So article says Adults Season Ticket Holders: £15 but when clicking link tickets are from £24:00 but in hospitality? not showing in ticketing site, what am I doing wrong?

[Hbclaret007]

Also says up to 4 tickets, but season ticket holder can only get 1!

[Leisure]

Judging by the email I got they’re only selling tickets in less than half the ground.

‘ Stadium access:

Tickets for this fixture will be sold in the following areas
· Bob Lord Stand: Blocks 1-6
· Jimmy McIlroy: All Blocks
· North Stand Lower: Blocks 4-8’

Unless I’ve misunderstood!

North Stand Upper Blocks 4 to 8 are also available.

[martin_p]

North Stand Upper Blocks 4 to 8 are also available.

Great email then!

[Walton]

Looks like Lazio have got the end blocks in the North Stand Lower rather than the Cricket Field

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[Whitgord]

Just bought two tickets. One for me and one for a “friend or family”. You can choose any seats available (not just your season ticket seat) so we’re going to sit a bit nearer the front.

[dvalley69]

Not sure Sarri is gonna be in charge for the game. Rumours are he's set to resign coz they can't sign any players.

[ClaretTony]

Not sure Sarri is gonna be in charge for the game. Rumours are he's set to resign coz they can't sign any players.

He’s only been back there a few weeks. He’d just gone back when I wrote the article.

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

Looks like Lazio have got the end blocks in the North Stand Lower rather than the Cricket Field

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That’s where Verona were.

[ClaretTony]

That’s where Verona were.

If I remember rightly the Longside was closed for Zburnley fans when we played Verona but they put their fans in the Longside upper.

[clarets1978]

Looks like Lazio have got the end blocks in the North Stand Lower rather than the Cricket Field

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Notice they have been charged season ticket holder price

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

If I remember rightly the Longside was closed for Zburnley fans when we played Verona but they put their fans in the Longside upper.

No. We sat underneath them in longside lower.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

If I remember rightly the Longside was closed for Zburnley fans when we played Verona but they put their fans in the Longside upper.

I was sat in lower tier for this game. They had a few hundred above us at one point a quite a lot were making nazi salutes.
I’m surprised they aren’t expecting a bigger following from Lazio given they must have a lot of support in England. Hope they’ve given it a bit more thought than Hannover!

[ClaretTony]

No. We sat underneath them in longside lower.

I knew I was in the Bob Lord so assumed the Longside was closed to us but obviously it was just the upper closed to allow them in.

[ClaretTony]

Hellas Verona fans with our fans below them

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[randomclaret2]

I was sat in the Upper Longside that day
You can see Burnley fans on the left of the photo

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

Hellas Verona fans with our fans below them


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Wow. Genuinely thought there must have been loads of them as I remember them being very loud.

Did Luca Toni play that day. I have that in my head also. Can’t believe it’s over ten years ago.

[sportak-mustgo]

I’m going to ask a dumb question…
Why is it that we are able to safely police/steward away fans in the Cricketfield during ‘normal’ league games, but then seem to not be able to for pre-season matches & therefore put them in other, seemingly, less sensible locations in the ground?
Guess I’m missing something?

[ClaretTony]

I’m going to ask a dumb question…
Why is it that we are able to safely police/steward away fans in the Cricketfield during ‘normal’ league games, but then seem to not be able to for pre-season matches & therefore put them in other, seemingly, less sensible locations in the ground?
Guess I’m missing something?

For Verona in 20214, I don't think we expected that many turning up.
For Lazio in August, the cricket field stand is closed for operational reasons, I'm wondering if they are still carrying out work in there.

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

I’m going to ask a dumb question…
Why is it that we are able to safely police/steward away fans in the Cricketfield during ‘normal’ league games, but then seem to not be able to for pre-season matches & therefore put them in other, seemingly, less sensible locations in the ground?
Guess I’m missing something?

Think the assumption is (perhaps naively in lazio case) that it’s a ‘friendly’.

I’d like to think it will pass off peacefully. And more of an intrigue about it than anything.

But there’s a very real chance it could be ‘feisty’ imo.

[ClaretPete001]

I went to the European Cup Winners Cup Fonal in 1999 at Villa Park and the Lazio fans were very friendly. It was Roma who caused trouble in Liverpool. Been to the Stadio Olimpico and same.

I can’t imagine Lazio fans at a friendly in mid summer will cause lots of trouble but what do I know. German fans from a small City might feel like making a name for themselves but Romans flying into Burnley possibly wouldn’t see it the same.

The Roman salute is a Nazi salute so no doubt there could be some of that going on,

I’d judge as you find to be honest. Looking forward to this one So gia du’ore.,,

[Rosehill Claret]

I was sat in the Upper Longside that day
You can see Burnley fans on the left of the photo

After reading other posts, I was about to say I recall looking to my left for the novelty of seeing away fans in the upper tier.

[burnmark]

Wow. Genuinely thought there must have been loads of them as I remember them being very loud.

Did Luca Toni play that day. I have that in my head also. Can’t believe it’s over ten years ago.

Yes he did.

[ClaretTony]

Did Luca Toni play that day. I have that in my head also. Can’t believe it’s over ten years ago.

The teams were;

Burnley: Tom Heaton, Kieran Trippier, Michael Duff, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee, Matty Taylor (Michael Kightly 77), Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield (Ross Wallace 69), Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz (Marvin Sordell 63). Subs not used: Matt Gilks, Steven Reid, Luke O'Neill, Kevin Long, Tom Anderson, Danny Lafferty, Ashley Barnes.

Hellas Verona: Rafael (Pierluigi Gollini), Ivan Martic (Antonio Rodriguez), Rafael Marques, Alejandro Gonzalez, Alessandro Agostini (Antonio Luna), Mounir Obbadi (Artur Ionita), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Massimo Donati), Emil Hallfredsson (Mattia Valoti), Ignacio Gomez Taleb (Nene), Luca Toni (Moahmed Fares), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Francesco Zampano).

[dvalley69]

The teams were;

Burnley: Tom Heaton, Kieran Trippier, Michael Duff, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee, Matty Taylor (Michael Kightly 77), Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield (Ross Wallace 69), Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz (Marvin Sordell 63). Subs not used: Matt Gilks, Steven Reid, Luke O'Neill, Kevin Long, Tom Anderson, Danny Lafferty, Ashley Barnes.

Hellas Verona: Rafael (Pierluigi Gollini), Ivan Martic (Antonio Rodriguez), Rafael Marques, Alejandro Gonzalez, Alessandro Agostini (Antonio Luna), Mounir Obbadi (Artur Ionita), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Massimo Donati), Emil Hallfredsson (Mattia Valoti), Ignacio Gomez Taleb (Nene), Luca Toni (Moahmed Fares), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Francesco Zampano).

What was the score? Can't remember.

[pureclaret]

Our site has to be the worse one that forced me to try and buy 2 tickets when only want 1 then would not accept card payment got my wife to enter and still rejected but kept getting notification from my bank app . now got one but cant seem to see purchase history

[leedsdave]

Just ordered a ticket for my season ticket seat. System indicated that it will be a digital ticket with no delivery fee. Got an email confirming the order but how do I get the ticket? Never had digital tickets before. I assume it will be emailed to me at some point. Can anyone help?

[ClaretTony]

What was the score? Can't remember.

Won 3-1; Taylor, Jutkiewicz & Wallace


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[ClaretTony]

Just ordered a ticket for my season ticket seat. System indicated that it will be a digital ticket with no delivery fee. Got an email confirming the order but how do I get the ticket? Never had digital tickets before. I assume it will be emailed to me at some point. Can anyone help?

Some have received their tickets in the email, others haven’t. You couldn’t make it up how things continue to go wrong.

[ClaretTony]

Our site has to be the worse one that forced me to try and buy 2 tickets when only want 1 then would not accept card payment got my wife to enter and still rejected but kept getting notification from my bank app . now got one but cant seem to see purchase history

Purchase history has mystery disappeared.

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

Yes he did.

Incredible player one of the few times i remember being star struck.

Cant believe I forgot Marquez played too. Perhaps an even bigger name.

[Emclaret]

Also says up to 4 tickets, but season ticket holder can only get 1!

I had the same problem, so had to use a friend's Clarets number to purchase one of the tickets.

I have emailed the club suggesting that if they make promises in promotional material, they should ensure their IT systems can fulfil them.

I don't hold out much hope for a response.

[Leisure]

I had the same problem, so had to use a friend's Clarets number to purchase one of the tickets.

I have emailed the club suggesting that if they make promises in promotional material, they should ensure their IT systems can fulfil them.

I don't hold out much hope for a response.

Did you put 4 in the - + box at the top? (which for some unknown reason is always pre-populated with 2)

[ClaretTony]

Did you put 4 in the - + box at the top? (which for some unknown reason is always pre-populated with 2)

Doesn’t matter which way you do it, it would not allow you to buy more than one per Clarets number.

[Leisure]

Doesn’t matter which way you do it, it would not allow you to buy more than one per Clarets number.

Must be another glitch in the system, as I had no problem buying 4 in one transaction.

[ClaretTony]

Must be another glitch in the system, as I had no problem buying 4 in one transaction.

I bought three in one transaction and two in another later in the day but it would not allow me to buy more than one ticket with a Clarets Number yet they said four per number. Mind you, they said the Longside upper was shut initially while selling tickets in there.

[Leisure]

Just been on the site and it let me put 6 tickets in my basket! Although I didn't go through with the purchase.

[ClaretTony]

Must be another glitch in the system, as I had no problem buying 4 in one transaction.

It states on the ticketing site too: "Friday 27th June, 10:00 AM 2025/26 Season Ticket Holders & BFC Premium Members (up to 4 tickets per Claret number)"

But if you try to buy more than one with a Clarets Number you get: "Unfortunately, you are attempting to purchase more tickets for a match than your membership is allowed to".

[ClaretTony]

Just been on the site and it let me put 6 tickets in my basket! Although I didn't go through with the purchase.

Allocate it to a number that's already been used and try to go through the process of buying it.

[wilks_bfc]

Some have received their tickets in the email, others haven’t. You couldn’t make it up how things continue to go wrong.

Although I never had any problems with it, I know some people had issues with previous system, but nothing like what’s happened since moving to TicketMaster

Sunderland also used them last season but have dropped them for this season for the purchase of Matchday tickets, going with SeatGeek

[Emclaret]

Did you put 4 in the - + box at the top? (which for some unknown reason is always pre-populated with 2)

Yes, I did but as ClaretTony says, it would not allow you to buy more than one ticket per Clarets number.

[ClaretTony]

Yes, I did but as ClaretTony says, it would not allow you to buy more than one ticket per Clarets number.

And still won't

[Hedontplayforyou]

The ticketing thing is absolute shite .

You can’t add an extra ticket for a concession because the date of birth corresponding to the main name on the account brings up an error.

Then when you set someone up on the “clarets network” then it states that the person in the network doesn’t have the correct attributes to purchase seats .

Thus trying to get you to purchase another membership, what a load of old shite that is.

[CyrilEbokiPoh]

Heard there is going to be a huge following from lazio including the English based fans (which includes many London based fans. West Ham have links with lazio as I believe do Espanyol).

[BradTee93]

The ticketing thing is absolute shite .

You can’t add an extra ticket for a concession because the date of birth corresponding to the main name on the account brings up an error.

Then when you set someone up on the “clarets network” then it states that the person in the network doesn’t have the correct attributes to purchase seats .

Thus trying to get you to purchase another membership, what a load of old shite that is.

I'm in the same boat, having to wait until tomorrow morning to purchase ours because my daughter doesn't match the correct category or something like that...yet the website said I could purchase 4 tickets...yet that didn't work

[Hedontplayforyou]

I'm in the same boat, having to wait until tomorrow morning to purchase ours because my daughter doesn't match the correct category or something like that...yet the website said I could purchase 4 tickets...yet that didn't work

Ring the ticket office and do it now , took me five minutes. Doesn’t negate the fact that the process is garbage

[Emclaret]

I had the same problem, so had to use a friend's Clarets number to purchase one of the tickets.

I have emailed the club suggesting that if they make promises in promotional material, they should ensure their IT systems can fulfil them.

I don't hold out much hope for a response.

To my surprise, and with apologies to the club for ever doubting them, I have had a response to my enquiry. The explanation given is as follows:

Although each Season Ticket holder could purchase 4 tickets, only one of these could be at the Season Ticket holders reduced price. If the price for all 4 tickets were at the reduced price, this would have stopped the purchase.

I may have missed this in the email and on the website but I don't recall this information being part of the message regarding the sale of tickets for the game.