[Albion] Demand for away tickets

Bozza said:

I'm scaling back my own ambitions for the second half of the season.

I reserve the right to be fickle and go away game crazy if things change in due course!

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

Whether it is xmas, travel difficulties, time constraints, financial considerations or just plain bad form on the pitch away ticket sales are on the decline at the moment. This is the state of play with the six games on the website at this time:-
West Ham - sold out to sth with 216+ points
Aston Villa - around 320 unsold, has gone all the way to purchase history
Norwich - sold out an allocation of 2669, did go as far as members though
Ipswich - around 50 RV left has gone all the way to purchase history
Man U - around 80 left (50 ambulant disabled) out of an allocation of 2450 has gone to members
Forest - around 370 left out of an allocation of 2373 with only the members window to go

Now it may well be the case with the last 2 that some fans are holding back at the moment and will review the situation in january but the question then will be "will there be any seats available?" as the club may well decide not to take up any more blocks or move segregation areas.

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

Whether it is xmas, travel difficulties, time constraints, financial considerations or just plain bad form on the pitch away ticket sales are on the decline at the moment. This is the state of play with the six games on the website at this time:-
West Ham - sold out to sth with 216+ points
Aston Villa - around 320 unsold, has gone all the way to purchase history
Norwich - sold out an allocation of 2669, did go as far as members though
Ipswich - around 50 RV left has gone all the way to purchase history
Man U - around 80 left (50 ambulant disabled) out of an allocation of 2450 has gone to members
Forest - around 370 left out of an allocation of 2373 with only the members window to go

Now it may well be the case with the last 2 that some fans are holding back at the moment and will review the situation in january but the question then will be "will there be any seats available?" as the club may well decide not to take up any more blocks or move segregation areas.

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

Whether it is xmas, travel difficulties, time constraints, financial considerations or just plain bad form on the pitch away ticket sales are on the decline at the moment. This is the state of play with the six games on the website at this time:-
West Ham - sold out to sth with 216+ points
Aston Villa - around 320 unsold, has gone all the way to purchase history
Norwich - sold out an allocation of 2669, did go as far as members though
Ipswich - around 50 RV left has gone all the way to purchase history
Man U - around 80 left (50 ambulant disabled) out of an allocation of 2450 has gone to members
Forest - around 370 left out of an allocation of 2373 with only the members window to go

Now it may well be the case with the last 2 that some fans are holding back at the moment and will review the situation in january but the question then will be "will there be any seats available?" as the club may well decide not to take up any more blocks or move segregation areas.

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dazzer6666 said:

Combination of time of year and not a particularly attractive set of fixtures imo.

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

You are probably right Dazzer, though what does it say if Man U away falls into the category of a "not particularly attractive fixture".

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

Whether it is xmas, travel difficulties, time constraints, financial considerations or just plain bad form on the pitch away ticket sales are on the decline at the moment. This is the state of play with the six games on the website at this time:-
West Ham - sold out to sth with 216+ points
Aston Villa - around 320 unsold, has gone all the way to purchase history
Norwich - sold out an allocation of 2669, did go as far as members though
Ipswich - around 50 RV left has gone all the way to purchase history
Man U - around 80 left (50 ambulant disabled) out of an allocation of 2450 has gone to members
Forest - around 370 left out of an allocation of 2373 with only the members window to go

Now it may well be the case with the last 2 that some fans are holding back at the moment and will review the situation in january but the question then will be "will there be any seats available?" as the club may well decide not to take up any more blocks or move segregation areas.

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dazzer6666 said:

Combination of time of year and not a particularly attractive set of fixtures imo.

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Guinness Boy said:

Forest is one of the best trips there is. Norwich would have been a good day out were the trains not up the spout too. Ipswich would have sold out to tier 2 if it was Sat 3pm IMO.

But there are a lot of tickets on sale at the moment for a time of year when people are spending on Christmas for sure. And we're not exactly lighting up the EPL at the moment.

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dazzer6666 said:

Long (midwinter) trip, crumbling ground, purchase point in the run-up to Christmas, most have ticked it off multiple times…….and they’re not even a big draw atm

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Charles 'Charley' Charles said:

Think from our group's point of view it comes down to cost. As a family of 5 attending games in the lead up to Christmas something has to give. At the moment we are only attending the Norwich and Ipswich matches, we'd love to do Forest as well, but that will have to wait until after Christmas and seeing what excess funds are avaliable to do this. It was a lot of money to find for a high number of away games that went on sale in a short space of time, take in to account that the Villa and Utd games are pretty much full price for all age groups (the often lower priced savings for younger age groups makes a big contribution to travel costs) it wasn't too difficult to pick and chosse the matches we were going to attend.

The loyalty points, and any potential extra matches next season didn't play a part in it, although the Villa on a Monday night and Utd on a Sunday lunchtime also did feature as reasons in what games we could attend.

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Behind Enemy Lines said:

Villa is live on TV, and we have a terrible record at Villa Park so very understandable we've not sold out there.
Norwich - think the club should have asked for more tickets, it sold out a month before the game - hardly a glamour tie.

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Kenn said:

I didn't think the Villa game was on TV unless I've missed something?

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Kenn said:

I didn't think the Villa game was on TV unless I've missed something?

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Behind Enemy Lines said:

You may well be right. I thought it was on Amazon but I cant see it listed.

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Bob! said:

Brentford is the Amazon game

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Behind Enemy Lines said:

It's still very strong support though.
Villa is live on TV, and we have a terrible record at Villa Park so very understandable we've not sold out there.
Norwich - think the club should have asked for more tickets, it sold out a month before the game - hardly a glamour tie. Would have taken 3500+
United on the verge of selling out.
Still 6 weeks before the Forest fixture.

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

You are probably right Dazzer, though what does it say if Man U away falls into the category of a "not particularly attractive fixture".

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Dave the hatosaurus said:

Must just point out that no way is Man u on the verge of selling out unless you mean of those available at the moment. As per my original post we have only released 2450 seats of the 3000 we could have had and members window has been open for a few days now. The club have probably assessed that we will not need any more because of the lack of demand.

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