Favourite ticketing stories

[Herr Tubthumper]

I think my top 3 are

1) being asked to deposit applications in a bin outside Withers prior to a mid-week game. I asked for some help and was dragged around the concourse where my helper looked in a genuine rubbish bin before identifying the ticket bin. Utter genius.

2) Tickets being sent out with addresses written by what appeared to be a 5 year old.

3) A friend ordering away tickets, only to receive tickets for the wrong match....a game we'd lost two weeks previously.

But, as I've said earlier respect to the ticket guys.

 

[pasty]

My favourite ticketing story goes something like

Opened up website
Clicked on buy tickets
Didn't know my password so clicked "Forgot Password"
Received an email within one minute with my password
Logged on
Added a mate using friends and family section
Bought 2 x Villa tickets, all in the space of about 10 minutes

Worked "just as it says on the tin"

 

[Storer68]

Just to prove there's nothing new.

In April 1983, strolled down to the Goldstone ticket office with my cup Final priority ticket voucher (from the Stoke game) and handed over my priority voucher and £3 to the bloke behind the window.

He passed the ticket across to me and I strolled off back to Hove station. halfway down the back of the west stand I thought, I'd better check it to see if they are alright. And to gloat ovet going to the Cup final

Took the ticket out of my pocket and checked it and ...................................................realised that there was another one behind the one I had bought.

AND THAT WAS FOR THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE CLUB'; HISTORY.

Did I take one back ? - Did I heck !!!!!!!!!

 

[supaseagull]

Just to prove there's nothing new.

In April 1983, strolled down to the Goldstone ticket office with my cup Final priority ticket voucher (from the Stoke game) and handed over my priority voucher and £3 to the bloke behind the window.

He passed the ticket across to me and I strolled off back to Hove station. halfway down the back of the west stand I thought, I'd better check it to see if they are alright. And to gloat ovet going to the Cup final

Took the ticket out of my pocket and checked it and ...................................................realised that there was another one behind the one I had bought.

AND THAT WAS FOR THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE CLUB'; HISTORY.

Did I take one back ? - Did I heck !!!!!!!!!

That was MY ticket you B*ST*RD

 

[clapham_gull]

Mine was getting my envelopes mixed up and posting my application to myself.

 

[8ace]

I bought 10 tickets for Orient away last season - they turned up in the post the monday after the game. The post mark was a whole month earlier, exactly when the club said they sent them out.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I've heard that upon finding out he hadn't got West Ham tickets, an NSC member marched into the ticket office with his children and accused a staff member of ruining the childrens christmas.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

You have to go a LONG way to beat Beach Huts ****ing about the west ham game

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Queueing up for replay tickets at the Goldstone on the Sunday morning after the 1983 final. Got my tickets from one of the ticket windows. As I turned to leave, the adjacent ticket window became free. Before the next in line descended the steps to the vacant window I sidled across and bought another couple of tickets.

At the same time one of my mates, who had stayed overnight in London, went back to Wembley to buy his replay tickets. There were 5,000 United fans queuing at one end and 20 Brighton at the other end.

Come the night of the replay, we had more tickets than we needed and couldn't get rid of the spares.

Also, seen the Albion from the home end at Liverpool, Man Utd, Hereford, Arsenal, Colchester, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Leeds, Spurs, Oldham, Palace and many others.

 

[Easy 10]

Mine was getting my envelopes mixed up and posting my application to myself.

Now thats a bit special.

 

[Badger]

Mine was getting my envelopes mixed up and posting my application to myself.

That brings a Blackadder quote to mind:

"Edmund: Baldrick, I gave you two notes. You sent the note asking for a sponge bag to the finest mind in English legal history.

Baldrick: Certainly did, sir!

Edmund: And you sent the note requesting legal representation to...

(enter George)"

 

[Mendoza]

The Play Off Final 2004
Dont know how or why but I ended up queueing to buy tickets for 46 people (I think mostly people on NSC) at Withdean, with the majority of people in the queue with ,e. I had everyones money (roughly £2,000)in CASH in a tescos carrier bag. I got near the front, and someone heard I was buying loads. He then started shouting abuse at me and my mate, calling me a glory hunter (amungst the kinder words) - I had been to every game bar one that season, home and away. He even tried to kick us for some reason.

Anyway, we all got tickets, so the story is a bit rubbersh

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Mine was getting my envelopes mixed up and posting my application to myself.

Sterling work!

 

[clapham_gull]

Now thats a bit special.

Sterling work!

I'd like to add that I dealt with the enquiry in a professional and timely manner.

Did I get a thanks on here ?

Did I bollocks.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

You have to go a LONG way to beat Beach Huts ****ing about the west ham game

Go on....

 

[house your seagull]

 

[surrey jim]

You have to go a LONG way to beat Beach Huts ****ing about the west ham game

link

 

[Da Man Clay]

link

Search for ANY thread on West Ham from that time. Literally EVERY thread i'm sure had Beach Hut in it.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Selling my cousins (who had no interest in football) Stoke voucher (he couldn't go) that enabled you to buy a Cup Final ticket for £104 in the canteen at school. Then the deputy head Mr Kenny getting wind of the deal and making us reverse the transaction. Then the kid and his Dad turning up at school a few days later and offering me 6 twenty pound notes for it. I hasten to add it was this kid who overheard me saying I had a spare who instigated it. But it did start a bidding war .

 

[gjh1971]

Bought three tickets for the recent Swindon game with cash at the ticket office. For no apparent reason, three days later, four tickets arrive in the post for the same game.