[Albion] Liverpool Away Tickets

[London Irish]

i know it's subjective but if I was only doing one of the two I know which I'd plump for.

Yep, it just happens I did Anfield last season, walked past it earlier this season but haven't been to Toon for a long while

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Never seen you get angry before it was a joy watching you lose your shizz

The Fulham outburst at hapless Hooper was quite special…..
(And spot on).

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Yes, as it happens there is.
Away fan sections in most grounds tend to start in a corner or end of a stand and spread across towards the centre where there will be a segregation area before the home fans carry on. To maximise sales clubs will want to sell any spare tickets that the away club do not use to their own fans. To facilitate this the segregation area can be moved/adjusted within the stand whereas obviously the corner/end cannot be moved. So, unless an away club is very confident that all will sell, the tickets are released starting from the corner/end and as sales carry on then blocks closer to the centre become available.
I will say that in the past i have criticised the club on occasion for being over cautious, however i feel they are definitely improving in that regard. As an example it was pleasing this year that the whole of the away section at Chelsea was released in one go rather than corner first.

Did we do this to the extreme at home vs Burnley a few years back, when we gave them 2 blocks in the south east corner after they took about 300?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Hope I don't get to have another argument with a Liverpool fan in the away end again.

Was he singing YNWA without any clear visual aids, I can see how that would be annoying?

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

Did we do this to the extreme at home vs Burnley a few years back, when we gave them 2 blocks in the south east corner after they took about 300?

Quite likely as we must instruct/request other clubs to start their sales in that corner. The more they can sell the closer to the goal they get.
I was mildly amused when i looked on a wolves fan site to see how their sales were going before our recent match and found a post complaining that the person concerned had bought a seat early close to the corner and the latest block released was much nearer to the middle !!! So it is not just our fans who sometimes struggle with this.
As an aside to this i sometimes read posts on here where people say they will wait for a certain block/area to open which is fine unless a lot of fans start to do the same thing. The inherent danger is the club do not know that people are waiting and may mistake the lack of sales for a lack of demand and then not open the very area that those people are waiting for.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Quite likely as we must instruct/request other clubs to start their sales in that corner. The more they can sell the closer to the goal they get.
I was mildly amused when i looked on a wolves fan site to see how their sales were going before our recent match and found a post complaining that the person concerned had bought a seat early close to the corner and the latest block released was much nearer to the middle !!! So it is not just our fans who sometimes struggle with this.
As an aside to this i sometimes read posts on here where people say they will wait for a certain block/area to open which is fine unless a lot of fans start to do the same thing. The inherent danger is the club do not know that people are waiting and may mistake the lack of sales for a lack of demand and then not open the very area that those people are waiting for.

Maybe an away ticket swap window could open up to fans already holding a ticket before any further newly allocated blocks are put on sale to other fans?

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Maybe an away ticket swap window could open up to fans already holding a ticket before any further newly allocated blocks are put on sale to other fans?

Yes, because the club would have nothing better to do

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

Just had a look and since 11.00am we have sold about 160 mostly in AL7 .
Still available 339 in AL9, 246 in AL8 and 349 in AL7 total 934.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Yes, because the club would have nothing better to do

…than provide customer service for fans buying tickets.

 

[HangletonGull]

Just had a look and since 11.00am we have sold about 160 mostly in AL7 .
Still available 339 in AL9, 246 in AL8 and 349 in AL7 total 934.

And another block?

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

…than provide customer service for fans buying tickets.

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

Maybe an away ticket swap window could open up to fans already holding a ticket before any further newly allocated blocks are put on sale to other fans?

It is a good idea but i feel very difficult to enact in practice especially as our system seems quite rigid in fixing a ticket to a name as soon as it is bought. It cannot even let someone return a ticket for resale when they discover they cannot go to a game due to a change in circumstances (even if they do not want a refund) and would like a fellow fan to use it.

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

And another block?

Yes block AL6 yet to open .

 

[worthingseagull]

654 left as of 9.42am

 

[HangletonGull]

I guess al 6 is still not open?

 

[worthingseagull]

not yet - I think many are waiting for it

 

[JOLovegrove]

I'll take any ticket.... I'm not fussy.

 

[8049]

I'll take any ticket.... I'm not fussy.

Me too. Anyone know the chances of there being any left for Members?

 

[HH Brighton]

Me too. Anyone know the chances of there being any left for Members?

It went to members last season

 

[worthingseagull]

For all those season ticket holders able to buy at 9am - theres 450 of the initial allocation available as of now

Block AL6 still yet to open though