Dave the OAP
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So I am on holiday the Man City game and have offered my ticket to my brother in law......is this now falling foul of the clubs rules?
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- Thread starter Super Steve Earle
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It's not a "now" thing, it's always been against both the law and club rules, and every now and again the club have fired these reminder warning shots.
Although I'm not sure the club would say it, sensible "sharing" with known friends and family will be fine and, let's face it, short of insisting on ID for each fan on entry, there's little the club can do about it.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Better not get any away fans next to me or else there'll be some loud tutting and even possibly shaking of the head..
It was happening at both. Though to such a small extent as to be completely pointless.
I was at Chelsea vs Man Utd a few years ago and a bunch of stewards came up and asked the guy directly how he had obtained his ticket and how much he had paid. I can't recall the exact figure but it was an obscene amount. They asked him just before half time to go for a chat with them about who sold him the ticket and said don't worry you can stay and watch the game etc. Not sure how they had intel on him getting his ticket from a tout.
To be honest, if the club deal with cases like that, where someone is selling a one off ticket for more than the cost of their season ticket. Good. However if I fall sick the day before a game and can't make it so let my uncle have the ticket, that would be a bit shitty. I do get the whole 'we have people on a waiting list' for tickets assuming the games are sold out argument but you'd hope it's proper touts taking the piss here they'd punish to the maximum rather than loyal fans who might have to miss the odd game letting a close friend/family take it.
To be honest, if the club deal with cases like that, where someone is selling a one off ticket for more than the cost of their season ticket. Good. However if I fall sick the day before a game and can't make it so let my uncle have the ticket, that would be a bit shitty. I do get the whole 'we have people on a waiting list' for tickets assuming the games are sold out argument but you'd hope it's proper touts taking the piss here they'd punish to the maximum rather than loyal fans who might have to miss the odd game letting a close friend/family take it.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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You guys should buy from a tout in Argentina if you want a real experience.
You get the tickets on the corner by the stadium a few hours beforehand, then about two hours prior to kick off, barricades go up that don't let anyone within a mile radius of the stadium without a ticket.
You go through four separate security checks, including a ticket check that shows who the ticket is registered to (which clearly isn't the very white english guy holding the ticket), and that's before you get to the checks at the stadium entry point where it really is a 50/50 chance that your ticket is eligible.
God knows how they'd enforce such a system that Brighton seem to be imposing.
You get the tickets on the corner by the stadium a few hours beforehand, then about two hours prior to kick off, barricades go up that don't let anyone within a mile radius of the stadium without a ticket.
You go through four separate security checks, including a ticket check that shows who the ticket is registered to (which clearly isn't the very white english guy holding the ticket), and that's before you get to the checks at the stadium entry point where it really is a 50/50 chance that your ticket is eligible.
God knows how they'd enforce such a system that Brighton seem to be imposing.
Really? Surely it's more to do with supporting their loyalty points scheme. No point having a scheme if people buy tickets for those that don't go away! I'll be honest, in the past we have done that but I fully understand why the club have stated this.
I don't think you have to be a knuckle dragger to be annoyed with away fans being in home sections. If nothing else, they're taking a seat from Albion supporters who would have liked to be there.
I'm all for fans mixing outside and a friendly atmosphere but football is not rugby and I'm glad about that (speaking from experience of watching both) - the rivalry is important to the intensity of the atmosphere.
If away fans are in home seats they should do the right thing and keep a lid on the celebrations - as most of us would if we'd sneaked into an away ground.
Super Steve Earle
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This is the sort of scenario to which I am referring. I wouldn't want to do something like this then find myself banned indefinitely because a steward noticed an unfamiliar face coming through the turnstiles and made a few enquiries.
I know a few families that share season tickets, split the cost equally and go to equal numbers of games, which is obviously against the rules. However can't see this being a problem unless the tickets are being sold on.
Wasn't there an approved way of letting someone else use your season ticket? Weren't you meant to get a temporary paper ticket printed rather than let them use your card?
Wasn't there an approved way of letting someone else use your season ticket? Weren't you meant to get a temporary paper ticket printed rather than let them use your card?
Baker lite
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I'd ban You for starting a sentence with "So"
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The club are sending new ST cards to all STH (20k), but not to the 3k 1901ers. 1901ers are permitted to transfer their ST freely, STH are not.
New technology/protocols being put in place to make it easier to enforce this latest reiteration of the warning about tickets being non-transferable?
Though, as others have observed, short of id'ing everyone on entry (retinal scans anyone?), it's hard to see how they're really going to control this activity, except in the most egregious cases...
New technology/protocols being put in place to make it easier to enforce this latest reiteration of the warning about tickets being non-transferable?
Though, as others have observed, short of id'ing everyone on entry (retinal scans anyone?), it's hard to see how they're really going to control this activity, except in the most egregious cases...
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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I can't go to the Man City game, so my son is using my ticket. He had a season ticket from the age of 7, but went to University last year, so had to give it up.
If I can't make it to a game and he is in town, he will use it.
If they ban me for this I'm done with football.
If I can't make it to a game and he is in town, he will use it.
If they ban me for this I'm done with football.
Exactly. It is unusual that that same person uses my second season ticket twice running. Am I bovvered? If I were to allow some clown I meet in the pub use it, however, and he turns out to be a recidivist, then I would deserve all the ordure and opprobrium that comes my way.
Gazwag
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No there were no bhafc employees at the turnstiles for any of the last few away matches to check
Thunder Bolt
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Kudos for the big words! (What do they mean?)
Creaky
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Hasn't the club tacitly consented to the transfer of season tickets by agreeing to them being 'upgraded' six times per season?
You'd hardly want to upgrade your ticket if you weren't going to pass it on to someone else.
You'd hardly want to upgrade your ticket if you weren't going to pass it on to someone else.
B52
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I was about to ask the same question