[Albion] Tickets Remaining for FA Cup Semi Final ***About 200 LEFT ON SALE***

[kingcole]

I think you’re being slightly pessimistic in your views. This whole ticket scenario is completely different to a normal away game where the allocation is 3,000 and all the fans are in one section, and therefore, the priority is get a ticket ASAP before they run out.

Here the situation is we have an allocation of 33,000 plus. This is an occasion where many fans want to be with friends and family. So if you have first dibs on a ticket and your friends don’t then you more likely to hang back until you can get a group booking altogether. This procedure happened with me yesterday, fortunately I was able to use my wife’s ST on the second round of ticket release and got two seats together.

I predict that we will sell out comfortably albeit over a longer period, and that we’ll have more fans on the big day than City.

Valid points.....

 

[Originunknown]

I'm also in the STH camp holding out to get a group together in the later window for members too.

Have resigned myself to less choice but everyone sitting together, hope I've made the right call!

 

[kingcole]

The Queue for the queue has begun!

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Anyone care to bet as to what time the system will crash today. I am going for 09.24.

 

[Bozza]

23339 left as of 0745 this morning. Maybe some of the 5,000 that was initially held back have been released? If not, then it means we have still only shifted just over 5500.

The bands released so far would include folk who have been STH’s since the start of the Amex era or those who have joined 2-3 years ago but do a fair few away games / home cup games.

The next band that will be released in an hour will include season ticket holders who have been at the Amex since day one but hardly ever (or never) do an away game. I think this is actually the largest group of STH’s we have. When you bear in mind that a typical group of say 4 people may have a couple of travel and a couple who don’t and that those that do travel (and could have already bought) are likely waiting to they can all book together, then i think the upcoming window will be the busiest.

Overall, altough I was one who predicted these would not sell out during the club annouced bands, I feel that sales are at this time worse than that. Here’s hoping they fly out the door over the weekend.

Either way, those without season tickets or those awating a season ticket friend to secure their seat really should not have anything to worry about this time.

Good discussion from our opponents on this fixutre too, with a heavy emphasis on how many they will sell. A lot over there are not expecting a sell out. They do have a lot on their plate at the moment!

https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/fa-cup-sf-city-v-brighton-sat-6-apr-17-30.339426/page-93

I think you’re the exception rather then the rule in that I think you bought one/some tickets in the first tier and then more tickets in later tiers.

I have ten tickets to buy. Nine of those qualified yesterday and one at 9am this morning. So I waited. There’s clearly more than enough tickets to go round so I didn’t feel there was any need to get tickets as people qualified for them.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

The Queue for the queue has begun!

Waiting numbers allocated were in the 00's yesterday, at 9.00am. Today, they will be in the 000's.

 

[kingcole]

I think you’re the exception rather then the rule in that I think you bought one/some tickets in the first tier and then more tickets in later tiers.

I have ten tickets to buy. Nine of those qualified yesterday and one at 9am this morning. So I waited. There’s clearly more than enough tickets to go round so I didn’t feel there was any need to get tickets as people qualified for them.

Ha - I’ve been told that before!

But yes, that’s what we did. We have 3 groups actually. First batch, 2nd batch and finally bronze folk on Monday. We won’t all sit together but was pleased to have it confirmed we can all meet and mingle on the concourse before the game and at half time.

 

[BNthree]

The next band that will be released in an hour will include season ticket holders who have been at the Amex since day one but hardly ever (or never) do an away game. I think this is actually the largest group of STH’s we have. When you bear in mind that a typical group of say 4 people may have a couple of travel and a couple who don’t and that those that do travel (and could have already bought) are likely waiting to they can all book together, then i think the upcoming window will be the busiest.

Overall, altough I was one who predicted these would not sell out during the club annouced bands, I feel that sales are at this time worse than that. Here’s hoping they fly out the door over the weekend.

Think once tickets are available to all season ticket holders we'll see just how much demand there is. My guess is there is a lot of people with less than 188 points. Pretty sure this will go to STH +2s tier but will sell out there.

Thanks for the updates on availability, it's good to gauge sales.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Number 1469. 1162 ahead of me!
15 minutes and 3 tickets purchased - but not in a boastful way

 

[Meade's Ball]

1743 ahead of me. if i lose out on my favourite Wembley seat because of this extreme delay, i will go ape kaka.

 

[Titanic]

Waiting numbers allocated were in the 00's yesterday, at 9.00am. Today, they will be in the 000's.

Number of users in queue ahead of you: 1466

 

[hoveboyslim]

The queue is moving quickly. Started at 2212 - now at 567 after 12 minutes

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I am queue number 3276, 1383 ahead of me and expected in at 09:21. I hope everyone yesterday, and in front of me in the queue, is after a nice expensive seat somewhere glamorous. Leave me to snaffle up my spot in the middle of the cheap seats.

 

[Titanic]

09:30 and there are only 8 people in the queue. Slightly surprised by that.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd booked.
Nice.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

09:30 and there are only 8 people in the queue. Slightly surprised by that.

This is about as easy to predict as Brexit...

I'll be surprised if we don't sell all, or very nearly all, 33K eventually but going to be some twists and turrns along the way.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I got exactly what I wanted and didn't have to wait very long. I'm happy to pay £30 for the shirt, it's the first new Albion shirt I've bought in many years but I'll be getting Jahanbakhsh 16 on the back of it when I pick it up.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

This is about as easy to predict as Brexit...

I'll be surprised if we don't sell all, or very nearly all, 33K eventually but going to be some twists and turrns along the way.

There may be some who are saving up for the final!

 

[pasty]

Hopefully there'll be enough tickets to go to the fans that genuinely want to go, rather than Joe Bloggs from Outer Mongolia wanting to go, as they flew over Sussex once, way back in 1883, and fancied supporting Albion!!

Got a text last night from a cousin of Mrs P whom neither of us has even spoken to, let alone seen for about 5 years. Guess what he wanted......

My reply was short.

 

[Jimmehh]

09:30 and there are only 8 people in the queue. Slightly surprised by that.

I got in at 9:05 - 360 in the queue - but i did have 6 windows / queues open...