Serbia Ticket Info

[itkman]

On sale 10am Friday. Allocation of 2,200 tickets at £3.50 each. Loyalty system will be used as per the attached link:

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/fawtick...px?itemref=875

£3.50!

[Alfonso Perez]

£3.50!

I blame modern football

[AlwaysAway2]

There is an obvious problem here.
At £3.50 many will buy a ticket with no intention of going.
Doesn't that make a joke of the loyalty system.
Discuss

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

There is an obvious problem here.
At £3.50 many will buy a ticket with no intention of going.
Doesn't that make a joke of the loyalty system.
Discuss

Exactly. I was under the impression it would be easy to get a ticket for this one. I booked Air travel and hotel already. I am in Stage 3, (two aways) so at £3.50 per ticket I got no chance I reckon. There is some talk of maybe having a 'pick the ticket up in Serbia', which would deter people buying them up to gain loyalty points. But I am not optimistic on that one.
Spedger

[Bobby Dandruff]

Exactly. I was under the impression it would be easy to get a ticket for this one. I booked Air travel and hotel already. I am in Stage 3, (two aways) so at £3.50 per ticket I got no chance I reckon. There is some talk of maybe having a 'pick the ticket up in Serbia', which would deter people buying them up to gain loyalty points. But I am not optimistic on that one.
Spedger

It does seem odd and not particularly fair.

I have 3 aways and that only qualifies me for Stage Two.

[Alfonso Perez]

It does seem odd and not particularly fair.

I have 3 aways and that only qualifies me for Stage Two.

I think that the scheme in isolation is fair as the key intention is to reward the loyal supporters who have invested a lot of time, effort & cash to follow the national team over the years, not just when we have had a bit of success. As I said further up the thread with 4 out of the last 9 away games required you don't need to be a super fan to qualify for stage 1. If some are abusing their position in the pecking order then I don't agree with this although I am pretty confident that such instances will not be widespread

[Alfonso Perez]

There is an obvious problem here.
At £3.50 many will buy a ticket with no intention of going.
Doesn't that make a joke of the loyalty system.
Discuss

This appears to be a popular game so on that basis I would expect a large proportion of those who have travelled regularly in the past to go. Although I cannot speak for everyone, I go to the majority of away games myself & virtually all of the regulars I know are going to Serbia (& also Moldova & Georgia).

I know that some people have been voicing concerns similar to yours to Corky & he mentioned that the FSF will discuss with the FAW at a forthcoming meeting (I think that he said it's on Friday). The FAW could maybe look to invoke checks to ensure that this scenario doesn't happen & personally I would not have an issue with this as long as it was not too onerous. That said if results drop off I would expect it to be a temporary measure as I would guess that a fair number of those now wanting tickets will drift away & we will return to having few issues as far as away tickets are concerned.

Stage 1 only requires 4 out of the last 9 away games so you don't have to have been the most avid of fans to qualify, although I can certainly understand frustrations if people cannot get tickets as a result of those higher up the pecking order buying them & not going. If it can be proved that this is a common issue then I am in favour of something being done to prevent it.

[Michael Morris]

This appears to be a popular game so on that basis I would expect a large proportion of those who have travelled regularly in the past to go. Although I cannot speak for everyone, I go to the majority of away games myself & virtually all of the regulars I know are going to Serbia (& also Moldova & Georgia).

I know that some people have been voicing concerns similar to yours to Corky & he mentioned that the FSF will discuss with the FAW at a forthcoming meeting (I think that he said it's on Friday). The FAW could maybe look to invoke checks to ensure that this scenario doesn't happen & personally I would not have an issue with this as long as it was not too onerous. That said if results drop off I would expect it to be a temporary measure as I would guess that a fair number of those now wanting tickets will drift away & we will return to having few issues as far as away tickets are concerned.

Stage 1 only requires 4 out of the last 9 away games so you don't have to have been the most avid of fans to qualify, although I can certainly understand frustrations if people cannot get tickets as a result of those higher up the pecking order buying them & not going. If it can be proved that this is a common issue then I am in favour of something being done to prevent it.

Do you really think 2,200 people will go?

I don't.

I think tickets might sell as they are so cheap and people will get a tick in the box for buying one. But as far as actually travelling I'd be really surprised if that many went.

[Alfonso Perez]

Do you really think 2,200 people will go?

I don't.

I think tickets might sell as they are so cheap and people will get a tick in the box for buying one. But as far as actually travelling I'd be really surprised if that many went.

I think it's feasible that we will take 2,000 plus. Feel good factor following the Euros, last game of season, weekend game so not much time off work required, nice weather, relatively inexpensive beer, new country/city for some etc. will all encourage people in my view.

[ian gibson]

£1 a pint in Belgrade, can't wait!

[OurManFlint II]

There is an obvious problem here.
At £3.50 many will buy a ticket with no intention of going.
Doesn't that make a joke of the loyalty system.
Discuss

This discussion has been ragging on the welsh forum for months, i don't see it myself. Had this game come before Ireland maybe....but to bump up your away points for either Moldavia or Georgia i doubt it.

If by some mad piece of luck we actually get to a play off situation i am sure the FA will make sure that allocations goes to those most loyal and they'll be able to see if 2000 odd tickets were sold and 400 turned for those with cheap tickets and change the criteria to more aways.