West Ham

[Citizen's Nephew]

Because people don’t turn up. Arsenal themselves estimate if you’re in the queue for a season ticket it’s a 5-10 year wait.

That's true but they run a scheme where ST ticket seats can be resold to members if they can't make it and they quite often don't sell them (ironically, the illegal ones do sell because they're part business deals or they sell to tourists). Arsenal have various membership schemes.

I wasn't even eligible to buy a Reading ticket even though I've been a ST holder since moving back to Cardiff in 2011. It's a f*cking disgrace tbh.

[dml1954]

That's true but they run a scheme where ST ticket seats can be resold to members if they can't make it and they quite often don't sell them (ironically, the illegal ones do sell because they're part business deals or they sell to tourists). Arsenal have various membership schemes.

I wasn't even eligible to buy a Reading ticket even though I've been a ST holder since moving back to Cardiff in 2011. It's a f*cking disgrace tbh.

You have to have a system for allocating away tickets to our fans, otherwise it would be a free for all. Our system is fair and season ticket holders do get priority although initially it is based on away attendance for the previous season. There is nothing wrong with that, to reward loyal fans who regularly travel. The number of tickets that we get for each game is decided by the home team, so I would suggest that if you cant get a ticket for every away game that you have a moan at the other club for not giving us enough, rather than City who are trying to be fair.

[Citizen's Nephew]

You have to have a system for allocating away tickets to our fans, otherwise it would be a free for all. Our system is fair and season ticket holders do get priority although initially it is based on away attendance for the previous season. There is nothing wrong with that, to reward loyal fans who regularly travel. The number of tickets that we get for each game is decided by the home team, so I would suggest that if you cant get a ticket for every away game that you have a moan at the other club for not giving us enough, rather than City who are trying to be fair.

You're right. I will have a moan at the other clubs too. However, am I right in saying that if you bought a season ticket last season and went to 5 aways but had never been to a City game prior to that, then someone like myself who's committed up front to the club for over a decade is treated like sh*t? See where I'm coming from?

Edit: if someone had committed to say Arsenal for that length of time, they would be eligible to buy a decent ST at the Emirates but I couldn't go to Reading.

I do get that our allocation is a factor. It also p*ssed me off at just how empty the whatever-they-call-Reading-ground these days was.