SteV

Yeah, I think the official site has a cap on what can be charged.

It’s obviously incredibly shite for anyone that’s purchased one. Hopefully there’s some way to recoup their outlay. However, this kind of thing has to be done to stamp out touting. We’re all seeing these sites putting tickets up for £2k+, thinking ‘that’s a disgrace’, but if no-one does anything it’s never going to change. How these sites are allowed to operate in the first place when it’s supposed to be illegal to resell a football ticket above FV, is another question entirely.

Consett lost the Vase final there. But I guess they’ll not be classed as “Tyneside and Northumberland”. Think West Auckland did too, but same probably applies. Gateshead lost the playoff final too didn’t they (think that was new Wembley?). But that’s probably not a “cup final”. So, you can probably argue your stat is correct, although there’s a load of caveats.

Without looking into it, that sounds very questionable…

100% This is it. This week is why we bother. We follow football for the buzz, the excitement. We’re playing in a major cup final Wembley. Recent results might not have been what we wanted, but worry about losing if and when it happens. This week, the build up, every interview, is there to be soaked up and enjoyed. If you’re under 30, you’ve never experienced this before. We think and hope we’ll be experiencing it far more regularly in future, but who knows, enjoy the here and now. When people talked about Mike Ashley destroying things for a generation of fans, this week was what he was destroying. The hope of something genuinely exciting. Newcastle United are back this week. Enjoy it.

No. Howe said there’s a chance he makes it

Think it’s ticket only

Majority will be fine. Some might ask to see a match ticket. Imagine they’ll all be fairly rammed though.

A 50% discount on your ticket for a couple of seasons should quell most of the discontent I would think.

Only word of warning to that is that at the minute the forecast looks a bit iffy for the Saturday (still early yet like). Not sure Trafalgar Square will be particularly popular if it’s raining…

The only game I can ever recall leaving properly early (as in before injury time). Just been looking back to try and work out how early it was. I reckon it might have been when Borini scored the fifth. It was 0-6 and we were down to 10 men by the time I reached Barrack Road.

Don’t think you’re giving them, him, or Howe, enough credit tbh

Unbelievable

It’s only one journo, and you shouldn’t really tar everyone associated with the club off the back of it, but the arrogance seeping out of this article is quite something: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-united-takeover-qatari-news-26261497

The coloured bits are ours

Gateshead must have been a MLF stronghold pre-92

Should have plenty time for both tbh

Someone mentioned further back in the thread that there’s had a ‘C’ handwritten on.

I’d imagine Man Utd have already got something set up, an app or whatever, whereby fans receive all their tickets directly to that. Whereas we obviously haven’t and it would have been madness to try and implement something within three weeks

YouTuber type. Best not to delve any further or you’ll likely become exasperated.

Yeah. I was actually half thinking of not drinking before the game, to be absolutely sure of taking everything in, and not having any hazy memories (until after the game…). I’ll probably allow myself 3 or 4 though, as that’s all part of the experience as well.

Good to know our national stadium uses the latest cutting edge technology for its ticketing ??

I’m a bit torn on what time to go in. Part of me wants to feel the build up in a fan park or somewhere, getting more and more raucous as kick off approaches, but part of me wants to be inside the stadium, savouring everything like warm ups and stuff. This has been a long time coming.

Not forced as such, as I think you can opt out (believe the Glazers did make it compulsory at one point, but it’s since been changed). However, if you do opt out, you’re down the pecking order in situations like this.

So at a rough guess that’s probably about 800/900 tickets spread across p5, p6 and p7. Incredibly lucky if you’ve managed to get one from anywhere in there.