bobbydazzla Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) If I hadn’t got a grown up ticket in the resale I’d deffo be going for one of them Yoot tickets Just sign my 14 year old up for legit membership and then pull the trigger Chances of a checky stopping someone on the first game of the season when digital tickets have just been introduced and it’s likely to be carnage at the turnstiles = slim to none Edited August 11, 2023 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 25 minutes ago, Decky said: Don't think i'll be over this season at this rate. Probably going to be too short notice to do it with a week to go. Really shite situation. Might have to spunk out for hospitality. I imagine/hope the time before games that the ballot takes place will lengthen as the season progresses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, SteV said: I imagine/hope the time before games that the ballot takes place will lengthen as the season progresses This is our ticket office we're talking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Whitley mag said: Thousands of members unable to buy a ticket yet tickets still available in level 7. As far as I’m aware there’s no PL obligation for NUFC to have these tickets age restricted. The enlarged family enclosure is a fall out of the Mike Ashley era, and is not fit for purpose in the current climate. The club know demand is off the scale, yet have done nothing about this potential situation all summer. It would be interesting to know if this situation has been raised with the club @Greg, as it’s unacceptable to have members unable to get tickets with potential empty seats in the ground. Been saying it for a while now. The family enclosure was increased from 500 (underneath L7) in the early-mid 2000s to stretching across the whole Milburn and even into Leazes L7 core after the singing section was disbanded. It was all about bums on seats during the dark days of Ashley. Some kid’s STs are £86 a year. I’ve no idea how much childcare is, but £4.52 for a day at the match doesn’t seem bad at all… I think for a ST (at the back of Leazes L7) when I started going as a kid in 2001 was at least double or maybe even 3x as much as what kids in the family enclosure pay now. For a Club so focused on increasing income - it’s bizarre this hasn’t been flagged/discussed more openly. Edited August 11, 2023 by TheGuv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Been saying it for a while now. The family enclosure was increased from 500 (underneath L7) in the early-mid 2000s to stretching across the whole Milburn and even into Leazes L7 core after the singing section was disbanded. It was all about bums on seats during the dark days of Ashley. Some kid’s STs are £86 a year. I’ve no idea how much childcare is, but £4.52 for a day at the match doesn’t seem bad at all… I think for a ST (at the back of Leazes L7) when I started going as a kid in 2001 was at least double or maybe even 3x as much as what kids in the family enclosure pay now. For a Club so focused on increasing income - it’s bizarre this hasn’t been flagged/discussed more openly. The whole situation around having 100 seats empty is unacceptable. The club have just this week been on local radio talking about the problem of demand outstripping supply, yet this situation exists, it just seems like rank bad management in the ticket office for someone not to flag this up. Members have paid 37 quid for the opportunity to buy a ticket and can’t get one due to either laziness or inflexibility on someone’s part at the club. Im quite sure if Staveley and Mehrdad were made aware of this they’d be less than happy, seems like some incompetence from the Ashley regime is still lingering in parts of the club. I’m also unsure why the club haven’t put any general sale on for this match, now I believe that was a PL requirement and appears to have gone out the window. Edited August 11, 2023 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Decky said: Might have to spunk out for hospitality. What kind of coin are we talking about for that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 23 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: I’m also unsure why the club haven’t put any general sale on for this match, now I believe that was a PL requirement and appears to have gone out the window. Given that there’s no restriction on the number of Memberships sold, all tickets outside of ST’s are effectively general sale (albeit via a ballot). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: The whole situation around having 100 seats empty is unacceptable. The club have just this week been on local radio talking about the problem of demand outstripping supply, yet this situation exists, it just seems like rank bad management in the ticket office for someone not to flag this up. Members have paid 37 quid for the opportunity to buy a ticket and can’t get one due to either laziness or inflexibility on someone’s part at the club. Im quite sure if Staveley and Mehrdad were made aware of this they’d be less than happy, seems like some incompetence from the Ashley regime is still lingering in parts of the club. I’m also unsure why the club haven’t put any general sale on for this match, now I believe that was a PL requirement and appears to have gone out the window. NUFC email addresses are easy to figure out A polite and constructive email to the relevant leadership highlighting concerns about the new ticketing system would make them aware that there are some unhappy fans Shy bairns get nowt, as the saying goes Edited August 11, 2023 by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 4 hours ago, bobbydazzla said: checky Up there with deeks and pyet as my favourite NE colloquialism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 7 hours ago, cubaricho said: What kind of coin are we talking about for that? I had a gander at hospitality before Villa sold out. I think the top whack was £380ish. Directors seats, meal etc etc. 60th in Dec and a little piece of me was toying with idea of treating us to a bit of that but it's Fulham at home ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: I had a gander at hospitality before Villa sold out. I think the top whack was £380ish. Directors seats, meal etc etc. 60th in Dec and a little piece of me was toying with idea of treating us to a bit of that but it's Fulham at home ? Oooof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 5 minutes ago, cubaricho said: Oooof. Indeed. I think that was tops. Was various others "cheaper" but not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Barracks is about £200 isn’t it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, LV said: Barracks is about £200 isn’t it? £187 for top tier games and £165 for the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenum Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 1 hour ago, JackieDoor said: £187 for top tier games and £165 for the others. Re. hospitality. Do you sit in a box or given a regular seat in the open? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Pretty sure most of them are a seat in the open and not in a box Not sure about Rooftops though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, plenum said: Re. hospitality. Do you sit in a box or given a regular seat in the open? I had a hospitality seat for a game last year- meal before the game in the area above Shearer’s, then got walked around the outside of the stadium and got sat in a regular seat around L2G/H in the Milburn stand, near the Leazes West corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) 58 minutes ago, plenum said: Re. hospitality. Do you sit in a box or given a regular seat in the open? Regular padded seat, it's behind the platinum club area. edit: barracks that is. Edited August 12, 2023 by JackieDoor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 50 minutes ago, Manxst said: I had a hospitality seat for a game last year- meal before the game in the area above Shearer’s, then got walked around the outside of the stadium and got sat in a regular seat around L2G/H in the Milburn stand, near the Leazes West corner. That's a bit shit that like. Especially in the winter ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Met up with a fair few mates after the game. Including one who has never been interested in football but was successful in the ballot. The conversation came onto the match. “Aye, it was a shame Isaak was subbed off. Quite rare to see a striker subbed off when he’d scored a brace.” ”What’s a brace?” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDoor Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Met up with a fair few mates after the game. Including one who has never been interested in football but was successful in the ballot. The conversation came onto the match. “Aye, it was a shame Isaak was subbed off. Quite rare to see a striker subbed off when he’d scored a brace.” ”What’s a brace?” Something what keeps ya teeth back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Not a scientific study this but just a hunch, felt like there were way more bairns there than last season. Granted I was in L7, apparently all of which is the family section, but noticed it outside as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said: Not a scientific study this but just a hunch, felt like there were way more bairns there than last season. Granted I was in L7, apparently all of which is the family section, but noticed it outside as well. Presumably not aged between 14-17… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, TheGuv said: Presumably not aged between 14-17… Nah, little dudes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 What I suspect with this new digital ticketing system is that the turnstile operators have more details of the ticket (on a screen) than before and that is how they'll be doing those checks they said they would be doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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