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Post by TheHuddersfieldGroundhopper on Jul 15, 2017 17:43:45 GMT 1
I've ended up in P3. I'm fine with that, I had b&w last year but had to cancel it due to money being particularly tight at the time. I will be re joining now everything is sorted, but my point now is I have purchase history at a lot of the premier league grounds as I am a groundhopper (expensive hobby/addiction to football) and if for one reason or another I cannot get a ticket to sit with the town I have a fair chance of sitting in the home crowd. I may have to avoid wearing the town short but I should get to go where I want 😇
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jul 15, 2017 17:46:20 GMT 1
Probably because I don't live local to Huddersfield I actually enjoy coming to home games more than away games, and as a ST holder I'm guaranteed a ticket for all 19 home games, so I'm happy enough come what may.
I already have a ticket for the Crystal Palace game and I'm certain I'll get to a few more away games without too much difficulty (I'm priority 4).
I'm sure the club set up the scheme in good faith. They have said they'll monitor it. I'm sure lessons will be learnt and the club will respond as necessary next season, irrespective of what league we're in.
From a purely selfish view, I could argue that the ticketing scheme discriminates against fans that don't live locally as we are less likely to have been long term ST holders. But it is what it is and the club can't satisfy everyone. I'd perhaps like to see the club somehow recognise the commitment lots of fans make to supporting the club from afar; an invite to the board room or a quick buffet before or after the game would show your support is recognised and valued.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 15, 2017 17:46:44 GMT 1
I get priority booking and discount at loads of places that I regularly go to.. its called good fucking business sense?  If you buy one item a year from me you wont get the same deal as someone who buys 10... which planet have you landed from? ?? the club have done what they feel is best for their business now, the 80 clubs we have been to in the rain and shit dim and distant is what it is, history.. we are in a huge business now, its not little old town with a hardy band of away supporters in transit fucking vans... some of you ought to have a business meeting with Dean and show him the error of his ways, you really fucking should.. its for this season, they will change it should we stay up.. ffs moaning c****.. Hahaha Said the man who yesterday said "I won't moan as long as it goes my way " c*** indeed ! I said it would go my way, it did.. said if someone paying in gets a ticket in front of me I will take it on the chin, that is quite likely to happen in one or two games.. It was always a possibility that newer card holders/foundation members might well do, thats the game we are in.. We all knew the priority scheme last season, it wasnt hidden.. we didnt sell out at quite a few away games, therefore we were let down by both the priority and the general sales, tell me Im wrong? now they are all desperate to buy every away ticket going?? bollox.. This noise and support bollox?? Wendies away was a priority support, quite noisy?? the team and our success were generating the noise and the support, they go hand in hand.. cant quite believe clever arses like yourself keep shooting yourselves in the foot, you wont have one left to stand on.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 17:48:24 GMT 1
For the first time in my lifetime home games were actually better than away games last year, the south stand as lit the home games up and made the atmosphere brilliant, went to a fair few away last year and didn't think they were a patch on home games. So my thoughts are I will try to get to as many away as possible maybe not many as I'm priority 4 but can't say it bothers me as I will be happy to enjoy the 19 home games. In time if we manage to stay up the novelty will wear off and tickets will become far easier to obtain. A question for this loyalty scheme - I'm a season ticket holders for last 2 years and a long standing B&W member, next year do I jump to priority 2 as I will have 3 years ST and B&W From what I'm reading, the priority 4 fans are the most reasonable, well balanced of all the groups, theres a general laid back approach of "will try to get to away games but it's not the end of the world" that I like. It's probably why we're priority 4. We're fans of the club, but we aren't going to turn up like sheep watching Robins and Powell boreathons every other week like the silly people who have bought season tickets for ten years did. Priority 4 people obviously know more about football and have better taste and class than any other group of supporters. They probably should be elevated to Priority 0 above the current Priority 1 to be fair...I'll,give Sean a Tweet (hopefully he's just switched off this weekend!) |
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on Jul 15, 2017 17:48:57 GMT 1
I've ended up in P3. I'm fine with that, I had b&w last year but had to cancel it due to money being particularly tight at the time. I will be re joining now everything is sorted, but my point now is I have purchase history at a lot of the premier league grounds as I am a groundhopper (expensive hobby/addiction to football) and if for one reason or another I cannot get a ticket to sit with the town I have a fair chance of sitting in the home crowd. I may have to avoid wearing the town short but I should get to go where I want 😇 You are not going to be able to get in to the big games though like Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, MU in their ends though are you? |
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Post by towny4ever on Jul 15, 2017 17:49:15 GMT 1
Longdistancerunner:
What a superb post from a grounded and brilliant poster.
Anyway, any chance of a ticket for Old Trafford or Anfield?
🤣 I was been genuine....Watford any good? 🤣
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jul 15, 2017 17:51:18 GMT 1
Does anyone know if the club are going to monitor away match attendance this coming season and adjust any future priority categories accordingly?
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jul 15, 2017 17:54:44 GMT 1
Does anyone know if the club are going to monitor away match attendance this coming season and adjust any future priority categories accordingly? In the interview with Sue Beaumont and Sean Jarvis they said they'd be monitoring the scheme. I assume that will cover various aspects. I'm sure lessons will be learnt and the club will respond as necessary. |
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Post by Malvern Tom (WAHLS) on Jul 15, 2017 17:55:49 GMT 1
Not sure why you are clapping someone who is calling people moaning c**** because they have an alternative and valid opinion ? I can't see that such as longsiatancerunner and myself are throwing their weight about using bullying language and presuming that if someone doesn't agree with us then they must be mentally unstable like this clown is .. i don't agree with how it's been done .. life goes on and we get on with it .. but some of the language and acrimony on this topic has been bang out of order imo I too was somewhat taken aback that a reasonable and sensible poster like Scoffa found it necessary to applaud such an ignorant and disgusting post. After watching Town long enough to have watched them in a league game at goodison, old Trafford and anfield ( how did Frankie miss that!) I will probably not see an away game next season. I will wait, and if the worst happens I will get back on board when we return to the lower leagues. Tell you what though, the days and weekends out at Southport, Workington and Exeter pissed all over the big time. UTT |
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Post by boooothy on Jul 15, 2017 17:58:03 GMT 1
I don't see how anyone can say those in P1 don't deserve to be. As for the rest, whatever criteria was picked was goin to seem unfair to some. I think they have done well with clear reasoning. Anyone who didn't pay 20 for ToT clearly isn't that bothered , or at least wasn't that bothered, about getting tickets for away games. Nonsense! I bet a large number of folk didn't pay £20 for the TOT because they believed it wasn't necessary for the coming season. Apart from the Sheffield Wednesday game I don't believe any game had sold out before they went on sale to all season ticket holders. Even the Newcastle game went on sale to general season ticket holders. Bar the Sheff Weds game I don't believe any away game over the past 10 years has not gone on sale to season ticket holders for that matter, so if people decided not to but a TOT they had good reason not to! They could have gone to all 23 away games without it. And Sheff Weds only sold out because they limited them to 2000 tickets at £20 a pop. If they were at their usual allocation at £40 a pop I can bet they would have gone on sale to season ticket holders too. It's not like people could have guessed at the start of the season that we would have been in the play offs, drawn a side that close to us and tickets would have been that cheap. If I'm mistaken and there has been a number of away games that have sold out via the super priority of season tickets and B & W foundation members then please correct me. If you didn't buy TOT it clearly doesn't mean you're not bothered about away games. At no point when they went on sale did it say that TOT on tour would have any bearing on future seasons. Not like season tickets and your ability to get them for £100 if we got to the premier league which was clearly stated in the 09/10 season. If they did state it would have bearing then I'm sure people would have though twice about them and maybe parked with their money for them. Instead they've just made it up on the spot that it does! Utter nonsense. It was advertised as a one off fee. And spouting on about 700 tickets sold via super priority for the Man City game beggars belief too. There was 8000 tickets for that game! If you was in the super priority then you didn't have to rush to buy them straight away. You had any time till 1pm the day before the game. I bought mine the day before when it transpired that I could attend at the last moment. Then you've got Sue banging on about it on the youtube video like it had some basis for their decisions in the priority allocation. It's a completely different scenario! Madness How did you/anyone know Newcastle, Villa, Leeds would go to general sale. The honest answer is you didn't and therefore were not that bothered about going. |
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Post by DATM Travel Agent on Jul 15, 2017 17:58:23 GMT 1
still perplexing as to why they didn't look at away ticket booking history first though. Because there are that many games where we've been able to pay on the day, there's no way of Town having records of every away game that everyone has been to. |
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jul 15, 2017 17:59:09 GMT 1
Not sure why you are clapping someone who is calling people moaning c**** because they have an alternative and valid opinion ? I can't see that such as longsiatancerunner and myself are throwing their weight about using bullying language and presuming that if someone doesn't agree with us then they must be mentally unstable like this clown is .. i don't agree with how it's been done .. life goes on and we get on with it .. but some of the language and acrimony on this topic has been bang out of order imo I too was somewhat taken aback that a reasonable and sensible poster like Scoffa found it necessary to applaud such an ignorant and disgusting post. After watching Town long enough to have watched them in a league game at goodison, old Trafford and anfield ( how did Frankie miss that!) I will probably not see an away game next season. I will wait, and if the worst happens I will get back on board when we return to the lower leagues. Tell you what though, the days and weekends out at Southport, Workington and Exeter pissed all over the big time. UTT You'd gone 12 posts Tedless .. well done for this and good luck with your continued rehabilitation |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 15, 2017 18:05:41 GMT 1
Not sure why you are clapping someone who is calling people moaning c**** because they have an alternative and valid opinion ? I can't see that such as longsiatancerunner and myself are throwing their weight about using bullying language and presuming that if someone doesn't agree with us then they must be mentally unstable like this clown is .. i don't agree with how it's been done .. life goes on and we get on with it .. but some of the language and acrimony on this topic has been bang out of order imo I too was somewhat taken aback that a reasonable and sensible poster like Scoffa found it necessary to applaud such an ignorant and disgusting post. After watching Town long enough to have watched them in a league game at goodison, old Trafford and anfield ( how did Frankie miss that!) I will probably not see an away game next season. I will wait, and if the worst happens I will get back on board when we return to the lower leagues. Tell you what though, the days and weekends out at Southport, Workington and Exeter pissed all over the big time. UTT tom, i watched town long before they played at goodison.. the ignorance is from those who ignored the priority ticketing of the last few years and saved a few quid because they probably didnt need it.. it became very clear last season that it was 'on' and that was the time to get 'on board' with us moving into a different(very different from what some us us clearly remember) league and ticketing carry on... we didnt sell out at a load of games last season, the priority didnt buy them all but the general sale didnt either? where were all these prospective non priority purchasers then??? its not an argument its a statement of business from Dean and the club.. we are no longer what we fondly remember because we just cant survive if we stay that way.. success brings problems, this is one of them..it was a problem that was easily forseen but people failed to 'believe'... |
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Post by stylishkids on Jul 15, 2017 18:07:54 GMT 1
Nonsense! I bet a large number of folk didn't pay £20 for the TOT because they believed it wasn't necessary for the coming season. Apart from the Sheffield Wednesday game I don't believe any game had sold out before they went on sale to all season ticket holders. Even the Newcastle game went on sale to general season ticket holders. Bar the Sheff Weds game I don't believe any away game over the past 10 years has not gone on sale to season ticket holders for that matter, so if people decided not to but a TOT they had good reason not to! They could have gone to all 23 away games without it. And Sheff Weds only sold out because they limited them to 2000 tickets at £20 a pop. If they were at their usual allocation at £40 a pop I can bet they would have gone on sale to season ticket holders too. It's not like people could have guessed at the start of the season that we would have been in the play offs, drawn a side that close to us and tickets would have been that cheap. If I'm mistaken and there has been a number of away games that have sold out via the super priority of season tickets and B & W foundation members then please correct me. If you didn't buy TOT it clearly doesn't mean you're not bothered about away games. At no point when they went on sale did it say that TOT on tour would have any bearing on future seasons. Not like season tickets and your ability to get them for £100 if we got to the premier league which was clearly stated in the 09/10 season. If they did state it would have bearing then I'm sure people would have though twice about them and maybe parked with their money for them. Instead they've just made it up on the spot that it does! Utter nonsense. It was advertised as a one off fee. And spouting on about 700 tickets sold via super priority for the Man City game beggars belief too. There was 8000 tickets for that game! If you was in the super priority then you didn't have to rush to buy them straight away. You had any time till 1pm the day before the game. I bought mine the day before when it transpired that I could attend at the last moment. Then you've got Sue banging on about it on the youtube video like it had some basis for their decisions in the priority allocation. It's a completely different scenario! Madness How did you/anyone know Newcastle, Villa, Leeds would go to general sale. The honest answer is you didn't and therefore were not that bothered about going. Because as I said, over the past 10 years every away game has gone on sale to season ticket holders. That wasn't going to change for a season where we'd just finished 19th and Newcastle and Villa were offering more than 3000 tickets for away fans. TOT was a scheme to fleece a few thousand fans of £20 each. Nothing more and it wasn't needed. Not even for the Sheffield Wednesday game where they could have easily thought of a fair scheme when the game came around. Just because you didn't fork out for it doesn't mean you're not more deserving of a ticket for next season than someone who did. |
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Post by El Mel on Jul 15, 2017 18:08:45 GMT 1
Is it too late to go back to the championship?
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Post by jimmymac on Jul 15, 2017 18:14:22 GMT 1
What priority am I....
Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2....
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Post by andyeastleake on Jul 15, 2017 18:16:38 GMT 1
...I bought it to ensure away tickets for Championship games...never in my wildest dreams did I think it would help me get PL away tickets!! An awful lot of people don't seem to be getting this point Scoffa so I'll highlight it. IMHO The TOT was a brilliant idea as it gave those who regularly travel away the opportunity for a reasonable and pretty minimal cost (and I apologise to anyone who really couldn't afford the £20) the chance to assist themselves in trying to ensure they would get away tickets in the future. This took a great weight of my mind LAST YEAR. Anyone who goes regularly to away games would have been (IMHO) stark raving bonkers not to have purchased a TOT card. I simply cannot understand why they wouldn't have, it seemed to guareantee tickets for the likes of Burton and any outstanding cup draws we'd be lucky enough to get and if we had any sort of success (or from the opposite view - facing relegation in the face) the scarce tickets near the end of the season. If you go regularly to away games (and don't just fancy it now because we're in the Premier league), I really have to wonder why you didn't buy TOT last year? |
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Post by El Mel on Jul 15, 2017 18:17:03 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 4 |
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Post by jimmymac on Jul 15, 2017 18:18:25 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 4 ok...ta...... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 18:18:38 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... You are Priority C+ |
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Post by bluedogs, Esq. on Jul 15, 2017 18:18:46 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 1 or 2  |
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Post by Jack on Jul 15, 2017 18:19:17 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 4. Same as me 🙈 |
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Post by artysid on Jul 15, 2017 18:19:24 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... Priority 4 apart from the San Siro - then you're priority 1 |
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Post by jimmymac on Jul 15, 2017 18:20:59 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 1 or 2 I am getting serious answeres here......is it 1,2,or 4.....lol.lol..... I thought I was 1 but I,m down to 4 now.... |
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Post by Malvern Tom (WAHLS) on Jul 15, 2017 18:22:30 GMT 1
I too was somewhat taken aback that a reasonable and sensible poster like Scoffa found it necessary to applaud such an ignorant and disgusting post. After watching Town long enough to have watched them in a league game at goodison, old Trafford and anfield ( how did Frankie miss that!) I will probably not see an away game next season. I will wait, and if the worst happens I will get back on board when we return to the lower leagues. Tell you what though, the days and weekends out at Southport, Workington and Exeter pissed all over the big time. UTT tom, i watched town long before they played at goodison.. the ignorance is from those who ignored the priority ticketing of the last few years and saved a few quid because they probably didnt need it.. it became very clear last season that it was 'on' and that was the time to get 'on board' with us moving into a different(very different from what some us us clearly remember) league and ticketing carry on... we didnt sell out at a load of games last season, the priority didnt buy them all but the general sale didnt either? where were all these prospective non priority purchasers then??? its not an argument its a statement of business from Dean and the club.. we are no longer what we fondly remember because we just cant survive if we stay that way.. success brings problems, this is one of them..it was a problem that was easily forseen but people failed to 'believe'... Daft as it sounds, I vividly remember Towns first away point in the first year up in the first division (0-0). It was the first time I paid 50 p for a programme.....hang on, it may even have been a pound! Anyway, Coventry were the first to have all seater and I remember thinking " hope this doesn't catch on". I wish it hadn't! Middlesbrough in the league cup...... Birmingham in the Latchford cup game.......leeds in 82 ( one Dave Cowling)....... Carlisle in the 2nd leg........we squeezed em in no problem.......my favorite was Exeter when Kindon got a hat trick. I won't get away tickets, but each thirty quid non-ticket will pay for a month of sky sports football....I can wait. |
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Post by jimmymac on Jul 15, 2017 18:23:12 GMT 1
What priority am I.... Season card holder 2 years and blue and white foundation member.....i,v had 3 answere,s so far....1,4,2.... Which 1 am I thankyou.... 4. Same as me 🙈 ok....c u at Liverpool,man utd,and arsenal.....👍👍👍👍 |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 15, 2017 18:31:03 GMT 1
tom, i watched town long before they played at goodison.. the ignorance is from those who ignored the priority ticketing of the last few years and saved a few quid because they probably didnt need it.. it became very clear last season that it was 'on' and that was the time to get 'on board' with us moving into a different(very different from what some us us clearly remember) league and ticketing carry on... we didnt sell out at a load of games last season, the priority didnt buy them all but the general sale didnt either? where were all these prospective non priority purchasers then??? its not an argument its a statement of business from Dean and the club.. we are no longer what we fondly remember because we just cant survive if we stay that way.. success brings problems, this is one of them..it was a problem that was easily forseen but people failed to 'believe'... Daft as it sounds, I vividly remember Towns first away point in the first year up in the first division (0-0). It was the first time I paid 50 p for a programme.....hang on, it may even have been a pound! Anyway, Coventry were the first to have all seater and I remember thinking " hope this doesn't catch on". I wish it hadn't! Middlesbrough in the league cup...... Birmingham in the Latchford cup game.......leeds in 82 ( one Dave Cowling)....... Carlisle in the 2nd leg........we squeezed em in no problem.......my favorite was Exeter when Kindon got a hat trick. I won't get away tickets, but each thirty quid non-ticket will pay for a month of sky sports football....I can wait. if we stay up, or when we stay up, the system will change and I guess more people will get the chance of the 'big away tickets'(honestly thats what we are talking about-not a good deal of the away games).. its the best system in the time given and done for the right reasons.. it was never going to please everyone, no system will for these 'big games' given the possiblle smallish allocations anyway. I know I will miss out on some, its the price of success. got a little annoyed when I realised that some wanted to send in 3 page sob stories with their ticket requests!!! some were arguing that there should be no loyalty or that the loyalty shown by some is better than others?? the only loyalty that can really be measured at the moment is financial over a certain and sensibly checkable time, thats what they have done.. If I dont get an old trafford ticket I will genuinely say so on here so some can have a laugh  |
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Post by bluedogs, Esq. on Jul 15, 2017 18:33:17 GMT 1
1 or 2 I am getting serious answeres here......is it 1,2,or 4.....lol.lol..... I thought I was 1 but I,m down to 4 now.... You will be able to find out on Monday, by signing in to the Huddersfield town site. |
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Post by vin on Jul 15, 2017 18:33:30 GMT 1
TOT shouldn't even be a factor in this, not in any category. Thats where this has all turned to crap and become ridiculously unfair to many. I don't think many people would argue with that. i wouldn't. |
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on Jul 15, 2017 18:37:29 GMT 1
Does anyone know if the club are going to monitor away match attendance this coming season and adjust any future priority categories accordingly? That in itself wouldn't be very fair would it, as the system is now skewed on a priority basis. I guess at least they will have the tools to monitor next season. |
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