Watford fluctuated a lot. Sold out by 09.30 for the 3rd tier sales, but batches of tickets kept reappearing throughout the day, and even into the next day.
That is true, I checked and there were still 12 Leicester tickets available on Sunday.
It is clearly a big balance to strike, and I wonder if this is why Bournemouth as an example is 281, then a big drop, so if they're only expecting a handful remaining, it is more of a lottery than down to...
They will be though - the first tier is 281 points, the majority of the fans who've spent years watching at all sorts of far flung places WILL get a ticket.
My comment was aimed at the second tier sales. If the first first tier pretty much guarantees your most loyal fans their ticket, so 1000...
The flip side is it becomes a bit of a closed shop to any new / younger fans building up their points. High demand games like Bournemouth away we'll only have fans of 40+ years old in the away end who've been attending for years – yes that rewards their loyalty and their continued away support...