[Albion] Best away seats

Fran Sandaza 8 my hamster · Nov 11, 2021

Is anyone annoyed at the ticket office's tactic of keeping back the best blocks.
I am in the second tier every time but Saints is a classic with hundreds of seats still available in block 43 the most central block.

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Jack Straw · Nov 11, 2021

I think people might avoid this block as it is next to their neanderthals?
However, that might excite some individuals. It's interesting to see that the right side (looking from the pitch) has more seats sold than the left side of that block.

Terry Butcher Tribute Act · Nov 11, 2021

In one of the recent programme notes Barber did address this when he wasn't threatening to ban supporters and, essentially, blamed the way home clubs sell tickets

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Official Old Man · Nov 11, 2021

Yes.
Every match I seem to be playing the waiting game. Will they wont they put better seats for sale. Do I buy the seat in the bad block or wait until they put the better block for sale, but what if there are no more seats?

Harry Wilson's tackle · Nov 11, 2021

I remember the good times said:
Yes.
Every match I seem to be playing the waiting game. Will they wont they put better seats for sale. Do I buy the seat in the bad block or wait until they put the better block for sale, but what if there are no more seats?

A club owned by a master odds-setter, that has set up ticket sales on a stick or twist basis? Shirley Knott?

(If it were me, I would, and I'd use the information as data to inform my secret algorithms

)

swindonseagull · Nov 11, 2021

Just bought 2 on the LH side of Block 43 ....the wife will sort out the Saints idiots

Harry Wilson's tackle · Nov 11, 2021

Actually.....if high priority customers were given access to all the best seats early doors then only shitty seats would be available to low priority customers, late doors. And since the latter have low priority largely because they don't go to many away games or have a season ticket, they will be less inclined to buy a suboptimal seat. So, as a strategy to maximise sales and attendance it makes sense to do it the naughty way.

Dave the hatosaurus · Nov 11, 2021

Terry Butcher Tribute Act said:
In one of the recent programme notes Barber did address this when he wasn't threatening to ban supporters and, essentially, blamed the way home clubs sell tickets

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He was mainly replying to a question about the total number of tickets taken by the club but did cover this in passing .
I have said on other threads that i do have empathy with the club because if the home club says we can send a block back if we do not sell out this will almost inevitably be closest to the home fans and thus have the best location / view . Thus our club have to hold this back until they get a handle on how sales are going .

Regarding the total taken , the very fact that both vanilla and wet sham have gone to purchase history and stains to all season ticket holders ( so far ) leads me to believe that the club have realised that they made a mistake not taking the full allocation for norwich although they would never admit it !!!!

Interestingly we currently have tickets for sale for 4 away games simultaneously , cannot recall that before ( may even be 5 come next week )

Is it PotG? · Nov 11, 2021

None of these shenanigans when we were in The Championship.

Top points got top seats at Rotherham on a Tuesday night.

Dave the hatosaurus · Nov 11, 2021

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
Actually.....if high priority customers were given access to all the best seats early doors then only shitty seats would be available to low priority customers, late doors. And since the latter have low priority largely because they don't go to many away games or have a season ticket, they will be less inclined to buy a suboptimal seat. So, as a strategy to maximise sales and attendance it makes sense to do it the naughty way.

I see what you are getting at but genuinely i do not think many fans looking to buy a ticket for a particular away match would go on the site and say " i see they have sold the best seats so i won't bother " . Sure there will be some , but enough to have a strategy for ?

Harry Wilson's tackle · Nov 11, 2021

Dave the hatosaurus said:
I see what you are getting at but genuinely i do not think many fans looking to buy a ticket for a particular away match would go on the site and say " i see they have sold the best seats so i won't bother " . Sure there will be some , but enough to have a strategy for ?

I was merely attempting to find a rational explanation for an irksome phenomenon that has others baffled. I am not persuaded by my hypothesis, and sadly know not how to test it. Is there a strategy, or is it ramdom?

We may never know

redoubtable seagull · Nov 11, 2021

Is it PotG? said:
None of these shenanigans when we were in The Championship.

Top points got top seats at Rotherham on a Tuesday night.

I remember going to Milmoor on a Tuesday night in the 90s. Mostly northern based ex-pats amongst the 50 or so there that night.

Is it PotG? · Nov 11, 2021

redoubtable seagull said:
I remember going to Milmoor on a Tuesday night in the 90s. Mostly northern based ex-pats amongst the 50 or so there that night.

Was it PotG?

studio150 · Nov 11, 2021

The interesting one will be Everton, if the pillar box blocks are listed first then virtually everyone will be waiting for the better view blocks to become available.

Ooh it’s a corner · Nov 11, 2021

Dave the hatosaurus said:
I see what you are getting at but genuinely i do not think many fans looking to buy a ticket for a particular away match would go on the site and say " i see they have sold the best seats so i won't bother " . Sure there will be some , but enough to have a strategy for ?

I’m sure there is a combination of reasons but I do think H’s exploratory rationale is part of it. What you have said is also true though. I tend to identify an away match I can go to and when my eligibility criteria is met then decide on my seat. I was delighted to get a reasonably good one for the Villa match but would have taken any one once I knew I could go

redoubtable seagull · Nov 11, 2021

Is it PotG? said:
Was it PotG?

Yes and also stand where you like.

nwgull · Nov 11, 2021

Is it PotG? said:
None of these shenanigans when we were in The Championship.

Top points got top seats at Rotherham on a Tuesday night.

I felt like the fixture computer was taking the piss by having us there on a Tuesday night in 2 consecutive years!

Bry Nylon · Nov 11, 2021

redoubtable seagull said:
I remember going to Milmoor on a Tuesday night in the 90s.

Is it PotG? said:
Top points got top seats at Rotherham on a Tuesday night.

nwgull said:
I felt like the fixture computer was taking the piss by having us there on a Tuesday night in 2 consecutive years!

"Rotherham on a Tuesday night" is like a rites of passage. If I had to try to convey the very essence of what it means to be a football supporter to someone who didn't have the first idea, "Rotherham on a Tuesday night" are probably the five words I would choose.

(If they still didn't get it, I might add "...in February." And if they still don't get it, then frankly you may as well change the subject).

Giraffe · Nov 11, 2021

Gazwag · Nov 11, 2021

Is it PotG? said:
None of these shenanigans when we were in The Championship.

Top points got top seats at Rotherham on a Tuesday night.

Quite, I miss asking the steward if it's sit where you like in places like Barnsley and Wigan

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