West Ham Ticket Details announced

[DJ Leon]

Yes we were, thats why i thought it was pay on the gate so to prove that you went rather than advance sales.

At the end of the day if people didn't put there applications in fast enough then they only have thereselves to blame rather than say they are not going to get a season ticket next year

This is exactly how I feel about it. If you're a STH and didn't get your application in at the Swansea game, then stop looking for someone to blame - it's your fault.

 

[clippedgull]

£15 removed from my bank account

AMS No Stub (Application at Swansea game)

 

[British Bulldog]

No that is wrong

Told to keep Northwich, Stafford AND Millwall stubs

Thats what I thought as well.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

This is exactly how I feel about it. If you're a STH and didn't get your application in at the Swansea game, then stop looking for someone to blame - it's your fault.

2 x STH applied at Swansea game.

No money cashed yet!



Sorry but this system stinks - how can a club with only 4000 STH not be able to fulfill them all when given 5000 tickets.

In March when the club ask me for the best part of £1000 for 2 ST I'll write back and tell tem where to go.

I love this club but sometime we are SO F**KING SHIT at organising anything it makes my blood boil.

I repeat my question of earlier on this thread - how can someone who hasn't been to watch an Albion game since Cardiff but is an away member be treated the same as a STH?

 

[DJ Leon]

2 x STH applied at Swansea game.

No money cashed yet!



Sorry but this system stinks - how can a club with only 4000 STH not be able to fulfill them all when given 5000 tickets.

In March when the club ask me for the best part of £1000 for 2 ST I'll write back and tell tem where to go.

I love this club but sometime we are SO F**KING SHIT at organising anything it makes my blood boil.

I repeat my question of earlier on this thread - how can someone who hasn't been to watch an Albion game since Cardiff but is an away member be treated the same as a STH?

A season ticket gets you a guaranteed ticket for home games. That's it. Were you sold it on false promises? Did the club say that you would get priority for away games? I can only presume they did - why else would so many people get so hot under the collar about not being given something they have NO right to.

I'm sure your tickets will arrive BTW.

 

[Jim in the West]

This is exactly how I feel about it. If you're a STH and didn't get your application in at the Swansea game, then stop looking for someone to blame - it's your fault.

I think you're missing the point - the reason some STHs (including me) are unhappy is that there was no priority given to STHs. Incidentally, I actually posted my application first class on the morning of the Swansea game, as (living in Somerset and having a full time job) there was no way I could get to the game....the club said applications handed in at the Swansea game would be treated as arriving on the 6th Dec, ie, the same day as my application should have arrived. Any reasonable system would have given STHs 3 or 4 days priority, hence this whole balls up would have been avoided.

 

[dougdeep]

They are making it less advantageous to buy a season ticket though, all the time we don't sell out you could buy cheap seat tickets and sit wherever you liked.

 

[Jim in the West]

A season ticket gets you a guaranteed ticket for home games. That's it. Were you sold it on false promises? Did the club say that you would get priority for away games? I can only presume they did - why else would so many people get so hot under the collar about not being given something they have NO right to.

I'm sure your tickets will arrive BTW.

Again, missing the point, my friend.....given the club's apparent desperate need for STHs they should be giving STHs something in return for their money IN ADDITION TO a seat at every home league game. Remember, STHs at Withdean get probably the crappiest deal of any STH at any club in England.

The club's decision says to me that STHs aren't actually that valuable. Fair enough if true, but I have a sneaking suspicion that when the time comes in Feb/Mar for the renewal letters, someone within B&HA FC will suddenly realise that STHs are actually bloody important.

 

[British Bulldog]

I repeat my question of earlier on this thread - how can someone who hasn't been to watch an Albion game since Cardiff but is an away member be treated the same as a STH?

Because it's PC. You can't be expected to look after your own all the time, Outsiders do have rights you know!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

As I've said on another thread ... the system of splitting the priority between STHs and AMS members came about as the result of a lot of lobbying of the club some years back - by NSC members and a fanzine editor, among others.

 

[DJ Leon]

Again, missing the point, my friend.....given the club's apparent desperate need for STHs they should be giving STHs something in return for their money IN ADDITION TO a seat at every home league game. Remember, STHs at Withdean get probably the crappiest deal of any STH at any club in England.

The club's decision says to me that STHs aren't actually that valuable. Fair enough if true, but I have a sneaking suspicion that when the time comes in Feb/Mar for the renewal letters, someone within B&HA FC will suddenly realise that STHs are actually bloody important.

So you're saying that the club should give you priority to encourage you to keep renewing your season ticket? What about all those people that go to away games, but aren't STHs? They may contribute just as much (or more) to the club as you? Why sideline them? (Or do you go to every away game?)

The club are categorically NOT saying that STHs aren't actually valuable. You believe that STHs should get priority for away tickets and that's your opinion, the club have never said this; it's not the way things work. From your false assumption about what you're entitled to, you're inferring that the club don't value you. It makes no sense. You may as well say, 'I spent £300 pounds in the club shop this entitles me to a West Ham ticket'. The jump in logic is exaclty the same, unless you're suggesting that this is exactly how things should be run - whoever contributes the most gets the big game tickets.

 

[Ccider]

As I've said on another thread ... the system of splitting the priority between STHs and AMS members came about as the result of a lot of lobbying of the club some years back - by NSC members and a fanzine editor, among others.

And as a result someone who pays for AMS membership for a tenner or whaterver and who has possibly NEVER been to an away match gets equal priority to STHs.

That's bollox.

 

[mona]

As I've said on another thread ... the system of splitting the priority between STHs and AMS members came about as the result of a lot of lobbying of the club some years back - by NSC members and a fanzine editor, among others.

Yes and I predict that Mr Perry will regret being influenced by those vociferous people when season ticket sales continue to decline.

 

[mona]

Because only 11% of season ticket holders travel to away games, so to give all season ticket holders priority for this glamour game, would be unfair on those who regularly travel away and pay on the gate.

Where does this statistic come from? It seems very suspicious.

A large number of the crowd who watch us all over the place are STH. Some of this crowd have seen the Albion play competitively on over 100 grounds.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

What about all those people that go to away games, but aren't STHs? They may contribute just as much (or more) to the club as you?

Sorry, but how does somebody who goes to away games and aren't STH contributing to the club MORE than STH ?

Without the £2,000,000.00 (say 4000 x £500) that ST sales contribute in March/April the club would go bust.

How does going to Orient/Northampton or wherever away help the Club?? (Apart from support for the Team of course)

I will go to WHU whatever, but feel that once again, come a big game the club hasn't acted as well as it should have done.

 

[Stevegull]

I understand the STH paying fans being annoyed but i can't afford to buy a season tickets for Me, the missus and 2 kids in one go. We attend just as many home matches as them over a season paying full price. Just have to pay on a match to match basis. Not fair to punish those that can't afford lump sums. We are also away member that travel frequently

 

[gollum]

I think the club are basically trying to do the right thing, though what has angered me on this occasion is why was the Millwall game picked out as the 'ticket stub' priority. After all, Millwall is only an hour up the road and very easy to get to by train. How about the fans who travelled to Bradford, Scunthorpe, Huddersfield, Carlisle, Doncaster, Rotherham etc. Their efforts to get to these long distance games apparently count for nothing. What I would have liked to have seen is ticket stub priority to supporters who have been to 3 or 4 out of the previous 6 away games. The ticket stubs could then be marked and returned for other big games in the season. This would then reward the regular travellers and not just the people who can only be bothered to go as far north as London.

 

[Stevegull]

I think the club are basically trying to do the right thing, though what has angered me on this occasion is why was the Millwall game picked out as the 'ticket stub' priority. After all, Millwall is only an hour up the road and very easy to get to by train. How about the fans who travelled to Bradford, Scunthorpe, Huddersfield, Carlisle, Doncaster, Rotherham etc. Their efforts to get to these long distance games apparently count for nothing. What I would have liked to have seen is ticket stub priority to supporters who have been to 3 or 4 out of the previous 6 away games. The ticket stubs could then be marked and returned for other big games in the season. This would then reward the regular travellers and not just the people who can only be bothered to go as far north as London.

I agree totally my friend. Went to millwall once this year already. that surely is punishment enough and deserves a prority over anyone. had to work for second game in bermondsey 2 mins drive from ground. Was closer than most albion fans that day.

 

[Ccider]

So you're saying that the club should give you priority to encourage you to keep renewing your season ticket? What about all those people that go to away games, but aren't STHs? They may contribute just as much (or more) to the club as you? Why sideline them? (Or do you go to every away game?)

The people that go to away games are NOT contributing financially to the club at all. In fact they are contributing to other clubs.

 

[gollum]

Quite true...but it's worth a huge amount in moral support to the team when they're a long way from home...

The people that go to away games are NOT contributing financially to the club at all. In fact they are contributing to other clubs.