[LU] No reward for loyalty at ER ?

[Michael ALCOCK]

Dave,

I completely agree with you. I'm an Englands fans member too and think
that for games like this a loyalty scheme should be used. I think it's
a joke that there will be a massive scramble for tickets and that the
extra 10,000 or so who turned up on Saturday will be on the hunt for
these tickets after not going all year.

Mike

2008/5/6 DAVID NATTAN <david.nattan at btinternet.com>:
> I see that ASTs apart, it is first come first served for tickets for away leg at Carlisle !
>  This means that a ST holder  or member * who has gone to no away games all season has the same chance of a ticket as a ST holder or member who has been to every away game !
>
>  To my way of thinking this cannot be right - surely those fans who have travelled the length and breadth of the country to watch the team deserve to get a ticket for the biggest away game of the season ahead of those who have not been to (m)any ?
>
>  I know some fans are unable to get to aways but lets face it the majority don't go by choice - they have more pressing \ important things to do.
>
>  It is not a question of being a "bigger \ better" fan, it is about who is most deserving of a ticket for a particular game.
>
>  Also it is not an "I'm all right Jack"  argument on my behalf - I have only been to 14 away games so have no idea if I would qualify as one of the most attended 1300 (after ASTs)
>  I have always argued at both club and England level that those who attend  most of the less  important fixtures should get priority for the big games - I have said this even on occasions when I have been to very few aways (eg when my kids were young and time and money were at a premium)
>
>  If I miss out tomorrow to people who have been to more games than me then that is fine but if I miss out and find on here \ waccoe etc that fans who will be going to their first away game of the season I will be very pissed off.
>
>  To my mind after years of trying various things England have got it right - one cap for a home game \ 2 for away \ caps only last 2 years and then 75% of tickets are given to those with most caps who apply and the other 25% go in a ballot - this allows fans to 'get on the ladder'
>
>  Even this season quite a number of our aways games were not sold out or were only sold out at the last minute so the 'loyalty' scheme would only have been needed for a few games.
>
>  Dave
>  * we do have a 85% ST holders and 15% members split
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