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as there are a few fans with requests for tickets i'll start a new thread for it.
i need 5 if any season ticket holders aint using theirs, and want to offer me it.
not expecting anything but worth a try i suppose

You might want to at least wait until they go on general sale i.e. see if you actually have a problem to be solved before getting all desperate about it. Ridiculous overreaction as usual

i dont want to go in the scramble friday if i can help it.not desperate at all.
how that is a ridiculous overeaction i dont know?
you can bet there are plenty who are asking this question.

 My feeling after listening to a few glory hunters, who told me they'd go if we made it, is that now they're not because of the high costs.

 There is no way we will sell out....actually getting your hands on ticket due to relying on Ralphy's mob and a bunch of middlemen is the problem.

I was referring to your generally hysterical approach to the ticketing "issue" over all the threads. We've got 37000 tickets, they've been on sale for less than 24 hours. Calm down, you'll get one (or five if that's what you're after)

you've got me all wrong paul.
having an opinion on how they've distributed tickets,or asking a question, is hardly hysterical or an overeaction.you are overeacting over my posts.

i'm throwing it out there on the off chance someone will help.i expect nothing, but like everyone else would rather avoid the free for all on friday.

i've been offered tickets,just not the 5 i'm after.
if i cant get 5 then i'll wait.

Every 'glory hunter' is a potential fan.  Really pisses me off when people gang up on folk for showing an interest in the club, however occasional.  So there are a few thousand people out there who don't come often (or at all) but fancy a day out at Wembley...so what?

If we're serious about the club growing its fan base, we need to encourage these people...not look down our noses at them because they don't yet have the same obsession we do.

That said, I think Reg is right about the cost.  Will put a lot of folk off.

Bollocks to that, I'll be wearing my "Where were you when we were shit?" T-shirt and haranguing anyone who can't name the entire youth squad and every first team player for the past decade :)

As you may know by my name i come from Newmarket Cambridgeshire which is about a three hour drive to Swindon for me .I sent An email to  brian powel at swindon box office  today explaining to him about getting tickets on friday and how it will concern me as im not on the new system and dont live  local plus im not registered on the club ticket booking site as i only ever pay on the day when i can get down. I have  only made 14 games this season because of the cost and things being tight for me and my daughter.Mr powel replied saying i wont be able to get one as the ticket master want except my post code as i live in suffolk and are only following restrictions put in by the police does anyone know if this is true or can anyone help me in finding another way of buying tickets.

A fair and proportionate response. Anyone who wasn't out the back of the North Stand after the Cheltenham JP Trophy game hasn't 'earned' it ;)

I've no prob with glory hunters, I'm just reporting what I've noticed, namely a lot who said they'd definitely go, now plan to do something else, like have a barbie and a watch on TV.

its more expensive than I thought. £55 for the town end of wembley is crazy! I might even feel compelled to sit down in a seat I've paid that much for. (I hear the legroom is outstanding and the quail and chips are to die for)

the plus side is, my inlaws had decided they all want to come along for the ride, whereas I had grand plans of getting mullered with my mates and acting like an idiot all weekend. think the prices might make the inlaws think twice. nice people, don't want to go to football with them.


I don't have a problem with the glory hunters until they start to say "sit down" or "stop swearing theres ladies present" or "who is that fellow in the black brogues with the whistle"
then I pine for the days of 4 thousand on a tuesday night at home to notts county


one things for sure, whatever happens, monday night will stay with me forever.

Wait until Friday when anyone with a local postcode can help out.

well my hysterical,overeaction worked.i'm sorted for tickets.
i'm glad i asked around too as i think tickets are selling fast.couldn't get what i wanted in the £52 seats infact nothing is in that price band for anymore than 2 tickets at a time.i had to go for the £62 ones.

i'd strongly advise anyone who can to beg,borrow or steal someones season ticket, and buy yours now.
tomorrow is gonna be a nightmare for people wanting multiple tickets i'm sure.you might have to take what's there. not necessarily what you want.

:soapy tit wank:  :D

how many tickets you after?

I wanted £52 tickets but now there will be 3 of us so it seems we might have to go for the £62 ones :(.

for those out of town and not registered i am registered on the data base so can buy tickets.

Sorting out money first would need to be done so i'm not fronting the money and you then drop out.
also i will send the tickets on to yourselves 1st class special delivery once i've received them.

I get to choose who i help though. Forum regulars get priority of course :)

you have no chance behind the goal for £52.plenty available in pairs but that's it

I just bought 4 in block 139. Although i suppose it's not technically behind the goal.

really? £52 each?
was fuck all  there last night

I got 4 in there aswell Arriba

I do feel for genuine supporters who are not on the database or ST holders, we have a similar problem for a lot of my mates who want to go. A lot of them are casual goers who attend now and again but because Lambourn/Hungerford is a RG postcode they can not get any tickets, I really am struggling to see how people who are 12 miles from the ground are being overlooked for people in the southwest of Wiltshire who live 60 miles away just because of their postcode. I can really see us struggling to sell anywhere near our allocation as these people are not just not going to bother with the hassle of it especially at the prices

mmmm strange.reckon some payments might have failed then.
i couldn't get more than 2.and a manager at work was trying too, and he couldn't get the 3 he wanted either.

In that situation I'd be very tempted to ring up and argue, and if it got me nowhere then send Nick Watkins an email complaining that people who live so close are unable to buy tickets. He'd sort it out very quickly I'm sure.

This is madness for the out of Towners not on the database.

I guess the club may not have known, but it would have been nice to have some forewarning that this situation before hand. That way people could have got on the database before season end just in case.

One asumes Millwall are having similar issues?

Talking of Millwall, had to laugh they have supporters coaches going to Wembley from the Den at £15 a pop, 10:30 depart. I mean, who in their right mind would do that? Unless there is a load of parking space there or something.

yeah i saw that. and they reckon they've got an allocation of 38k.

but the way they are handling the tickets neither club will sell out

If its not a daft suggestion - couldn't the RG post coders who only live a few miles away actually go to the CG and get themselves put on the database?

For what its worth, I haven't used my season ticket, so PM me if you'd like to use it....

My mistake Arriba. It was 4 in 138, they told me they only had single seats in 139, which was where i wanted. They were the £52 ones though, yeah.

ahh fair play bazza.

From facebook site....

If you are not a Season Ticket Holder, do not have a local postcode and
would like a ticket for Wembley then please email your details to [email protected]
to include your name, address, mobile phone number and email address.
Once registered - supporters can then book tickets through Ticket Zone
on 0844 875... 8755. Please note tickets are not available through the STFC
Box Office.

That's now on the OS :

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10341~2053891,00.html

None now i've sorted newmarket out  :D

Is there anyone who has not used there season ticket details who would be willing to give them to me so I can book tonight, I've just realised that I won't be able to book untill the afternoon tomorow. I know it won't sell out by then so I'm not massively worried but I probably wouldn't have much choice of seats in the lower tier by then.

A big big ask I know!

Closed now i think.

realise the phonelines are closed, can you not still get them online?

Lot of hassle....think you will be fine tomorow.

I know your probably right, thanks for the reassurance. Worried a lot over the last 3 weeks about getting tickets for various games. Will be much happier when the money has left my account and I know that I have half decent seats!

If you're begging for a ticket, there's still a chance to win a pair of VIP ones through the FSF's free competition. See the thread further down the forum, head to www.facebook.com/thefsf or www.fsf.org.uk for more details.

Competition ends at noon today, though, so you best be quick.

When I phoned up I said I'd heard there weren't any £52 seats left for me and a couple of mates to sit together. The woman said that simply wasn't true.

I've got a £52 seat halfway up the lower tier to the side of one of the goals and was reassured there were a lot of unsold seats in that block so my mates could probably get seats by if they phone up today.

i know what there was when i booked spy.
for whatever reason i couldn't get more than 2 in that area together when i tried to online.neither could 2 other people i knew(this was during the night mind)
i'm glad others can now buy there in groups.and i'm happy with what i got

having had a look on ticket zone,i've concluded that they are selling certain blocks at a time.there are blocks on there now that were not on there the other day.that is probably why tickets were limited the other night

Oh. That makes sense in a way. If we don't sell our allocation I suppose they will prefer to have solid blocks of fans rather than empty seats dotted around all over the place.

looks to me that all the expenisive tickets are now sold out.

Do you have to bring prawn sandwiches with you if sitting in those seats?

Surely they have dedicated teams of urchins to bring us prawn wraps (sandwiches are soooo passe), vol-au-vents, those multi-dip trays you get in M&S etc, wipe any stray crumbs away and generally pander to our every need? Or is that just the Club Wembley seats?

Yeah, I think there was a bit on Millwalls site that said they had no control over the order the rows/blocks were allocated.

So PaulD seems to be in the too posh to sing seats. Try to remember to come back from the bar after half time ;)

I'm not actually, merely posting for comedic effect (or trying to). At least I hope I'm not as I bloody will be singing/standing/shouting etc and won't be taking kindly to any day-trippers asking if I'd mind awfully being a bit quieter. Although at 50-60 quid a ticket, I'd expect urchins for every block