Home Ticket Fiasco vs Carlisle

your asking for trouble there

 

Thats what i've just written....

 

Yes, I would have thought so ...

 

Snap, was wondering if they are doing them last in first to be dealt with

 

out of interest how long were you on phone for

 

sounds about right except how the income is split.

first come off any expenses and vat, so that is at least 20%.

then 3% goes to the league for one thing,
Then of what is left half goes to the league and the other half goes into the pot to be split 4 ways. So works out we get about 10% of the extra

 

They clearly has been a mess up by incorrectly understanding rules which are pretty clear.

I can understand no fans behind the goal for Carlisle, if so why the need to give them anymore than 2,000 tickets regardless of moving them. No doubt because the horse has bolted before being pointed out and the ticket packaged up and sent to Carlisle.

The EFL really need to change the rules on this. The play-offs should be a filled out like an FA Cup game by both fans, not minimum attendances and rank shithousing.

This rule hasn't been an issue before, I mean Burton gave us behind the goal and some of the side stand and their ground only holds about 7k, when they could jsut give 700.

 

I don't see why they couldn't have moved the tarpaulin over a block giving Carlisle fans blocks E,F,G (2000) and then block off the exit tunnel at the start of block E leading onto the concourse underneath with stewards or whatever, leaving City fans with blocks A,B,C and half of block D or vice versa.

 

Same issue. Trying to buy 5 from my friends amf family list and it's not letting me link their tickets to their season ticket so I can't get them. Don't really wanna drive to vp as I live in hgate but think I might have to

 

You have my sympathy. Hopefully you will get it sorted soon.

 

I suspect they are doing them in the order they came into the inbox. Hopefully someone is taking them out of the email queue if they are dealt with in person if over the phone.

 

It's not too bad. Been here 25 mins, and 12 still in front of me, 2 windows open

 

That would fail the safety requirements in the event of an evacuation, there's a reason the blocks are a set width and the vomitaries (exit tunnels) are the width and location they are

 

Hi all,

Long time reader, first time poster. I've signed up as I felt I needed to get involved and have my say on the absolute shambles that's taken place over the Carlisle Home tickets. I've been in email comms with Marco (1 email) and Ryan (2 emails) and I'll give the highlights below, then with my opinion after. Most of the responses I've had are word-for-word the same as some quoted previously in this thread, but I have got a little bit of further info. I don't want to be drawn into a discussion and envisage this is my only post; I just want to set the stall out as I see it.

Ryan's points
- In his first email Ryan said that they want to have home fans behind both goals
- And that under EFL Rules they have to give a 10% away allocation
- The only way to do that would be to give Carlisle 4 blocks in Midland Road (MR), which gives Carlisle the 2,460 seats they're entitled to
- In his second email, Ryan says that Carlisle have provided us with above 10% of their stadium's capacity, so City agreed to do the same for them on a reciprocal basis
- Ryan has only had 6 emails relating to the MR stand and the ticket office "have had some contact too"

My opinion
- City have mis-read the rules, or have been hood-winked by Carlisle. Either way, there was no need to give Carlisle 10% of the capacity. We only had to give them 2,000, however Carlisle HAVE to give us 10% of their capacity (about 1700 seats).
- City have therefore given Carlisle an extra 400 seats which they didn't need to do and kicked out their own season ticket holders in order to facilitate this (without apologising or explaining to those fans)
- City wanted fans behind both goals. This I have no problem with, but all seats in the stadium should then have been on a first-come-first-served basis, as has happened before - so not just MR fans are in the TL Dallas Stand (which would have been the original idea)
- City have not acknowledged that kicking out everyone from MR and making them choose the seats in the stadium that no-one wants isn't treating the fans fairly, or with any respect
- City think that the selling of the tickets has actually gone very well, as they've only had a few emails and few queries at the ticket office.

In Summary
City have messed up and don't have the balls to admit it. Some people in City are far away from what's happening on the ground that they don't realise the anger over the ticketing arrangements and poor comms from the club.

I have suggested to Ryan and Marco that an apology piece would be worth doing, but I honestly think that they don't think one is needed as, in their eyes, everything has basically gone smoothly.

The next time a Fan Engagement Survey comes out, I'd like to think all fans affected by this absolute shambles will give their appropriate feedback.

Thanks for reading.

 

Our lad went down yesterday and said there were about 80 of so in front of him many purchasing for friends and family but there were 4 windows open, obviously they belive 2 windows are adequate today.

 

The claim that they wanted City fans in the T S Dallas stand is just a smokescreen to try to hide the cockup they've made.

 

this is an important bit to read. there is no way to only have only 2000 seats while using the TL Dallas stand. He is wrong about the 10% its only 2,000 but either way he is still correct. the Midland road stand doesn't have the ability to change where the segregation barrier is.

If they were only doing what you were suggesting they would leave the TL Dallas stand as the away allocation rules for play offs and league games are the same.

 

or its just fans trying to get their pitchforks to bash the club at the earliest opportunity.

when you cant even trust the club you claim to support what else is there?

 

I don't agree with that. However, it is a lot of messing about and p1ssing people off, just to get a few fans behind the goal.