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LOYALTY POINTS 0

 

Precisely! If Ryan Sparks wants to know what "loyalty" is, I'll give him first hand information about watching City players of bygone years, starting with the likes of Tom Flockett, George Mulholland, Bobby Webb forward to the current crop.

Add to that, being soaked to the skin, stood on a wind swept uncovered Kop, watching mainly lower tier football. That's "loyalty" Ryan!

 

I'm confused.

Surely it should be more points for away games? You mean everyone who treks to Exeter gets half the points as someone who drives a mile or two down the road for a home match?

Bonkers.

 

I think the problem here is twofold
Firstly BCAFC do not have the technology to administer it
Secondly "Loyalty Card", spending money on extras isn't loyalty, it should be marketed as a "Reward Card"

 

The club make more money from a home match ticket purchase than an away one, makes sense that they'd want to encourage that.

 

is signing loudly using big hands ?

 

I think it’s important that people who attend the early rounds of cup matches get tickets for big matches later . For example I wonder how many of the 5k who turned up to watch city beat Dartford in 2015 couldn’t get tickets for Chelsea

 

I was never in favour of away priority tickets, in theory you could pay, not attend away games but get priority for the big away games where tickets are at a premium. Much fairer to reward the loyalty of the regular 7 or 800 that make the effort to travel everywhere.

 

Yup....like this.

 

That's ok.... I've just renewed my Second West (1903) club membership......I'm guaranteed tickets for everything and I get news 6 minutes before you plebs!

 

How can a scheme that is being proposed for away games, give travelling fans least rewards?

My son and I are looking at Orient on 28th August by train. Tickets, food, train etc... A couple of hundred notes... Net 20 points to a loyalty scheme or buy some hand sanitizer, a scarf and an occasional email for 70 quid and get a net 80 points to a loyalty scheme.

A loyalty scheme for away fans!

Screwed this one up Sparks... Sort it out.

 

Tend to agree. I am loyal to the club and have been since 1979 but cannot always attend away games and my days of trekking to places like Exeter are well over. Will go to local ish away games though. But I don't agree with the sentiment that the further you travel to away games the more loyal you are. That's tosh.

 

Good question. It says attendance rather than purchase. But do they have the technology to record individual home attendance? And does away attendance only count if you buy from our ticket office, rather than POTG at the away ground?

 

No matter what the club do we have moaners, then people wonder why they dont bother sometimes. Nothing is perfect, at least they are trying

 

I’m just trying to understand it

 

Agree with others, away points should be higher than home points. Also maybe those away points should fluctuate depending on the distance, for example exeter away should carry more points than oldham. But its a start at least and something that's been needed for years.

 

I think this is a minefield and will lead to endless complaining to the club and hours spent replying to emails and phone calls with queries where people feel they're being "cheated". I don't think they'll have the staff to be able to look into complaints in the short windows between announcements and tickets going on sale.

I'm not sure they've really thought through the unintended consequences of starting this. It's far from simple to understand and could potentially have an impact on ticket availability.

Personally, don't feel too affected as I only go to a few away games and often buy the tickets from the club we're visiting rather than City.

 

What about those who travel to home games

 

There are all sorts of things points could be given for extra points for people who attend the early rounds of the cup and the pappa johns trophy for instance

 

Extra points for cleaning seats with your own sponge and bucket and signing very loudly.