SAFC - Fan Ban & Ticket Cancellations

[MackemMagic]

He 100% hasn’t. Quite the opposite.

Look, we are all glad the club are clamping down on incorrect people having tickets. I just think they’ve gone about this the wrong way in regards to the innocent bystanders. By all means punish the perpetrator(s) but I think they could have dealt with this slightly better

They are clearly trying to make a statement arent they? They should have had a way of checking who had the 65 tickets, and made sure those who rightly and fairly had them, kept them. I completely agree with you on that

 

[Fact Hunt]

He 100% hasn’t. Quite the opposite.

Look, we are all glad the club are clamping down on incorrect people having tickets. I just think they’ve gone about this the wrong way in regards to the innocent bystanders. By all means punish the perpetrator(s) but I think they could have dealt with this slightly better

It sounds like someone in the ticket office is also culpable.

 

[penno13]

I'll repeat this until im blue in the face.

None of this shit was a problem when we were shit. When they couldn't give a fuck who was at Shrewsbury or Rochdale. My first ever away ticket was from someone's else's season ticket 20 odd years ago.

Totally agree, and when were shit again, they’ll wish they had all the Ubers back

 

[SPUFF]

I think its only right they cancel every ticket n resell them on general sale.

 

[Essayeffsee]

That is wrong, and the club should have been able to look at that and make sure they could prove they were eligible to go, but they've clearly decided to clamp down hard and by the letter of the T&C's (Which the club will obviously use) everyone is probably guilty because of one man

The investigation should have been in summer when proper time could have been taken to assess evidence rather than a rushed PR stunt now.

 

[Roadhouse]

I know there was definitely people letting him use their season card every week to build up points and going to the games they fancied. There will also have been genuine fans who go to every away game with their ticket. Seems everyone has been tarred with the same brush.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

They are clearly trying to make a statement arent they? They should have had a way of checking who had the 65 tickets, and made sure those who rightly and fairly had them, kept them. I completely agree with you on that

The logical extension of this will be the collapse of the branch structure if every ticket has to be bought by the person using them (ie you can't buy for anyone else on your network). And, if it does go that far, what happens to dads and kids, etc.

 

[MackemMagic]

The logical extension of this will be the collapse of the branch structure if every ticket has to be bought by the person using them (ie you can't buy for anyone else on your network). And, if it does go that far, what happens to dads and kids, etc.

Presume they'll put a limit to how many you can have in your network?

 

[southside]

That page has been shutdown but there’s a new 1 already Been knocked up

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Presume they'll put a limit to how many you can have in your network?

That still knackers the branches if the organiser can't organise enough tickets.

 

[Hawkings Boots]

I assume if it wasn't this game, the easier route would have been to ID check those 65 people and see how many failed but not really feasible for this one

 

[SAFC_FTM]

They haven’t caught 65 they have banned a bloke who bought the 65 and cancelled them.

That was my point.
If they caught all 65 then fair play.

What it appears they have done is fucked over some genuine fans who have trusted someone to buy their tickets. (BTW I'm not saying all 65 will have legit points but it sounds like a lot of them have).

 

[Bamber]

Who was it on here then?

 

[Hawkings Boots]

That page has been shutdown but there’s a new 1 already Been knocked up

I have no idea how many were on that previous page but assume it was a few thousand so however many they kill off there will always be someone who will set another one up just for virtual internet points

You have seen how quickly someone wants to post match threads or injury news to know how important that online karma is to them

 

[MackemMagic]

That still knackers the branches if the organiser can't organise enough tickets.

Maybe that is the plan? To reduce/restrict branches accessing tickets?

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

I assume if it wasn't this game, the easier route would have been to ID check those 65 people and see how many failed but not really feasible for this one

Doing it at, say, Villa wouldn't have the same PR impact.

 

[Fact Hunt]

Presume they'll put a limit to how many you can have in your network?

It sounds like there is no point in having a network system at all.

 

[Hetty]

The investigation should have been in summer when proper time could have been taken to assess evidence rather than a rushed PR stunt now.

Club have had in house discussions for months with Premier League, Clubs Legal Team & Police and they started investigations. Facebook pages closed, this, and they'll be other stuff to come, it's not a rushed PR stunt

 

[Fact Hunt]

Club have had in house discussions for months with Premier League, Clubs Legal Team & Police and they started investigations. Facebook pages closed, this, and they'll be other stuff to come, it's not a rushed PR stunt

How do you know all of this?

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Maybe that is the plan? To reduce/restrict branches accessing tickets?

If anyone believes that 100% of all branch tickets end up with the person on the account buying them, I've got a bridge to sell them. The only difference is the extent to which it happens.