Saints vs Sheffield Utd (A) Capital One Quarter Final

Yeah but would we really take 5,000 to Sheffield on a Tuesday night?

Yes I think we will. Quarter final two games from Wembley and very winnable and Sheffield is much better than Stoke and we took 2500 to that ground ( me included))

Yes I think we will. Quarter final two games from Wembley and very winnable and Sheffield is much better than Stoke and we took 2500 to that ground ( me included))

Probably always was 'initial allocation', their only selling tickets to home fans in the three other stands.

Excellent, 5k Saints fans up there would make for a hell of an atmosphere, especially if we perform well in our supposedly tougher run of fixtures!

I should be able to help. Between our group we should have enough ST's and my son has an ST with one game on so if your nipper needs one it can be covered.

Northern Saints are oversubscribed so may well be needing help after all.

Northern Saints are oversubscribed so may well be needing help after all.

OK. No problem, just let me know.

Fingers crossed this one makes it to general sale. Have already booked the time off work to come down from Glasgow for this one, probably wouldn't have done so if I knew we were only getting 2,500 tickets.

Suppose there's always the home end....

Yeah I've already booked hotel and trains, didn't realise we'd only get 2500, good news if its initial as it means we should be able to wait and get tickets together.

Northern Saints are oversubscribed so may well be needing help after all.

VFTT Out of interest how do you subscribe to Northern Saints??

VFTT Out of interest how do you subscribe to Northern Saints??

Website is here: http://www.northernsaints.co.uk/Northern_Saints/Home.html

Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2450705627/?fref=ts

Any problems, DM me and I can put you in touch with one of the guys who runs it.

I just got a reply from the club -

"I can confirm that we do have the option to take an additional allocation of tickets, should the demand in tickets be high enough."

Positive news.

As a season ticket holder it's good to know I don't have to bother going to this as I shouldn't have a problem getting semi final tickets with my ST.

Website is here: http://www.northernsaints.co.uk/Northern_Saints/Home.html

Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2450705627/?fref=ts

 

Any problems, DM me and I can put you in touch with one of the guys who runs it.

Cheers for that, I have requested to join the Facebook group will let you know if I get any problems.

Found this info on an away ground guide..

Away fans are allocated the lower tier of the Bramall Lane end, which holds about 2,000. If required the club can allocate the upper tier also, which brings the total allocation up to about 5,000.

http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s82/st6261.php

Bought my 3 this morning, although the season ticket discount wasn't applied. Hopefully the ticket office will do a partial refund.

Bought my 3 this morning, although the season ticket discount wasn't applied. Hopefully the ticket office will do a partial refund.

You had to select adult season ticket holder on the drop down for ticket type. Of course everyone buying at this stage is a ST holder anyway...

You had to select adult season ticket holder on the drop down for ticket type. Of course everyone buying at this stage is a ST holder anyway...

thats right default is for Adult, but you can choose Adult S/T which I only discovered this because I had to buy u17 ticket for my son as they are linked and family and friends

You had to select adult season ticket holder on the drop down for ticket type. Of course everyone buying at this stage is a ST holder anyway...

That's interesting - I could swear the 'Adult STH' option wasn't there at 9am. Never normally need to use the dropdown but I did check there wasn't something I was missing. You'd hope the system was sophisticated enough to automatically be aware of who is and isn't a STH but perhaps that's expecting too much competency...

Anyone who brought a ticket know if we are in the top or bottom tier?

Anyone who brought a ticket know if we are in the top or bottom tier?

They'll sell the bottom tier first, then if thats sold out they'll put the top on sale to Saints, if not, it will go on sale to Sheff Utd.

Anyone know how these are selling? Think they are available to all STs from tomorrow, then general next Mon

Anyone who brought a ticket know if we are in the top or bottom tier?

Initial tickets are for bottom tier

What takes precedence, an FA Cup 2nd Rd Replay or a League Cup 5th Rd tie?

Just putting it out there.

Fa cup takes priority

Fa cup takes priority

I doubt that it would in practice. Much easier to play FA replay a week later than postponing an already arranged game.

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I went to the ticket office this morning as son number one wanted me to get two tickets for him and a mate who live near there. Son number two is a junior concession ST and the TO would only be prepared to sell me an adult and a child ticket, even though naturally I was happy to pay adult prices for both tickets. Their argument was that if I was allowed to buy two adult tickets, I would be depriving another adult season ticket holder of the chance of a ticket if they sold out. They said I could buy an adult and a child ticket and then upgrade the child ticket when they went on general sale. This seems to be jobsworth bureaucracy when some common sense should be applied. Having bought the child ticket, that seat is not now available to anybody else. What difference does it make whether there is an adult or a child sat there, apart from the seat being sold for a higher price? The Saints website states that a ticket for the Sheffield Utd match is available to ST holders, one per ST. There is no stipulation that only tickets of the same denomination can be purchased.

I doubt that it would in practice. Much easier to play FA replay a week later than postponing an already arranged game.

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more likely the replay would be on 3rd round of FA cup date

I went to the ticket office this morning as son number one wanted me to get two tickets for him and a mate who live near there. Son number two is a junior concession ST and the TO would only be prepared to sell me an adult and a child ticket, even though naturally I was happy to pay adult prices for both tickets. Their argument was that if I was allowed to buy two adult tickets, I would be depriving another adult season ticket holder of the chance of a ticket if they sold out. They said I could buy an adult and a child ticket and then upgrade the child ticket when they went on general sale. This seems to be jobsworth bureaucracy when some common sense should be applied. Having bought the child ticket, that seat is not now available to anybody else. What difference does it make whether there is an adult or a child sat there, apart from the seat being sold for a higher price? The Saints website states that a ticket for the Sheffield Utd match is available to ST holders, one per ST. There is no stipulation that only tickets of the same denomination can be purchased.

Madness. Common sense must be on a long holiday

I went to the ticket office this morning as son number one wanted me to get two tickets for him and a mate who live near there. Son number two is a junior concession ST and the TO would only be prepared to sell me an adult and a child ticket, even though naturally I was happy to pay adult prices for both tickets. Their argument was that if I was allowed to buy two adult tickets, I would be depriving another adult season ticket holder of the chance of a ticket if they sold out. They said I could buy an adult and a child ticket and then upgrade the child ticket when they went on general sale. This seems to be jobsworth bureaucracy when some common sense should be applied. Having bought the child ticket, that seat is not now available to anybody else. What difference does it make whether there is an adult or a child sat there, apart from the seat being sold for a higher price? The Saints website states that a ticket for the Sheffield Utd match is available to ST holders, one per ST. There is no stipulation that only tickets of the same denomination can be purchased.

That's odd... interesting to see whether you could have done it online.. I bought 3 tickets with 2 being students from Adult STs which obviously is the other way around.

Madness. Common sense must be on a long holiday

The situation will descend into pure farce if the tickets sell out before I can upgrade on Monday and the club don't allow me to do so. What would happen then? The seat is taken, but they will only allow a kid to sit in it?

The situation will descend into pure farce if the tickets sell out before I can upgrade on Monday and the club don't allow me to do so. What would happen then? The seat is taken, but they will only allow a kid to sit in it?

When you look at the way the rest of the club is run, the ticket office does seem to operate as an Independant Banana Republic with a loose diplomatic connection to the club , it's almost like the Black Box is used for all employee selection and the least accommodating of a better bunch are syphoned off into there for consular duties.

I will add that there are some good folks working in there, but under a strict dictatorial regime that lacks common sense for flexibility, at times. The fun and games we have had with my Wife's season ticket and customer (now) numbers, especially last season, and a minor way this, just leaves you scratching your head.

Just buy the childs ticket and beep an adult through on it, i use that when i do aways since i've almost never seen a club that checks

Got my tickets today. Perfect for me - drive up to Sheffield in the day, watch the game, then bring my boy home from Sheffield Uni for Christmas! Can't wait!

Just buy the childs ticket and beep an adult through on it, i use that when i do aways since i've almost never seen a club that checks

Tottenham did this season and a number of Saints fans fell foul of it.

That's odd... interesting to see whether you could have done it online.. I bought 3 tickets with 2 being students from Adult STs which obviously is the other way around.

I did it online and changed a senior to an adult and it let me buy them OK.

When is general sale?

When is general sale?

Monday 9am

Have they increased the allocation yet?

Monday 9am

Do we know how many are left? Finish work on the 15th for Christmas so can definitely make it up there now.

Do we know how many are left? Finish work on the 15th for Christmas so can definitely make it up there now.

No idea. Some reports of modest sized queues at the TO yesterday, when they went on sale to all STHs, but then there are other games on sale. I guess they will make Monday OK and I would hope we sell out the bottom tier and get a few more. Mate who is a Blades fan said they can, and do, segregate the top tier when needed

Managed to get tickets this morning on general sale. Happy days.

Bought tickets for this this morning. Will be my first long haul away day, so am absolutely buzzing!

Just got my tickets, chuffed it got this far.

Hotel and train also booked.

As coming up on my own anyone fancy catching up for some drinks beforehand and possibly after?

We have been given a further 800 tickets taking the allocation to nearly 3400 , to be fair if we take all of that midweek in December it is a top effort in my book.

£15 ticket price is excellent and if people are resourceful getting minibuses together etc quite a cheap away day compared to what we are getting used to in the Premier league.

been an excellent cup run so far with support at Arsenal and Stoke top notch for numbers so lets keep it going.

We have been given a further 800 tickets taking the allocation to nearly 3400 , to be fair if we take all of that midweek in December it is a top effort in my book.

 

£15 ticket price is excellent and if people are resourceful getting minibuses together etc quite a cheap away day compared to what we are getting used to in the Premier league.

 

been an excellent cup run so far with support at Arsenal and Stoke top notch for numbers so lets keep it going.

Went to upgrade the junior ticket to an adult one. What a bloody palaver! To recap, queued half an hour on Friday to get two tickets as allowed by two STs, But one was a junior ST so they wouldn't allow it to be upgraded to an adult ticket, even though the cost was higher.

So I had to go back today to upgrade the junior ticket to an adult one, whilst they are on general sale. Queued another 20 minutes to be told that I had to pay the general sale adult price rather than the ST adult price, so another £2. Apparently the junior ST doesn't qualify me for the discount that is given to an adult ST holder. Furthermore, they can't just tear up the junior ticket and issue an adult ticket, my son will have to get the upgraded ticket from Sheffield. Had they been prepared to issue two adult tickets on Friday, I wouldn't have to have undergone this rigmarole.

It begs the question of what the situation would have been had the tickets sold out before they went on general sale. Presumably the jobsworths in the TO would have refused to upgrade the ticket. The seat was sold, so couldn't have been sold to anybody else, so they either upgrade it, or have my son's mate try and get in on a junior ticket.

The additional 800 in the Upper Tier?

yes - in fact if you buy online you can currently choose between the tiers, apparently not many left in the lower tier so if anyone wants to stand where the majority of fans will be worth getting tickets asap for the lower tier.

will be good to see that whole lower tier full - would look great if we score at that end

yes - in fact if you buy online you can currently choose between the tiers, apparently not many left in the lower tier so if anyone wants to stand where the majority of fans will be worth getting tickets asap for the lower tier.

 

will be good to see that whole lower tier full - would look great if we score at that end

Bought one earlier online, hope they put me lower tier!

Bought one earlier online, hope they put me lower tier!

Good support this, still a while til the game, could be pushing 3 to 4k, cracking atmosphere night cup games up north.

We have been given a further 800 tickets taking the allocation to nearly 3400 , to be fair if we take all of that midweek in December it is a top effort in my book.

 

£15 ticket price is excellent and if people are resourceful getting minibuses together etc quite a cheap away day compared to what we are getting used to in the Premier league.

 

been an excellent cup run so far with support at Arsenal and Stoke top notch for numbers so lets keep it going.

even driving up and staying night not too expensive

I'm in Hotel which is £30 for 3 Adults in 3 beds, can't be bad

will be good to see that whole lower tier full - would look great if we score at that end

With a relatively low roof (not so low it hampers the view as I recall from last visit) it also helps create a great atmosphere / noise too!