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Bournemouth League Cup **Ticket Details Announced**

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EastleighSoulBoy

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Our ticket office manager Nicola Cortese has managed to actually INCREASE the price of kids tickets based on normal league prices.

 

Genius. lol

 

You need to give it a rest now Stu, he's not listening to you and, in this instance and contrary to nature, a constant drip is not going to wear the Italian Granite.

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Sour Mash

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To be fair, I don't have a problem with any of that. Decent price for what is sort of a "biggish" game, anyone who wants a ticket will be able to get one and pretty close to where their season ticket is, maybe not perfect, but can't have any huge moans at this I think.

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Dave Benson Phillips

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You need to give it a rest now Stu, he's not listening to you and, in this instance and contrary to nature, a constant drip is not going to wear the Italian Granite.

 

The name is Dave

 

I am commenting on yet another strange ticketing decision by the club.

 

Would you not say that reducing adult prices and increasing child prices, is a strange one?

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EastleighSoulBoy

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I am commenting on yet another strange ticketing decision by the club.

 

Would you not say that reducing adult prices and increasing child prices, is a strange one?

 

It is strange, I don't disagree with you. giving up the chance to get the kids in, future supporters, etc. However, I feel that your message is/will not get through via this forum. If you do feel strongly, and your comments suggest to me that you do, then might you consider organising a petition (online) perhaps? I reckon you have the necessary skills to arrange it but, in my opinion, you are just p!55!ng in the ocean to try and warm it up by using the forum.

 

I for one would sign it!

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Dave Benson Phillips

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It is strange, I don't disagree with you. giving up the chance to get the kids in, future supporters, etc. However, I feel that your message is/will not get through via this forum. If you do feel strongly, and your comments suggest to me that you do, then might you consider organising a petition (online) perhaps? I reckon you have the necessary skills to arrange it but, in my opinion, you are just p!55!ng in the ocean to try and warm it up by using the forum.

 

I for one would sign it!

 

I can't be bothered to get the message through, I am simply debating some very strange decisions being made by the club at the moment, which suggests everything to do with ticketing is being made up on the back of a fag packet by someone other than the person who is being paid to do that job.

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Saint Fan CaM

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Mmm, £16 and little chance of getting my own seat eh? Someone is not thinking straight in SMS towers it would seem. I think I might need to think long and hard about where I wish to spend my money this year having bought an ST. The club seem not to value my loyalty, which is fine...I'll spend any extra money elsewhere perhaps as I don't need to watch Bournemouth get excited about the cup final of their season.

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sotonjoe

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Fair enough if they don't want to offer season ticket holders reduced prices but why oh why can't we claim or 'own' seats. That always used to be part of the deal. You get your seat for the league games and the chance to claim it for the cup games.

Starting to feel a little bit more aggrieved with each decision Saints make at the moment.

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modern matron

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To be fair, I don't have a problem with any of that. Decent price for what is sort of a "biggish" game, anyone who wants a ticket will be able to get one and pretty close to where their season ticket is, maybe not perfect, but can't have any huge moans at this I think.

 

If you've forked out a grand for 3 season tickets you'd of thought at the least you would be guaranteed your seats! Frankly a discount seems more appropriate to people who've paid full whack for 40 years would be better...................

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The boy done well

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Christ! Can you guys find anything more to whinge about. Every thread is being hijacked by the same individuals moaning about everything they can possibly find to moan about. It's just plain boring and is wrecking the forum. You have to read through post after pathetic post before anyone has anything half interesting to say.

I'm a season ticket holder in the Kingsland Centre. I've got no problem with the ticketing policy for the Bournemouth game which I'm very much looking forward to attending. If I can't get my exact seat it doesn't matter. Give it a rest.

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Christ! Can you guys find anything more to whinge about. Every thread is being hijacked by the same individuals moaning about everything they can possibly find to moan about. It's just plain boring and is wrecking the forum. You have to read through post after pathetic post before anyone has anything half interesting to say.

I'm a season ticket holder in the Kingsland Centre. I've got no problem with the ticketing policy for the Bournemouth game which I'm very much looking forward to attending. If I can't get my exact seat it doesn't matter. Give it a rest.

 

So you think the current posts are being hijacked??? What threads? This forum is mega dull....

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Christ! Can you guys find anything more to whinge about. Every thread is being hijacked by the same individuals moaning about everything they can possibly find to moan about. It's just plain boring and is wrecking the forum. You have to read through post after pathetic post before anyone has anything half interesting to say.

I'm a season ticket holder in the Kingsland Centre. I've got no problem with the ticketing policy for the Bournemouth game which I'm very much looking forward to attending. If I can't get my exact seat it doesn't matter. Give it a rest.

 

don't you like sitting with peoiple you know and talk to?

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Typical Cortese. It's not as though the game has been announced with three days to go. STs can't get their own seat??!! Pathetic Nicola.

 

If I was a season ticket holder i'd be very ****ed off about this too. As i'm not i've got a bit of the "i'm alright jacks" about it all.

 

£16 plus £3 Cortese tax is far too much for a poxy Cup game against BournemouthWHO?????

 

When you add on the booking tax and a fraction of future membership costs to ticket prices I think a good many fans will soon start resenting Corteses attitude towards us.

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Sour Mash

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If you've forked out a grand for 3 season tickets you'd of thought at the least you would be guaranteed your seats! Frankly a discount seems more appropriate to people who've paid full whack for 40 years would be better...................

 

Why? The deal on season tickets is quite clear and always has been. You pay a certain amount of money to have a guaranteed seat for a season's worth of league games. It's unlikely that this game will sell out, so no need for a priority system and I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to sit pretty much in the area they want, so what's the problem? Kids prices are probably a touch a high for this, but that is the only thing I can see to moan about here.

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Dave Benson Phillips

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Why? The deal on season tickets is quite clear and always has been. You pay a certain amount of money to have a guaranteed seat for a season's worth of league games. It's unlikely that this game will sell out, so no need for a priority system and I'm pretty sure everyone will be able to sit pretty much in the area they want, so what's the problem? Kids prices are probably a touch a high for this, but that is the only thing I can see to moan about here.

 

Inconvenience. Some people go to football in large groups. Instead of simply popping online and booking our individual tickets, someone needs to now collect 15 or so lots of £16 and then put it on their card or go to the ticket office to ensure we can still sit in the same area.

 

It's a pain in the arse. And COMPLETELY avoidable with a little bit of thought towards the fans.

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Sour Mash

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Inconvenience. Some people go to football in large groups. Instead of simply popping online and booking our individual tickets, someone needs to now collect 15 or so lots of £16 and then put it on their card or go to the ticket office to ensure we can still sit in the same area.

 

It's a pain in the arse. And COMPLETELY avoidable with a little bit of thought towards the fans.

 

How many are really going to be buying in groups of 15+ though? I'm probably going to be buying for about half that number, don't see it as hassle at all. I don't think its the perfect system at all, just think people will moan about anything at times.

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Sour Mash

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I have had a Season Ticket for 35 years and it has always been "Available for Cup Games". Part and parcel of having an ST.

 

I could be wrong, but I thought 1st round of the league cup is usually a free for all? And why does it really matter anyway?

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Dave Benson Phillips

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How many are really going to be buying in groups of 15+ though? I'm probably going to be buying for about half that number, don't see it as hassle at all. I don't think its the perfect system at all, just think people will moan about anything at times.

 

People like to sit in their normal seat, it's a benefit of a season ticket for every other club in the company... once again another benefit removed .

 

It is indeed a pain the arse for people such as myself who do not live in Southampton. Meaning we have to now all meet up somewhere, swap cash over to one person who will then put it on his/her credit card, when by simply doing what every other club in the country does, we would be able to phone up individually. Also... charging season ticket holders a booking fee takes the p*ss.

 

People might well moan about everything, you don't see it as a hassle, for many people it is. Are you another person who is incapable of putting yourself in someone elses shoes?

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Dave Benson Phillips

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I could be wrong, but I thought 1st round of the league cup is usually a free for all? And why does it really matter anyway?

 

BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT THEY SIT WITH FOR EACH AND EVERY GAME.

 

What part of that is hard to grasp?

 

And it is not a normal First round game, it is one where the popular area will sell out very quickly, due to Bournemouth having the larger allocation.

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BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT THEY SIT WITH FOR EACH AND EVERY GAME.

 

What part of that is hard to grasp?

 

And it is not a normal First round game, it is one where the popular area will sell out very quickly, due to Bournemouth having the larger allocation.

 

I hope the chavs from block 42 don't migrate to the Kingsland Corner.:rolleyes:

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Last season in the first round of the League Cup against Northampton we only opened two stands so there was no chance for some season ticket holders to have their own seats. At least this year there is at least a chance for everyone.

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I can understand the frustration about the seating policy, but i dont think the pricing is too bad. At the end of the day, we spent alot on players last year, and will probably again this year. All these players will probably be on good money, and our only real revenue stream is ticketing - prize money in this league is not even really worth it. If we want to go up to the Championship and then beyond, we will have to fund it somehow.

 

May people say 'we have a rich owner - yay' and then go on to say ' but he doesn't like debt, wants to run the club well' - well, if thats the case, we will all have to pay a few extra pounds to help fund the push upwards.

 

This is only my take on the situation, and i will probably be torn to pieces but it is how i see it.

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Sour Mash

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BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE THAT THEY SIT WITH FOR EACH AND EVERY GAME.

 

What part of that is hard to grasp?

 

And it is not a normal First round game, it is one where the popular area will sell out very quickly, due to Bournemouth having the larger allocation.

 

Well then they can just buy their tickets together in the bit of the ground they want to, that's what I and everyone else I know is doing, what's so hard about that? Everyone will be able to sit with who they want and roughly where they want for a one-off game. I couldn't care less about having my own seat, already have it for 20+ games, quite good to actually have a change.

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Dave Benson Phillips

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Well then they can just buy their tickets together in the bit of the ground they want to, that's what I and everyone else I know is doing, what's so hard about that? Everyone will be able to sit with who they want and roughly where they want for a one-off game. I couldn't care less about having my own seat, already have it for 20+ games, quite good to actually have a change.

 

Meh... yes, here is another example of someone who completely fails to appreciate that their way of supporting the club is not the only way. And for alot of people it is a pain the arse SFC removing the priority benefit for this cup game, for no apparant reason.

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Sour Mash

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Meh... yes, here is another example of someone who completely fails to appreciate that their way of supporting the club is not the only way. And for alot of people it is a pain the arse SFC removing the priority benefit for this cup game, for no apparant reason.

 

I'm fully aware its not the "only way". Every individual's circumstances are different. Just don't see how hard it is to buy a load of tickets together, its not going to happen every week, bit of a pain, but just a one-off, I honestly can't see how anyone's "match going experience" will be significantly worse becasue of this.

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I'm fully aware its not the "only way". Every individual's circumstances are different. Just don't see how hard it is to buy a load of tickets together, its not going to happen every week, bit of a pain, but just a one-off, I honestly can't see how anyone's "match going experience" will be significantly worse becasue of this.

 

OK, our group live in the following...

 

Southampton

Bognor Regis

Fareham

Romsey

Netley

 

So for us to get tickets it means alot of transferring of money about, one person buying all the tickets then collecting if off various people.

 

Hope this gives you an example of why it's a pain in the @rse not having any season ticket seat claim window.

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Sour Mash

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OK, our group live in the following...

 

Southampton

Bognor Regis

Fareham

Romsey

Netley

 

So for us to get tickets it means alot of transferring of money about, one person buying all the tickets then collecting if off various people.

 

Hope this gives you an example of why it's a pain in the @rse not having any season ticket seat claim window.

 

No, not really. To be honest, if I'd been in-charge of the ticket office, then I'd have probably offered fans the chance to claim their own seat, but for whatever reason the club hasn't, just don't see why its that much hassle to transfer a bit of money etc. They're actually sort of doing you a favour, "forcing" you to buy collectively, so less of you have to pay the £3 admin charge :D

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Dave Benson Phillips

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No, not really. To be honest, if I'd been in-charge of the ticket office, then I'd have probably offered fans the chance to claim their own seat, but for whatever reason the club hasn't, just don't see why its that much hassle to transfer a bit of money etc. They're actually sort of doing you a favour, "forcing" you to buy collectively, so less of you have to pay the £3 admin charge :D

 

It's pointless talking to chumps like you.

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rocknrollman no2

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Mmm, £16 and little chance of getting my own seat eh? Someone is not thinking straight in SMS towers it would seem. I think I might need to think long and hard about where I wish to spend my money this year having bought an ST. The club seem not to value my loyalty, which is fine...I'll spend any extra money elsewhere perhaps as I don't need to watch Bournemouth get excited about the cup final of their season.

 

Good post.Doubt i will be going at 16 quid a ticket for the first round.

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