Ticket releases for August and Portsmouth games?

[goodymatt]

I managed to get mine early too, fortunately the app ticket concern wasn’t a problem. Buzzing for this 😇

[M271]

My son got a ticket after logging on at 9.30. He couldn’t select a seat but got auto select row B Northam block 41 👍

[trousers]

2 hours ago, Mattio said:

They did the same for the Play Off Final too!

Edit: not sure if the OS is playing up because I've already purchased but they're showing as sold out for me, after 5 minutes!

They show a game as "unavailable" once you've used your membership entitlement (I think that's probably what you were seeing)

[Teamsaint1]

Can anybody clarify about purchases using friends and family ?

Once your membership number has been used by a linked account to buy  for the pompey game, the tickets then become unavailable to you.

But does that ticket eventually show as a purchase on your account if it was actually bought by a linked family/friend account  ? 

[Football Special]

4 minutes ago, Teamsaint1 said:

Can anybody clarify about purchases using friends and family ?

Once your membership number has been used by a linked account to buy  for the pompey game, the tickets then become unavailable to you.

But does that ticket eventually show as a purchase on your account if it was actually bought by a linked family/friend account  ? 

It counts on your account and will appear in your ticket app, but shows on their purchase history as transaction on their account 

[Football Special]

20 minutes ago, trousers said:

They show a game as "unavailable" once you've used your membership entitlement (I think that's probably what you were seeing)

That's correct 

I had to call up due to an issue, interesting recorded message says please note Wrexham and Ipswich games are already completely sold out. Thought exchange would open for Wrexham? Is that not a thing this season ? 

[Mattio]

25 minutes ago, trousers said:

They show a game as "unavailable" once you've used your membership entitlement (I think that's probably what you were seeing)

Good to know, I was trying to book an additional ticket for Wrexham the other day for a friend who doesn't have a membership, so I'll have to tell them to do it themselves.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Northam quickly sold out for skates, blocks either side of aways around half sold when I looked earlier

[franniesTache]

32 minutes ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Northam quickly sold out for skates, blocks either side of aways around half sold when I looked earlier

Hopefully the blocks to the sides are filled by decent lads and folk who want to make a racket because it's going to painful if it's the skates singing at families sat down

[Football Special]

32 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

Hopefully the blocks to the sides are filled by decent lads and folk who want to make a racket because it's going to painful if it's the skates singing at families sat down

I've managed to get tickets for me and my young kids right next to away fans, we're knitting a friendship scarf that we'll pass across the divide and try to break the circle of hate #footballfriends 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

18 hours ago, SouSaint said:

Well, we better not be charging their fans £30 with prices like that for the home support. 

Yeah will be interesting to hear what they’re paying. Should be at least £40 if matching equivalent seats in the Kingsland North (Itchen North £45) unless both clubs have agreed to a reciprocal price for both games.

If you want to sit/stand alongside the skates in the Kingsland it’s £55 and will probably be the last tickets to go.

[LeBizzier69]

On 29/07/2025 at 16:22, franniesTache said:

Bristol, Norwich and Brum all perfect opportunities for those complaining they can't get away tickets to go there. I assume along with Ipswich @LeBizzier69 will be clamouring for tickets given how "unfair" the system is

I thought Ipswich was 100% going to get to members.....? I'll keep an eye open for the next batch of fixtures mate, thanks for the heads up.

[Mattio]

9 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

I thought Ipswich was 100% going to get to members.....? I'll keep an eye open for the next batch of fixtures mate, thanks for the heads up.

If we are having a good season I have a feeling no game is going to make it to members unfortunately, unless we get a cup tie with a massive allocation.

[franniesTache]

56 minutes ago, LeBizzier69 said:

I thought Ipswich was 100% going to get to members.....? I'll keep an eye open for the next batch of fixtures mate, thanks for the heads up.

I am frankly amazed that it didn't go to members to be honest

[EssEffCee]

48 minutes ago, Mattio said:

If we are having a good season I have a feeling no game is going to make it to members unfortunately, unless we get a cup tie with a massive allocation.

Blackburn definitely will. Suspect Norwich will too now it's 12:30.

Might see a drop off after Fratton too depending on how we're doing.

Edited July 30 by EssEffCee

[EssEffCee]

4 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Hopefully the blocks to the sides are filled by decent lads and folk who want to make a racket because it's going to painful if it's the skates singing at families sat down

It'll be a travesty if people who want to sit and not get involved have bought in those blocks.

[LeBizzier69]

28 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

I am frankly amazed that it didn't go to members to be honest

Bit surprised myself - i'll keep an eye on upcoming aways that child and i can do. 

[Mattio]

1 hour ago, franniesTache said:

I am frankly amazed that it didn't go to members to be honest

If you look on the Away tickets board there are already a few people who "can't make it" I can guarantee there will be plenty who are just doing it to boost away purchase numbers

Edited July 30 by Mattio

[benjii]

Urgh, Skates. Disgusting.

[Give it to Ron]

29 minutes ago, Mattio said:

If you look on the Away tickets board there are already a few people who "can't make it" I can guarantee there will be plenty who are just doing it to boost away purchase numbers

Yeah because things never crop up after buying tickets do they!

[Pamplemousse]

2 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

Yeah because things never crop up after buying tickets do they!

I don't know about anyone on here, happy to give people the benefit of the doubt, but on Twitter/X you definitely see the same people selling their tickets.

[Give it to Ron]

13 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I don't know about anyone on here, happy to give people the benefit of the doubt, but on Twitter/X you definitely see the same people selling their tickets.

Couldn’t care less if they do TBH if the club don’t care nothing can be done and I try and get aways as my allocation entitlement if I miss out tough or I try and get from others. The two posts being sold here are genuine .

Things in life happen that sometimes are more important than football or work gets in way, if fans want to pass on why is that wrong ?

There are plenty of away games to go to and get number up.

Edited July 30 by Give it to Ron

[Give it to Ron]

Not that it matters but my first away was 1967 and a 5-2 win at Fratton rumour has it the bogs are the same!

We sat in the stand right amongst the unwashed as you could then and cheered every goal.

[Football Special]

Is anyone able to see how many tickets are left for the Pompey game? I'd assume most members who wanted a ticket and qualified to buy yesterday would have done so now 

[Matthew Le God]

Free to watch on ITV

 

 

[sockeye]

The legendary Wrexham vs. West Brom derby

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, sockeye said:

The legendary Wrexham vs. West Brom derby

First home Championship game for a club that will get a lot of viewers for the advertisers on ITV. Will probably get the biggest viewer numbers of all those games.

[Katalinic]

2 hours ago, Football Special said:

Is anyone able to see how many tickets are left for the Pompey game? I'd assume most members who wanted a ticket and qualified to buy yesterday would have done so now 

Lucky if you can log in - a mate of mine couldn't buy Pompey yesterday despite meeting the criteria, I struggled to buy Northampton despite meeting the criteria. The ticket website generally is shocking, especially if buying on a mobile which 99% of people do. It just isn't fit for purpose.

[trousers]

c.30k queue to get on the website... Qué?

 

[Football Special]

7 minutes ago, trousers said:

c.30k queue to get on the website... Qué?

 

It's to do with new 3rd kit launch 

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Football Special said:

It's to do with new 3rd kit launch 

Ah... Fair enough 👍🏻

[Pamplemousse]

13 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

Couldn’t care less if they do TBH if the club don’t care nothing can be done and I try and get aways as my allocation entitlement if I miss out tough or I try and get from others. The two posts being sold here are genuine .

Things in life happen that sometimes are more important than football or work gets in way, if fans want to pass on why is that wrong ?

There are plenty of away games to go to and get number up.

If people are doing so systematically then it means they still have the record on their account and can jump the queue ahead of someone who has actually attended more games.

[franniesTache]

So Wrexham haven't even sent out their first load of away tickets yet and i've already received my tickets for Northampton away, and bought mine for Ipswich and Watford away, and only paid £1.50 per ticket booking fee compared to the £9 booking fee their fans have paid.

 

I might have to stop moaning about our ticket office tbf 🤣

[LGTL]

Yeah when I read that Wrexham article I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. £9 to send a ticket!! How do they get away with that 😂

[SouSaint]

11 hours ago, Football Special said:

Is anyone able to see how many tickets are left for the Pompey game? I'd assume most members who wanted a ticket and qualified to buy yesterday would have done so now 

Just had a look and ther are around 2,100 left. The blocks either side of the away end don't look to be selling well. 

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

Just had a look and ther are around 2,100 left. The blocks either side of the away end don't look to be selling well. 

Hardly surprising... Would you want to sit next to that stench for 2 hours...? 🤢

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, SouSaint said:

Just had a look and ther are around 2,100 left. The blocks either side of the away end don't look to be selling well. 

Thanks, I'm surprised its that many, once you take out season ticket holders, away allocation and corporate can't be that many left for members, perhaps 5k , would have expected those to go in a day for this one 

[franniesTache]

16 hours ago, Football Special said:

Thanks, I'm surprised its that many, once you take out season ticket holders, away allocation and corporate can't be that many left for members, perhaps 5k , would have expected those to go in a day for this one 

Think the club will see a fair bit of that this season, once again it's a balls up due to moving the away fans. If they'd been in the old spot the two bits to the side of them would've been the first to sell out.

But by moving the away fans and then having one of the more expensive parts one side and the family stand the other people are obviously going to be nervous about buying there for games that could be a bit more lively.

I imagine for teams like millwall it'll be the same because the home fans who'd naturally sit there won't want to.

[LGTL]

1 hour ago, franniesTache said:

Think the club will see a fair bit of that this season, once again it's a balls up due to moving the away fans. If they'd been in the old spot the two bits to the side of them would've been the first to sell out.

But by moving the away fans and then having one of the more expensive parts one side and the family stand the other people are obviously going to be nervous about buying there for games that could be a bit more lively.

I imagine for teams like millwall it'll be the same because the home fans who'd naturally sit there won't want to.

Unfortunately, from the clubs perspective that’s exactly what they want. They don’t want the agro that Block 42/Block 1 use to cause. 

In hindsight, moving the away fans is probably the worst thing to happen at St Mary’s since it opened. Well except Will Smallbone. 

[die Mannyschaft]

On 30/07/2025 at 07:56, Fabrice29 said:

So because it’s our last friendly we’ll pick the bench warmers?

 

22 hours ago, franniesTache said:

Think the club will see a fair bit of that this season, once again it's a balls up due to moving the away fans. If they'd been in the old spot the two bits to the side of them would've been the first to sell out.

But by moving the away fans and then having one of the more expensive parts one side and the family stand the other people are obviously going to be nervous about buying there for games that could be a bit more lively.

I imagine for teams like millwall it'll be the same because the home fans who'd naturally sit there won't want to.

Just don't have any Pompey fans at all. Keep it simple to police, more Saints fans can watch the derby, no riot in town, no trouble at train stations or car parks. Could save the £250k on police bill and get a striker from leaque 1

[sockeye]

On 31/07/2025 at 09:13, Matthew Le God said:

First home Championship game for a club that will get a lot of viewers for the advertisers on ITV. Will probably get the biggest viewer numbers of all those games.

Yeah of course, I just think it's funny that it's shoehorned in amongst fixtures with more cultural significance.

[Matthew Le God]

10 hours ago, sockeye said:

Yeah of course, I just think it's funny that it's shoehorned in amongst fixtures with more cultural significance.

It isn't shoehorning if more people want to watch it

If more people want to watch it... it is significant to UK sporting culture in 2025

[Football Special]

I noticed Watford away sold out to season ticket holders with 6 away games I think, 

Quite decent to have sell outs already for 

Wrexham 

Northampton 

Ipswich 

Watford 

Plenty left still for Stoke at home 

[Pamplemousse]

The next league away game that will go on sale is Hull, 20 September. That'll be the real acid test of our away support.

[franniesTache]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

The next league away game that will go on sale is Hull, 20 September. That'll be the real acid test of our away support.

One of the top ones on my list that as for some reason i've never done Hull away, weekend after the skates so i'm expecting a bit of a drop off in numbers for that one despite the northern games usually being some of the best

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

1 hour ago, Pamplemousse said:

The next league away game that will go on sale is Hull, 20 September. That'll be the real acid test of our away support.

I don’t know if it’s particularly an acid test as it’s a demanding period of away games around then. 10 days after Hull we’re away to Sheff Utd midweek and 3 days later back up to Derby.

That’s a lot of miles and time on the road over a couple of weeks so understandable if fans will be a bit more selective on away games. If we’re seeing sell-outs (or near enough) for those then that will speak volumes of our travelling support.

A workmate booked tickets for the skates yesterday and said there was still over 1500 tickets left (again half of them in the blocks either side of the aways). A bit surprising.

Edited Tuesday at 08:58 by TheAlehouseBrawlers
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[Chez]

3 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

I don’t know if it’s particularly an acid test as it’s a demanding period of away games around then. 10 days after Hull we’re away to Sheff Utd midweek and 3 days later back up to Derby.

That’s a lot of miles and time on the road over a couple of weeks so understandable if fans will be a bit more selective on away games. If we’re seeing sell-outs (or near enough) for those then that will speak volumes of our travelling support.

A workmate booked tickets for the skates yesterday and said there was still over 1500 tickets left (again half of them in the blocks either side of the aways). A bit surprising.

For the last decade or so there always seems to be about at least 1000 at northern games like these, with no doubt a lot of them living North of the Watford gap.

I guess selling out depends on the allocations we take. We're not taking both tiers at brammall lane for instance. Usually plenty of space at 'ull too if required.

[OldNick]

On 02/08/2025 at 11:48, die Mannyschaft said:

 

Just don't have any Pompey fans at all. Keep it simple to police, more Saints fans can watch the derby, no riot in town, no trouble at train stations or car parks. Could save the £250k on police bill and get a striker from leaque 1

If the theory holds that they can only get a ticket by going by coach I assume a lot of the trouble may be averted, saying that there are always morons who will make their own way to the city looking for troble. After the last couple of games v them we had a lot of banning orders and so that will deter a lot of casual fans looking for trouble. As always I assume the bloke with the bell will somehow find a way to not follow the rules

[Teamsaint1]

6 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

I don’t know if it’s particularly an acid test as it’s a demanding period of away games around then. 10 days after Hull we’re away to Sheff Utd midweek and 3 days later back up to Derby.

That’s a lot of miles and time on the road over a couple of weeks so understandable if fans will be a bit more selective on away games. If we’re seeing sell-outs (or near enough) for those then that will speak volumes of our travelling support.

A workmate booked tickets for the skates yesterday and said there was still over 1500 tickets left (again half of them in the blocks either side of the aways). A bit surprising.

Re the skates, I doubt we have all that many members for this season, and nobody except members who satisfy the criteria can buy ATM. I'd imagine they will go to season ticket holders and a few other groups ( non members with an away ticket purchase history ?) next.  At a guess, the cost of buying pompey, ( not cheap) one of the home games and a membership all together  may be putting a few people off. 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

On 05/08/2025 at 16:56, Teamsaint1 said:

Re the skates, I doubt we have all that many members for this season, and nobody except members who satisfy the criteria can buy ATM. I'd imagine they will go to season ticket holders and a few other groups ( non members with an away ticket purchase history ?) next.  At a guess, the cost of buying pompey, ( not cheap) one of the home games and a membership all together  may be putting a few people off. 

Good points. I guess the number meeting the current criteria to buy tickets for this may have hit a ceiling for those eligible.

Don't know when the next window of opportunity opens?

Next sales window now open:

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/portsmouth-h-ticket-update

 

On 05/08/2025 at 13:32, Chez said:

For the last decade or so there always seems to be about at least 1000 at northern games like these, with no doubt a lot of them living North of the Watford gap.

I guess selling out depends on the allocations we take. We're not taking both tiers at brammall lane for instance. Usually plenty of space at 'ull too if required.

Yeah not expecting to sell them all out, Sheff Utd only give the lower tier for league games but still 3,000 and can't see us taking that many midweek in between two other northern games days apart.

I think Hull and Derby offer around 2,500 which is more likely being Saturdays. The last time we played Hull a couple of years back we took 2,000 and 3 days later took a similar number to Preston midweek which was also live on Sky. And I remember good numbers travelling north back in the League One days.

Edited Wednesday at 18:43 by TheAlehouseBrawlers
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