FA Cup Semi Final

[for_heaven's_Saint]

But shit that it’s digital tickets- nice to have a physical one to hang on to for games like this. 

[Sheaf Saint]

11 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

But shit that it’s digital tickets- nice to have a physical one to hang on to for games like this. 

If you want a souvenir you'll just have to buy a half and half scarf instead 😉

[Badger]

11 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

But shit that it’s digital tickets- nice to have a physical one to hang on to for games like this. 

Not to mention to enable you to get into the fucking stadium. 
 

From a self confessed dinosaur 

[MarkXerox]

Hi,  Any advice - info on parking for Saints fans, last visit to Wembley we parked at Wealdstone fc but that’s been allocated to MCity. Thanks ..

[bpsaint]

4 hours ago, MarkXerox said:

Hi,  Any advice - info on parking for Saints fans, last visit to Wembley we parked at Wealdstone fc but that’s been allocated to MCity. Thanks ..

Set your satnav for fourth way or Hannah close, right by the ground, I normally park at one of the businesses here, they’re just off the main approach road to the stadium and when leaving you get the jump on the official pink parking multi-storey so you’ll be back on the North Circular in minutes.

Edited Sunday at 20:44 by bpsaint

[MarkXerox]

Thanks …

[gandalf]

We usually park at Ickenham station car park. Pub around the corner for lunch then a few stops on metropolitan line to Wembley oay

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, MarkXerox said:

Hi,  Any advice - info on parking for Saints fans, last visit to Wembley we parked at Wealdstone fc but that’s been allocated to MCity. Thanks ..

I've parked at the actual stadium car parks for a few England games , Wembley  Pink parking if Saints get allocated that was very efficient and actually hasn't taken long to get out of , worth checking it out , looks like available to book on Tuesday 

https://www.wembleyofficialparking.com/Events.aspx?CustomerId=1

Edited Sunday at 19:52 by Football Special

[SNSUN]

27 minutes ago, gandalf said:

We usually park at Ickenham station car park. Pub around the corner for lunch then a few stops on metropolitan line to Wembley oay

Ickenham is good but fills up quick. Hillingdon car park is much bigger a couple of minutes down the road albeit Ickenham is marginally nicer. 

[vectraman]

4 hours ago, MarkXerox said:

Hi,  Any advice - info on parking for Saints fans, last visit to Wembley we parked at Wealdstone fc but that’s been allocated to MCity. Thanks ..

Gerard’s cross is a good station - straight into Wembley and a very large railway car park too. 

[ant]

Pretty much any outskirts station served by Chiltern will work too, as those trains stop at Wembley Stadium station. My picks would be Beaconsfield or Gerrards Cross.

Denham, West Ruislip et al are on the same line but have significantly smaller car parks. IMO there's diminishing benefit the closer you get to Wembley.

You're probably looking at 20 mins between stepping on a train at Gerrards Cross and arriving at the stadium itself.

The stations on the tube line come in to Wembley Park station, which may be handier if you're heading somewhere north of the stadium beforehand. 

But for the likes of The Green Man or just speedily getting in/out of the ground I prefer Wembley Stadium.

[trousers]

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

[Right sider]

Trousers you should be ok

 

[Fabrice29]

9 minutes ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

Pretty sure you can transfer the ticket in the Saints app as usual. Ticket announcement said so.

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

Now you have alerted the FAB to your intentions you're screwed. 

[Toadhall Saint]

34 minutes ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

Been a while has it 😉

[Saint_clark]

54 minutes ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

If anyone says that your missus obviously isn't your son just accuse them of transphobia.

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

*SNSUN resists the temptation to use the old joke of "I can confirm Trousers that your missus is female the last time I looked"* 😉

 

 

[iansums]

5 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

*SNSUN resists the temptation to use the old joke of "I can confirm Trousers that your missus is female the last time I looked"* 😉

 

 

Is does beg the question 'who wears the trousers in the trousers household?'

[kwsaint]

1 hour ago, iansums said:

Is does beg the question 'who wears the trousers in the trousers household?'

Is Turkish really Turkish?

[wild-saint]

3 hours ago, trousers said:

Me and my son are both members, but he can't make it to the semi-final. Am I able to use his membership to buy a ticket for the missus (she isn't a member herself)? In other words, do they do any ID checks when entering the stadium (especially given my son is a male and the missus is female (the last time I looked)) 

well my 8 year old is going on her grandmothers ticket so i hope they dont check ID

 

[Toadhall Saint]

37 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Is Turkish really Turkish?

Of course he ls - good hairdresser by all accounts 

[Hatch]

as I have never done it before, is it easy to buy seats together if members are already listed in your friends and family thing online, 

 

  because it has to be simple for me to work out !

[iansums]

1 hour ago, kwsaint said:

Is Turkish really Turkish?

I don't know. What I do know is that sadoldgit is indeed a sad old git.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, kwsaint said:

Is Turkish really Turkish?

Funny name for an Englishman i know. My parents were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met. They named me after the name of the plane. Not many people are named after a plane crash.

[swedish dave]

just another win (how I enjoy saying that).  I wasn't at the match but my son flew over from Stockholm 

took his children to the match and they had a great time. I watched online over here.

Saints didn't quite get it together in first half, but looked better after the break, and the Leo's goal gave 

everyone some inspiration. 

Having won some of the more challenging games (like Wrexham) we must be sure to avoid any banana

skin result , and then go all out to beat Ipswich.  A win there would make the difference for promotion.

[Saint Garrett]

48 minutes ago, Hatch said:

as I have never done it before, is it easy to buy seats together if members are already listed in your friends and family thing online, 

 

  because it has to be simple for me to work out !

Yes - you pick the amount of seats you want to buy, then allocate them at checkout to a customer number.

Pretty simple, but likely to be 25,000 people logging on at the same time so site is bound to crash.

[kwsaint]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Funny name for an Englishman i know. My parents were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met. They named me after the name of the plane. Not many people are named after a plane crash.

Can I call you Susan?

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

13 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Can I call you Susan?

Are @Turkishand @suewhistle the same person?

Suspiciously similar posting styles.

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Are @Turkishand @suewhistle the same person?

Suspiciously similar posting styles.

Im am very much looking forward to seeing Angry Sues reply. (she wont see mine as im on ignore)

[suewhistle]

19 minutes ago, kwsaint said:

Can I call you Susan?

Call him DC-10 or Trident..

 

Stripey.. behave! 🙂

[lambtiss]

Hi, sorry if this has been asked already, but does anyone know whether we will be able to buy tickets for friends and family who are registered under our Southampton FC account (and who also have a season ticket), i.e. so that we can be sat together.

[macca155]

31 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

Hi, sorry if this has been asked already, but does anyone know whether we will be able to buy tickets for friends and family who are registered under our Southampton FC account (and who also have a season ticket), i.e. so that we can be sat together.

I hope so, I'm ticket major general for our group and expect a smooth process tomorrow. As long as everything is set up ok, it shouldn't be a problem.

There will be drama if it isn't

Edited 20 hours ago by macca155

[Mltburger]

I notice the Southampton website has some contradictory information regarding buying tickets for the semi final.

I am sure there are many fans, who know season ticker holders/members with match history who don't intend to go to the semi final and hope to use their numbers to purchase tickets so groups can all sit together rather than having to wait until general sale. BUT can you purchase the ticket using a friends season/membership number - then transfer the ticket?

When it was a paper ticket it was easy, but not now it is all via the Saints App!!

The website says=

Tickets are sold 1 per qualifying Supporter Number and must be purchased for the named attendee, with no name changes after sale.

Tickets can be transferred to others though should not be sold.

So which is it?

Edited 19 hours ago by Mltburger

[Miltonaggro]

2 hours ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said:

Are @Turkishand @suewhistle the same person?

Suspiciously similar posting styles.

Best bet to be sure would be to undertake a historical count of aggregate laughing emojis.

[Charlie Wayman]

6 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Of course he ls - good hairdresser by all accounts 

I thought he was a bath attendant.

[bender]

Can anyone answer me this?  My wife created herself a login and bought hospitality tickets for me and her for the Norwich game.  When I login as her I can see this purchase under history.  If I buy her membership today or tomorrow, will I be able to get her a ticket on Thursday morning ?  Does hospitality count as a game gone to?  Can I buy membership that soon before Thursday and use it to buy a ticket ?

[franniesTache]

1 hour ago, bender said:

Can anyone answer me this?  My wife created herself a login and bought hospitality tickets for me and her for the Norwich game.  When I login as her I can see this purchase under history.  If I buy her membership today or tomorrow, will I be able to get her a ticket on Thursday morning ?  Does hospitality count as a game gone to?  Can I buy membership that soon before Thursday and use it to buy a ticket ?

Don't know about the membership side but the hospitality will definitely count as a purchased game.

I was actually a bit surprised how easy it was this morning, got in just after 9:30, booked five seats all behind the goal in the slightly cheaper seats, got the booking confirmation a couple of minutes later and all done. Didn't look like many had gone when i logged in either.

I'm sure the club will find a way to bugger it up closer to the game mind.

[St Louis]

1 hour ago, bender said:

Can anyone answer me this?  My wife created herself a login and bought hospitality tickets for me and her for the Norwich game.  When I login as her I can see this purchase under history.  If I buy her membership today or tomorrow, will I be able to get her a ticket on Thursday morning ?  Does hospitality count as a game gone to?  Can I buy membership that soon before Thursday and use it to buy a ticket ?

Im not being particularly helpful here, but I would suggest calling the club and checking on that. Would seem harsh if hospitality didnt count as buying/attending a home game.

Edited 4 hours ago by St Louis

[suewhistle]

15 minutes ago, franniesTache said:

I was actually a bit surprised how easy it was this morning, got in just after 9:30, booked five seats all behind the goal in the slightly cheaper seats, got the booking confirmation a couple of minutes later and all done. Didn't look like many had gone when i logged in either.

Do you get to choose your individual seats: how specific can you be? Is it like the St Mary's booking system where you can?

[bender]

Cheers guys.  Yes I was surprised that the club site wasn't really slow this morning with the first batch of people trying to get tickets.  My only worry is that the tickets go onto your Saints tickets app.  I want my wife's ticket to be for my son so he will need to log his phone onto her Saints account.  I wonder; if I purchase both mine and hers at the same time will they both go on my Saints ticket app

[die Mannyschaft]

Got my tickets only took 15 mins with queue, select seats and complete purchase. Good process and seat map easy to select on a pc, gave up on mobile too difficult.  Behind goal row 18 was at back of side lower tier for play final so happy with that. Plenty seats at front the cheap ones at about 450 in queue. I got the £70, £60 ones to get a higher viwe in Row 18

[Badger]

1 minute ago, suewhistle said:

Do you get to choose your individual seats: how specific can you be? Is it like the St Mary's booking system where you can?

It was for me, although a bit later tan Frannies Tache, I had  a 10 minute wait to get into the purchasing option, and and by about 9.50 most of the safe standing behind the goal had gone, but managed to get three together nearby.

Nor sure how the £2.50 per ticker booking fee is justified when they don't even have the cost of printing tickets, putting them in an envelope and posting them, but there you go. It did seem a fairly seamless process despite the minor wait, so club has got a decent system in process there. Just wait the inevitable fuck up with the App, mobile phone, outside the stadium now then.

[die Mannyschaft]

5 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Do you get to choose your individual seats: how specific can you be? Is it like the St Mary's booking system where you can?

Its easy on a laptop, just scroll to zoom in on a section and can select seat, right hand then shows price so change to u18 etc. Its 1000% better than usual Saints ticket selection.

[suewhistle]

Cheers all, I can't be the only one who wanted to know that so I'll be prepared when I log in tomorrow morning.

[Badger]

1 minute ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Its easy on a laptop, just scroll to zoom in on a section and can select seat, right hand then shows price so change to u18 etc. Its 1000% better than usual Saints ticket selection.

Not so sure on that, I found it a bit more challenging but then a)it's probably just due to familiarity and b)I'm a dinosaur easily pissed off with IT...

[die Mannyschaft]

1 minute ago, Badger said:

Not so sure on that, I found it a bit more challenging but then a)it's probably just due to familiarity and b)I'm a dinosaur easily pissed off with IT...

I know what you mean. I normally cant select a seat for Saints cup games etc and just use drop down menus and auto select. One reason to have a season ticket! If over 60 its not easy !!

[Pamplemousse]

7 minutes ago, Badger said:

It was for me, although a bit later tan Frannies Tache, I had  a 10 minute wait to get into the purchasing option, and and by about 9.50 most of the safe standing behind the goal had gone, but managed to get three together nearby.

Nor sure how the £2.50 per ticker booking fee is justified when they don't even have the cost of printing tickets, putting them in an envelope and posting them, but there you go. It did seem a fairly seamless process despite the minor wait, so club has got a decent system in process there. Just wait the inevitable fuck up with the App, mobile phone, outside the stadium now then.

That booking fee is an absolute rip off.

Leeds are charging their fans a £3 booking fee so no idea if it's set by Wembley or the club. 

[Badger]

2 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

I know what you mean. I normally cant select a seat for Saints cup games etc and just use drop down menus and auto select. One reason to have a season ticket! If over 60 its not easy !!

I'm writing to my MP insisting that as well as the Triple Lock, they take into account the annual increase on a Saints ST.

[Patrick Bateman]

55 minutes ago, Badger said:

It was for me, although a bit later tan Frannies Tache, I had  a 10 minute wait to get into the purchasing option, and and by about 9.50 most of the safe standing behind the goal had gone, but managed to get three together nearby.

Nor sure how the £2.50 per ticker booking fee is justified when they don't even have the cost of printing tickets, putting them in an envelope and posting them, but there you go. It did seem a fairly seamless process despite the minor wait, so club has got a decent system in process there. Just wait the inevitable fuck up with the App, mobile phone, outside the stadium now then.

Without meaning to TRY to defend it as I still think it's way too high and a piss take, but there is cost of infrastructure and so on to cover - that stuff is costly and gets more expensive the more demand there is as it scales.

That's my take anyway 😂