Well im sorry for been too younge to go any earlier than that. If you havent got a ST for this season then thats your own fault, you cant expect to be given priority for away games can you. Congratulations,I watch the reserves at Worksop most weeks, I also went to Cornwall for 3 years in a row and am going to both Holland and Scotland this summer, but if you want a competiton to see who has been to most away games then Im sure Dazawayblade would win hands down Ill have to show you my programme collection some time Not when you havent got a ST this season or last it doesnt BUT WHY THE HELL ARE WE FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES?!?! Next time when I learn some info that may be critical to you getting to the matches and gaining an advantage over other blades Ill keep it to myself shall I?
I forgot to mention that I once placed a bid on some Sheff Utd memorabilia that was being auctioned on eBay. Though I didn't win the auction I feel that by making the bid I served to further prove, validate & raise my stock of 'Bladeness' & made me even more eminently qualified for priority tickets regardless of whether I have a ST or not. I have also started the laborious but rewarding task of committing to memory every bay number in the South Stand car park in attempt to prove that I am a bigger & better Blade than anyone else!! In fact the club when allocating tickets should telephone me first before anyone else & offer me the ticket. Only when I have decided whether I want the ticket or not, & I should get a full 7 days to consider the matter, will they then be able to proceed & sell the rest of the allocation.
Thankyou for the recognition DoncasterBlade I was attempting to attend Holland this year, however, my companions do not have enough funding to go ahead with the trip, so I have unfortunately had top cancel. I would go on my own, I've been to games on my own before and will probably do it again, but going all the way to Holland ALONE for 4 days doesn't sound like fun to me. As for Scotland I would have gone, but it would mean booking 3 days off work, leaving me with 5 days left for the Premiership season, which could be a concern if a match gets re-arranged. I really wanted to go to both, but as long as I get to my competetive games I feel that is more than enough to get a higher priority than alot of other fans. I am also a shareholder in the club, and an Away Blade member, so should I get more priority than people who are just ST holders? It's a confusing system. They have the knowledge of who has been where in the last 3 years, surely then the ticket office can allocate people points in respect to where they've been? For instance going to Leeds on a Saturday gets 5 points, going to Plymouth on a Tuesday night gets say 20 points? Surely this way, that would be more "loyalty" points than the way the club is currently brandishing. They are not only confusing people with this system, they are also making fellow Blades argue between themselves!
Are you being serious? I will have over 1.8k when I get paid on Friday. The reason I'm not going is due to having 6 days left to take at work which I want to save for next season.
We have 2 midweek away games, I dont know about you lot but my holidays run from Jan to Dec, so I can do both tours and Tottenham and Watford...
The fact is that any loyalty scheme will always bring up the old 'who's the bigger Blade' argument because that is esentially what a loyalty scheme is. Take your suggestion above about allocating points on a basis of location & time of week. What if someone 'only' goes to long distance away matches, say 5 in a season. They would rack up 100 points, whilst someone who goes to say 10 Saturday away matches would get 50 points. So the supporter with the least number of matches attended is categorized the 'better' Blade & so will get a priority over & above someone who has followed Utd to more grounds. My sarcastic posts above where an attempt to draw attention to exactly how you start to categorize someone's support & when that should be started from & whether individuual circumstances should be considered. In essence discussion about a loyalty scheme is a moaner's charter & a pandora's box of ready-made whinges, whines & complaints about unfair it all is because me/my mate/some bloke I know etc etc has been to every match for the last ten years & won't be able to get a ticket. Let us consider a scenario, who should get that elusive ticket? There's this chap called Billy. Billy is a Blade, a big Blade, in fact he's known as Billy Blade. He hasn't been to the match for 40 years. Then there's Wetwang_Blade, he comes from a rural area not well served by public transport & it's bit of a bind for him to get to the Lane. He's had a season ticket for the last 10 years & hasn't missed a cup game either. Hey presto Utd get promoted & Billy Blade goes out & gets a season ticket. This gives him priority for limited allocations at what are likely to be over-subscribed high profile away games. Fast forward a few months & Utd are playing at Old Trafford. The ticket allocation is 3000 but Utd could sell 10000 so someone's gonna be unhappy. Billy gets a ticket but another Blade, equally deserving because he too is a season ticket holder, doesn't. Wetwang_Blade is gutted. On the face of it a terrible decision. How can Billy Blade who hasn't been to the match for 40 odd years possibly get a ticket in front of someone like Wetwang_Blade? This new loyalty system is just so unfair. But then we find out that the reason Billy hasn't been down the Lane for the last 40 years is because he's been laid up in hospital .. in a coma .. due to contracting a horrible tropical illness in the mid 1960's whilst on a pre-season jaunt to Zambia to watch Utd play in the BOAC trophy. However thank the lord he's finally woke up, made a full recovery & is over-joyed to see that his beloved Blades are back in the big time (where he left them.) Who should have that ticket? Billy who made what was nearly the ultimate sacrifice & lost 40 years of his life because he followed Utd to the African continent & who through no fault of his own couldn't attend games. Or should it be Wetwang_Blade who enjoyed good health, was in steady well renumerated employment & had no family to support so was able to follow his heroes. It's your call.
Whichever is smaller I think. Hence why Pompey only have to give 2100, 10% of capacity, and United give 3600.
I think ours go from April to March, start of the new tax year or something. So I'm using 2 days for Spurs and 2 for Watford, booking the days after off too. Saving my other 2 for if any get re-arranged.
no i will work until an hour before i get on the coach because i work in sheff city centre then go straight from work to the coach and have a sleep on the coach on the way and go home for a couple of hours sleep before going back to work.
Escafeld – You are right in it has, shamelessly, turned into an argument about who is the bigger blade. If you re-read my 1st post you will see that ultimately you and I have to same opinion. You touched a nerve when you decided to bring a comparison between me and you, saying you had more right than me because you went to every game in the 4th division, I wasn’t even born then so, even though id love to, I couldn’t go. At the end of the day those of us who want to follow our club will find a way of getting ticket. And I was only informing you that this was happening. We knew it was coming since the away match at Wednesday last season.
Much as I am sure your inside sources are better than everyone elses inside sources (Is there anyone here who dosen't know someone who works at the lane?) I feel that getting worked up and in a huff about potential loyalty schemes and potential away allocations that haven't actually been sorted out yet is a little silly. To be honest though, on a different note, nearly everyone who wants a ticket will get one, if you are so well informed and well connected on the inside of SUFC I'm sure DoncasterBlade getting tickets will be of no concern to you anyway. I personally am under no illusions as to the demand for Chelsea away, on the TV when it is £51 a ticket.
Just spotted this on BU .. Details of Loyalty Scheme - Cooperblade - 03/07/2006 17:22 Loyalty scheme details emerge By BIFA Date: 3/7/2006 In a meeting with BIFA, Sheffield United have begun to make their position clearer on the loyalty scheme that is being introduced for next season. Richard Batho, Joint Chair of BIFA, recently sat down with the club's director of finance, Mark Fenoughty, and figured out that the scheme will look something like this (no information on actual numbers of points, as yet): To buy away tickets will require loyalty points, which will be accumulated as follows: season ticket holders 2005/06 = points half-season ticket holders 2005/06 = a few less points season tickets 2006/07 = points trips to away games = points. The number of points allocated will vary with the type of game in order to reward real supporters who support the Blades as much as they can and, most importantly, whoever they play against. So, there will be more points for: televised games long journeys (from Bramall Lane) unglamorous teams like Portsmouth, Watford and Reading home cup ties against unglamorous teams like Boston and Colchester, and will give priority for later glamour ties, should they materialise. The number of points required for tickets will be published in advance, so supporters will know if they have sufficient points to apply for tickets. The hope is to create a fully transparent system such that only the real diehard Blades followers will be able to buy tickets, and the big-walleted, Johnny-come-lately-gloryhunters will have to make do with pay-per-view TV or Ticketmaster. Before Christmas, a system will be in place to record other spending with the club, such as at the club shop when purchasing shirts, DVDs, scarves and other merchandise. The club intends that the loyalty scheme will signal an end to the days of long queues around the car park, and also that the cherry-picking of attractive games by non-season ticket holders will not be possible. It is expected that the scheme will begin with one last legacy from the past - a Luton Town away stub from 2005/06 will be required for the Spurs' away game on 22 August, so get rummaging for one last time!
I agree with most of that, if you go every week then it is unlikly that youll not get a ticket. Does anyone know what the smallest allocation we get is? The only bit that is dodgy is that you get points for merchendise. Ive already got the new kit
