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In the time Simon Weaver has been Harrogate manager, Watford has gone through 22 managers(!)
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There's insanity, and then there's that.
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I'm surprised Elton hasn't been appointed manager himself yet. Might as well just give each club member one game in charge each - could hardly be worse than what's going on at the moment!Surprised Elton John has done a song regarding the manger merry-go-round at Watford.
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Really??? They aren't doing to bad though
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Ive got a ticket to the game, going with 3 others, Ive just booked train tickets from sheff to Barnsley and they are £2.40 each
Cheapest train ticket ive ever brought
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Well it's not that far from Sheffield to Barnsley by train. And it's Northern Rail too. Tickets don't appear to have sold out yet, so I'm holding out hope.Ive got a ticket to the game, going with 3 others, Ive just booked train tickets from sheff to Barnsley and they are £2.40 each
Cheapest train ticket ive ever brought
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Ipswich are catching up now so we really need to keep our winning streak going for as long as we can. The gap between us and and third is 5 points now because we weren't playing yesterday. Just 13 games left now for us!
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As expected, away tickets for the Barnsley game have sold out before us poor sods got a look in. I've requested to join the reserve list but they'll probably prioritise those with a high number of ticket priority points again.
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Nice 4-1 win over a holiday camp in the south of Spain!
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Hammering to a poor Liverpool side yeah lol
Thought you had been a little quiet in the football topic mate...nice to see you back.
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Yet you still managed to let the rather useless Ayoze Perez score against you!
All clubs (that I know of) use a priority scheme when it comes to away tickets. It does make it very difficult for fans who would like to start going to away games to get tickets to the games they want. I'm lucky at Leicester as I've been going to away games since we were in League 1 over the course of that and following seasons in the Championship were able to built up enough points to be in the top priority band. I can see why it may seem unfair, but I think it would be more unfair not to reward fans loyalty. Leicester do offer a members ballot for away games which is a certain percentage of the away allocation.
What is rather unfair at Leicester for example though is that our away tickets never go on general sale, even if the game has not sold out. You have to pay to be a member to get access to any away tickets. All in the name of money making.
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At Wednesday home tickets are also released in phases according to how many TPP you have, although unlike away tickets it's not just limited to season ticket holders. And Ows and Owls Foundation members also miss out on away tickets too as they're the last group to get access before general sale.Yet you still managed to let the rather useless Ayoze Perez score against you!
All clubs (that I know of) use a priority scheme when it comes to away tickets. It does make it very difficult for fans who would like to start going to away games to get tickets to the games they want. I'm lucky at Leicester as I've been going to away games since we were in League 1 over the course of that and following seasons in the Championship were able to built up enough points to be in the top priority band. I can see why it may seem unfair, but I think it would be more unfair not to reward fans loyalty. Leicester do offer a members ballot for away games which is a certain percentage of the away allocation.
What is rather unfair at Leicester for example though is that our away tickets never go on general sale, even if the game has not sold out. You have to pay to be a member to get access to any away tickets. All in the name of money making.
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This has been the case at Forest for a number of years (the paid membership) but it was always capped at 2,500 members until this season, and some games did go to general sale.
However, upon promotion, they decided to then increase the membership to 5,000 and do it in a two-tiered system. Those who went to 18+ away games last season are in the upper tier (around 400) and are guaranteed access to a ticket regardless of whether they want it or not. That leaves the remaining 4,600 members to fight it out after that. The away allocation in the prem is 3,000 or 10% of capacity, depending on the size of the stadium, so 4,600 people have to fight it out over the remaining 2,600 (or less, depending on the ground (Bournemouth, Fulham, Palace, Brentford)). I hate the system so much, it's just pure greed. I did 11 away games last season, which was a fair effort, due to other commitments. Now it's just luck of the draw for the most part.
I agree that it's fair to reward loyalty, but to move the criteria so much, and by such drastic terms, was a terrible move and it was done for pure greed.