Topic: Porto (A)

[Luke 17]

It's just all so boring how everyone else has their selling details well in advance of us... it's really not difficult.

[Hightown Phil]

It's just all so boring how everyone else has their selling details well in advance of us... it's really not difficult.

What are you doing to do with the ticket? Stare at it longingly every night before bed?

[Tiger Tony]

What are you doing to do with the ticket? Stare at it longingly every night before bed?

😂 For anyone who is borderline on qualifying it would help to get them out earlier for booking flights etc. Not everyone is lucky enough to know they are guaranteed 😉

[Luke 17]

What are you doing to do with the ticket? Stare at it longingly every night before bed?

At what point did I say anything about the ticket?

[DOG-LFC8]

It's just all so boring how everyone else has their selling details well in advance of us... it's really not difficult.

It becomes difficult when there's underhand sh1t going on with the allocation. Load of boll**ks. Corporates getting well looked after no doubt

[elmothered1]

My view if everone with seville isnt sorted then there has been something dodgy as the porto allocation should be 50-100 more than what this was

[Thepooloflife]

Four and a half weeks to the game and still no details.........despite the fact TO have known since well before Christmas   

[kalle-anka]

Four and a half weeks to the game and still no details.........despite the fact TO have known since well before Christmas   

Fuck the customers 

[davidsteventon]

We would like to remind all supporters not to travel without a ticket.

Hard not to laugh isn't it at times?

[Redman0151]

"United given out details for Sevilla, finished a ballot and informed people who have been successful. Contacted Sevilla regarding tickets, now subsiding supporters prices. Liverpool still not let the details out, this happens for EVERY European match"

United really seem to have it spot on with their ticket office. Transparent with the ticket/credit numbers too.

Hopefully some movement next week....

[Luke 17]

"United given out details for Sevilla, finished a ballot and informed people who have been successful. Contacted Sevilla regarding tickets, now subsiding supporters prices. Liverpool still not let the details out, this happens for EVERY European match"

United really seem to have it spot on with their ticket office. Transparent with the ticket/credit numbers too.

Hopefully some movement next week....

Yeah I absolutely hate that club with a passion but there ticket office is miles better than ours.

[kalle-anka]

Yeah I absolutely hate that club with a passion but there ticket office is miles better than ours.

Well that isn’t really that hard??
I think we here at rawk could run a better ticket office than the one we currently got!

[Luke 17]

Well that isn’t really that hard??
I think we here at rawk could run a better ticket office than the one we currently got!

Definitely!!!

[elmothered1]

on club website competition offering flights spending money and 2 tickets to porto away. you cant make it up. no details announced yet there are spares for a poxy competition 

[cheshiremike]

on club website competition offering flights spending money and 2 tickets to porto away. you cant make it up. no details announced yet there are spares for a poxy competition 

Just seen that!! Unreal. It is like they do it on purpose to piss fans off sometimes

[kalle-anka]

Just seen that!! Unreal. It is like they do it on purpose to piss fans off sometimes

Sometimes??
Obviously they don't give a fuck about there customers,it's all about the corporate.
If they can find the time perhaps they will include the regular match goers. 

[Albert Shears]

on club website competition offering flights spending money and 2 tickets to porto away. you cant make it up. no details announced yet there are spares for a poxy competition 

Doesn’t change the fact they clearly have the tickets ready to announce, but premium positioned seats sounds like they are coming out of the 200 VIP tickets we get for delegates friends and family away from normal away section. Incase we where worried about tickets going missing.

[lewisfvv]

I know for a fact the corporates get normal away tickets and use our allocation even in Europe. Absolute joke

[Harinder]

I know for a fact the corporates get normal away tickets and use our allocation even in Europe. Absolute joke

Ballot on normal aways. No guarantees for any of them and anyone  from corporates saying so is bullshitting unless it's a final
European aways allocation is NOT part of the allocation number for all fans. It's taken from corporates pot (think Tony Barrett once tweeted breakdowns). Also balloted. No guarantees for any of them and anyone from corporates saying so is bullshitting unless it's a final (again)

[kalle-anka]

Ballot on normal aways. No guarantees for any of them and anyone  from corporates saying so is bullshitting unless it's a final
European aways allocation is NOT part of the allocation number for all fans. It's taken from corporates pot (think Tony Barrett once tweeted breakdowns). Also balloted. No guarantees for any of them and anyone from corporates saying so is bullshitting unless it's a final (again)

Are you saying that they are guaranteed a ticket for any final??

[Shanklygates]

Anyone doing this?

A few of us are for this one (variety of reasons) - just hope it deffo goes or we'll be stuck! 

[cheshiremike]

will defo go so dont worry

[Shanklygates]

will defo go so dont worry

I have never been with SportsOptions b4 so don't know what they are like in terms of cancelling trips late on. I know TC often did it - we lost out on Bern because of that which has had implications for away credits since. I just didn't want to assume, and one of my mates is away until just b4 we go so I am dreading having to look for alternative flights a few days before. 

I would have thought enough would want to go now it is a knockout game - and the price is less of a rip-off than some day trips before - but my mate said t ring and ask them for sure after the tkt info comes out... 

[matt_lfc]

I have never been with SportsOptions b4 so don't know what they are like in terms of cancelling trips late on. I know TC often did it - we lost out on Bern because of that which has had implications for away credits since. I just didn't want to assume, and one of my mates is away until just b4 we go so I am dreading having to look for alternative flights a few days before. 

I would have thought enough would want to go now it is a knockout game - and the price is less of a rip-off than some day trips before - but my mate said t ring and ask them for sure after the tkt info comes out... 

I've gone with Sport options 2/3 times for England away's and there spot on, Miles who runs it has everything run like clock work, which is normally buses waiting at the airport when you land, dropped into the city centre, usually make your own way to the stadium or they'll bus you if it's quite a way to go, buses waiting after the game outside the away end and taken back to the airport.

[Harinder]

Are you saying that they are guaranteed a ticket for any final??

Yup. Domestics cups for sure. From Centenary Club tier upwards I believe they are (if seasonal hospitality season ticket holders).

There aren't thousands of them either. it's in the low-mid hundreds if I recall

[kalle-anka]

Yup. Domestics cups for sure. From Centenary Club tier upwards I believe they are (if seasonal hospitality season ticket holders).

There aren't thousands of them either. it's in the low-mid hundreds if I recall

Well that makes sense, as they are STH and have full home credits.. and Im sure they get sorted before any regular STH 

[wewonit5timesinistanbul]

I have never been with SportsOptions b4 so don't know what they are like in terms of cancelling trips late on. I know TC often did it - we lost out on Bern because of that which has had implications for away credits since. I just didn't want to assume, and one of my mates is away until just b4 we go so I am dreading having to look for alternative flights a few days before. 

I would have thought enough would want to go now it is a knockout game - and the price is less of a rip-off than some day trips before - but my mate said t ring and ask them for sure after the tkt info comes out... 

Sportsoptions posted on facebook last week that day trip is defo going ahead and they had 40 seats left. 4 of us on it for porto. couldn't get time off work for more than a day trip

[cheshiremike]

Sportsoptions posted on facebook last week that day trip is defo going ahead and they had 40 seats left. 4 of us on it for porto. couldn't get time off work for more than a day trip

Been with them for most euro aways and always been very very good so wouldn't worry

[davidsteventon]

on club website competition offering flights spending money and 2 tickets to porto away. you cant make it up. no details announced yet there are spares for a poxy competition 

I think the club don't get (or sadly do, and exploit) that this isn't just some small hobby that we dip in and out of. Those of us who go to European aways plan our lives around it. Literally. Some people will plan weddings, most will plan events, holidays, work etc. It means everything to a lot of people.

If someone misses a ticket (and credit) because of these missing 2 then it might shaft them for others. I wonder if the club within the sales can include 2 extra tickets that count as credit only. Seems fair to me - you're still denying us of this event, but not denying us of future.

Not happening though is it.


P.s. SportsOptions are fine. Website/Facebook/Twitter - can usually get a good idea of confirmed numbers through those channels or can always ring. Anything with this sort of allocation will be fine. It's the ones where it's say 800 tickets they either won't bother or run a risk of cancellation and I think season by season they will get more accurate historical data as well so it's usually pretty safe - like there was no chance they were going to do Spartak Moscow but Portugal in the sun with over 2.5k tickets it's an easy one isn't it. It's a good option. Just 1 day off work as well if it's the day trip.

[Shanklygates]

I've gone with Sport options 2/3 times for England away's and there spot on, Miles who runs it has everything run like clock work, which is normally buses waiting at the airport when you land, dropped into the city centre, usually make your own way to the stadium or they'll bus you if it's quite a way to go, buses waiting after the game outside the away end and taken back to the airport.

Sportsoptions posted on facebook last week that day trip is defo going ahead and they had 40 seats left. 4 of us on it for porto. couldn't get time off work for more than a day trip

Been with them for most euro aways and always been very very good so wouldn't worry

Cheers guys!

I didn't realise they were on FB. I'll text my mate now - he flies from Gatwick tonight. Would be a weight off my mind with jury service soon and enough on my plate.
Just need his flight back to land on time on the Mon now!

[DOG-LFC8]

Hopefully they announce sale details tomorrow

[kalle-anka]

Hopefully they announce sale details tomorrow

We all been hoping that every day the past month 
But perhaps today’s the day.

[kalle-anka]

They only announced the details for Spartak 14 days before the match, 13 days before Maribor but almost 4 weeks before Sevilla.. in other words it could take another 2 weeks before an announcement if we look at the previous matches.

[cheshiremike]

Spoke to ticket office before and asked the question.

" Not sure sorry, maybe sometime next week "

That's the response. 

[redgriffin73]

They only announced the details for Spartak 14 days before the match, 13 days before Maribor but almost 4 weeks before Sevilla.. in other words it could take another 2 weeks before an announcement if we look at the previous matches.

Surely for a big allocation like Sevilla it must be soon? 

Edit:

Spoke to ticket office before and asked the question.

" Not sure sorry, maybe sometime next week "

That's the response. 

Fuck sake.

[Dylan.smith]

only got spartak (a) on my credits, recon I have no chance for porto?

[rhylred]

Spoke to ticket office before and asked the question.

" Not sure sorry, maybe sometime next week "

That's the response. 

So it will be announced tomorrow then

[kalle-anka]

So it will be announced tomorrow then

Was thinking the exact same thing!

[kalle-anka]

only got spartak (a) on my credits, recon I have no chance for porto?

Im pretty sure you'll need 5 matches to be guaranteed and after that it'll sell out on 4.

[wewonit5timesinistanbul]

They could do 3,2,1 from this season especially as everybody with 1 should qualify