Topic: Champions League 24/25

[30fiver]

I’m not sure the cost of the trip stops many people buying. If they can’t afford to go themselves they’ll shift their tickets to someone who can afford it. Besides, it’s not expensive. £58 return to Prague from Bristol and £30 on the bus from there, or £40 on the train.

The corp bods can pass on euro aways too?

[Jm55]

The corp bods can pass on euro aways too?

That would be the ultimate piss take.

Get first access to tickets you’ve done nothing to accrue the loyalty for and then pass it on to someone else even if you don’t want to go.

[daindan]

The corp bods can pass on euro aways too?

Yes. But they don’t get credits/loyalty. For the vvip they usually just go on the players trip.

[Barry Banana]

The corp bods can pass on euro aways too?

I thought you were taking about general population when you suggested people might be put off by price.

[30fiver]

I thought you were taking about general population when you suggested people might be put off by price.

Nah was replying to the bit about the corporate returns - didn't realise they could pass the euro aways onto anyone, which is why I was thinking they would be maybe a lower uptake per game now there's more fixtures etc

[Allezallezallez10]

Not exactly North West but Nottingham to Berlin £26, train to Leipzig, around £25

Only 1 way reasonable for ema

[Barry Banana]

Only 1 way reasonable for ema

There’s a lovely route from the NW at a really good price when you factor no transport required in Germany. Nice night in Tirana and plenty of time in Leipzig. I’d have booked this over the Berlin route given the choice but didn’t have time for this type of search before booking.

Manchester to Tirana 22 October 8.30am £22
Tirana to Leipzig 23 October 9.45am £33
Leipzig to Palma 24 October 5.15pm £35
Palma to Liverpool 24 October 11.30pm £45

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When can we expect details for Leipzig?

[ABJ]

When can we expect details for Leipzig?

Should be at some point this week hopefully, with the sales next week.

[Chris H]

For Leipzig, Juve have been charged 42.50EUR for next week.

Man City were charged £16 standing / £36.50 seated last year.

[ABJ]

For Leipzig, Juve have been charged 42.50EUR for next week.

Man City were charged £16 standing / £36.50 seated last year.

Those prices for Man City were from 2 seasons ago. It was even cheaper last season, £13.50 - £19.00. They must have a reciprocal agreement with them.

[Billy Elliot]

Sorted PSV. Amsterdam Tuesday night, Eindhoven Wednesday night.

[ABJ]

Sorted PSV. Amsterdam Tuesday night, Eindhoven Wednesday night.

[Barry Banana]

Ticket office must be working out how they can still have a jolly when Leipzig insist on a digital ticketing system.

[DanK1456]

Ticket office must be working out how they can still have a jolly when Leipzig insist on a digital ticketing system.

 

[carl123uk]

Leipzig should be out the next 48 hours surely?

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Should imagine so. Would think part of the reason for delay is the club wanting connection but RB insisting e-tickets on their app?

[PaulKS]

Sure are taking their time - but will be interesting to see what solution they've come up with, with Leipzig being 100% digital

Imagine they'll print digital tickets as they've done in the past with Benfica for example, but probably argued with Leipzig over who will fulfil that... is my best guess

If the turnstiles at Leipzig at 100% NFC, then that's probably given the TO a headache, given they'll want to do collections

[SingFongFC]

Leipzig should be out the next 48 hours surely?

So frustrating there’s still not even any details out yet. Surely it’s got to be a first sale pretty damn soon after when the info finally does come. Our group are mainly on 4 credits so literally can’t book anything until what’s likely to be the second sale has taken place 

[PaulKS]

So frustrating there’s still not even any details out yet. Surely it’s got to be a first sale pretty damn soon after when the info finally does come. Our group are mainly on 4 credits so literally can’t book anything until what’s likely to be the second sale has taken place 

I'm on 4 as well, booked everything on the day of the draw

Would be nice to know if im actually going to have a ticket

[RainbowFlick]

announce already, holding off on travel plans in case i can get one on my card (and go) 

[SingFongFC]

Another day goes by and still nothing - what can possibly be taking this long to sort out? 

[includo]

Mate text me saying they heard club are still waiting info from Leipzig so could be still a while off

[Alf]

I suspect the ticket office don't want digital tickets, as they can't do collections.

[Philipm20]

Full ticket details for Leipzig will be published tomorrow afternoon

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an announcement for an announcement

[ABJ]

an announcement for an announcement

At least they have said something so this stops the speculation as to when we'll find out.

[Allezallezallez10]

Just let us know asap 

[Luke 17]

https://www.gironafc.cat/en/news/comunicat-sobre-lassistencia-al-girona-feyenoord

Regarding the attendance of spectators at yesterday's match at the stadium, the Club would like to inform and remind you that:

The capacity of Montilivi for Champions League matches, following UEFA regulations, is 9.721 people. Of this total, 6.000 are for members, 1.300 for UEFA, 1.500 for the Club, 700 for the away team and 221 for the media.

Attendance: 8.752

In yesterday's match against Feyenoord, the total attendance was 8.752.

All of the 6.000 members' tickets were sold to people who had been allocated tickets in the draw and, subsequently, to other members who had not been allocated tickets in their first choice. In addition, almost a thousand tickets were released by UEFA and were also allocated to our Members, making a final total of 6.850 tickets. The rest were released at the last minute and for this reason it was not possible to achieve the complete sale of this package. At the start of the match, 112 tickets remained on sale.

Tickets for the Dutch club

Of the 700 tickets given to Feyenoord, 500 were in the Visitor's Zone and the remaining 200 were distributed by the Dutch club among club commitments. These 200 were located in the lower tier, following UEFA regulations.

On the other hand, all tickets for the match were nominal tickets except for UEFA sponsors.

The Club also detected more than 130 tickets from resale that were not allowed access to the stadium. Girona will take whatever action it deems appropriate to sanction this behaviour.

In the final count, the 500 people with allocated tickets who were not allowed access to Montilivi must be taken into account.

High risk match

The Club also regrets the inconvenience caused to the fans at the access controls and the delays they caused in gaining access to the stadium. It should be borne in mind that this match was declared a high-risk match by the Anti-Violence Commission and that the aim of these controls was to guarantee the safety of the public present at Montilivi and that there were no away fans in the home section.

Another fact that makes quick access to Montilivi difficult is the number of turnstiles. Girona has repeatedly asked LaLiga to extend these entry systems to the stadium. Unfortunately, LaLiga does not authorise it, claiming that it is determined by the capacity of Montilivi.

[Pata]

“In the final count, the 500 people with allocated tickets who were not allowed access to Montilivi must be taken into account.” - ?

[30fiver]

https://www.gironafc.cat/en/news/comunicat-sobre-lassistencia-al-girona-feyenoord

Interesting confirms our allocation anyway, and providing there's no change to the usual then 1st sale will be 27/27 and 2nd sale will be 26/27 - with less than half on 26 getting sorted

[Tommypig]

Would love to see a curve ball in the allocation for this one like 27/27 in (as they would of automatically assumed and booked) and 26/27 (they were never guaranteed in first place) not transferable entry only in their names  😈

[ABJ]

Would love to see a curve ball in the allocation for this one like 27/27 in (as they would of automatically assumed and booked) and 26/27 (they were never guaranteed in first place) not transferable entry only in their names  😈

That would definitely change things for some! although not for 3 of the 4 that we'll have in the guaranteed sale. Whilst I agree that ultimately they do need to do that, they need to do it at the start of the euro campaign and not once its already started.

[Jm55]

Would love to see a curve ball in the allocation for this one like 27/27 in (as they would of automatically assumed and booked) and 26/27 (they were never guaranteed in first place) not transferable entry only in their names  😈

It should be that way for every away.

I’m like a broken record on this but through their own refusal to piss off certain supporters groups the TO have created this situation where everyone is credit hunting for fear of falling further down, or off entirely, the ladder.

If they could establish a system where only the person attending the match gets the credit then the criteria would inevitably drop meaning credit hunting wouldn’t be as big of an issue as people would know that they don’t necessarily need 100% attendance to qualify for certain matches. it’s a chicken and egg scenario.

For Istanbul for example, I got a ticket with 4 homes and 0 aways, I think that was the first season they’d started the credit system, it was certainly in its infancy if not. Now obviously a lot has changed since then, we’ve got a much bigger suporter base, a bigger stadium, the world is a smaller place than it was then in terms of cheap travel and UEFA take the piss with allocations and corporate ticket even more now than they did then etc so I’m not for a moment suggesting that it would ever be like that again but I do think there’s middle ground between that and what you have now where without an away credit you’ve got, at best, a 1 in 3 chance of a final ticket.

[Tommypig]

That would definitely change things for some! although not for 3 of the 4 that we'll have in the guaranteed sale. Whilst I agree that ultimately they do need to do that, they need to do it at the start of the euro campaign and not once its already started.

Agree hard to change the system midway through campaign - as someone on 25/27 manifesting any sort of change that gets me in with a chance of Girona

[ABJ]

Agree hard to change the system midway through campaign - as someone on 25/27 manifesting any sort of change that gets me in with a chance of Girona

I'm also on 25/27 and am the 1 of the 4 that I mentioned above that will be going on someone else's ticket for this. Loads of our lot are on 25/27 as well but will not have a sniff for this unfortunately.

[30fiver]

I'm also on 25/27 and am the 1 of the 4 that I mentioned above that will be going on someone else's ticket for this. Loads of our lot are on 25/27 as well but will not have a sniff for this unfortunately.

The thing is, you would get one on 25 no issues if they said card holder only

if they stopped named transfers, anyone with a couple of euro away credits would shoot right up, and those like you would get literally every single game regardless of allocation if you continued to go every game

But like you said  they can't change it mid season, and they would need to announce chances prior to the draws taking place so people don't book

If they were to do it, maybe they'd need to do a fan update or work out whos attended what over the last few years

So many ways it could/should change, the only certainty is that it is not sustainable in its current form

I get the feeling Milan original criteria wasn't a mistake in terms of intention or process, but was a mistake in terms of making the wrong type of change and unannounced

[Barry Banana]

The low allocation on this one just feels different to the extent some action is needed.

I get that people who’ve used someone else’s ticket for years would be impacted by own name only. But it would stick in the craw if some were farmed out on Twitter denying people who have 25 or 26 of the last 27.

Should have to make a case that the people being transferred to are regular match goers.

[Craig S]

It should be that way for every away.

I’m like a broken record on this but through their own refusal to piss off certain supporters groups the TO have created this situation where everyone is credit hunting for fear of falling further down, or off entirely, the ladder.

If they could establish a system where only the person attending the match gets the credit then the criteria would inevitably drop meaning credit hunting wouldn’t be as big of an issue as people would know that they don’t necessarily need 100% attendance to qualify for certain matches. it’s a chicken and egg scenario.

For Istanbul for example, I got a ticket with 4 homes and 0 aways, I think that was the first season they’d started the credit system, it was certainly in its infancy if not. Now obviously a lot has changed since then, we’ve got a much bigger suporter base, a bigger stadium, the world is a smaller place than it was then in terms of cheap travel and UEFA take the piss with allocations and corporate ticket even more now than they did then etc so I’m not for a moment suggesting that it would ever be like that again but I do think there’s middle ground between that and what you have now where without an away credit you’ve got, at best, a 1 in 3 chance of a final ticket.

It is nothing to do with supporters groups, please don't believe the propaganda that was disseminated on here. If it went to a vote, then it would be in the minutes.

I was all for it and I did not understand the issues at first of allocating the credit to someone mid season. It was RodneyHide on here who first pointed out to me, that it causes issues. He was looking at it from people lower down the ladder who only have a few credits, and could end up throwing them off the ladder as more "credited accounts" could be made. It is also the case that it can cause issues for those on higher credits. It will settle down in a few seasons, but there is that pain point for some in the interim.

The supporters board are the ones that pointed this out to the club, who had not thought it through completely. Which of course, I am sure, will come as a surprise to absolutely everyone - especially after the initial Milan criteria.

I 100% want it done and it is 100% the right thing to be done. But it has to be done in the right way too by the club. I think the only way is some form of credit amnesty to be in the right name. The club can also check who has collected on those credits to stop people abusing it.

[Jm55]

It is nothing to do with supporters groups, please don't believe the propaganda that was disseminated on here. If it went to a vote, then it would be in the minutes.

I was all for it and I did not understand the issues at first of allocating the credit to someone mid season. It was RodneyHide on here who first pointed out to me, that it causes issues. He was looking at it from people lower down the ladder who only have a few credits, and could end up throwing them off the ladder as more "credited accounts" could be made. It is also the case that it can cause issues for those on higher credits. It will settle down in a few seasons, but there is that pain point for some in the interim.

The supporters board are the ones that pointed this out to the club, who had not thought it through completely. Which of course, I am sure, will come as a surprise to absolutely everyone - especially after the initial Milan criteria.

I 100% want it done and it is 100% the right thing to be done. But it has to be done in the right way too by the club. I think the only way is some form of credit amnesty to be in the right name. The club can also check who has collected on those credits to stop people abusing it.

Probably badly worded and poor choice of the phrase ‘supporters group’ but I wasn’t eluding to it being SOS.

My point is that there are a sizeable amount of supporters who this arrangement benefits and if the club were to change it their people would be annoyed; hence there is a hesitancy to do so.

I agree with pretty much everything which you’ve said though.