The only problem with the away points system was when

They didn’t use it when they needed to (Rotherham).

Other than that people knew the score. Was perhaps a bit unfair that season ticket holders automatically trumped someone who went to lots of away games but did t have an ST but that must have been a very small number of fans.

It’s also not acceptable to do away with the system without any notice when people have accrued points with a legitimate expectation that it will give them some priority in future years.

Posted By: Jim on June 12th 2019 at 08:05:29

Message Thread

New membership schemes for this season (NCFC) - Jester, Jun 12, 06:21:01
- IMHO....if you didn't buy a season ticket last season... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jun 12, 16:18:20
- Way too little information here (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Jun 12, 09:27:03
  - my shares have meant diddly-squat for quite a while now (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 09:44:02
    - yeah, it was pretty shitty to phase out benefits like that (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Jun 12, 09:50:55
  - It won’t guarantee a ticket. Only 1500 casual tickets for some homes (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:38:41
    - Well so what? (NCFC) - usacanary, Jun 12, 16:12:18
  - The club can't know the answer to that (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 12, 09:30:54
    - 750 - "City have ring-fenced a priority group of 750 people that were either away season t (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 09:37:05
    - well they can know if they are going to cap each 'membership' level (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Jun 12, 09:34:32
      - Yep, I wondered if they are going to cap premier memberships or not (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 12, 09:39:59
        
        I can see exactly how many away tickets I purchased last year (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jun 12, 10:00:32
        
        yeah, financially it definitely makes no sense for the club to cap it (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Jun 12, 09:43:55
      - "There will be no official cap on the number of memberships sold, although it is believed (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 09:39:01
- so does this mean (NCFC) - Ghost Ship Belly, Jun 12, 09:23:04
- Gutted by this. My 1450 away points down the drain. Now need to find £50! (n/m) (NCFC) - col canary, Jun 12, 09:10:12
  - Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:37:22
- So are the two schemes separate? (NCFC) - BungysPie, Jun 12, 08:55:28
  - Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:57:48
- Club have completely fucked up here. Consultation my arse. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jun 12, 08:49:12
  - They’ve got together with the club canary mafia and had a chat and (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:57:38
    - Well, this doesn't affect the number of tickets available (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 12, 09:23:06
      - YEs this. Also if tickets go on general sale presumably you (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jun 12, 09:52:30
      - They are still £50 worse off (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:45:00
        
        Ah right, my bad (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 12, 10:00:12
        
        'We're custodians of this place and we have to make sure that we leave it in a better plac (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 09:58:11
    - Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jun 12, 09:05:06
- Big picture (NCFC) - King, Jun 12, 08:45:56
- Membership, for me Clive, used to be about being a supporter of the club.... (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 12, 08:44:02
- Another thing flowing from this is that (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:37:40
  - You do. You are in window 3 instead of 4. (NCFC) - King, Jun 12, 08:48:09
    - His point is that if you miss 2 home games (quite realistic) (NCFC) - jAC, Jun 12, 08:51:19
      - Lol good luck buying casual tickets. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jun 12, 16:20:09
- As a season ticket holder who goes to quite a few away (NCFC) - APB, Jun 12, 08:22:50
  - Agree - as I posted below, the implementation is wrong (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 08:26:27
  - That for me is the annoyance. Surely you phase out one system over a season (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:26:25
    - My reading of this is (NCFC) - Moritz Moutarde, Jun 12, 08:40:10
      - Yes that’s the thing they’ve added at the last minute apparently if (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:45:29
    - Agreed Jim - history should have been built into the new system (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 08:29:06
      - Should purely be done on away points & only points accrued by attending away matches (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Jun 12, 08:35:52
  - A bit in the wrong place there... (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jun 12, 08:25:55
- Welcome to the Premier League (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jun 12, 08:13:24
  - yup, same shizzle different dizzle (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 08:22:59
- casual fan who pays £50 priority membership gets away ticks before season ticket holder... (NCFC) - biffbro, Jun 12, 08:05:40
  - I think members and ST Holders should've had the same away point boost, not 500 vs 1000 (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 12, 08:30:48
  - Looks like how it is..... (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 12, 08:13:21
    - The other cynical thing is they go on sale at 9am which means (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:16:37
      - on the plus side, all the games will be on the telly (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 08:19:12
  - The issue is how this is being implemented (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 08:13:15
    - Some ST holders are already long distance travellers when they go to home games. (NCFC) - biffbro, Jun 12, 08:22:11
      - totally get why they allowed the holiday inn to be built in the corner now (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 09:22:03
        
        ha ha (n/m) (NCFC) - dr fanta, Jun 12, 09:24:13
    - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Jun 12, 08:14:33
- Agree with some of the points below but I'm sure the club will have done their research (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Jun 12, 07:43:05
  - Only research they will have done is how many they think they can sell and (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 07:59:53
    - depends on how many games a non-season ticket holder can get to (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 08:06:31
      - The home memberships are not the issue here (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:17:56
    - they did send out a "tweet" about it tbf (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 08:05:31
- I'm pleased ST Holders no longer get an advantage for away tickets (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Jun 12, 07:38:05
  - Bollocks. ST holders especially those who are not local are prejudiced again. (NCFC) - biffbro, Jun 12, 08:17:10
    - Don’t dispute that but the ST price now too high. (NCFC) - biffbro, Jun 12, 08:30:07
      - Yes, I agree (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 08:38:36
    - A guaranteed seat is worth quite a lot this season though (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 08:22:51
- Of course my ST guarantees my seat each week, but at £510 it only now saves me £60 over (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 07:30:54
  - Toby Tickets? (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 12, 08:18:08
  - same situation (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 07:46:58
- Bugger (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 07:13:40
- So local Man U fans just pay £50 membership and get priority for tickets..WTF (n/m) (NCFC) - promethian1, Jun 12, 07:01:31
  - Why would local Man U fans do that? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 07:05:54
    - to sit in the home stands (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 07:07:09
      - But thousands will have it so would they really go to that length... (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 07:15:12
        
        Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - jAC, Jun 12, 07:17:38
        
        Never underestimate a plastic.... (n/m) (NCFC) - promethian1, Jun 12, 09:25:38
- Not happy. Not a good way to treat loyal fans. (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 06:40:39
  - There was a fans consultation according to this tweet (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jun 12, 07:38:40
    - What that means is they adapted it so the fans in their little group (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:02:48
      - Consulatation was after system agreed (NCFC) - trt354, Jun 12, 08:54:05
        
        What happens after this season? (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:47:46
  - Away season tickets & points system has worked really well (NCFC) - trt354, Jun 12, 07:18:41
    - The only problem with the away points system was when (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:05:29
      - The season ticket priority for away games annoyed me yep... (NCFC) - JD3, Jun 12, 08:19:15
        
        That could have been fixed though quite easily (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:28:25
  - Doubt there’s a financial gain with cheaper casual prices? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 06:52:44
    - Which they had to do anyway and not cheaper than last season really (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 06:57:28
      - What’s the comparison to a grade A prem club last time out... (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 06:58:18
        
        Point is they have to cap prices for away fans. Can hardly charge home fans more (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 07:18:24
        
        Every other prem club did last year bar Huddersfield ? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 07:30:54
        
        £38 for a ticket in the River End lower to watch Villa in 2015 (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 07:15:17
        
        £33 for the same seat in the Champs in 2014 against Brighton (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 07:16:38
        
        How about United and city etc... (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 07:16:01
        
        hoorah for our legions of casual fans (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 07:28:06
        
        the increase in membership will make it more expensive for the more casual casual fan (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 12, 08:02:26
        
        Presumably there was some kind of consultation process ... (NCFC) - loz, Jun 12, 07:32:07
        
        There was, I did a reply to Jim above (n/m) (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Jun 12, 07:41:07
        
        Appears they met a few fans who kicked off about it. It then appears they added the (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 08:22:48
  - not happy either, feel royally fucked over by the club (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 06:50:28
    - “Community club” my a**e. The one time they don’t need to they screw the fans over (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 06:51:33
- As a season ticket holder who went to about 7 away games last season (NCFC) - Duck, Jun 12, 06:27:04
  - Why....you get the chance to watch every home game... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jun 12, 16:23:26
  - Same here (NCFC) - BungysPie, Jun 12, 06:48:30
  - It’s really very poor and very unnecessary (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 12, 06:43:58
  - We are similar (NCFC) - Jester, Jun 12, 06:36:19
    - Same here and bearing in mind places like Spurs only have 3k away seats, we ain’t got a (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 07:16:34
      - very much this (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 12, 07:28:49
    - That depends on how many away priority members there will be (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 06:37:32

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