FA Cup semi finals at Wembley

[hibbo'sclass]

No supposedly the rumour was each player was entitled to 4 tickets from our allocation each, so the allocation our fans actually got dibs on was more like 20,000.

The whole 'football family' thing is a joke anyway. But the club dishing out tickets to the academy lads was a joke for me.

I stand corrected, but I didn't go into a ballot, just got one.
The football family thing is certainly overdone, and in light of the 17k Wembley ST, needs to be looked at big style.
In the old Wembley with a higher capacity and no ST, I suppose it was slightly easier to understand.
My understanding is that all corporates amd STH are guaranteed, but I wonder what the criteria will be for the final. (I'm an optimist underneath)

 

[degsy]

17,000 tories bought club Wembley tickets to tout to the likes of me and you a few times a season, so your figures are wrong.
I've also got a mate who lives in Pompey and is an FA qualified coach who's got 2 for the final already through their scheme.

It's not right, but I don't think they're creaming as many corps as people say.

Your local Saturday or sunday league team in say the Zingari will get one or two. If they are 'old' teams and are in the Lancs FA too they will get two as well, nice little earner for the end of season raffle if a local team gets there...though technically you are not allowed to raffle them ( it's in the fine print.) We raffled a mars bar which strangely enough had a cup final ticket somehow stuck to it.

 

[Jacko93]

Your local Saturday or sunday league team in say the Zingari will get one or two. If they are 'old' teams and are in the Lancs FA too they will get two as well, nice little earner for the end of season raffle if a local team gets there...though technically you are not allowed to raffle them ( it's in the fine print.) We raffled a mars bar which strangely enough had a cup final ticket somehow stuck to it.

As far as I understood they get allocated to the league, and you then have to show your interest pre-season. we always had them available, but never really showed interest in them to get them.

 

[Ashtonian]

ahh i get the poll now.

I vote no, wembley should be the final only.

 

[rbm]

Wembley should be final only and bin the League Cup. Back to when there was only one club game per year at Wembley.

 

[degsy]

As far as I understood they get allocated to the league, and you then have to show your interest pre-season. we always had them available, but never really showed interest in them to get them.

It may have changed since I moved in those exalted circles, but we were never short of 2 or 3 for both cup finals. Though I do remember the forms for the FA Cup came relatively close to the final and the League cup just after Christmas and you had to pay cash up front as well for that, where as the FA Cup you could pre order then decline if you didn't fancy any of the last 4.

The Lpool FA ones were allocated to the club and came over stamped with our club name so the could trace it if required.

The Lancs FA however were allocated personally to the Hon Sec. which caused a right old hoohar in the 80's...but as I always paid for those with my own money and not with club funds, unlike the Lpool FA, it was game set and match to Degsy.

 

[Jacko93]

It may have changed since I moved in those exalted circles, but we were never short of 2 or 3 for both cup finals. Though I do remember the forms for the FA Cup came relatively close to the final and the League cup just after Christmas and you had to pay cash up front as well for that, where as the FA Cup you could pre order then decline if you didn't fancy any of the last 4.

The Lpool FA ones were allocated to the club and came over stamped with our club name so the could trace it if required.

The Lancs FA however were allocated personally to the Hon Sec. which caused a right old hoohar in the 80's...but as I always paid for those with my own money and not with club funds, unlike the Lpool FA, it was game set and match to Degsy.

I was in the Cheshire leagues so was likely different again.... Not overly sure about just how it works tbh, but remember having a discussion about it and there weren't enough for each team to have 2 tickets each, hence it went on applications and interest. Not that I was ever bothered like.....

 

[Khalekan]

....I'm ok with the semi finals at Wembley.

I would prefer them at a proper neutral venue.....i.e. a club stadium.

But I can live with Wembley if the 90,000 tickets were divided among the fans of the competing clubs.

As it stands we have what 29,000 ST holders?

So that leaves a mere 2500 tickets for people who go the game but don't have season tickets......maybe cannot afford one.

Whoever is playing should have 40,000 ticket allocation at least IMO.

That fact alone would justify holding them at Wembley.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

The business model for the 'new Wembley' was partly based on having 17,000 Club seats available that could be flogged off at top whack to a company or any individual rich enough to buy them. Even when individual seats became available at high prices on re-sale, the admin fee slice was a further 15%. Giving as many seats as possible to fans never entered their thinking and never will do.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Have the Semi-Finals at Villa Park or Old Trafford, with just the Final at Wembley IMO

I also think England should tour, with only one international per year at Wembley in a glamour friendly with a big name. The rest should be played all over the country

 

[PITA]

The other obvious problem with having the semi and the final at Wembley is that it gives us no chance of winning. We've barely won two games at Goodison this season. How are we going to win twice at Wembley?

 

[ToffeeDoug]

The other obvious problem with having the semi and the final at Wembley is that it gives us no chance of winning. We've barely won two games at Goodison this season. How are we going to win twice at Wembley?

Toxic crowd further away from the pitch?

 

[Alan Whittle]

Palace ticket bought just now via Palace outsourcing the ticketing to SEE Tickets. Very straightforward and easy to choose where you want to be. (I'm in the first dibs lot for Palace)
Two tickets (sadly but the only way I was going to get tickets) for me and my lad in the (wrong end) of the Prawn Sandwich level for the Everton SF. Banking on a spare for my lad for the Palace game. Hopeful that we'll be ok.