Post by nick22webster on May 14, 2024 16:36:25 GMT
The ticketing has been a complete cock up shambles and I'm angry at the club s well as EFL and Wembley. We have been royally shafted into corners and behind the goal. These numbers are NOT repeat NOT for ticket sales etc. The information we've had has been very poor. The club didn't not even say what type of tickets we would get or how they will be delivered. Its disrespectful.
My theory is that they sell in such a way to make sure fans are bunched in a stadium that won’t sell out. To avoid a lack of atmosphere. So I get it and I see why they would want to fill behind the goal for the cameras and also goal celebration. But equally annoying for the people who want to actually watch the football.
I’m in a corner but have accepted it’s mostly about the day and celebrating the success of being there (and hopefully further success of promotion!) as oppose to really “watching” the game closely. I’ll record it and re-watch at home for the best view!
My theory is that they sell in such a way to make sure fans are bunched in a stadium that won’t sell out. To avoid a lack of atmosphere. So I get it and I see why they would want to fill behind the goal for the cameras and also goal celebration. But equally annoying for the people who want to actually watch the football.
I’m in a corner but have accepted it’s mostly about the day and celebrating the success of being there (and hopefully further success of promotion!) as oppose to really “watching” the game closely. I’ll record it and re-watch at home for the best view!
but bottom dollar you paid a dollar for seats you didn't really want now know these other seats you really wanted might be empty or have bums of them that aren't really Crawley fans just neutral, It sucks.
Last Edit: May 14, 2024 16:46:18 GMT by nick22webster
I’m with you on this. I’m fuming as we weren’t given any choice yesterday morning and there was no information about other blocks would be released later. I’ve now got 4 tickets where I don’t want to be. To think people thought the club was bad last week with the MK tickets. Ticketmaster and Wembley have been a shambles. Shocking.
Call 0333 321 3126. They will allow you to change your tickets. Many people have had success in this.
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
You reds!!!
That's not true some views are quite naff and also why not have fans sat nr half-way line together? Not all sing anyway so you can have a few blocks behind the goal for that.
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
You reds!!!
That's not true some views are quite naff and also why not have fans sat nr half-way line together? Not all sing anyway so you can have a few blocks behind the goal for that.
I fail to understand how any of the views are naff, it's a massive bowl. I stand behind the goal at Broadfield and I can still see what's going on (I'm 5'7) 90% of the time. It's far more about the atmosphere, I don't want to see 4 separate sections of supporters, it's about being there all together as a team, it genuinely makes a difference. If you don't want to contribute to the atmosphere, and want a broadcaster's view, just watch it on TV!
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
You reds!!!
Completely agree with you, some people will never be satisfied. I genuinely don't think the process could have been explained any better than the article on our website. It quite clearly states, we have the west end of the stadium and tickets will be sold from North to South. Low and behold, the seats near the halfway line in the north side were released first and went quickly and then the halfway line seats on the south side were last to be released once we got to that section... as described. So much so, I genuinely don't understand how people couldn't get the tickets they wanted. There were still loads of seats left in the block near the halfway line mid afternoon yesterday when I purchased mine.
The only areas people should be disappointed not to get is the standing blocks which sold out almost immediately behind the goal
If you thought they were going to release the upper tier and all 38000 seats in one go....then i can't help you if that's what you thought. Just annoys me that people will still find something to moan about, ticket prices are good for Wembley, our allocation is good, ticket sales are amazing but yet your seat is a slightly different angle from what it is at the Broadfield so why not have have a moan.
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
You reds!!!
Completely agree with you, some people will never be satisfied. I genuinely don't think the process could have been explained any better than the article on our website. It quite clearly states, we have the west end of the stadium and tickets will be sold from North to South. Low and behold, the seats near the halfway line in the north side were released first and went quickly and then the halfway line seats on the south side were last to be released once we got to that section... as described. So much so, I genuinely don't understand how people couldn't get the tickets they wanted. There were still loads of seats left in the block near the halfway line mid afternoon yesterday when I purchased mine.
The only areas people should be disappointed not to get is the standing blocks which sold out almost immediately behind the goal
If you thought they were going to release the upper tier and all 38000 seats in one go....then i can't help you if that's what you thought. Just annoys me that people will still find something to moan about, ticket prices are good for Wembley, our allocation is good, ticket sales are amazing but yet your seat is a slightly different angle from what it is at the Broadfield so why not have have a moan.
Ironically, rant over.
That's not entirely true sections 247 and 248 were released after all the others so that goes against all what you have said. Yep I agree you cant please everyone but we got stitched up with club wembley pl0nker seats we cant occupy.
That's not true some views are quite naff and also why not have fans sat nr half-way line together? Not all sing anyway so you can have a few blocks behind the goal for that.
I fail to understand how any of the views are naff, it's a massive bowl. I stand behind the goal at Broadfield and I can still see what's going on (I'm 5'7) 90% of the time. It's far more about the atmosphere, I don't want to see 4 separate sections of supporters, it's about being there all together as a team, it genuinely makes a difference. If you don't want to contribute to the atmosphere, and want a broadcaster's view, just watch it on TV!
have you considered some ppl wanna watch ALL the game not 90%?
Last Edit: May 14, 2024 20:37:27 GMT by peespottage
I'm kind of amazed at the comments about being forced to sit behind the goal etc, the stadium will be half full at best, what do you expect them to do? Would you prefer there were fans dotted around, completely spoiling the atmosphere? They'd also have to put staff into sections that may only have a few dozen people in them, it isn't practical. You want a personal barman and steward do you?
I swear people will find anything to moan about. I've been to Wembley, unless you're sitting right at the front the view of the pitch is great everywhere, so sit with your fellow fans and enjoy the biggest day in the club's history! Appreciate the atmosphere, and when the action comes to our side of the pitch get involved and feel lucky to be closer to the action. You can still see what's happening down the other end too, don't worry.
You reds!!!
Completely agree with you, some people will never be satisfied. I genuinely don't think the process could have been explained any better than the article on our website. It quite clearly states, we have the west end of the stadium and tickets will be sold from North to South. Low and behold, the seats near the halfway line in the north side were released first and went quickly and then the halfway line seats on the south side were last to be released once we got to that section... as described. So much so, I genuinely don't understand how people couldn't get the tickets they wanted. There were still loads of seats left in the block near the halfway line mid afternoon yesterday when I purchased mine.
The only areas people should be disappointed not to get is the standing blocks which sold out almost immediately behind the goal
If you thought they were going to release the upper tier and all 38000 seats in one go....then i can't help you if that's what you thought. Just annoys me that people will still find something to moan about, ticket prices are good for Wembley, our allocation is good, ticket sales are amazing but yet your seat is a slightly different angle from what it is at the Broadfield so why not have have a moan.
Ironically, rant over.
Personally, I found the purchasing of a (single) ticket difficult. Part of that was me and part was the website layout. In more recent years it seems usual for websites and the like to assume prior knowledge. Even though technology has become more embedded in all our lives, they are moving on with this assumption of prior knowledge too quickly, and doing it whilst withdrawing phone lines where a friendly operator can go through things step-by-step for those of us who are less familiar with things. When I tried to purchase my ticket, I found that I was thwarted for a while by not correctly remembering my 'verified by visa' password. However, I ran into issues before that when trying to click on particular seats and finding that all I achieved was an expansion of the image. I actually (somehow) ended up with six ticket purchases in my list when I only wanted one. Fortunately, deletion was a trivial matter. You know, there are symbols all over software these days, and I struggle to keep up with what they all mean. Some time ago I thought the printer symbol was an icon for a car - well, there is a vague resemblance LOL.
Now, it's not as if I am a total novice at this. I used to write fairly simple routines back in the 1980s on a Commodore 64, and I didn't just use the rudimentary built-in BASIC. I sometimes used assembler language or raw 6502/6510 machine code - even plugging an assembler language cartridge into a port on the back. We had 8-bit registers back then called A (accumulator), x, and y, and had to sometimes figure out bit patterns, carry bits, two's complement, and checksums, and would peek values in memory locations and poke replacement values into them - sometimes altering how the machine actually operated (but some parts were out of bounds). So, what I'm saying is, that although I was a hobbyist and never did it professionally, I am not an idiot - yet I struggle with some of it.
If figuring out what some companies are trying to do sometimes confuses me and triggers stress, I dread to think how it might affect people who have even less experience. If I had kept up my tech hobby, I'm the sort of guy who would get into the coding and tinker with it to make it a little easier for myself - but I didn't. I think the technological world needs to take a deep breath and pause, so that the less technically minded (i.e. most people) can start catching up.
All 6 categories should have been available for purchase when ticket sales commenced. Unfortunately Category 1 tickets were not available, I assumed they had sold out, but they were only released later in the day after the other sections had been sold, so I settled for a Cat 2 ticket.
Completely agree with you, some people will never be satisfied. I genuinely don't think the process could have been explained any better than the article on our website. It quite clearly states, we have the west end of the stadium and tickets will be sold from North to South. Low and behold, the seats near the halfway line in the north side were released first and went quickly and then the halfway line seats on the south side were last to be released once we got to that section... as described. So much so, I genuinely don't understand how people couldn't get the tickets they wanted. There were still loads of seats left in the block near the halfway line mid afternoon yesterday when I purchased mine.
The only areas people should be disappointed not to get is the standing blocks which sold out almost immediately behind the goal
If you thought they were going to release the upper tier and all 38000 seats in one go....then i can't help you if that's what you thought. Just annoys me that people will still find something to moan about, ticket prices are good for Wembley, our allocation is good, ticket sales are amazing but yet your seat is a slightly different angle from what it is at the Broadfield so why not have have a moan.
Ironically, rant over.
Personally, I found the purchasing of a (single) ticket difficult. Part of that was me and part was the website layout. In more recent years it seems usual for websites and the like to assume prior knowledge. Even though technology has become more embedded in all our lives, they are moving on with this assumption of prior knowledge too quickly, and doing it whilst withdrawing phone lines where a friendly operator can go through things step-by-step for those of us who are less familiar with things. When I tried to purchase my ticket, I found that I was thwarted for a while by not correctly remembering my 'verified by visa' password. However, I ran into issues before that when trying to click on particular seats and finding that all I achieved was an expansion of the image. I actually (somehow) ended up with six ticket purchases in my list when I only wanted one. Fortunately, deletion was a trivial matter. You know, there are symbols all over software these days, and I struggle to keep up with what they all mean. Some time ago I thought the printer symbol was an icon for a car - well, there is a vague resemblance LOL.
Now, it's not as if I am a total novice at this. I used to write fairly simple routines back in the 1980s on a Commodore 64, and I didn't just use the rudimentary built-in BASIC. I sometimes used assembler language or raw 6502/6510 machine code - even plugging an assembler language cartridge into a port on the back. We had 8-bit registers back then called A (accumulator), x, and y, and had to sometimes figure out bit patterns, carry bits, two's complement, and checksums, and would peek values in memory locations and poke replacement values into them - sometimes altering how the machine actually operated (but some parts were out of bounds). So, what I'm saying is, that although I was a hobbyist and never did it professionally, I am not an idiot - yet I struggle with some of it.
If figuring out what some companies are trying to do sometimes confuses me and triggers stress, I dread to think how it might affect people who have even less experience. If I had kept up my tech hobby, I'm the sort of guy who would get into the coding and tinker with it to make it a little easier for myself - but I didn't. I think the technological world needs to take a deep breath and pause, so that the less technically minded (i.e. most people) can start catching up.
im pleased you made it in the end. Yes the technology wasn't clear and the club could've done more. They could've tested this and even written their own user guide or offered help for anyone struggling with technology. What I found was the site doesnt load properly. It then is flooded with info you dont need. It was far from user friendly.