cider head Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 strong rumours coming from sourses at the club today have said there will be a press release to announce today or tomorrow that swansea away will be all ticket to season ticket holders only and that the only way you can go to the game is to be bused in and out by cats coaches, official coaches only.there is not an exact number of tickets as yet but i was told around 2,000tickets could be available for city fans..both police forces are said to have asked for thisthis sucks, it ain't cardiff is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repro-red Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Also heard that about coaches think it was mentioned on here before, wanted to go by car so hope this aint the case.Surely we would be allocated more than 2000 tickets as I'm sure we'd take a few but then the coach situation is could put alot of people off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcott Boy Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I probably would have done this anyway but it seems very unfair on people living in South Wales who would have to travel to Bristol and then go back past where they live.Anyone live next door to Swansea's new stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon Hater Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Heard this on Saturday too, quite suprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I had already siad I'd help the girlfiend move some of her stuff into her new place in Cardiff that week so will now have to drive back to bristol and then go to swansea, back to bristol then back to cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neo Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 It actually suits me, but, think it still sucks.I promised the daughter she could come and was going to use the official coaches anyway. Can't trust the scum element these days even when you have kids with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 ON officail site now. !!Its true coaches only ; only 1160 tickets to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 ON officail site now. !!Its true coaches only ; only 1160 tickets to start ← http://www.bcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/...~701519,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 http://www.bcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/...~701519,00.html←I wish I could do computer stuff like you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolborn_and_red Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 What's all this members, non-members nonsense. I can understand it if you use CATS for the odd game and you're not a member but this is when you're being forced to use the clubs transport if you want to see the game. I mean BL00DY £18 to get 80 miles down the road. It is disgusting.Another feather in the cap for Bristol City and ripping its supporters off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 What's all this members, non-members nonsense. I can understand it if you use CATS for the odd game and you're not a member but this is when you're being forced to use the clubs transport if you want to see the game. I mean BL00DY £18 to get 80 miles down the road. It is disgusting.Another feather in the cap for Bristol City and ripping its supporters off. ← Look if you aint a member then you aint a proper fan apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Does seem alot of money to trvel 80 miles I remember going to Huddersfield on a coach and it was cheaper than that a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twaters Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I am SOOOOOOO ANGRY about this! I live in West Wales, St Davids to be precise and travel to most homes every week, thats 6 hours driving per match. Now when Swansea went up, I was slightly pleased that for atleast one City away game i wouldnt have to drive quite so far, plus the majority of my family are Swans so i had planned a very entertaining day with them, watch the match and then after enjoying the banter when we win! Now it seems city have ruined my plans when all i have done to them is spend my little money i have on them! Each home game costs me £65 without food or drink.I thought the Credit card charge PER TICKET and mailing charge of £1 for a 30p stamp was taking the pi55 but this is another kick in the teeth for a long distance fan.I'm going to contact City and no doubt they will tell me sorry you have to get a coach to come to the game. GRRRRRRRRRRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repro-red Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Think the whole situation is poor, surely with a brand new stadium the likelyhood of trouble would happen well away from the ground, not knowing what the sites like most new stadiums have no pubs nearby,kick in the teeth for genuine supporters who want to make their own way over.Whats with the ticket allocation thought we would get at least 2500 maybe theres not enough coaches avaliable, I thought we were supposed to get a certain percentage of the capacity.The whole thing is a complete joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRed Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 This is really annoying as I'm in Worcester that weekend, I was planning to drive from there to Swansea £16 seems a lot for the coach as well.Luckily I have a friend who's a member of Swansea supporter's club, so I think I'll be in the home end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twaters Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 fred i was thinking the same thing. But i don't think i could cope if they scored or we did. What this is encouraging is City fans to sit with the Swansea fans, i may not be the confrontational type but there are alot out there who will think forget paying £72 for four people to travel by coach when we can all go in a car for about £30 petrol if not less! City are ripping people off and actually encouraging people to sit somewhere in the home areas.(I see ripping us off as encouragement not to travel with the coaches and therefor we have to sit in the home areas.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repro-red Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Luckily I have a friend who's a member of Swansea supporter's club, so I think I'll be in the home end.← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just like watching brazil Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 well done to swansea for keeping ticket prices down to £13 which i would expect be the cheapest in our league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest North Street Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Nice of the club to keep supporters informed that this course of action was likely just like the cancellation of the Forest game.Of course it would not come into their heads that people may have already have made arrangements for both. Is PR so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taunton_City Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 scandal but i will still go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 North Street I do agree the club very rarely think people would have already booked train tickets like people booked flights to Scotland for the pre-season games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I had a feeling they were going to do this so i'm not really surprised - I've got a mate who gets cheap tickets in the home end though so i guess i'll go in there.Its not just the additioanl expense of having to get the coach - £25 odd quid more if you take into aco**** i'll have to pay a bridge toll driving home again - its more the time taken i cant be arsed with.The cardiff play off game meant a total day out of 9 hours (having to use train to and from cardiff) to see a game 10minutes walk from my front door. Cant be arsed to do that again. I've sat in the home end at plymouth before and managed not to get killed or thrown out so i'm sure i'll manage again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midland red Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Football away days are about visiting new grounds, having the freedom to travel when it suits you and how, to have a look around places you have never visited before, have a drink in different places and also to have a tour of new stadia like Swansea"s.Firstly to be herded onto coaches one end and off the other and to only see the away fans turnstile is not my idea of a good day out.To pay double the amount i had been quoted on the train is another kick in the you know whats.I can also guarantee that with this agreed system in place there will be a massive police presence at both away and home games.Now before you all start shouting about real fans and hooligans don"t bother, it"s old news if 200 guys from Bristol wanted to drive over without tickets intent on trouble with equal numbers from Swansea then it could still happen, so whats been gained.Incidentally i will still be going because i want to see the new Stadium and see City thrash the living daylights out of them, it just won"t be the day out i was looking forward to. yours midland red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UmBongo Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 This is just ridiculous. Was thinkin of doing a weekend down there. Livin in London it would have taken less than 3 hours by train to get there.I understand the concern but at some stage you start to wonder if it's worth the hassle.How do they justify the price of coach tickets?Surely with the wonderful new stadium and lots of empty seats anda bit out of town it was policeable.As is coming up on here people will just get tickets 4 the home end. There are City fans in South Wales so that's bound to happen.What happens in the play off final City V Swansea at the Millenium in Cardiff ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest North Street Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 In a matter of days i have lost money for a day off work [Forest], deposit on travel [Forest] and been charged £10 today for cancellation of a train ticket [swansea].All could have been avoided by Bristol City telling it's own supporters what was likely to be happening in the near future.Cheers BCFC, i am not ######* happy at the moment http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41592 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldengraham Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 i doubt we'll take the full allocation (1,161 + extra). we didnt take the full lot to cardiff in the play offs and i can see alot of people not bothering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcott Boy Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Does anyone know how many tickets teams visiting Swansea have been allocated so far this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCAGFC Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 At £16 per coach ticket the club (BCFC) are making nearly 100% profit on each ticket and as you cannot travel any other way that is a complete rip off.BCAGFCP.s. Will be interesting to see what Swansea charge in the return fixture, more like £10-12 me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyeoant Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Jus spoke to Swansea ticket office, tickets on sale from 1/9/5, no probs, £13 to £18 & I can travel when I want and at least half the price! Bargain! Spoke to our ticket office & they said that Peter Carol had to get more coaches from other firms & that was why it was more money than usual?? Anyhow I expect a lot of City will be in the home supporters areas, absolute shambles of organisation from our lot, the phrase "Couldn't organise a P#ss up in a brewery" comes to mind!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Grim Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 when leeds asked millwall to do this on the opening day of the season, millwall told them where to get off, and no millwall fans went, 0 fans. wont expect to many fans will go due to this fieasco( sorry spelling), but i will be there doesnt affect me but is a kick in the teeth for people who it does affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.