Community Shield

[harrowfox]

It's a shame, would have been more confident of getting a ticket if it was against Palace.

We get the same allocation whoever would have win and I suspect the estimated 27000 tickets that leicester will be allocated will be ****ing hot cakes either way.

 

[Jeff]

We get the same allocation whoever would have win and I suspect the estimated 27000 tickets that leicester will be allocated will be ****ing hot cakes either way.

I didn't expect to have much chance of getting one in the Leicester end. And with Manchester United playing there will be a higher demand for tickets allocated to 'neutral' supporters.

 

[foxtildeath]

Looks like Mourinho is taking over at Man Utd. Let's try and make it hellish start just the way we ended his Chelsea career.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36351371



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[Richie_d123]

I assume priority will go to season ticket holders?

 

[Matt_B]

I assume priority will go to season ticket holders?

Doubt it. I imagine priority will go on away points same as any other away game.

 

[Richie_d123]

Either way all season ticket holders should be sorted if we get 27000 tickets

 

[Motown Fox]

Don't forget the ticket office staff and their "friends"

 

[Miles Away]

Chance to stick one right upMourinhos duffer again.

Perfect.

 

[Durham Fox]

Seeing as all high priority points holders should be season ticket holders anyway they should just be made available to season ticket holders initially.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

We get the same allocation whoever would have win and I suspect the estimated 27000 tickets that leicester will be allocated will be ****ing hot cakes either way.

We only get 27000 in a stadium of 90000 capacity? That's really poor

 

[pork pie fox]

We only get 27000 in a stadium of 90000 capacity? That's really poor

About 16500 seats are hospitality based, which are included in to 90K, but not part of an allocation given to teams.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Either way all season ticket holders should be sorted if we get 27000 tickets

Provided they limit it to one ticket per ST. For previous trips to Wmbley it's been two or even three tickets at which point they'll all be gone within minutes.

 

[Jeff]

Seeing as all high priority points holders should be season ticket holders anyway they should just be made available to season ticket holders initially.

I think people with lots of points should get first choice, like with a normal away match, reduce the points day by day until putting them on sale to all season ticket holders. That way the people who go to the most games will have the best choice of seats, and it would spread the sales out so there won't be 23,000 people all trying to buy tickets on the same day.


When we went to Wembley in the play-offs in 1992 the first batch of tickets went on sale over a weekend. I think it was for season ticket holders and members - but we had nowhere near as many then as we have now. The club issued a statement saying there was no point going to the ground early on Saturday as there was no danger of any of the ticket bands selling out, and we'd have just the same choice on the Sunday. Like an idiot I believed them, and when I went on the Sunday the tickets I wanted were sold out and I had to pay a lot more to get a decent seat. There were stories of people with one season ticket turning up on the Saturday morning and buying loads of tickets. I never received a reply to the fax I sent the club complaining about it. Ever since then I've not trusted the ticket office to handle allocations properly.

 

[Richie_d123]

I hope you've kept the fax machine plugged in just incase!!

 

[Jeff]

We only get 27000

Maybe.

Wigan were offered 15,000 tickets when they played against Manchester United in 2013. They turned that down and only took 7,500 tickets, and still didn't sell them all. Manchester United got 35,000 tickets.

Often the Community Shield doesn't sell out. The cup winners will have been to Wembley twice in the few months leading up to it, so it's not such a special occasion for them and a lot of fans don't want to pay for another trip to Wembley for what is really just a glorified friendly.

 

[pork pie fox]

Liverpool v Barcelona at Wembley on Saturday 6 August:

http://www.thefa.com/news/thefa/2016/may/liverpool-barcelona-international-champions-cup-wembley

 

[Lako42]

So we will def be 7th?

Want to book train but no idea of kickoff times

 

[pork pie fox]

So we will def be 7th?

Want to book train but no idea of kickoff times

I assume so, but can't see anything confirmed yet.

 

[pork pie fox]

I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere else, but I've just found this on skysports.com:

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...617-season-start-for-your-premier-league-club

August 7 - Man Utd and Leicester

After United's FA Cup final success over Crystal Palace, it was confirmed their season would begin on August 7 in the Community Shield against Premier League champions Leicester. It will be Leicester's first time at the new Wembley.

 

[SJN-Fox]

So we will def be 7th?

Want to book train but no idea of kickoff times

Kick off will be approx 90 minutes to two hours before the departure time of the last train.