CALDERON Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The Highland League is, other than a few teams, pretty terrible. I went to see Banks O Dee vs Brechin a couple of weeks back and it was one of the most 1 sided matches I've seen in years. That said, it's not unheard of for players to have pretty underwhelming loan spells but still come back a better player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Jack Rae2 said: I, like many others, work midweek, no time off during the times they are open to go down. I tried to phone multiple times, starting before 10am, did not get through at all, sold out at 10:20 or so. There has to be a better way around this. Especially with it being first come first served. I understand the whole limited tickets shite but it’s a joke when you say to fans phone or office only to purchase then can’t get through on the phone and open your office only midweek hours. To be fair, if you aren't a season ticket holder I don't think it mattered when or how the club sold these. Demand was always going to exceed supply. The only way to easily get a ticket for games like this is to be a season ticket holder. Which, to be honest, is how it should be. Edited January 13, 2023 by CALDERON 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tiel Burn Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, CALDERON said: To be fair, if you aren't a season ticket holder I don't think it mattered when or how the club sold these. Demand was always going to exceed supply. The only way to easily get a ticket for games like this is to be a season ticket holder. Which, to be honest, is how it should be. Tough but fair, missed out for this reason. Hope to pick one up at the pub Saturday but if I don't it's how it goes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 We’re pretty lucky, in some regards, as Raith Rovers fans that we don’t experience many sell out games. Season ticket holders first may be tough on some but it is the fairest way of doing things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I agree 500 tickets isn't much, but we're away to lowland league team with a pretty limited capacity. For us it's a novel day out, but for them it's a big game. They'll have enough interest locally to sell out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Mate of mine (not a season ticket holder) phoned this morning at 10am and got a ticket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 One of the reasons I buy a season ticket is for the benefit of skipping the queue if there's an all ticket game. It might not happen often but it's useful when needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantene proV Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Jack Rae2 said: I, like many others, work midweek, no time off during the times they are open to go down. I tried to phone multiple times, starting before 10am, did not get through at all, sold out at 10:20 or so. There has to be a better way around this. Especially with it being first come first served. I understand the whole limited tickets shite but it’s a joke when you say to fans phone or office only to purchase then can’t get through on the phone and open your office only midweek hours. Sounds like a you problem 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rae2 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, CALDERON said: To be fair, if you aren't a season ticket holder I don't think it mattered when or how the club sold these. Demand was always going to exceed supply. The only way to easily get a ticket for games like this is to be a season ticket holder. Which, to be honest, is how it should be. In no way having a go about season tickets. Was a season ticket holder for 10 years or so. Working every second Saturday means a season ticket doesn’t make sense for me at money wise. I agree, season ticket holders should get first dibs. What is more annoying is the way they’ve sold the general sale, having a phone line which isn’t queued, phoning multiple times before and after 10am just for no answer then to be told they’re sold out online. Makes it a game of luck to even get through to the office. Surely the likes of a queuing system would make more sense, instead of being panned off completely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jack Rae2 said: In no way having a go about season tickets. Was a season ticket holder for 10 years or so. Working every second Saturday means a season ticket doesn’t make sense for me at money wise. I agree, season ticket holders should get first dibs. What is more annoying is the way they’ve sold the general sale, having a phone line which isn’t queued, phoning multiple times before and after 10am just for no answer then to be told they’re sold out online. Makes it a game of luck to even get through to the office. Surely the likes of a queuing system would make more sense, instead of being panned off completely. I suspect the club didn't expect a general sale to be honest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Jack D Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Got my tickets and thoroughly looking forward to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, Jack Rae2 said: In no way having a go about season tickets. Was a season ticket holder for 10 years or so. Working every second Saturday means a season ticket doesn’t make sense for me at money wise. I agree, season ticket holders should get first dibs. What is more annoying is the way they’ve sold the general sale, having a phone line which isn’t queued, phoning multiple times before and after 10am just for no answer then to be told they’re sold out online. Makes it a game of luck to even get through to the office. Surely the likes of a queuing system would make more sense, instead of being panned off completely. The bigger issue is why are these not sold online? I appreciate that Linlithgow are a smaller club, but surely we could have assisted them with the ticket sale process if necessary, online sales removes all of these queue problems (at this scale anyway) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildrover Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Have you checked the linlithgow sales, if they havent sold out you could buy one of theirs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said: The bigger issue is why are these not sold online? I appreciate that Linlithgow are a smaller club, but surely we could have assisted them with the ticket sale process if necessary, online sales removes all of these queue problems (at this scale anyway) It's only one game. Online ticketing wouldn't have made it much easier, there was likely a handful of tickets left over at most. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid_The_Baw Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 16 hours ago, TxRover said: I like pears. Every red blooded male loves a good pear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooz92 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I'll agree that the phone option for this was pretty shite. It took 6 phone calls over 30 minutes before I got an answer that wasn't the answering machine to let me get my tickets on Wednesday. I will say though, tickets were in hand via post Thursday morning so kudos to the office staff for the speedy distribution of the tickets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 The club could’ve put them online and you’d have folk saying, “what about folk that don’t have internet access?”. Can’t win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said: The bigger issue is why are these not sold online? I appreciate that Linlithgow are a smaller club, but surely we could have assisted them with the ticket sale process if necessary, online sales removes all of these queue problems (at this scale anyway) Linlithgow did sell a small amount online, I imagine the reason they have not done all tickets this way is to ensure the allocations are respected and they don’t end up with over half the ground as Rovers fans. I imagine the issue of us selling our allocation online would be setting up the system to allow season ticket holders priority and limit to one per person so those with season tickets weren’t just snapping up 10 tickets for their mates. FWIW there are still paper tickets on sale from Linlithgow direct and hospitality spaces for £35 a head if anyone is desperate to find a way of getting along to the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, R.R.FC said: FWIW there are still paper tickets on sale from Linlithgow direct The Linlithgow fans on the match thread are saying there won't be any segregation and if I remember correctly from the last cup game there you can walk around the entire stadium if you want. Got option for folk to think about if they are desperate to go. Edited January 13, 2023 by Raithie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalziel8 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said: The club could’ve put them online and you’d have folk saying, “what about folk that don’t have internet access?”. Can’t win. They probably would have posted that on here as well which would’ve been hilarious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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