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Originally Posted by lancsdave
It's the fairest and most correct system there is.
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Correct. I don't have a season ticket because, being down south, I can only get to about 4 or 5 home games a season - and I won't be at the Newcastle game. But the average home gate is about 1600, if I'm right. 300 of those are away supporters. That leaves 1300 Stanley supporters;
After the season ticket holders, the question therefore is how you prioritise ticket sales without involving massive bureaucratic expense. It would seem to me that the best and most efficient way would be to allow every season ticket holder an additional ticket because most will invariably know someone who does turn up for most games but are not season ticket holders. OK - some will go to people who don't normally go to games, but that's the price to be paid.
That should take care of about 1000 tickets, leaving about another 2000 available, allowing for the stuff going to Newcastle. I'm quite sure that the balance of 300 hard core supporters should be able to obtain a ticket, providing the tickets do go on sale at a proper time and not something silly like 9am on a wednesday morning. I would also suggest you have 2 queues - people with local ID and possible evidence of attending prior games and the rest.