by weybridgewanderer »
28 Jun 2006 12:03
ayjaydee One day perhaps, people will get it into their heads that RFC is a business that is now playing with the big boys. Gone are the days when our "little club" looked after its supporters and appreciated loyalty (if ever it truly did).
The whole "loyalty" thing was done to death and beyond pre/post Arsenal.
Everything now is about maximising income and, whilst I may not agree with it, I can certainly understand the rationale.
As a regular away traveller I appreciate that RFC get little or nothing from my pocket for such excursions and despite the right noises made by the players I really don't believe my presence at Crewe raises their performance levels. Therefore I am not surprised that my loyalty to the club is judged on the depth of my pocket.
Or to put in another way read Stranded's post!
Incidentally, does anyone have knowledge of other clubs distribution policies for away tickets? Are they based on previous away travel history? I have my doubts.
Glasgow Rangers...
Domestic Leaguie games, away tickets are over subscribed for every away match. All season ticket holders that want to go to away games indiocate they want to go to away games and are then put into a ballot and allocated 3 or 4 tickets. It is not possible to buy an away ticket on the fly.
Supporters clubs can apply for away tickets and these can be allocated to club members in any way the club sees appropriate.
European Away games
Not all away European games are over subscribed. the trick here is to go to the ones that are not and get some points on the board!
European away travel club, admin fee of £11 for season ticket holders, £25 for non season ticket holders. 1 point for each away game applied for. If you apply and then reject the ticket you lose the point. You have to show your your itinary before you are sent your ticket. Tickets are allocated to those that have the most points. Rangers try to maintain a 10 - 15 point game history, dropping games from 3 or 4 seasons off, allowing new people to start to "catch up"