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Post by stoke7leeds2 on Feb 3, 2012 10:21:07 GMT
We have got 4 tickets all together in gol gran alto stand. Loads in there at 15 euros. Section 58. I know it's quite away from our fans but who cares. Will be good to see stoke fans from opposite side
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Post by ruts66 on Feb 3, 2012 10:32:52 GMT
No need to be sitting on the Ultras' knees - there'll be plenty more availability in sectors near the Stoke contingent come 14/2/12 when the deadline passes for Valencia members to take up their free ticket option.
I'm sure the Valencia fans know by now that their Xicotet and Grada stands (in particular) have been 'infiltrated' in a big way and will probably prefer to sit elsewhere amongst their own...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 10:43:52 GMT
No need to be sitting on the Ultras' knees - there'll be plenty more availability in sectors near the Stoke contingent come 14/2/12 when the deadline passes for Valencia members to take up their free ticket option. I'm sure the Valencia fans know by now that their Xicotet and Grada stands (in particular) have been 'infiltrated' in a big way and will probably prefer to sit elsewhere amongst their own... I think you may be right about that. My guess is you might be able to get one next to the official away fans section on the day. I have the feeling that this is the Valencia way of doing things in a stadium which rarely fills up. This is the way they cope with extra demand, instead of issuing more tickets and doing it 'officially', they just open up a section alongside and tell any ST holders that they have to sit elsewhere. Daft, and asking for trouble, but it sounds like what they do. Having said that and read the official announcement, I made my mind up and bought in the Gol Gran Alto for 15euros. Will still try and get an official one and if I do (unlikely as I'm 'only' a ST holder who doesn't live in Stoke) it'll only be a tenner down the drain if I can't offload it. What a mess the whole thing is.
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Post by boneym on Feb 3, 2012 11:23:59 GMT
A few if us in Alta cubierta section 30 row 22 You'll be joined by 9 more on rows 25 and 26! We'll sit where we want!! We'll sit where we waaaaannnt!...
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Post by Big J on Feb 3, 2012 11:26:52 GMT
If any of you watched the Valencia Barcelona game, you'd of seen half the stadium go up when Barcelona scored.
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Post by ruts66 on Feb 3, 2012 11:37:39 GMT
If any of you watched the Valencia Barcelona game, you'd of seen half the stadium go up when Barcelona scored. Yep, 'tis true - but 4,000 Stokies standing shoulder to shoulder can make more of an impression on the atmosphere than pockets dotted about the entire stadium. That's the real travesty...
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Post by Silverdale on Feb 3, 2012 11:40:51 GMT
If any of you watched the Valencia Barcelona game, you'd of seen half the stadium go up when Barcelona scored. Yep, 'tis true - but 4,000 Stokies standing shoulder to shoulder can make more of an impression on the atmosphere than pockets dotted about the entire stadium. That's the real travesty... It will be a shame yes. But thats the way the cookie crumbles here. Who can we blame?
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Post by stokesy on Feb 3, 2012 11:45:45 GMT
woohoo just got me tickets after seeing what crap Stoke had to say about selling their lot sec 27 alto cubierto Sector 0063: Row 027. Seats 044, 045, 046, 047, 048, 049. you are behind me apart from one row - Im in row 25 seats 24,25,26,27,28
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Post by AlanHansen on Feb 3, 2012 12:44:55 GMT
We have got 4 tickets all together in gol gran alto stand. Loads in there at 15 euros. Section 58. I know it's quite away from our fans but who cares. Will be good to see stoke fans from opposite side Isn't that one of the two areas that the guy from Valencia posting on here said it was best to avoid? I can't be arsed to go back through the threads but I think it was.
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Post by stoke7leeds2 on Feb 3, 2012 12:50:45 GMT
That was section 10
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 3, 2012 13:28:27 GMT
There is an official package trip for 295€ that includes flights, one night's accommodation and match ticket. Match tickets for independent travellers went on sale today 32€ for adults. Tickets for game in Valencia are also now on sale at VCF. and stoke city fans get charged £419 for a day trip with the club tickets I don't think there's anything particularly sinister in this, both Valencia and Chelsea will be using their travel partner year on year in European competition, therefore they're in a position to negotiate a decent rate on the basis of annual business. We are not, so we pay more.
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Post by th05 on Feb 3, 2012 14:46:50 GMT
To save me scouring back through the pages could someone answer me this?
I have booked my tickets but am still a little in doubt about where to collect them from. Is there definitely machines directly outside the ground that we use?
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 3, 2012 14:54:15 GMT
To save me scouring back through the pages could someone answer me this? I have booked my tickets but am still a little in doubt about where to collect them from. Is there definitely machines directly outside the ground that we use? Yes.
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 3, 2012 14:54:18 GMT
To save me scouring back through the pages could someone answer me this? I have booked my tickets but am still a little in doubt about where to collect them from. Is there definitely machines directly outside the ground that we use? Hi mate ServiCaixi is one of the main banks in Catalunya so they should be all over the place in Valencia. My mum lives in a village of about 1000 people and there's one there, she picked up hers last week. Pretty sure there is a map of the branches on the website, and a link to that map in the first few pages of this thread
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Post by shiftyfifty on Feb 3, 2012 14:56:40 GMT
and stoke city fans get charged £419 for a day trip with the club tickets I don't think there's anything particularly sinister in this, both Valencia and Chelsea will be using their travel partner year on year in European competition, therefore they're in a position to negotiate a decent rate on the basis of annual business. We are not, so we pay more. Apart from seeing the mighty Potters, would you pay more than 300 Euros for a day out in Stoke?
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 3, 2012 15:00:57 GMT
No need to be sitting on the Ultras' knees - there'll be plenty more availability in sectors near the Stoke contingent come 14/2/12 when the deadline passes for Valencia members to take up their free ticket option. I'm sure the Valencia fans know by now that their Xicotet and Grada stands (in particular) have been 'infiltrated' in a big way and will probably prefer to sit elsewhere amongst their own... A guy on the Valencia forum told me last night that he reckons 90 - 100% of members will take the option of the ticket... Can't see that somehow! But got me worrying again...
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Post by pegleg on Feb 3, 2012 15:03:58 GMT
Just got me and laddo in Cubierto Lateral Sector 4 Row 20, Over 400 tickets left in that part of the ground, 25 Euro each.
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 3, 2012 15:34:26 GMT
No need to be sitting on the Ultras' knees - there'll be plenty more availability in sectors near the Stoke contingent come 14/2/12 when the deadline passes for Valencia members to take up their free ticket option. I'm sure the Valencia fans know by now that their Xicotet and Grada stands (in particular) have been 'infiltrated' in a big way and will probably prefer to sit elsewhere amongst their own... A guy on the Valencia forum told me last night that he reckons 90 - 100% of members will take the option of the ticket... Can't see that somehow! But got me worrying again... My understanding of this may be wrong but i think people may be confusing a member in Spain, with a season ticket holder in the UK. a member in Spain, is different to an ST holder, a member doesn't necessarily have a season ticket and go to all the games. they have 39000 members but don't get anywhere near that amount some weeks, ie 35k v santander, so it's not the same as an ST where all those 39k will go to the game + those that aren't members. Basically almost everyone who ever goes to a game is a member, and then there are season ticket holders as well included in that number of members (i think the membership basically entitles you to vote in club matters, ie electing the board) If all 39k members take up their tickets, which they may, it's something for nothing, then not a single Valencia fan will pay to go to the game and there will almost certainly be a proliferation of cheap tickets on the market on match day, plus approx 10000 empty seats that no Valencia fan is going to pay for. Worry not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 15:35:21 GMT
No need to be sitting on the Ultras' knees - there'll be plenty more availability in sectors near the Stoke contingent come 14/2/12 when the deadline passes for Valencia members to take up their free ticket option. I'm sure the Valencia fans know by now that their Xicotet and Grada stands (in particular) have been 'infiltrated' in a big way and will probably prefer to sit elsewhere amongst their own... A guy on the Valencia forum told me last night that he reckons 90 - 100% of members will take the option of the ticket... Can't see that somehow! But got me worrying again... You still confident that "all ST holders will get a ticket" and that 2,300 will be more than enough, Potterlog
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 3, 2012 15:44:37 GMT
A guy on the Valencia forum told me last night that he reckons 90 - 100% of members will take the option of the ticket... Can't see that somehow! But got me worrying again... You still confident that "all ST holders will get a ticket" and that 2,300 will be more than enough, Potterlog I don't think I ever said 2,300 would be "more than enough". I maybe did underestimate a bit but I always said 3,000 would be a tremendous effort and I think it'll be about that. I still think the official tickets will go a lot further than people think.
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Post by th05 on Feb 3, 2012 15:47:13 GMT
To save me scouring back through the pages could someone answer me this? I have booked my tickets but am still a little in doubt about where to collect them from. Is there definitely machines directly outside the ground that we use? Hi mate ServiCaixi is one of the main banks in Catalunya so they should be all over the place in Valencia. My mum lives in a village of about 1000 people and there's one there, she picked up hers last week. Pretty sure there is a map of the branches on the website, and a link to that map in the first few pages of this thread Cheers mate thats a great help. Another thing thats probably been covered, is it a simple process to print them, i presume we can get it up in english etc?
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Post by superjonnywalters on Feb 3, 2012 15:49:08 GMT
The official tickets will definitely go a lot further than expected now that hundreds of Stokies have purchased through general sale.
As a conservative estimate I'd say at least 400 have already got tickets, although it could easily be double this figure, or even more.
I know as a fact that a number of Platinum members have also lost patience waiting to get them through SCFC and purchased through Ticket Master as well.
I'm still fairly confident we'll sell our 2,300 allocation, and pretty quickly too, but I don't think it will be as hectic outside The Britannia the day before they go on sale anymore!!
I reckon we'll take 3,000 at the very least, possibly 4,000+ as a top end guess.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2012 15:49:36 GMT
I don't think I ever said 2,300 would be "more than enough". I maybe did underestimate a bit but I always said 3,000 would be a tremendous effort and I think it'll be about that. I still think the official tickets will go a lot further than people think. OK, I remember you being very confident about 2,300 being plenty but we'll not fall out over it . Hope you get sorted too. It'll be very hard to determine, WD, cos we'll be all over the stadium but I'd say 4,000 comfortably. Potterlog, you may be right in the end, cos so many have bought through other avenues already!
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 3, 2012 15:52:25 GMT
Hi mate ServiCaixi is one of the main banks in Catalunya so they should be all over the place in Valencia. My mum lives in a village of about 1000 people and there's one there, she picked up hers last week. Pretty sure there is a map of the branches on the website, and a link to that map in the first few pages of this thread Cheers mate thats a great help. Another thing thats probably been covered, is it a simple process to print them, i presume we can get it up in english etc? Mate, "Mi madre no hable nada de espanol" so if she can do it, you should be fine. By all accounts you stick your cart in, there's a tickets option "billetes", you select it, it prints em. I'm hoping it'll be that simple anyway, nothing to do about it til we get there so no point worrying. I spent 3 months worrying about the £600 i spent on 24 tickets to the nou camp a few years ago for my stag do, thinking i'd be screwed over or not be able to pick them up. in the end it was fine, picked em up from a little mailbox place no worries. It's not like this country, Europeans tend not to make life as difficult as frigging possible for themselves.
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 3, 2012 16:00:07 GMT
I don't think I ever said 2,300 would be "more than enough". I maybe did underestimate a bit but I always said 3,000 would be a tremendous effort and I think it'll be about that. I still think the official tickets will go a lot further than people think. OK, I remember you being very confident about 2,300 being plenty but we'll not fall out over it . Hope you get sorted too. It'll be very hard to determine, WD, cos we'll be all over the stadium but I'd say 4,000 comfortably. Potterlog, you may be right in the end, cos so many have bought through other avenues already! Indeed. Including the club's exec package, I wouldn't be surprised if we were pushing 1000 tickets bought now.
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Post by valencianista on Feb 3, 2012 16:01:41 GMT
My understanding of this may be wrong but i think people may be confusing a member in Spain, with a season ticket holder in the UK. a member in Spain, is different to an ST holder, a member doesn't necessarily have a season ticket and go to all the games. they have 39000 members but don't get anywhere near that amount some weeks, ie 35k v santander, so it's not the same as an ST where all those 39k will go to the game + those that aren't members. Basically almost everyone who ever goes to a game is a member, and then there are season ticket holders as well included in that number of members (i think the membership basically entitles you to vote in club matters, ie electing the board) If all 39k members take up their tickets, which they may, it's something for nothing, then not a single Valencia fan will pay to go to the game and there will almost certainly be a proliferation of cheap tickets on the market on match day, plus approx 10000 empty seats that no Valencia fan is going to pay for. Worry not. Different clubs have different systems. Barcelona and Madrid work the way you described, eg FCB have 150,000 members who pay an annual fee and of them "only" 90,000 have season tickets. Valencia however is a straight season ticket arrangement, there is no membership and this season we have 39,000 season ticket holders ("abonados"). You are correct in that sometimes the attendance is less than the no of season tickets. Not sure about 90-100% but as it's free I'm sure most tickets will be claimed though some may leave it until after Feb 13. I wouldn't worry, at least a few thousand seats will become available for sale to the public on Feb 14.
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 3, 2012 16:03:45 GMT
My understanding of this may be wrong but i think people may be confusing a member in Spain, with a season ticket holder in the UK. a member in Spain, is different to an ST holder, a member doesn't necessarily have a season ticket and go to all the games. they have 39000 members but don't get anywhere near that amount some weeks, ie 35k v santander, so it's not the same as an ST where all those 39k will go to the game + those that aren't members. Basically almost everyone who ever goes to a game is a member, and then there are season ticket holders as well included in that number of members (i think the membership basically entitles you to vote in club matters, ie electing the board) If all 39k members take up their tickets, which they may, it's something for nothing, then not a single Valencia fan will pay to go to the game and there will almost certainly be a proliferation of cheap tickets on the market on match day, plus approx 10000 empty seats that no Valencia fan is going to pay for. Worry not. Different clubs have different systems. Barcelona and Madrid work the way you described, eg FCB have 150,000 members who pay an annual fee and of them "only" 90,000 have season tickets. Valencia however is a straight season ticket arrangement, there is no membership and this season we have 39,000 season ticket holders ("abonados"). You are correct in that sometimes the attendance is less than the no of season tickets. Not sure about 90-100% but as it's free I'm sure most tickets will be claimed though some may leave it until after Feb 13. I wouldn't worry, at least a few thousand seats will become available for sale to the public on Feb 14. And will they become available on the servicaixa and ticketmaster sites valencianista? Or only from the ticket offices? Haven't managed to get a definitive answer to this yet...
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Post by valencianista on Feb 3, 2012 16:08:56 GMT
Not sure, but I imagine they will be on sale from alll the usual places ie including your friends Servicaixa
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Post by Stretfordpotterer on Feb 3, 2012 16:11:17 GMT
My understanding of this may be wrong but i think people may be confusing a member in Spain, with a season ticket holder in the UK. a member in Spain, is different to an ST holder, a member doesn't necessarily have a season ticket and go to all the games. they have 39000 members but don't get anywhere near that amount some weeks, ie 35k v santander, so it's not the same as an ST where all those 39k will go to the game + those that aren't members. Basically almost everyone who ever goes to a game is a member, and then there are season ticket holders as well included in that number of members (i think the membership basically entitles you to vote in club matters, ie electing the board) If all 39k members take up their tickets, which they may, it's something for nothing, then not a single Valencia fan will pay to go to the game and there will almost certainly be a proliferation of cheap tickets on the market on match day, plus approx 10000 empty seats that no Valencia fan is going to pay for. Worry not. Different clubs have different systems. Barcelona and Madrid work the way you described, eg FCB have 150,000 members who pay an annual fee and of them "only" 90,000 have season tickets. Valencia however is a straight season ticket arrangement, there is no membership and this season we have 39,000 season ticket holders ("abonados"). You are correct in that sometimes the attendance is less than the no of season tickets. Not sure about 90-100% but as it's free I'm sure most tickets will be claimed though some may leave it until after Feb 13. I wouldn't worry, at least a few thousand seats will become available for sale to the public on Feb 14. Cheers mate, will the game be on TV in Spain because that seems to make a big difference to the crowd. Only 25k for the Bilbao game, which was a Sunday night game on Canal +. I
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Post by valencianista on Feb 3, 2012 16:17:49 GMT
no news on tv coverage at the moment. the 7pm kick off (if that is correct) would be a problem for a lot of people who are still working at that time and/or have to travel from outside the city.
not sure where you are getting our attendance figures from, they're not really announced here like in UK but yes the Athletic game didnt have a great crowd, probably more due to weather/ travel than tv
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