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Post by oatcakemate on Jan 9, 2008 14:25:10 GMT
Stoke City have been allocated more than 3,000 tickets for next Wednesday's third-round FA Cup replay at Newcastle United.They went on sale at the Britannia Stadium to season ticket-holders today before going on general sale from Saturday. Potters Foundation members can buy theirs on Friday.
The tickets are priced at £20 for adults, £15 for senior citizens and students, and £10 for juniors, but will not be available on the day of the match.
A season-high crowd of just under 23,000 fans were at the Britannia for Sunday's exciting 0-0 draw with the Premier League strugglers, and City are expecting tickets for Wednesday's replay at St James' Park (7.45pm kick-off) to be in demand.
To handle the expected rush, the club have extended the opening hours of their ticket office over the weekend.
Tickets will be available from 9am to 2pm on Saturday and from 10am until 2pm on Sunday.
The club are also laying on coach travel at £21 for non-season ticket-holders, £20 for season ticket-holders and £19 for students and OAPs. They are due to depart from the Britannia Stadium at 2pm.
However, for those wanting to travel in style, a limited number of places are available on the players' plane.
The Stoke squad will fly up to Newcastle on the day of the game ... and for £275 fans can join them.
Coaches leave the Britannia Stadium at 7am for a 10am flight from Manchester Airport.
The package also includes match tickets, a three-course meal and executive coach travel to and from St James' Park. For more information, call 07734844315
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Post by stayingupfor GermanStokie on Jan 9, 2008 15:53:15 GMT
3000????? Ist that it?
Mind you, i suppose it is a mid week game!
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Post by winger on Jan 9, 2008 15:56:08 GMT
I thought you got 25% of the ground capacity if you wanted as much as that in the FA Cup?
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Post by stokecityscott on Jan 9, 2008 16:00:03 GMT
Sold 50% of them already, looks like we need apply for more, to cater for general sale's
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Post by pottersson on Jan 9, 2008 16:03:00 GMT
If we sell out the 3000 then i assume that will will be able to request extra tickets? i doubt they will get anywhere near to a full house for a midweek game v stoke, i remember going to man u in 1994, im sure we were given a whole end of the ground.
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Post by stokecityscott on Jan 9, 2008 16:04:13 GMT
We are entilted to 9000 tickets total.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 9, 2008 16:04:52 GMT
The away club are entitled to 15% which would be 8250 ish. BUT the home club are entitled to say that any tickets the away club ask for they MUST pay for. So it is common to have an initial allocation and then more allocation(s) if the original allocation sells out.
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Post by dnl3989 on Jan 9, 2008 16:13:15 GMT
got mine at 3.30ish and they said they are going apply for 2000 more tonight, as they expect them to be sold out by payday friday.
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Post by Bowd1863 on Jan 9, 2008 16:47:17 GMT
Sold 50% of them already, looks like we need apply for more, to cater for general sale's i spoke to the ticket office about an hour ago and was told they'd sold around 500. |
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Post by dnl3989 on Jan 9, 2008 16:57:54 GMT
Sold 50% of them already, looks like we need apply for more, to cater for general sale's i spoke to the ticket office about an hour ago and was told they'd sold around 500. They tell people different i think, they told me they had sold getting on for 1400. |
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Post by DodgyDino on Jan 9, 2008 17:01:37 GMT
Ill be suprised if we sell all 3000 tickets. Its a mid week match and a fair distance to travel for a night match. Anyone going will need to take time off work/School. If they do sell them it would be a good following.
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Post by dnl3989 on Jan 9, 2008 17:02:51 GMT
They will sell easy, i say we will take aound 4000.
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Post by feedthebeast on Jan 9, 2008 17:20:12 GMT
More tickets will defo be needed
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Post by A-teen_six_T3 on Jan 9, 2008 18:27:53 GMT
I said on a previosu thread
I spoke to TOny Scholes via email he said, a deal as been struck That Stoke will be allowed more tickets if we sell out. He feels that we will ahve enough for all supporters that want to go...
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Post by ChesterStokie on Jan 9, 2008 20:08:04 GMT
The away club are entitled to 15% which would be 8250 ish. BUT the home club are entitled to say that any tickets the away club ask for they MUST pay for. So it is common to have an initial allocation and then more allocation(s) if the original allocation sells out. fornside, presumably Newcastle wouldn't insist on this unless they thought the game was going to be a complete sell out? It would be a bit rich for them to charge us for unused tickets if we didn't do the same for their lot on Sunday. |
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Post by Block 26 on Jan 9, 2008 20:10:18 GMT
I said on a previosu thread I spoke to TOny Scholes via email he said, a deal as been struck That Stoke will be allowed more tickets if we sell out. He feels that we will ahve enough for all supporters that want to go... How do you e-mail tony scholes? Or are you special?  |
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Post by RAF on Jan 9, 2008 20:11:51 GMT
You are having a laugh mate, we only took just over that to Arsenal on a weekend.
There is no way we will sell our allocation for this game.
I hope we do, I just can't see it.
H
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Post by markscfc72 on Jan 9, 2008 20:12:04 GMT
tony.scholes@stokecityfc.com
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Post by Block 26 on Jan 9, 2008 20:28:41 GMT
Cheers duck ;D
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Post by markscfc72 on Jan 9, 2008 20:30:26 GMT
no probs, he doesnt always reply, sometimes does though
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jan 9, 2008 20:34:37 GMT
ChesterStokie, Newcastle's problem according to some of their fans on another board is not that they expect to sell out (they don't) but that some/all of the extra seats above about 3,500 are currently occupied by season ticket holders who will have to be moved if we took, say, 5000. They just don't want the trouble of reticketing and moving their ST holders. Presumably if we were to take 8,250 (which we are entitled to do so) and the game WAS a sell out then some of the season ticket holders just wouldn't get tickets for the cup game.
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