Tickets back in the old days

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edinboro

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I was thinking last night about all the games at the moment in the league and cup.

I remember getting my Mum to queue for me whilst I went to a match and then took over from her for Cup Final tickets. Can you imagine trying to sort Villa, Chelsea * 2, and Millwall at the same time before it was online? We would have had to camp outside Ayresome Park for a week. Would we have had to join different queues for different matches? I don't think they could have coped with all these different games being on sale at the same time
 
I didn’t have a season ticket in 96/97

My boss at ICI knew I lived in digs in Middlesbrough so came in the day before the Chesterfield semi final tickets went on sale, gave me a wad of cash and seven season ticket books and told me not to come into work the following morning until I’d got six tickets and one for myself.

Happy days
 
queued loads at both Ayresome and riverside for tickets and there was a time early riverside days I queued for our new seasons tops would still do now if had to
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Me and my brother queued for tickets for one of thr Finals. Left partners and possibly mother in queue while we went to pub. Came back to Riverside at kicking out time with a takeaway and some cans and sent the ladies off home and we took over during the night. Sorted.
 
Remember the old tear out season ticket books with the league games numbered and the cup games lettered at the back.

Can’t remember how it worked though? Did you have to take the relevant season ticket voucher to the ticket office and exchange it for a cup match ticket?
 
I remember spending the best part of a day queuing for tickets for a league game v West Ham which would then guarantee you a ticket for the ZDS Final.. which I had to queue for another day for!

Also remember straight after the Boro v Chelsea game (Juninho diving header) legging it from my seat in the East Stand to join the queue at the main ticket office for my FA Cup Final ticket, and that wait went well into the night.

I know we whinge about the IT issues these days but at least we can do that from the comfort of our homes!
 
There was a postal system at some point as well.
Sent off an application form with a blank cheque and your relevant voucher or ticket stubs.

You didn't know if you had tickets or where you were sitting till they came back through the post. You just stated your preferred pricing category on the form.
 
B_G said:
There was a postal system at some point as well.
Sent off an application form with a blank cheque and your relevant voucher or ticket stubs.

You didn't know if you had tickets or where you were sitting till they came back through the post. You just stated your preferred pricing category on the form.
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Remember doing that for the fa cup final.
Sent the biggest envelope I could find, to enhance my chances.😃
 
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AytonMews said:
Remember the old tear out season ticket books with the league games numbered and the cup games lettered at the back.

Can’t remember how it worked though? Did you have to take the relevant season ticket voucher to the ticket office and exchange it for a cup match ticket?
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Yep, the club would announce that, say, Voucher G was needed to buy a ticket for a certain game, and you'd hand it over. I remember them insisting that you tore it out of the season ticket book at the counter!
 
Four-All said:
Yep, the club would announce that, say, Voucher G was needed to buy a ticket for a certain game, and you'd hand it over. I remember them insisting that you tore it out of the season ticket book at the counter!
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That was brought in later to try and prevent people selling vouchers. People used to sell vouchers around the stadium.
 
Remember first match by myself 1965, 14 years old.
Return Marske to Middlesbrough 1s 6d
Programme 6d
Boys end 1s 3d then nick over the wall into the Bob end behind the copper's back.
Total cost 3s 3d just over 16p.

Never thought about inflation in those days. Ironic really when I paid 1s 3d then nicked into the Bob end which cost 2 bob at the time
 
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