D'Abo.Is Alan Darbo any relation to Mike Darbo (D'arbo) who was in Manfred Mann?!?!
Depends if he has enough points to get himself into away fixtures.Muniz,
Yes or No?
YES. IT. DOES!I wasn’t a season ticket holder in 1997 but I borrowed someone’s ST who didn’t want to/couldn’t go to get a ticket for the Leicester replay at Hillsborough and the Chesterfield game at Old Trafford.
Does that make me a bad person ?
You scoundrel!!!!!Don't see the problem with it at all. I regularly use my family members season tickets to get my mates tickets to away games. In fact last season I had two mates come to some games who support other clubs.
Well that's took them a while. A Newcastle fan I worked offshore with about 30 years ago used to buy every away game ticket when he was offshore just so he could get priority for bigger games. Not sure if it was priority points in those days but if not it must have been something similar.Newcastle do it by contacting the home club and stopping 100 tickets out of say 3,000. If you’re selected then you go to the away ticket office, present your ID and get your re-issued ticket to get in.
If you don’t have ID for the corresponding ticket you will be refused entry and the person who’s ticket it is will be deducted priority points. If they’re caught again at another fixture, the persons season card is cancelled.
The Boys end, then the Holgate, next was the East stand. Moved to the Riverside, SW corner, then SE corner, now Row 4 seat 159 in the East stand. Mind you, we were also pretty good sometimesWho cares?
Where were you all when we were crap?
The penalties were only introduced this seasonWell that's took them a while. A Newcastle fan I worked offshore with about 30 years ago used to buy every away game ticket when he was offshore just so he could get priority for bigger games. Not sure if it was priority points in those days but if not it must have been something similar.
As someone who could fall foul of this abuse of the system, yes absolutely.Middlesbrough could clamp down. Would people actually want to see that?
I agree with this. This should be all that is needed and if a superfan misses the odd game through luck of the draw then so be it.The whole Priority points thing is a mess.
I think it should be:
Season card holders 5+ years
Season card holders 1-5 years
My Boro members
General sale
Holgate - Ender.The Boys end, then the Holgate, next was the East stand. Moved to the Riverside, SW corner, then SE corner, now Row 4 seat 159 in the East stand. Mind you, we were also pretty good sometimes
What does that have to do with people circumventing the system?Isn't it only 2 away games this season not gone to general sale.
You tell em!What is happening is exactly what I predicted would happen when the system was mooted.
The system is abused and by allowing it to happen unchecked, the club and all those who buy and sell on whether to family friends or a stranger, are complicit in allowing it. It works against the season ticket holder who only travels to the odd away game when it comes to matches where the capacity is limited. It may not be many games, but to support a system that gets abused at all is wrong. I am not surprised one iota mind, I do wonder if the fact that the most vociferous about it remaining as is, unchecked, have companions travelling with them who may occasionally benefit in some way from it.
I find it amazing how people get on their high horse about politicians, by demanding social fairness, equality for all, rightly speak up against anyone cheating the systems etc, but are quite happy to do so themselves on the QT if it is for tickets to see the Boro so they can have a day out on the booze with their mates and not give a toss if someone else misses out as a result. Anyone abusing the system is being selfish and duplicitous as is anyone supporting it going unchecked, morals don’t apply when it comes to such matters eh?
You’ll be the first person to complain when facial recognition comes into itEven if I wasn't "cheating the system" I still wouldn't see an issue with it, maybe because I know loads of other people do it too. I don't have many mates who have season tickets. The way I see it is if I want to enjoy an away day with my mates, and if my family have season cards which I can use to allow me to have a good day out, I'm more than entitled to do so, irrespective of what the club or anyone else thinks.
As a shift worker as is my son if facial recognition ever came in they would be our 2 and many more season tickets down.You’ll be the first person to complain when facial recognition comes into it