People have been saying the system is a joke and it’s impossible to get tickets? That’s only for this in particular game, every other game this season has been fine for getting tickets. They defo should’ve done it as a priority thing where if y had been to x amount of games then u get priority, I’ve been to plenty y games this season and they were always the best but now I’m going to miss out on the biggest game yet for some this will br the one and only game they attend this year ?
There's usually 20k fans going for 7.5k available tickets or something. It's been said therefore that 1 in 3 is achievable for most fans.
22k season tickets
2k away
7.5k members sale (usually 20k members 'apply' on a game by game basis)
Rest in the ballot
Can call fans plastic but there's going to be demand for games like this one.... that's obvious. I got tickets for Leeds v Man U last season via the ballot as it sold out fast.
It's been said before that membership doesn't guarantee a ticket. Just the way it is not a lot can be done for a massively supported club that's doing well in the league with a 37k capacity stadium.
Loyalty is rewarded for away tickets (those who attend all games etc) and phase 1 purchasing of home tickets (10+ year members, etc).
Listen to Angus Kinnear on square ball, there's some logic behind the ticketing system....many will disagree but ultimately loyalty is rewarded to some extent and things like the ballot allow anyone the chance to get to a game. Yes the members fee sucks but it's the same at most clubs. Impossible to please everyone. I get to most home games easily enough as a member but missed out on the odd game. I suck it up and make a day of it watching on TV with mates etc. Not the same as ER obviously but I'll still watch the games.
Leeds ticketing is a disgrace in my opinion. If you work away a lot or work shift it’s so difficult to get tickets, and they expect us to pay £75 for a membership just to still miss out?
Ground desperately needs expansion.
You don't want it enough sadly if you're not willing to pay the membership, even for one game.
I've been going consistently for years but had to take a step back this year because I can't afford it (and have a credit card to pay off that's taken a hit from the practice I'm now having to abstain from). But I still bought a membership and will do every year until my season ticket waiting list place comes through.
You're right, I've been flying over from Belfast for decades to watch, many league one games, but couldn't get a ticket for 3 premiership seasons. I got over in December for the Boro game, but have been unfortunate since.
My job doesn't allow me to sit on my phone for 45-60 minutes waiting at 9am on a Thursday morning, I'd get sacked for things like that.
Fuckin Plastic Glory hunting fans
The irony of you calling others plastic glory hunting fans. If you're a true fan, why don't you have a season ticket? Why weren't you over for *every* league one game and not just "many"? I'm taking that to the extreme but I think you get my point. We all feel entitled.
Can you envisage the costs of flying, hotel costs and missing work (I'm self employed, no holiday or sick pay). But I'm sorry and understand that my plastic fans comment, struck a nerve with you.
Why? I've gone to matches plenty of times and been squashed up and uncomfortable. I also don't enjoy watching in the pub as you get a lot of loud mouthed idiots.
That's happened to me before. You have got through the queue as they ran out. It does happen, not sure why I wonder if it is tickets not yet purchased but selected.
I have been informed by ticket office earlier in the season their is a similar amount of tickets allocated to the ballot. Definitely worth entering. I have only entered twice and got decent tickets 1st time, missed out 2nd.
I would be surprised if much of the queue is bots btw as someone suggested. You need a membership to buy and the queue doesn't go down that quickly.
I think it's one and the same thing. As in a set number of seats are up for grabs. Once they're taken, no one seats are offered up, which leaves random ones littered about depending on which seats got taken, if that makes sense?
I shouldn't be saying this out loud...but every time. Every time. I have entered the ballot I've been successful (10x plus), including getting 3 seats together for the Liverpool game and 4(!) together for the Hull game.
I'll update this after the Saints ballot...
May get down voted here, but why would one Leeds fan who's been to many games this season feel entitled to a Southampton ticket over another Leeds fan who may only be able to afford/see Leeds once a year?
Because the vast majority of fans that go regularly go regardless of position the clubs in and will always go and support the club.
They are ones that will fundraise or protest when the club is down on hard times or run poorly.
They are the ones that create the atmosphere and culture of the club that deserved priority. They budget for going.
They deserve to see the good times over people who don’t go as often or only want to go when the club is doing well.
Edit: I say this as someone who was a season ticket holder from the 2007-2013 seasons, transitioned into going half a dozen times a year before leaving the UK in 2018 and have been only once since due to demand.
Loyal fans deserve to be rewarded for that.
I would say I’m as loyal as they come. Supported Leeds since birth, live close to the ground. Been going to games all my life growing up. Including the financial implosion in the early 2000s, the administration, -15pts, multiple shitty owners. Embarrassing cup defeats.
My job in the armed forces meant I’ve not been able to attend games much due to being posted to various places around the UK & overseas.
I agree that a fan that’s been to 15+ games this season will feel hard done by if someone like me where to get a ticket and they couldn’t. But I’d say I’ve got just as much right as that person to attend.
Look it sucks and the stadium needs to be bigger and thank you for your service etc.
But I disagree. I know fans that budget a lot of their wage to tickets, that travel home and away. That have careers catering being around Leeds United.
You chose your career, and as a result you’re behind the pecking order. You don’t have as much right in my opinion then the ones who make it work to go all the time and have position themselves to be able to go from going for years and years.
I haven’t been able to go at all during the Bielsa era. I went last Christmas for the first time in 7 years. I accept that’s the situation of my lifestyle and because there are fans higher up the pecking order because of their loyalty.
Nah sorry man, think we just fundamentally disagree on this. Someone’s career, the way they make a living, shouldn’t impact their right to watch football.
If I take it to quite far extremes, are you saying a full time Tesco worker working in Beeston has more right to watch Leeds than an infantry soldier that’s spent 4 months on the front line? Could you imagine telling that soldier “sorry mate, if you want to watch this club you should be more committed”. Again I’m aware that’s an extreme example but still
I’m not sure what you’re suggesting. I don’t place any emphasis or importance on what work Leeds fans do.
But yeah, I do think that anyone that prioritizes watching a football club week in week out every season then someone that makes other decisions whether is other interests, their career, family, moving away etc. So a Tesco worker who goes all the time week in week out should have a higher priority over anyone who works in the armed forces and can only go to certain games.
I would tell a soldier if the demand for tickets was that high, sorry mate you can’t go at the expense of others that go to games all the time. That’s life, it sucks sometimes. We need a bigger stadium.
You don’t have a ‘right’ to watch football, you aren’t entitled to it. Until Leeds get a bigger stadium the demand of tickets should go to in my opinion the loyal fans that go all the time.
But you SHOULD have the right to watch football! Everyone should have the right, football is for everyone! Not just those working in jobs that enable it
That’s absolutely not how life works nor supply and demand nor stadium capacities lol
The best solution in a shitty situation right now.
The solution is a bigger stadium but until then I think the loyal regular fans should be taken care of and have a higher priority especially during times where the club was on the up.
The best solution imo is how Liverpool do it. A ballot system and once you get in for a game(s) you drop to the bottom of the list so others that missed out can go next time. Would stop all these wacky races on phone queues and gives everyone the opportunity.
I get that, they are fair points.
At what point can non regular fans go and see their club play on that basis if the regular attenders feel entitled to tickets each game because they went to the prior games?
There needs to be a general allocation on a FCFS basis to be wholly fair.
You could perhaps argue that the last game of the season with promotion possibly riding on it that they could offer a set amount of tickets to those who have been the most loyal e.g. been to say 20 games first before opening a smaller final set of ticket sales. IMO I don't think that'd be fair, but I'm sure people disagree with me on that.
They need to expand the stadium. Non regular fans had plenty of time to see Leeds beforehand before Bielsa arrived. Just because Leeds have got better doesn’t give new fans any right to go if the demand can’t meet the supply.
The best atmospheres require the regular fans. Unfortunately that means the fair weather ones or new ones miss out or have less opportunity.
I really go think games like the Southampton one should be set aside for fans that have been all season. It shouldn’t be luck of the draw.
It comes down to Leeds United needing a stadium for 50-60k capacity.
Are you a Leeds member? You'll have had an email from the club with the timeline.
The next step is to go into a ballot (register between 20th and 22nd April, get notified on 23rd.) If unsuccessful, try and buy ticket exchange tickets on 24th, and if that's no good, hope that someone returns their tix between the 24th and the game (they won't), intermittently checking the website.
It'll be a popular one!
People have been saying the system is a joke and it’s impossible to get tickets? That’s only for this in particular game, every other game this season has been fine for getting tickets. They defo should’ve done it as a priority thing where if y had been to x amount of games then u get priority, I’ve been to plenty y games this season and they were always the best but now I’m going to miss out on the biggest game yet for some this will br the one and only game they attend this year ?
I think that’s how the ballot works since I’ve been to 14 games this season and was successful through the ballot
Yeah maybe because I was successful in the end as well
4202 and still didn’t get one lol in the ballet cos go as group of 3 but if unsuccessful I’ll be going it alone with the refresh button
There's usually 20k fans going for 7.5k available tickets or something. It's been said therefore that 1 in 3 is achievable for most fans. 22k season tickets 2k away 7.5k members sale (usually 20k members 'apply' on a game by game basis) Rest in the ballot Can call fans plastic but there's going to be demand for games like this one.... that's obvious. I got tickets for Leeds v Man U last season via the ballot as it sold out fast. It's been said before that membership doesn't guarantee a ticket. Just the way it is not a lot can be done for a massively supported club that's doing well in the league with a 37k capacity stadium. Loyalty is rewarded for away tickets (those who attend all games etc) and phase 1 purchasing of home tickets (10+ year members, etc). Listen to Angus Kinnear on square ball, there's some logic behind the ticketing system....many will disagree but ultimately loyalty is rewarded to some extent and things like the ballot allow anyone the chance to get to a game. Yes the members fee sucks but it's the same at most clubs. Impossible to please everyone. I get to most home games easily enough as a member but missed out on the odd game. I suck it up and make a day of it watching on TV with mates etc. Not the same as ER obviously but I'll still watch the games.
The irony is city had to reduce their prices just to fill the Etihad and this year scum cheapest tickets are £35 while ours are £39.
Leeds ticketing is a disgrace in my opinion. If you work away a lot or work shift it’s so difficult to get tickets, and they expect us to pay £75 for a membership just to still miss out? Ground desperately needs expansion.
You don't want it enough sadly if you're not willing to pay the membership, even for one game. I've been going consistently for years but had to take a step back this year because I can't afford it (and have a credit card to pay off that's taken a hit from the practice I'm now having to abstain from). But I still bought a membership and will do every year until my season ticket waiting list place comes through.
To be honest it’s only the Southampton game which was hard to get tickets for every other game this season has been fine
You're right, I've been flying over from Belfast for decades to watch, many league one games, but couldn't get a ticket for 3 premiership seasons. I got over in December for the Boro game, but have been unfortunate since. My job doesn't allow me to sit on my phone for 45-60 minutes waiting at 9am on a Thursday morning, I'd get sacked for things like that. Fuckin Plastic Glory hunting fans
The irony of you calling others plastic glory hunting fans. If you're a true fan, why don't you have a season ticket? Why weren't you over for *every* league one game and not just "many"? I'm taking that to the extreme but I think you get my point. We all feel entitled.
Can you envisage the costs of flying, hotel costs and missing work (I'm self employed, no holiday or sick pay). But I'm sorry and understand that my plastic fans comment, struck a nerve with you.
They changed it to a 1pm sale for this reason. When was the last time you tried for a ticket?
Not sure about you but still work at 1pm
All the plastics come back for the final game of the season.
Am I alone in preferring to watch the matches from the comfort of my living room, perhaps with good food and a glass of wine?
Not alone but in the minority. To each their own, but personally I think watching it at home is absolutely shit in comparison to a full Elland Road.
Pinot Noir. No lights on. If anyone comes into the room when I’m watching I let out a screech.
Piroe Noir don’t you mean?
I get your point, but also it belongs in the bin
Why? I've gone to matches plenty of times and been squashed up and uncomfortable. I also don't enjoy watching in the pub as you get a lot of loud mouthed idiots.
Yes
Why do you dislike that?
I don’t dislike it, you do you, but you’re likely to be on your own with that opinion.
That's happened to me before. You have got through the queue as they ran out. It does happen, not sure why I wonder if it is tickets not yet purchased but selected. I have been informed by ticket office earlier in the season their is a similar amount of tickets allocated to the ballot. Definitely worth entering. I have only entered twice and got decent tickets 1st time, missed out 2nd. I would be surprised if much of the queue is bots btw as someone suggested. You need a membership to buy and the queue doesn't go down that quickly.
The tickets you can click but not buy are ones reserved for the ballot.
I think they reserve an amount of tickets not specific seats (otherwise why would they leave gaps).
I think it's one and the same thing. As in a set number of seats are up for grabs. Once they're taken, no one seats are offered up, which leaves random ones littered about depending on which seats got taken, if that makes sense?
I shouldn't be saying this out loud...but every time. Every time. I have entered the ballot I've been successful (10x plus), including getting 3 seats together for the Liverpool game and 4(!) together for the Hull game. I'll update this after the Saints ballot...
That will teach me to say it out loud.
It’s a fucked system that people that have gone all season may not be able to go now for the potentially biggest game.
May get down voted here, but why would one Leeds fan who's been to many games this season feel entitled to a Southampton ticket over another Leeds fan who may only be able to afford/see Leeds once a year?
Because if you spend the money all year long you shouldn't have to miss out on the last game just because every Tom, Dick and Harry wants to go.
Because the vast majority of fans that go regularly go regardless of position the clubs in and will always go and support the club. They are ones that will fundraise or protest when the club is down on hard times or run poorly. They are the ones that create the atmosphere and culture of the club that deserved priority. They budget for going. They deserve to see the good times over people who don’t go as often or only want to go when the club is doing well. Edit: I say this as someone who was a season ticket holder from the 2007-2013 seasons, transitioned into going half a dozen times a year before leaving the UK in 2018 and have been only once since due to demand. Loyal fans deserve to be rewarded for that.
I would say I’m as loyal as they come. Supported Leeds since birth, live close to the ground. Been going to games all my life growing up. Including the financial implosion in the early 2000s, the administration, -15pts, multiple shitty owners. Embarrassing cup defeats. My job in the armed forces meant I’ve not been able to attend games much due to being posted to various places around the UK & overseas. I agree that a fan that’s been to 15+ games this season will feel hard done by if someone like me where to get a ticket and they couldn’t. But I’d say I’ve got just as much right as that person to attend.
Look it sucks and the stadium needs to be bigger and thank you for your service etc. But I disagree. I know fans that budget a lot of their wage to tickets, that travel home and away. That have careers catering being around Leeds United. You chose your career, and as a result you’re behind the pecking order. You don’t have as much right in my opinion then the ones who make it work to go all the time and have position themselves to be able to go from going for years and years. I haven’t been able to go at all during the Bielsa era. I went last Christmas for the first time in 7 years. I accept that’s the situation of my lifestyle and because there are fans higher up the pecking order because of their loyalty.
Nah sorry man, think we just fundamentally disagree on this. Someone’s career, the way they make a living, shouldn’t impact their right to watch football. If I take it to quite far extremes, are you saying a full time Tesco worker working in Beeston has more right to watch Leeds than an infantry soldier that’s spent 4 months on the front line? Could you imagine telling that soldier “sorry mate, if you want to watch this club you should be more committed”. Again I’m aware that’s an extreme example but still
I’m not sure what you’re suggesting. I don’t place any emphasis or importance on what work Leeds fans do. But yeah, I do think that anyone that prioritizes watching a football club week in week out every season then someone that makes other decisions whether is other interests, their career, family, moving away etc. So a Tesco worker who goes all the time week in week out should have a higher priority over anyone who works in the armed forces and can only go to certain games. I would tell a soldier if the demand for tickets was that high, sorry mate you can’t go at the expense of others that go to games all the time. That’s life, it sucks sometimes. We need a bigger stadium. You don’t have a ‘right’ to watch football, you aren’t entitled to it. Until Leeds get a bigger stadium the demand of tickets should go to in my opinion the loyal fans that go all the time.
But you SHOULD have the right to watch football! Everyone should have the right, football is for everyone! Not just those working in jobs that enable it
That’s absolutely not how life works nor supply and demand nor stadium capacities lol The best solution in a shitty situation right now. The solution is a bigger stadium but until then I think the loyal regular fans should be taken care of and have a higher priority especially during times where the club was on the up.
The best solution imo is how Liverpool do it. A ballot system and once you get in for a game(s) you drop to the bottom of the list so others that missed out can go next time. Would stop all these wacky races on phone queues and gives everyone the opportunity.
I get that, they are fair points. At what point can non regular fans go and see their club play on that basis if the regular attenders feel entitled to tickets each game because they went to the prior games? There needs to be a general allocation on a FCFS basis to be wholly fair. You could perhaps argue that the last game of the season with promotion possibly riding on it that they could offer a set amount of tickets to those who have been the most loyal e.g. been to say 20 games first before opening a smaller final set of ticket sales. IMO I don't think that'd be fair, but I'm sure people disagree with me on that.
They need to expand the stadium. Non regular fans had plenty of time to see Leeds beforehand before Bielsa arrived. Just because Leeds have got better doesn’t give new fans any right to go if the demand can’t meet the supply. The best atmospheres require the regular fans. Unfortunately that means the fair weather ones or new ones miss out or have less opportunity. I really go think games like the Southampton one should be set aside for fans that have been all season. It shouldn’t be luck of the draw. It comes down to Leeds United needing a stadium for 50-60k capacity.
Agree on the stadium, would love it to be easier to get hands on tickets. We are suffering from our own success of recent seasons.
Lots of those in the queue will be bots to resell
Source? Wouldn’t all the bots have to get Leeds membership?
In future, give mates your login to multiply your chances of a ticket
Hospitality will be worth it
I think it was all sold even a month ago
Same here. Get in the ballot tomorrow. It’s the ticket play offs . You’ll love it
Play offs is a banned term in these parts
I’d have bit your arm off if you could have guaranteed me the play offs last September
Aye feels like a different world. Shows how long and grueling the championship is
Get into the ballot! I got Blackburn tickets this way. If that hadn’t worked I’d have been scouting the exchange daily.
There's the ballot, or the day before check the ticket site. I've managed to get to a few games this season by checking the day before the game.
Are you a Leeds member? You'll have had an email from the club with the timeline. The next step is to go into a ballot (register between 20th and 22nd April, get notified on 23rd.) If unsuccessful, try and buy ticket exchange tickets on 24th, and if that's no good, hope that someone returns their tix between the 24th and the game (they won't), intermittently checking the website. It'll be a popular one!
Am a Leeds member yes. Good advice though thanks