Season ticket waiting list

I know of a company that holds 4 season tickets.
They are held primarily for corporate/client entertainment.
Question......How widespread is this practice, anyone know?

I know of a company that holds 4 season tickets.
They are held primarily for corporate/client entertainment.
Question......How widespread is this practice, anyone know?

I am sure this is VERY wide spread, tax deduction, and expenses, mmm! this rings a bell with me, do not know why.

But the question to be asked is how the F**k did an inanimate object like a company get 4 season tickets, which are presumably all together?

Now that is the correct question, sorry slipped into I-Robot there.

Over to you Mr. (P45) Parry.

What we need is relegation.

This. We need to fall from grace and hit rock bottom and them some to shred away the layers until we are left with the true core support. And I bet games will still sell-out.

I envy Newcastle United.

I think that if you share it then that is not a problem that can be solved, there would be empty seats if they didn't go. Maybe if you informed LFC that you couldn't make it they could re-fund the match price and put your seat up for General sale one match only.

If you can't afford the ticket for the season and hand it to family and friends then there is nothing that can be done about this

But if you have once from the registered keeper who has passed away then this shouldn't happen

There is an answer out there somewhere

Hi All,

Just replying to El Nino9's first post. I've also been on the waiting list for 12 years this year. I wrote to Rick Parry about 18 months ago to ask why they couldn't disclose where I was on the list and why they haven't issued new season tickets for years and how many get issued or passed on each season.

To be fair to the much magligned Rick Parry, at least he replied, not with any real answer (surprise surprise). He only told me what I already knew. It's not LFC policy to disclose info about the season ticket waiting list.

Interesting how SOS's recent meeting with Ian Ayre, SOS asked him about the number of season tickets that get returned. Ian said that between 20 to 30 get sent back each season. Where do these tickets go??? to the people at the top of the waiting list ??

I'd like to hear other peoples thoughts on how we can get proper answers from LFC. I may sound biased just because I want LFC to offer me a season ticket NOW! but I think we need ideas on what to do next. I'm so frustrated with waiting every summer for that envelope to drop through the door.

El Nino9, I' like you to contact me as you sound as angry as me about the lack of answers/info from LFC.

Drop me a line back.

JFT96
Don't Buy The S*n

Woolian

What we need is relegation.

haha you know i was tongue in cheek thinking that

Can I also add on here that the PTS scheme is being shut down due to "Lack of interest".
I received a letter the other day saying that they were no longer doing the scheme.

There goes my chance of tickets.  In 3 years I missed less than 10 games, league and cup.

Now I'll have to wait in line with the holidayers and foreigners who have no interest in getting involved and just want to take pictures instead of singing.

I'm interested to know what peoples thoughts are on the season ticket buy back scheme which was introduced last season?
I believe it was done because about a 1000 ST holders don't come every week so it gives them the opportunity to sell them on to members (Who have to pay £30 a season to stand a chance of getting a ticket)

Must admit i thought it was great and signed up. But i think it just means now that even if a ST holder was thinking of giving up their ticket because they can't make every game, then they don't need to now because the club will organise selling their ticket for the games they can't make, Potentially you could be a ST holder and not go to any games (Doubt this would happen but it could).
I think the ticket office need to do a couple of things here:

1) ST holders who sell their ticket through the buy back scheme on say more than 5 occassions in a season or maybe 20 games over 5 seasons have to give it up, subsequently releasing more ST's for those on the waiting list
and
2) Scrap the membership scheme and let people who have been on the waiting list for ST for more than 10 years have first dibs on the buy back followed by those who have been on the waiting list for more than 5 years.

I also think that some of the suggestions made about those on the waiting list being given some priority is also a great idea too.
Sadly though the ticket office and the club don't recognise loyalty, they just recognise hard cash, i.e, people spending £30 to be in with a chance of getting a buy back ticket,
Putting league tickets on sale on the phone lines and not having window sales to generate extra cash from the phone calls and booking fees,
Not rewarding loyalty to fans who have been to games like Wigan, Boro, Portsmouth on a wednesday night and West Ham on a wednesday night etc... etc... and putting the last game against Spurs on general sale, so they can attract the first time fan to come and spend money in the club shop.

It's a sad situation, but no matter what we think about making things better for us loyal fans as long as we're not making the club that extra bit of money for them in the long run, then they just won't be interested.

I'm interested to know what peoples thoughts are on the season ticket buy back scheme which was introduced last season?
I believe it was done because about a 1000 ST holders don't come every week so it gives them the opportunity to sell them on to members (Who have to pay £30 a season to stand a chance of getting a ticket)

Must admit I thought it was great and signed up. But I think it just means now that even if a ST holder was thinking of giving up their ticket because they can't make every game, then they don't need to now because the club will organise selling their ticket for the games they can't make, Potentially you could be a ST holder and not go to any games (Doubt this would happen but it could).
I think the ticket office need to do a couple of things here:

1) ST holders who sell their ticket through the buy back scheme on say more than 5 occassions in a season or maybe 20 games over 5 seasons have to give it up, subsequently releasing more ST's for those on the waiting list
and
2) Scrap the membership scheme and let people who have been on the waiting list for ST for more than 10 years have first dibs on the buy back followed by those who have been on the waiting list for more than 5 years.

I also think that some of the suggestions made about those on the waiting list being given some priority is also a great idea too.
Sadly though the ticket office and the club don't recognise loyalty, they just recognise hard cash, I.e, people spending £30 to be in with a chance of getting a buy back ticket,
Putting league tickets on sale on the phone lines and not having window sales to generate extra cash from the phone calls and booking fees,
Not rewarding loyalty to fans who have been to games like Wigan, Boro, Portsmouth on a wednesday night and West Ham on a wednesday night etc... etc... and putting the last game against Spurs on general sale, so they can attract the first time fan to come and spend money in the club shop.

It's a sad situation, but no matter what we think about making things better for us loyal fans as long as we're not making the club that extra bit of money for them in the long run, then they just won't be interested.

good idea, but in all fairness i believe fan card holders should have first dibs as well rather than "general sale"

I know of at least five or six people that I KNOW were made (and accepted) SToffers between 1996 and 1999.

I can also name a total of ten season tickets not renewed (including 4 in the summer of 2004).

This has always been a messy issue, it was in the late sixties (when no one really needed one)... people wouldnt even bother applying for a ST because the waiting list put people off.

Only in the late 70s and early 80s (when we were all on our arses watching Boys From The Blackstuff and robbing snorkle-parkas) was it possible to easily get a season ticket... thats when a lot of our first big OOT wave got theirs, because before that it was a total no no.

I am sure that there will be at least 300 not renewed this season- recession, prices, old men dying, etc etc

So expect another 300 Carlsberg competition winners sitting behind you next year....

Just to back up that last post - I signed up for the ST waiting list in 1996. In the Summer of 1999 I went off to Camp America and spent the summer over there. When I returned I went through my post and found a letter inviting me to purchase a ST - the cut-off date had expired though so I had to re-join the waiting list again(!!)

ive been on the waiting list some time now and i think the only way i'll get 1 is if we build this new stadium. i also think theres too many memberships that take a lot of the tickets. i have to get my tickets on the general sale and it pisses me off that you can get tickets for all the matches exept big games. i find it hard to believe cos the same amount of tickets go on sale yet there are too many fans who are only bothered about going to the man u, chelsea and everton games. there should be some thing for the general sale people who have been to the previous 4-5 home games and not the 1's who pick and choose when to go and support there team.

ive been on the waiting list some time now and I think the only way I'll get 1 is if we build this new stadium. I also think theres too many memberships that take a lot of the tickets. I have to get my tickets on the general sale and it pisses me off that you can get tickets for all the matches exept big games. I find it hard to believe cos the same amount of tickets go on sale yet there are too many fans who are only bothered about going to the man u, chelsea and everton games. there should be some thing for the general sale people who have been to the previous 4-5 home games and not the 1's who pick and choose when to go and support there team.

Mate, thats what DOES happen for the derby games if you've been to them and have a fancard/membership. And get a membership then if you dont like general sale. Problem solved.

The whole season ticket waiting list just highlights what a joke it is that we are waiting for a new stadium. If we had any decent owners we would probably playing in the new stadium now.

What is it now Purslow having to reassure the Liverpool council the stadium will be built by 2018. Some F***ing joke and these clowns still have the audacity to turn up to matches.

This just highlights the need for the new stadium, we have to say a 60000 isnt going to help much with the waiting list,we need to go to 75000 min capacity,like many others i have been waiting a decade for mine and im still no nearer the front,than the day i went on the list,what a joke!!!

Louise Howard is my cousin!

Ehh yeah a bigger stadium than what's planned is needed.

I've never held or applied for a season ticket due to the fact I would not be able to make every game, and thought it would go unused too often, to be fair to someone else who could attend games regularly. I do however know of a gent ( my mums cousin) who is an honorary life member. He has held a season ticket for some 58 years. He told me recently, when he pops his clogs, that ticket can't be passed on to family members, but must be returned to the club. It will be re distributed to the next applicant on the waiting list. So who are they trying to kid. They are giving tickets to corporate organisations and saying they are not returned when expired due to deaths. That's an excuse to shut up the waiting list candidates.  If you really are desperate for a season ticket, what about getting a gang of lads together and buying a box for the season. Not sure how many the hold and what the comparitive price would be either. Not the same as being on the kop I know, but at least you'd get to see the games. Something seriously wrong with this distribution system. 12 years is a ridiculous amount of time under any circumstances.

to be honest...........if your 90 year old grandad who had been going for 50 years on a season ticket .......... slipped his ticket into your hand as he fell

 off the perch.............. how many of you would hand it back to the club?

Barry, go back to Man Utd Forum and F**k off...

But on the topic, It's a joke. I know my Godmother had a season ticekt, and gave it to her son, but he sold it on due to a baby and wife etc, which i was gutted about.

But for a fan like me, who is in University all week, got a job every other day because of that, and then any other day I gig with my band as much as I can, all I would want to do is just see one game a season at least in Kop end, and I would be happy. I would support my team like every other, in the pub or at home with a beer, screaming at the sh*t commentary of Andy Gray or David Pleat.

However, I just cannot go for this due to the season ticket waiting list, and I have looked elsewhere, such as Burnley and Bolton, due to me studying in Manchester. I have been a few Burnley matches already, but when Liverpool played it was sold out (In work till 9pm day before and it sold out, tw*ts!) so not yet got to see my team. However, still got to see some good games with some good teams in Burnley end too (Seen Scum get beat :D:D)

Either way, they need to really think a solution to this problem, as if I was waiting 14 years for a ticket, or anyone for that matter, I would just bloody sit at home and have mates round, get smashed, take piss out of Sky TV and then probably go out afterwards. Because it is starting to alienate fans who just want to experience the atmosphere, and can't because of silly ticket situations.

Firstly you can buy a ticket for every game of the season at Anfield in the following places for the prices stated.

Reds: £1,715 (lower wing centenary) 1 match only £87-£190
Premier Club: £2,025 (upper centenary) Waiting lists for season tickets
Centenary Club: £4,065 (Upholstered seat in the executive section of the Upper Centenary Stand) Waiting lists for season tickets
Executive Club: £4,650 (Reserved Main stand seat) 1 match only £185-£199


Executive Box for the season costs £49,750 (plus VAT) per season

And can hold 10 people. Thrash out 5k+ each if you want lads.



Oh and heres the link...

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/tickets/hospitality/stadium

I had a season ticket for around 7-8 seasons or so, majority of it being in Houlliers reign.

The season ticket wasn't in my family name and it belonged to a man who my dad knows who didn't want to go to the match anymore. This man is in his late fifties - early sixties and told my dad he thought he was getting abit old to be going the game and sitting in the cold and rain. This isn't the real reason though, it was simply because Liverpool werent title contenders.

As soon as we won the european cup, this man suddenly decided he wanted to go to the game again. Ok, fair enough, he hasn't been the match in years and hes bound to miss it like anybody would, but its frustrating that as soon as Liverpool look like turning a corner, he decides he wants to go again.

This season, due to our poor form, hes offered my dad around half of the league home matches so far. Only against the lesser teams though, the teams in the bottom half of the league. My dad pays for them at full price every time.

Point being, this man is nothing but a glory hunter and picks and chooses the games he wants to attend and unfortauntely there are thousands like him.

However, whether its right or wrong, i can fully understand why people do it. We all no somebody who wants a season ticket so why give the season ticket back to the club when you can keep it in your own name and pass it onto a relative or a friend? Then you obviously have the opportunity to go the match again whenever you feel like. We would all do the same and theres no way anybody on here would give up their season ticket when you might have to wait another 25 years to get one if not more.

Unfortauntely, things will never change until we move to a new stadium. If the capacity was 80,000 it would solve a lot of the ticket problems. The capacity will only be 60,000 though and i don't think it will change things all that much.

Ive had a season ticket for 5 years now which belonged to my uncle who had held it for approx 40 years before he died. When he passed away the ticket was passed on to me which i was obviously delighted about. I have since changed the ticket into my name.
Im not saying i agree with the process but while the club allow this to happen i would have been daft not to take advantage of it.

Before i had my season ticket i would go to as many games as possible with my uncle but once the opportunity of a season ticket came along i would never have passed it up just so i could take the moral high ground.

I have friends who are ST holders at other clubs and they all allow STs to be passed on to family members/friends in the same way.

Again im not saying its right but its been like this for years and while it remains people will continue to take advantage ofit.

This is why i've mentioned in some of my previous posts that i believe LFC issue far too many tickets to non-locals.

It doesn't matter where you sit in the ground, there will be a non-local within striking distance of you. They come from all over britain, europe, the world.

Now, I've been slated on the forum for commenting on this and giving my opinions, but if LFC turned them tickets into season tickets then the locals who have been waiting for a decade or longer might be in with a shout of finally getting one.

In my opinion, LFC should issue 5,000 tickets to non-locals a game and no more than that. At the moment they probably issue around 15,000, thats not a fact, its just my personal estimation. 15,000 is a third of the ground and i think thats far too much to hand out to people who may support more than one club, may have only supported liverpool for a season or two etc etc