Yeah that's annoying; 'we're no longer basing priority on away games previously attended... except we are if you went to at least 18 games last season.' As one of those who went to 16 games (nearly 17 until the Fulham game was rearranged), that smarts. It's alright saying that they have to draw a line somewhere, but it was easier to go to away games last season when the team actually turned up to win than it has been in previous seasons, and to then lump everyone else in the same pot whether they went to 17 games or none doesn't sit right with me. There should either be more priority windows based on the breakdown of games attended or none at all.
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Home and Away Memberships 2023-24
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Yeah that's annoying; 'we're no longer basing priority on away games previously attended... except we are if you went to at least 18 games last season.' As one of those who went to 16 games (nearly 17 until the Fulham game was rearranged), that smarts. It's alright saying that they have to draw a line somewhere, but it was easier to go to away games last season when the team actually turned up to win than it has been in previous seasons, and to then lump everyone else in the same pot whether they went to 17 games or none doesn't sit right with me. There should either be more priority windows based on the breakdown of games attended or none at all.
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I'm still here Crewton
I had to email the club 3 times last season as they kept getting my loyalty points wrong. They finally got it right as the season ended, what a waste of time that was 
Haych
John Robertson
they’ll definitely piss a good chunk of tickets away to random ‘celebrities’ who drove through Nottingham once who now want to take in a premier league game.
It’s gonna be a shit show and tickets will be resold illegally for loads.
It’s gonna be a shit show and tickets will be resold illegally for loads.
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
I won't go to any games next season for various reasons, not all connected to loyalty points etc.
However, to give a dispassionate view of things, I note that for many games during a season, even season ticket holders don't all go to every game, so I think it fair to assume that the club knows pretty well how many home and away members will go to the various games, some of the more attractive fixtures will have more demand than others, of course. So although figures can be quoted to show that this or that is impossible, perhaps it won't be quite that impossible to get tickets for those regulars who fear rejection.
However, to give a dispassionate view of things, I note that for many games during a season, even season ticket holders don't all go to every game, so I think it fair to assume that the club knows pretty well how many home and away members will go to the various games, some of the more attractive fixtures will have more demand than others, of course. So although figures can be quoted to show that this or that is impossible, perhaps it won't be quite that impossible to get tickets for those regulars who fear rejection.
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I'm still here Crewton
The supporters club allocation is an interesting one. I know in the past some of my mates have used this route for big games. They join at the start of the season but only use them for the big games. I must admit having never been a member of a supporters club I have no idea how the allocation works
Trents
John Robertson
Supporters club allocation? I didn't know this was a thing.
YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
Many many years ago, I used to belong to a supporters club, and all I ever got asked was if I was going to the next game. Ticket and coach were all arranged. Never had to sort my own tickets out.
I'm not against a new scheme. I just find it galling that they've done this without any consultation. I don;t want a "closed shop", nor do I see myself better than any other supporter. I did 19 away games last season, but as that included the PO semi and Wembley, then these don't count, so missed out by 1. I would have done at least another 2 if Sky hadn't got involved.
I'm just curious why loyalty only now applies to some, and not to others. I stood in the rain for an hour at Stoke last season, waiting for a rail replacement service and its moments like that, that made me think that I would at least stand a good chance of an Anfield or Goodison ticket if we ever went up.
I'm not against a new scheme. I just find it galling that they've done this without any consultation. I don;t want a "closed shop", nor do I see myself better than any other supporter. I did 19 away games last season, but as that included the PO semi and Wembley, then these don't count, so missed out by 1. I would have done at least another 2 if Sky hadn't got involved.
I'm just curious why loyalty only now applies to some, and not to others. I stood in the rain for an hour at Stoke last season, waiting for a rail replacement service and its moments like that, that made me think that I would at least stand a good chance of an Anfield or Goodison ticket if we ever went up.
My understanding is that in recent years, tickets have mostly been allocated to branches away from Nottingham, where it's not reasonable to expect the the person to use the "usual" loyalty routes. So not generally huge numbers in the grand scheme of things.
For what it's worth I know that one overseas branch asked for some tickets for Wembley, and received approximately 50% of the requested amount - which came as a shock as they'd previously got everything they'd asked for.
Haych
John Robertson
Your last paragraph echos my thoughts when I’ve been to shit grounds to watch a shit football game in which Forest lost.
I know I’m beating a dead horse here but the fact people like yourself who did a huge amount of games last year and I would imagine in years before are chucked in the lottery for tickets isn’t on IMO.
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I'm now completely resigned to being an armchair supporter for as long as Forest remain successful.
I live in the south of England and am getting on in years. Never had any problem getting tickets for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth, Brighton (the Withdean!), Salisbury and Weymouth to name but a few!
Such is life
I live in the south of England and am getting on in years. Never had any problem getting tickets for Bristol Rovers, Plymouth, Brighton (the Withdean!), Salisbury and Weymouth to name but a few!
Such is life
adam09
Super Koopa
^ Yeah I mentioned this as well.
The ticketing system does need massively updating.
I've had a look at Leicester's and they don't have away memberships but away tickets are based on priority points and season ticket holders get 50 priority points and first dibs. Then people have "Fox membership" go into a ballot for whatever is left after the season ticket holders have had their chance to get theirs.
The ticketing system does need massively updating.
I've had a look at Leicester's and they don't have away memberships but away tickets are based on priority points and season ticket holders get 50 priority points and first dibs. Then people have "Fox membership" go into a ballot for whatever is left after the season ticket holders have had their chance to get theirs.
Rigler
Jack Burkitt
In the run up to the cup match I did a bit of lurking on the Leicester forum. They were moaning about how their ticketing system isn't fit for purpose even more than we do..........
I think Forest are simply trying to get as many people as possible to away games - that should be applauded.
Getting as many people to away games will help grow our support and will in the long run benefit the club. While it may suck that people cannot
get to as many away games as they want people need to think about what benefits the club. Creating a middle tier would create even more of a closed club of elite supporters which is my view is just plain wrong.
The mistake Forest made in my view was the 400 club who are guaranteed a ticket for every away game. Should simply be a ballot which all members go into on a game by game basis which they can apply for.
The entitlement on social media by a section of our support is sad to see - we all follow Forest some are fortunate to be able to go home and away like I have said earlier its funny how last time we were in the top league away tickets were easy to get most of the time. But then again that was a relegation season.
I am just happy we are back where I feel we belong no matter what the club did people would be upset.
adam09
Super Koopa
Why do only the last few seasons count?
Not many of our away ends last season sold out during the away members’ buying window (only Luton immediately springs to mind), and at least a handful weren’t even sold out anyway. Many also went on sale to season ticket holders and even general sale on a few occasions before selling out, so I’m not sure why people keep using this argument.
Quite a lot of games last season weren’t even available to away members who hadn’t been to enough games as others. I’m using this argument because I want people to have more chances to see games rather than a small group, and I don’t like the entitled nature of the entire thing
YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
Just had a look at a few other Premier League clubs, and they all sell away tickets on a Loyalty Basis.
Happy to go back as far as you want if the last few seasons isn't enough - I still think there should have been a 3rd middle tier, on their current system.
Haych
John Robertson
When all the coked up knob heads who have cottoned onto our away support in previous years get banned it’ll be a doddle again.
adam09
Super Koopa
Yeah that or, and it depends on the numbers, but I think the cut off should have been lower, like 10 or 12 games. Then you have potentially 800-1000 at 'priority plus' level. Then the other existing away members, then season card holders/new away members or whatever.
siforest65
Jack Burkitt
I can give my take on this. I’ve been a supporters club member for about 8 years. Mainly going to the southern games (Reading , Millwall etc) Usually about 6 or 7 away games a season getting tickets through the supporters club.
For Wembley my branch got zero tickets so we had to go the corporate route but the real kicker was the supporters club screwed up the records and it shows I’ve never attended a game in my life because the last ticket I bought directly from the club was about 4 years ago and that’s been deleted.
I’m expecting to not go to any games next season . Price of success I guess.
They used the loyalty points windows regularly as the season went on to determine priority amongst season ticket holders, but they only used them once to prioritise certain away members ahead of others and that was Luton away. They didn’t even need to apply them to away members for the final league game against Hull City or the Sheff Utd play-off first leg because those allocations were bigger than the capped number of away members (2,500-2,600), which was the case at most grounds. That’s part of the problem for some of us now; previously they had less away members than most away ends could hold (again, Luton being the obvious exception), hence the availability for others, yet now they’re going to have 1,500 more away members than seats offered by the opposition.
And throwing loaded words like ‘entitled’ around doesn’t do anything to make the people affected feel any less heated about it either. If they’ve been able to get to 75+% of away games every season for the last 15-20 years, partly because they’ve given the club money at the beginning of each season in exchange for first priority and partly because, frankly, it hasn’t been difficult to get tickets before this season at all because the team only started going away to win games this season (even under He Who Must Not Be Named they only rocked up looking to not lose - sorry Alf!), and now they’ve declared their surprise at being charged more by the club to no longer be guaranteed a ticket, then call them entitled, but I’d call being punished suddenly because the team finally found success for the first time this century a bit unfair myself.
I particularly feel for the oldest amongst the regulars who don’t even have access to a computer to be online for the mad rush every other week - their away days really could be over. Despite the rivalry, I felt a lot of sympathy for D*rby’s older fanbase when they closed their ticket office last season to cut costs and put all ticket sales online, and hoped we’d never follow suit. The new system means that away tickets probably won’t even make it to the phone lines this season.