Xlor Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Why did we have patches of empty seats? Blocks of 5 or 6, a full row and a block of about 100 behind our goal. Hundreds of them. Couldn't see 1 in the villa end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Xlor said: Why did we have patches of empty seats? Blocks of 5 or 6, a full row and a block of about 100 behind our goal. Hundreds of them. Couldn't see 1 in the villa end. I noticed that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Whole row behind me but how many touts were knocking about, asked one how much for one in my block and it was only a tenner more than I paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 There were empty seats in the Villa end too. I guess when you've got touts hoovering up what they can then you're going to get empty seats? I noticed most empty seats were in little clusters so I assumed that's what it was considering today was a sell out. Plenty selling tickets outside Wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, PrivateDerby said: Whole row behind me but how many touts were knocking about, asked one how much for one in my block and it was only a tenner more than I paid. I heard a Derby fan ask a tout how much. The tout said how much you willing to pay. In the end they agreed £350. Then the Derby fan said he don't need it really because he's got a ticket ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I was shocked to see the big groups of empty seats, it looked like somebody had snapped up big sections and then didn't turn up, sad to see when you see how many people couldn't get tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Agree sad to see when so many missed out. Also thought it was a bit crap how many uninterested 5 year olds there were with a seat. Little girl near me sat watching TV on her Mum’s phone right from kick off! She only looked up to grab her XL bucket of coke. I’m sure it’s a nice “family day out” for Mum and Dad, but a proper fan could have had that seat. A proper 5 year old fan could have had that seat! No wonder the atmosphere was crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stedcfc Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 They seemed to be in small patches clumped together and they were similar looking in both ends of the ground. They were probably tickets given to sponsors or not released for sale to the clubs for some reason. Would have to be a big coincidence that both clubs had fans buying up small clumps of 20 seats and not turning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remy the hare Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 52 minutes ago, cosmic said: Agree sad to see when so many missed out. Also thought it was a bit crap how many uninterested 5 year olds there were with a seat. Little girl near me sat watching TV on her Mum’s phone right from kick off! She only looked up to grab her XL bucket of coke. I’m sure it’s a nice “family day out” for Mum and Dad, but a proper fan could have had that seat. A proper 5 year old fan could have had that seat! No wonder the atmosphere was crap. But some (at all) if those 5 years will be you in x years time, telling on this forum about their first Wembley visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Remy the hare said: But some (at all) if those 5 years will be you in x years time, telling on this forum about their first Wembley visit. Yeah I get that and I’m probably being a little selfish to begrudge them their ticket. Just aware of the efforts many made in vain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC Ram Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Stedcfc said: They seemed to be in small patches clumped together and they were similar looking in both ends of the ground. They were probably tickets given to sponsors or not released for sale to the clubs for some reason. Would have to be a big coincidence that both clubs had fans buying up small clumps of 20 seats and not turning up. The big area to the right at the top above the scoreboard wouldn't have been sponsor seats. More likely they were bought together as a few large groups and no-shows or (more probably) not sold on I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, DCFC Ram said: The big area to the right at the top above the scoreboard wouldn't have been sponsor seats. More likely they were bought together as a few large groups and no-shows or (more probably) not sold on I reckon. It would be nice of the club to look at the seats not used, find out what customer numbers they were bought under and then remove those numbers for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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