FA Cup - Torquay United v Maidstone United - ALL TICKET

Nick Potkins · Post by **Nick Potkins** » 04 Nov 2019, 15:12

Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup 1st round match against Maidstone United has been made an all-ticket match for away fans.

Torquay United has been allocated 550 tickets only, including 30 seats, and these will sold through Maidstone’s website. Sales are online only and no tickets will be available to purchase on the day of the match.

Purchases can be made by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/36uNqjL Fans with ticket enquiries should contact Maidstone United on 01622 753817, including wheelchair users and ambulant disabled fans that require a carer.

Adult £15.00
Concession £12.00
Youth £7.00
Junior (U11s) £0.00
Tickets do accrue a processing charge.

Ticket updates will be provided throughout the week.

Whydoibother · Post by **Whydoibother** » 04 Nov 2019, 16:24

I remember last time I went they were just finishing the stand and only a few seats for away fans. Now we have 30 away seats.....that's scandalous. Thankfully I cant come up anyway.

United62 · Post by **United62** » 04 Nov 2019, 16:55

Cheeky f*ckers. Even charging you to print your own tickets - processing charge, my arse. Let's go there, do the job in hand, leave... Never have liked going there (mainly because they always f*cking beat us)

Post by **SuperNickyWroe** » 04 Nov 2019, 16:59

At least its better than the £20 for Halifax!

United62 · Post by **United62** » 04 Nov 2019, 17:04

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 16:59 At least its better than the £20 for Halifax!

Dagenham top that ... £21!

Post by **happytorq** » 04 Nov 2019, 17:05

Nick Potkins wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 15:12 Adult £15.00
Concession £12.00
Youth £7.00
Junior (U11s) £0.00
Tickets do accrue a processing charge.

I wonder if these "processing charges" are a way to increase their revenue. I recall that proceeds from FA Cup are split (I think 45/45/10 towards home team/away team/FA, thought this might be outdated) but I would imagine that the processing charges would be exempt from that.

So limiting away fans to tickets purchased ahead of time, online, could increase their bottom line.

Or maybe I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist

Post by **SuperNickyWroe** » 04 Nov 2019, 17:09

United62 wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 17:04 Dagenham top that ... £21!

standupsitdown · Post by **standupsitdown** » 04 Nov 2019, 18:30

It's a bit late to decide to make it all ticket.
Are they expecting us to take more than 550? I doubt we will.
Just bought mine.

United62 · Post by **United62** » 04 Nov 2019, 19:08

standupsitdown wrote: ↑04 Nov 2019, 18:30 It's a bit late to decide to make it all ticket.
Are they expecting us to take more than 550? I doubt we will.
Just bought mine.

250-300 tops IMO...

pnutgull · Post by **pnutgull** » 04 Nov 2019, 21:46

Just bought mine after seeing here that it is now all ticket. If we started with 550 that would mean that have sold about 230 so far from the numbers shown as left on the website so looks like we will be well over the 300 mark.... before any choose to slip in to the home areas

grockle · Post by **grockle** » 04 Nov 2019, 23:13

I'll definitely go in with the home fans. Ridiculous making it all ticket for away fans only 5 days before the match.

As I posted on 26th Oct, the website then said no tickets would be sold in advance. Should have said then about it being all ticket for us.

gullsflyinghigh · Post by **gullsflyinghigh** » 05 Nov 2019, 16:08

All ticket within 5 days of the game and a rubbish allocation, stinks of tinpot. Haven’t they got a crappy AstroTurf pitch too?

dennisk · Post by **dennisk** » 06 Nov 2019, 08:12

I feel for those who are not computer literate, I hope they don't miss out. Short notice too, scandalous.

Whydoibother · Post by **Whydoibother** » 06 Nov 2019, 13:40

Given the weather is awful on Saturday at least the game will be played. We will be training on artificial pitch ourselves at the college this week so no worries on that

Nick Potkins · Post by **Nick Potkins** » 07 Nov 2019, 17:23

Thank god they made it all ticket, 256 sold.

Well done to the 256 going to-date, we will have some fun

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