Silver membership

RossieGooner · Post by **RossieGooner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:59 pm

Is the season ticket waiting list a complete waste of expectations then ? Have been on it years.

Post by **flash gunner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:03 pm

MizzNaughty9 wrote:im silver and thank fuck for that! its terrible getting tickets for red

Im silver too but i thought it was pretty good for getting tickets as a red?

Rilo II · Post by **Rilo II** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:24 pm

For the majority of games red members get tickets. at the end of the season it becomes harder, and obviously the big 4 and big cl teams, but other than you we can get most if you are ready to log on when they go on sale.

I'd say as I red member I've been to 85% of matches since we moved, so I shouldn't really complain.
I just don't like that I go to every CL match group stage match, and when we have qualifiers, only for all the silver members who weren't interest in them to come out of the woodwork for the milan game.
Same applies to the ones who wont go to small premiership matches, but will snap up the man utds and chelseas.

steve1987 · Post by **steve1987** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:25 pm

Im silver too but i thought it was pretty good for getting tickets as a red?

People who moan about being able to get tickets on Red aren't really trying. Ok, you can't get the big ones, but I wouldn't expect to.

I've been to the home games against

Fulham, Man City, Derby, Bolton, West Ham and Newcastle (all in the League).

Could have also got tickets for Wigan but was busy that day, and Birmingham too, but had to work. Getting more tricky now its getting to the back end of the season now.

In the Champions League, Red tickets were easily available for Sparta Prague and Steaua Bucharest (and prob Slavia, but didn't check).

Not sure about Newcastle in the FA Cup, but you could also easily have got tickets to the Carling Cup match, and the Spurs semi-final didn't sell out either (anyone know what happened there?)

Not forgetting the Emirates Cup tickets of course.

So plenty of opportunity if you wanna take it!

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:42 pm

I think that the fairest complaint that red members have is that they are always left with the most expensive tickets. It is true though that many silvers only apply for the big games meaning that a red member who goes week in week out suddenly misses out because of a big game charlie!

Magic Merse · Post by **Magic Merse** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:49 pm

My biggest gripe is with the ticketing system, it seams to fragile. For the Villa and Boro games i managed to get tickets but the session timed out and i lost my tickets. God damn i was angry

steve1987 · Post by **steve1987** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:50 pm

I can understand that.

I have only started going semi-regularly this season. Before this year I went to maybe 1-2 games a season on my Red membership, but now I can afford a bit more.

I too get annoyed that I go to Bolton, Derby, Fulham etc and then can't get the big game tickets, but then, when I got my red membership I didnt expect any more

I still think its good value for Â£20 though!

Magic Merse · Post by **Magic Merse** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:52 pm

This annoys me aswell, on the ticket site it is showing limited seats availble in two sections for the boro game. Yet when you ask for 1 ticket in either section it comes back and say's that they aren't available. grrrr

Basil is a Gooner · Post by **Basil is a Gooner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:53 pm

I am lucky enough to be a silver member, and agree that the ticket purchase system isnt ideal. I have also suffered at the hands of the "timed out" problem, which is really frustrating after a long wait to actually get into the ticket office!
A word of advice, it seems to work if you press back rather than refresh - hope that helps.

Post by **REB** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:49 pm

guess im lucky enough that i dont have to use my red membership as we in our supp club can apply for every home game and have got tickets for our members for 12 games so far this season,,

Magic Merse · Post by **Magic Merse** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:01 pm

Is the Â£15 you pay to join the Season Ticket Waiting List a yearly thing or is it a one off?

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:31 pm

have to pay for season ticket waiting list every year

Post by **Chippy** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:02 pm

northbankbren wrote:have to pay for season ticket waiting list every year

if that is true then I have got a result as I have only ever paid once for my place on the list.

As a silver member I am a bit cheesed off at the silverist nature of some of the comments on here.

. As a surrey resident as well (you surreyist bastards) I must be one of the least popular people here.

I go to as many games as i can and get to about 15/20 a season. In order to be a bit fairer perhaps the club could reserve some tickets for the big games for those red members who have been to a lot of games. Some thing like this worked for the last game at highbury and cup tickets.

Post by **REB** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:06 pm

im calling a jihad on all silver members

esp chippy as he's from surrey as well

Basil is a Gooner · Post by **Basil is a Gooner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:14 pm

You only pay once for the season ticket waiting list. If you paid Â£15 every year then by the time you actually get to the top of the list (bearing in mind there at least 40000 people on there) then you would be a very poor person and Arsenal would be a very rich club!

PS You get the Â£15 back when you actually buy your season ticket.......