Gribz 846 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 It's not a "presumed" support. Our actual average home support is in excess of 46,700. Have Falkirk even managed 7,000 for a home game this season? Yes, many of the 200,000 on Manchester were glory hunters, but anyway you can't compare a European final to a domestic one. An even split is OK where each team has an average attendance above 50% of the tickets available, but in other cases the size of the crowds should be taken into account. there us no reason for Falkirk to get above 8,000 tiockets for the game. You are penalising the people who keep Scottish football afloat by turning up each week, and allowing people who haven't been to a game for over 10 years to attend. The SFA should be looking after the fans and not grannies who never go to games. Yet another cock up by the SFA. Agreed, and next season Falkirk ST holders, board members, players will be the first to come out with 'where is all the fans who went to Hampden now" 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adamski Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Remind me again how many Falkirk supporters turned up for our semi final against them in January? they can have no complaints 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think it's obvious to me that the tickets should be allocated pro-rata in comparison to the number that turned up for the semis with priority ticketing to those with a semi ticket stub. That may give better attendances than the pitiful ones at the semifinals as people would want to make sure of a ticket. It is also a punishment of sorts to fans who ignore a semi but want suddenly want to turn up to the final. That would probably give about a 40,000 - 10,000 split to Rangers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 All I'm really saying is that you can't always allocate tickets solely on the basis of presumed support. Where did the 200,000 'extra' Gers fans in Manchester turn up from? They're not 'glory hunters.'? Yet we would have expected a 50-50 split for the Eufa final, though I'm sure in theory we have a larger support. BlueDell put it very succinctly but have to add a few points. The two situations are not comparable. Ibrox can only hold 50,000. All these fans could not attend every home game. 200,000 did not watch in the COMS anyway, so that figure is misleading in this arguement. And we still had less than our average home gate at the match. We'll put up a big screen for all the Falkirk fans in Glasgow and only 4,000 can go to the game. :devil: Also Rangers do not subsidise the European game for everyone else (well not to the same extent ). Scottish football would not survive without our fans yet we're to step aside and let some Falkirk glory supporters enjoy the games show piece. A little dumfounded that a Rangers fan continues to argue against our case tbh. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 15,000 for Falkirk, the SFA does it again. What's their average gate again? 4,000? 5,000? Aw but the grannies and uncles... Falkirks Chief Executive said it on the news last night. This isn't just a day our for the Falkirk fans, this is a day out for Falkirk and the surrounding areas. A day out? It's a cup final, not a trip down to Ayr beach. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,614 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Falkirks Chief Executive said it on the news last night. This isn't just a day our for the Falkirk fans, this is a day out for Falkirk and the surrounding areas. A day out? It's a cup final, not a trip down to Ayr beach. LOL. Agreed. Why should it only be a day out for people around falkirk? Why shouldn't the people in Glasgow and surrounding areas have a day out as well? If he wants to do it on that basis then let's allocate the tickets based on the population of the areas that the teams play in. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adamski Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'll repeat Rangers 3-0 Falkirk 27 January 2009 Attendance: 24,507 of which around 3500 were Falkirk supporters - their first semi final in 11 years they only sold a third of the tickets they were allocated 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Rangers v Falkirk Saturday 30 May. Hampden Park, kick-off 3pm Rangers has been allocated 24,890 tickets for the Homecoming Scottish Cup Final. Season ticket holders who have signed up to the continuous credit card payment scheme for semi finals and finals will automatically receive a ticket for this match and payment will be taken from Tuesday 12 May. Season ticket holders on the scheme who selected family section will be allocated tickets in the family section. Remaining tickets will go on sale to season ticket holders only from Thursday 14 May from the sales channels listed below. Season ticket holders may purchase one ticket per season ticket up to a maximum of four season tickets per transaction, subject to availability. Please note that tickets are extremely limited and will be sold on a first come first served basis to season ticket holders only. In the event that Rangers is allocated additional tickets from the SFA, sales details for this additional allocation will be communicated via rangers.co.uk and where supplied and appropriate, by email. We would strongly recommend that season ticket holders arrange to have their tickets sent by Special Delivery or alternatively uplift their tickets from Rangers Ticket Centre. The deadline for season ticket holders who have not already arranged to receive tickets by Special Delivery but who would like to do so is Wednesday 20 May. Those season ticket holders wishing to uplift their tickets should also do so by this date. Please call 0871 702 1972 (option 4 then 9) to speak to one of our customer service advisors for further information on postal or uplift options. Tickets are priced at Ã?£28* for the West Stand and Ã?£35* for the North and South Stands. Family section tickets are priced at Ã?£24* for adults and Ã?£10* for kids (under 16’s) in the family section. SALES CHANNELS - rangers.co.uk*^ - Ticket hotline 0871 702 1972^ - Rangers Ticket Centre^ *Family section tickets cannot be purchased online and only one ticket can be purchased online per visit. Rangers number and surname required per ticket purchased.^Tickets are subject to availability and booking fees apply. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think it shows why we need a 70,000+ stadium - like Wales etc. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think it shows why we need a 70,000+ stadium - like Wales etc. How many does Murrayfield hold ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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