Dartford (a) Semi-Final Tickets

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THE FA Carlsberg Trophy semi final second leg at Dartford will be all ticket.

The Mariners will be allocated 750 tickets in the Car Park End stand and they will be sold to Season Ticket holders on a first come basis.

Please check back on http://www.gtfc.co.uk for news of when they will go on sale. You can also get all the news from Blundell Park on our mobile website at http://mobile.grimsby-townfc.co.uk

Prices are:

Adults £15 (18-64)
Concessions £8 (over 65, 12-17)
Child/ Juniors £3

http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/dartford-away-ticket-news-649934.aspx

Very disappointing that we've only been allocated 750 tickets. I really hope they make it to General Sale! (or the Trust member pre-sale) I reckon there will be a lot of frustrated ticketless Town fans for this game

This is going to cause uproar  
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Perks of a shitty league hey!

Home end again for some then

Does anybody seriously think we'd take much more than that?

Unfortunate but not the end of the world, i just feel sorry for the folk that go to near on every away game there the one who may miss out !!! not those jumping on the wagon........

think the club should restructure their ticket policy for away games as it harsh on supporters who go to mainly away games that they may miss out.

Yes ST holders should have a chance to get tickets but should that not be for Home games only after all they paid to watch us at BP not at the away games ??

Quoted from 891

Unfortunate but not the end of the world, i just feel sorry for the folk that go to near on every away game there the one who may miss out !!! not those jumping on the wagon........

think the club should restructure their ticket policy for away games as it harsh on supporters who go to mainly away games that they may miss out.

Yes ST holders should have a chance to get tickets but should that not be for Home games only after all they paid to watch us at BP not at the away games ??

Club makes money from st sales, not away tickets, money talks I'm afraid.

Quoted from mariner91

Does anybody seriously think we'd take much more than that?

Yes. We have a lot of London based supporters and our attendances for games near there are usually pretty decent. That, combined with our strong general away support, and the fact the result of the match decides who will be playing at Wembley, suggests that there will be a high demand for tickets.

Will be interesting to see the attendance on Saturday for the 1st leg. I may make the trip back for my first ever taste of the FA Trophy.

Hopefully they will bring more than they did for the league game. Great, vocal set of fans so if there is a few hundred of them it could be a decent atmosphere.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Yes. We have a lot of London based supporters and our attendances for games near there are usually pretty decent. That, combined with our strong general away support, and the fact the result of the match decides who will be playing at Wembley, suggests that there will be a high demand for tickets.

Forgot Dartford is London area  .

Well I can't go due to having to do a stupid CPC course....thanks a flipping bunch whoever dreamt up that balderdash :@

It is also one ticket per season ticket holder, so no one will be buying loads of tickets for mates.

Ground holds 4100, so even if they muster 2000 (Which they will not) there will still be plenty of room for Town fans without a ticket. Dartford are not going to turn your £14 away, they will make provision to accommodate as many fans who turn up. The 750 is probably advisory by police/council. They will let you transfer to seating apparently if you are old/disabled/family for normal games. So I don't see there will be a problem getting to see the match.

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Ground holds 4100, so even if they muster 2000 (Which they will not) there will still be plenty of room for Town fans without a ticket. Dartford are not going to turn your £14 away, they will make provision to accommodate as many fans who turn up. The 750 is probably advisory by police/council. They will let you transfer to seating apparently if you are old/disabled/family for normal games. So I don't see there will be a problem getting to see the match.

There's usually no segregation at Dartford and I would expect that to be the case the following Tuesday when we play them in the league.

I'm not sure how strict Dartford will be selling tickets in the "home" areas of the ground but if the worst comes to the worst by brother works within a few miles of Dartford so he could always get tickets.

Travel down Saturday for Trophy game, three nights in Travel Lodge/Premier inn, watch Tuesday's league game, with plenty of eating and drinking in-between, sounds good to me. Don't think Mrs Grantham Mariner would like it though!

Quoted from 891

Unfortunate but not the end of the world, i just feel sorry for the folk that go to near on every away game there the one who may miss out !!! not those jumping on the wagon........

think the club should restructure their ticket policy for away games as it harsh on supporters who go to mainly away games that they may miss out.

Yes ST holders should have a chance to get tickets but should that not be for Home games only after all they paid to watch us at BP not at the away games ??

ive got 2 season tickets in the pontoon for me and my lad, and i totally agree with this post. ive not been to any away game this season due to overtime at work every sat from 5am till 11 am, so got no chance of making the away matches. But i will try and get 2 tickets for the away leg and will put them on here for what i pay for them, at least it gives someone the chance to go who hasnt got a season ticket

Quoted from ackomariner

ive got 2 season tickets in the pontoon for me and my lad, and i totally agree with this post. ive not been to any away game this season due to overtime at work every sat from 5am till 11 am, so got no chance of making the away matches. But i will try and get 2 tickets for the away leg and will put them on here for what i pay for them, at least it gives someone the chance to go who hasnt got a season ticket

You will be inundated with requests for those tickets, I for one will be up for them.

Quoted from ackomariner

ive got 2 season tickets in the pontoon for me and my lad, and i totally agree with this post. ive not been to any away game this season due to overtime at work every sat from 5am till 11 am, so got no chance of making the away matches. But i will try and get 2 tickets for the away leg and will put them on here for what i pay for them, at least it gives someone the chance to go who hasnt got a season ticket

It's gonna be Boxing day tickets round two me thinks!

on the ground guide website it says IF segregation is used then away fans are given 724 (i think it said) tickets.. Surely if home tickets aren't selling great then they'd give us more?

Gutted about this as I'm dieing to go big time! I've spoken to my uncle and if I can't get a ticket for the away end we're going to have to buy tickets for the home end

Have got friends tat live in whitstable so will try and have a word if anyone is having no luck

I'm exchanging emails with Dartford to see what the situation is .. From being a season ticket holder for 10 years to not being able to get to a game so far for 6 months Dartford away is the ONLY opportunity i have this season

I wont be going as im at work, but honestly I wouldn't worry about it. I'd just turn up on the day go in the home end, you wont be the only one I shouldn't think.

see my new thread ... They're expecting a very good turn out. booking on the phone Monday i reckon would be the best option.

Hope everyone hurries up and gets their tickets, then maybe I can sort out the transport. 70 potential bookings.
It will be pay by Thursday 21st for the coach. Fare £23

I know members of our travel club that went to Buxton and Welling and would even have gone to a midweek replay at Havant & Waterlooville that will struggle to get a ticket. They are not season ticket holders as they have to work the occasional Saturday

FFS! As an exiled Mariner that gets to a good chunk of away fixtures and a fair few at home, this scrambling for tickets for "big games" does irk me a bit. I usually get my hands on tickets as I have a few friends and family that help me out but it's a pain in the bottom not only for me but for them. Fair enough, season ticket holders should get first dibs but it's simply not feasible for me to buy a season ticket as I can't get to every home game. I renewed my trust membership recently, hopefully that will come into play. If not if anybody on here can help with getting me a ticket, please drop me a PM. I'm not sure how many more favours I can reel in from those that have helped me get tickets in the past.

Only see 750 being a problem if Saturdays 1st leg is tight, a big margin for either side and demand will drop i would say.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday right!?!

Another thing while I'm on. Why should season ticket holders get priority on extra tickets? As I've said, yes, season ticket holders should be entitled to first refusal on one ticket per season ticket but why should they be entitled to get another ticket(s) to pass on to whoever they choose? The person that gets that extra ticket may have not seen Town for God knows how long. That's the thing that annoys me.

They ought to hold the semis at Wembley as well like the FA Cup.  

If we win the first leg by 4+ goals hopefully demand for tickets will drop.

Quoted from bradzmilne

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday right!?!

My question too, it doesn't say it on the OS :S

They go on sale wednesday arfternoon, according to Lisa in the club ticket office.

Quoted from Tinymariner

They go on sale wednesday arfternoon, according to Lisa in the club ticket office.

Namedropper.

Dartford's ground holds just over 4,000. Their average gate this season is just over 1,300 and their highest is 3,116. Taking those figures into account, I don't see any logical reason why we could not be given more tickets if the demand is there, while still meeting the Dartford fans' needs.

urine flaps. thats my birthday ruined

More information about the on-sale dates for tickets is now available - http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/second-leg-ticket-news-653028.aspx

I am very disappointed that the club have stated that the tickets will go on-sale to stub holders from the Dartford home game ahead of to trust members. I would have thought that the sale priority order would have gone:

1) Season Ticket Holders
2) Trust Members
3) Stub Holders
4) General Sale

Priority ticket sales was one of the main reasons I joined the trust, but as I go to most home matches I usually have the required stub for ticket sales so really it's pretty much lip-service saying that Trust members will get to buy tickets before they go on general sale (since general sale basically is to those with ticket stubs!). Also the club says that for the Trust Member sale a Trust Membership card will be required - I don't have one?! Does anyone have one?! I was told that this wasn't how it would work, and that the ticket office would presumably have a list of trust member names which they could tick off?

I'm also very disappointed that the club are putting tickets on sale to stub holders at 9am on Monday morning and not directly after the game on Saturday. I can attend the game on Saturday and will have the required stub however I will not be able to visit the ticket office at 9am on Monday morning as I live and work in Sheffield. I can't even send my dad who lives in Cleethorpes since he also has a job and wouldn't be able to get there until lunch-time on Monday with the Dartford home game stubs when presumably they'll all have been sold to people who don't have to work on Monday mornings. Basically I have no chance of getting the two tickets I want for the Dartford away game which is total bottom. Bite me Grimsby Town ticket office.

I think they will all be sold by Saturday.

Quoted from Chrisblor

More information about the on-sale dates for tickets is now available - http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/second-leg-ticket-news-653028.aspx

I am very disappointed that the club have stated that the tickets will go on-sale to stub holders from the Dartford home game ahead of to trust members. I would have thought that the sale priority order would have gone:

1) Season Ticket Holders
2) Trust Members
3) Stub Holders
4) General Sale

Priority ticket sales was one of the main reasons I joined the trust, but as I go to most home matches I usually have the required stub for ticket sales so really it's pretty much lip-service saying that Trust members will get to buy tickets before they go on general sale (since general sale basically is to those with ticket stubs!). Also the club says that for the Trust Member sale a Trust Membership card will be required - I don't have one?! Does anyone have one?! I was told that this wasn't how it would work, and that the ticket office would presumably have a list of trust member names which they could tick off?

I'm also very disappointed that the club are putting tickets on sale to stub holders at 9am on Monday morning and not directly after the game on Saturday. I can attend the game on Saturday and will have the required stub however I will not be able to visit the ticket office at 9am on Monday morning as I live and work in Sheffield. I can't even send my dad who lives in Cleethorpes since he also has a job and wouldn't be able to get there until lunch-time on Monday with the Dartford home game stubs when presumably they'll all have been sold to people who don't have to work on Monday mornings. Basically I have no chance of getting the two tickets I want for the Dartford away game which is total bottom. Bite me Grimsby Town ticket office.

Everyone has a case to plead, someone has to be disappointed. . . That's life!

Quoted from 1739

I think they will all be sold by Saturday.

Quite possibly.

Quoted from Chrisblor

More information about the on-sale dates for tickets is now available - http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/second-leg-ticket-news-653028.aspx

I am very disappointed that the club have stated that the tickets will go on-sale to stub holders from the Dartford home game ahead of to trust members. I would have thought that the sale priority order would have gone:

1) Season Ticket Holders
2) Trust Members
3) Stub Holders
4) General Sale

Priority ticket sales was one of the main reasons I joined the trust, but as I go to most home matches I usually have the required stub for ticket sales so really it's pretty much lip-service saying that Trust members will get to buy tickets before they go on general sale (since general sale basically is to those with ticket stubs!). Also the club says that for the Trust Member sale a Trust Membership card will be required - I don't have one?! Does anyone have one?! I was told that this wasn't how it would work, and that the ticket office would presumably have a list of trust member names which they could tick off?

I'm also very disappointed that the club are putting tickets on sale to stub holders at 9am on Monday morning and not directly after the game on Saturday. I can attend the game on Saturday and will have the required stub however I will not be able to visit the ticket office at 9am on Monday morning as I live and work in Sheffield. I can't even send my dad who lives in Cleethorpes since he also has a job and wouldn't be able to get there until lunch-time on Monday with the Dartford home game stubs when presumably they'll all have been sold to people who don't have to work on Monday mornings. Basically I have no chance of getting the two tickets I want for the Dartford away game which is total bottom. Bite me Grimsby Town ticket office.

Shouldn't regular away travellers be considered high on the list ?

Quoted from pseudonym

Shouldn't regular away travellers be considered high on the list ?

Well of course, except it's very difficult to identify who qualifies as a regular away traveller due to most away tickets being issued by the host club on the gate. It's not really something that our ticket office would be able determine.

Town fans get in such a tiz over tickets to what is a shitarse cup competition. . . I know (plastic) Liverpool fans who travelled to Istanbul without tickets and still got into the Champs league final. . .

Come on Mariners. . . Scally-up a bit!

Quoted from Chrisblor

Well of course, except it's very difficult to identify who qualifies as a regular away traveller due to most away tickets being issued by the host club on the gate. It's not really something that our ticket office would be able determine.

Most of our away travellers are season ticket holders but I could advise the ticket office staff as it is only a minimal amount. I know certain trust members who have criticised the so-called tinpot trophy but are now panicking that they won't get a ticket for Dartford.

Just go if you wanna go ,they wont sell out and im sure you'll be able to pay in to the home end.
Some right nobs on here would rather sit complaining on here about a match they probably wouldnt have gone to anyway.
Im not a season ticket holder or a Trust member but I have no complaints how the tickets are being issued.
If I really wanted to go then I would ,ticket or no ticket

Fact is, this problem happens all the time the higher up the leagues you go.

However the club sets out how to sell the tickets someone will moan. If people are desperate to be at a game they'll go and they'll almost always get in.

Anyone got theirs yet?

My dad went this lunchtime to get tickets for the home game. They wouldn't sell him tickets for the away fixture since he's not a season ticket holder but said they've got about 500 left.

Quoted from Mariner16

Anyone got theirs yet?

Yes indeed, Got 3 this morning.
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I have got mine and my brother has got one and as far as i know my some of my mates has got theirs aswell and my ticket was 281st they said