Is there a way, for example, that OUFC can agree to hand back the 600 in return for a share of the sales? For example, can they say to Portsmouth, “Well we can just take them as is our right, or we can hand them back for you to sell in return for 50% of whatever your fans pay for them”?
I stand corrected and not for the first time and I’m sure not for the last.
Unless Pompey have said here's your extra 600, buy them up front, it'll cost you £x. If you can't sell them then you take the hit not us. I believe a few clubs have used that tactic on us in the past, albeit in cup games?
Can you say that when it’s a league rule you get ten percent? What’s to stop clubs saying that about any unsold away tickets?
Don't know, but there is a percentage rule in the FA Cup as well and it happened. This is going back a bit now though, can't remember who it was against.
It was against Arsenal at Highbury.
Chelsea at Stamford Bridge FA Cup 4th Round replay in 1998/99 did the same. Don't remember the number of tickets or values, but it was we either took the bottom tier of main stand to left of the dugout as you look from the stand, or we could have the tickets for the whole bottom tier, but those to the right of the dugout would not be sale or return (e.g., we'd be paying for them regardless). At that time we didn't take them as we were very risk adverse having not been able to pay staff for 2 1/2 months earlier that season. One would think it would be a bit different now and we could be a bit bolder!!
Chelsea was the game I was half remembering I think.
They may fund the club, but they hire others to organise the day to day and make those decisions .
Why would Pompey delay? They've given all clubs the same initial number this season. I'm guessing here, but I think it was because we were updating our CRM system/ticket website. I think the club thought that would be sorted long before it was, and when it dragged on they got to a position where they just had to get them on sale, and so used the phone or in-person method.
Agree - certainly a question for the forum. What experience does he have to hold the role he currently does.
I did ring the ticket office a few times to find out when they were going on-sale, and each time I spoke to various people they said that they hadn’t received the tickets, but was hoping to get them imminently. Why there was a delay, I’m not sure. May be find out more from Portsmouth’s end e.g. was it them or us?
