Old Speckled Hen, Abbot, Ruddles are all Greene King, what's wrong with them?
The link should have been http://www.gkpubs.co.uk Just signed up for my free pint!
What utter cr*p. There's a lot more than 10 people on this forum who haven't received their tickets (I'm one of them). How many hundreds will be queuing at the West ticket office waiting for it to open at 10.30 on Sunday? (That's assuming the coach carrying the ticket office staff arrives on time/at all)
Perhaps someone could start a poll - "have you received your tickets" Yes/No to guage the extent of the problem and likely queue length.
My biggest gripe about this whole saga is the lack of information from the ticket office. I was told today that tickets were still being sent out "over the weekend" (ie not all sent out by Friday, as stated) and orders placed on the first day were the last to be sent out.
Does anyone know about the parking situation at or near SMS if you're going by coach from there? Normally you can park at SMS but 75+ coach loads means an awful lot of people will want to park a car and I can't see the SMS car park being big enough. Will the usual official car parks be available? I don't understand why some coaches aren't starting from the usual pick up points in Eastleigh & Winchester. Almost everyone having to travel to SMS has made the situation worse.
Do the maths:
12500 season ticket holders ALL buy two tickets each = 25000 sold
29000 Saints fans at MK Dons, minus 12500 STH = 16500 guaranteed Wembley tickets
Total sold = 41500
Still left for general sale = 2500
BUT as a lot of the MK Dons ticket holders will probably have paired up with an STH (I have, for example), there will be even more available on general sale.
So, my advice is don't worry!
If ST's are GUARANTEED 2 tickets AND MKD ticket purchasers are GUARANTEED a ticket, surely there's no need to sell them at separate times. Sell them at the same time and people like me, who have STH relatives, can get seats together. Any left can then go on general sale.
You can still book on line (and hence save the £2.00) if you decide to go at the "last minute". I only decided last Saturday morning to go to Tranmere and bought my ticket on line at about 10.00am, just before I left. I'm glad I did, judging by the queue for buying tickets at the ground.