:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin I agree it was an absolutely horrific game and I am happy to watch this one in the warm boozer with £30 worth of food and drink vouchers. A kind of workin' mans hospitality if you like.
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Theres ways to go about things aswell though. Im not saying i 100% agree with decisions made, because i dont, but theres a way to to go about things. Also no need in publically making sarcastic comments about the singing section who do a great job in my eyes.
I'm really having a dig at those making the decisions on who get's tickets and who decides on the arrangements, suppliers and comms. The singing section are just fans to me and no more special or deserving than other fans. From my seat due to acoustics and proximity I am far more likely to hear the section 43 choir or worse still the away fans. Folk sing all over the ground, loads of fans do wonderful things for the club and many more help out at working together and other fans related activities. Some work wonders for charities and the local community. Not a single one of them is any more worthy of a ticket for Tiny than the next one or any other season ticket holder unless they have an Away Season Ticket. This is a fans forum I doubt you will have to look very far to find sarcasm or abuse for that matter. My problem is not with the singing section but with whoever continues to make these completely contradictory decisions and produce comms that are at best misleading or more likely totally incorrect.
4, 5 and 7 have worked for me every time. Never believe the official site when it says sold out and never log in when they say. The more devices, IP addresses and log ins the better as it is total luck and you want as many tickets to the lottery as you can get.
What a bunch of greeting faced c**ts we have that support us. The demand for this game massively outweighs supply, no matter how many games you’ve went to means nothing, only people with definite priority were away season ticket holders. No one has proof of the rest so stop going on about it
Give Since 1875 more than 30 tickets surely. Im a great admirer of the work they put in behind the scenes and the atmosphere they create at matches. 30 is the least they deserve.
These lads are the guys that were in Easter Road at 9am, the day after we were beat in the play offs by Falkirk, creating the Time For Hereos display, a display that the club then used to name the dvd, which must have made the club a lot of revenue.
These are the lads that created The Hibs Go Marching On display v Hearts, which the club then used in their half season ticket campaign.
Even at Tynecastle the atmosphere would be poor without them there, so I don't see the issue that they have been given less than 1% of tickets. The club and players obviously appreciate their efforts.
The Singing Section’s barry
They’ve got a drum and hats
The sang down at Dumbarton
And other holes like that
But when it came Tynie
We gave the 1 per cent
It make The Wookie roar
And off he f****** went
Just kidding pal, respect for sharing your opinion but I (as you can guess) don’t agree with what you say about the singing section.
I remember encountering their group for the first time at the Ayr away game in the cup 2012. We were in the same boozer, and one of my mates had put together the “Allez Allez” song after plagiarising it from Frankfurt’s singing section (proper, well organised Ultras group with hundreds of members). Before long, they had this song going at most away games, and I always remember at the 2013 cup final the whole Hibs end was singing it. This has continued at most of our high profile games since (Ibrox, Parkhead, Tiny Tynie, Hampden and of course ER).
Just one example of what they have done to help with the match atmosphere.
They also continued drumming up (quite literally) the Hibs support throughout our Championship seasons, bringing an atmosphere to games at Alloa, Kirkcaldy, Falkirk, Dundee, Dumfries, Greenock and lots of other wee delectable places.
Are they bigger and better fans than you and I? No, of course not.
Do they act as the catalyst for the atmosphere created by Hibs fans? Most definitely. For this reason, I have no problem whatsoever given up 0.8% of our tickets for this group, which has a negligible impact on others obtaining tickets when they go on sale via the Hibs website.
As mentioned above by others, maybe Hibs should significantly reduce the numbers they hand out to players and ex-players? This would more than free up the 0.8%, and by default negate the problems caused by allocating the 30 tickets allocated to the singing section?
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Great post and I'm honoured I'm mentioned in a song. You make some good points and I have no issue with the singing section getting some help from the club. They already have of course as long term season ticket holders were in that area previously and obviously were made to make a decision due to that section being relocated. I have been going to Easter Road for 45 years and we have had a singing section in one form or another for all that time. In days gone by it was most of the East. The atmosphere at games like AEK Athens was electric compared to the games now. That being said I will always support fans who want to generate a positive atmosphere and am partial to Allez Allez too. Nowhere near as much as the classics though.
The singing section are doing a good job and I'm happy with the club offering support. I would suggest that support comes in the form of monies for displays, help with transport to get displays to Hampden, allowing a bulk buy of tickets so they can sit together as long as there is no other preference given. Under no circumstances would I endorse them getting a chance of a ticket over an another fan in the same bracket.
The other thing is my post was really about the shambles, as I see it, that our ticketing arrangements have become. It wasn't so much a dig at the singing section but at the powers taht be that couldn't foresee this being an issue.
Allez Allez
I have highlighted a certain bit within your post. This is where I think the club can do more to support. It doesn't necessarily have to be tickets set aside (although for the sake of 30 I have no issues personally) but to work with the group to ensure they can sit together and therefore impact the atmosphere more positively. Surely some pre planning on the clubs part, an area set aside for Since1875, and tickets switched with other fans who have been successful in purchase before the club officially distribute would allow them to sit together.
It's more a list of things I have seen regarding ticketing than me having a pop. If you read some of my other posts you'll see that I find Tracey's honest attitude and willingness to communicate refreshing. I think she was naive saying she gave her kids AST to friends for the big games, given the timing, but I admire how open and honest she is. I would have a pop of it was her decision to give the singing section tickets but I imagine she is the messenger
I agree with a lot of your points I personally think that the current set up is an absolute joke and it pisses me off with the "we're not listening attitude from the club!"
I think it's unfair to make a personal reference to Tracey. She can do as she pleases with her AST. I have one ticket for the game but needed two but couldn't get them. I won't go without my son who attends all games with me. If I can't get another my ticket (for this big game) will go to one of my friends...