Ticket allocation (Rangers) at ER

To help out ItsNotEasy, who is doing a wonderful job of talking down the Hibs support here, and just off the top of my head, the last 5 away games I've been to were all sold out away ends & none of those were Ibrox or Tynecastle:
Ayr United Away = 3000 sold out
Celtic Away = 7000 sold out
Tannadice Away (first game) sold out behind the goal, new stand opened up for Hibs support (also sold out)
St Mirren away (sold out)
St Johnstone away (sold out - full stand behind the goal and half of touchline stand - all sold out)

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Originally Posted by DH1875

There's been games at Ibrox in the past when we've only sold half that.
Always been easy to get tickets for Ibrox up until the championship years than it was impossible. Back to going to general sale now and no problem getting a ticket. The demand for 1500 tickets on Saturday simply wasn't there.

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We've went to general sale for Celtic park on countless occasions, we recently sold 8000 at said stadium so not sure the argument stacks up. If we got 1500 for Ibrox each time we went, we'd sell them with no issues imo.

If we're playing well and can shift the tickets give them the minimum, if we can't open it up on a block basis for them, it's our stadium our rules if it winds them up even better

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Originally Posted by percy veer

If we're playing well and can shift the tickets give them the minimum, if we can't open it up on a block basis for them, it's our stadium our rules if it winds them up even better

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Need to let the away club know their allocation with 2 weeks notice of the game (according to the SPFL's rules). You'd presume clubs will know how many they'll give each club so probably won't be a problem for the first round of post split fixtures.

Might go against the grain here but I actually like big away supports whether it be at ER or us taking one elsewhere.

Adds to the occasion.

In any case the Hibs support is far too fickle to halve supports when we feel like it. I don’t think we’d maintain a 50/50 split in the South thus making us look silly going forward.

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Originally Posted by DH1875

There's been games at Ibrox in the past when we've only sold half that.
Always been easy to get tickets for Ibrox up until the championship years than it was impossible. Back to going to general sale now and no problem getting a ticket. The demand for 1500 tickets on Saturday simply wasn't there.

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It still sold out within hours of going to general sale on a day that we were playing a game. (3 weeks before the game as well)

I know of people who didn’t think they were able to go at that point who were then looking for tickets later on - we’d pretty comfortably have sold an extra 6/700 tickets in 3 weeks.

If we’d only sold it out days before the game last week you’d maybe have a point but these were all gone a week before sales usually start for away games

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Originally Posted by evy

Need to let the away club know their allocation with 2 weeks notice of the game (according to the SPFL's rules). You'd presume clubs will know how many they'll give each club so probably won't be a problem for the first round of post split fixtures.

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Just like that time (this season) Rangers couldn't inform us of where the game was even being played, or the amount of tickets we would receive, until the week of the game.

Get slashing the allocation, Hibs.

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Originally Posted by andrew70

In any case the Hibs support is far too fickle to halve supports when we feel like it. I don’t think we’d maintain a 50/50 split in the South thus making us look silly going forward.

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Not sure the Hibs support is any more or less fickle than other clubs to be honest? Argument could be made the support is magnificent, and in large number has stood with the club through many low points.

Of course we can halve away supports when we feel like it, it’s our stadium - and surely if Hibs fans want tickets we facilitate the demand where possible?!

And as for looking silly… it’s no primary school mate. When the demand is no longer there for home fans in the south, sell more to the OF, simple as that.

I’d be giving the huns 50% of the south (at the very most) for the post split game this season.

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Originally Posted by Chorley Hibee

Just like that time (this season) Rangers couldn't inform us of where the game was even being played, or the amount of tickets we would receive, until the week of the game.

Get slashing the allocation, Hibs.

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Oh I'm totally all for slashing their allocation, and we all know the SPFL's rules and what they actually enforce are quite often very different things.

Based on the block closest to hibs fans we've given Dundee and tracing that into the upper tier, I'd guess we'd lose around 400 seats for sale (roughly £15,00 income?), please the increased cost of security and policing. Obviously I don't know those figures and let's say £10k increase for the afternoon? £25k to bring in an extra 1,000-1,500 Hibs fans to the game is well worth it imo.

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Originally Posted by Chorley Hibee

Just like that time (this season) Rangers couldn't inform us of where the game was even being played, or the amount of tickets we would receive, until the week of the game.

Get slashing the allocation, Hibs.

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Spot on 👍

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Originally Posted by SickBoy32

Not sure the Hibs support is any more or less fickle than other clubs to be honest? Argument could be made the support is magnificent, and in large number has stood with the club through many low points.

Of course we can halve away supports when we feel like it, it’s our stadium - and surely if Hibs fans want tickets we facilitate the demand where possible?!

And as for looking silly… it’s no primary school mate. When the demand is no longer there for home fans in the south, sell more to the OF, simple as that.

I’d be giving the huns 50% of the south (at the very most) for the post split game this season.

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The core support certainly has.

It’s “primary school” pettiness to do as you say.

The demand should be stable enough to do so for a long period otherwise happy to keep it as it is.

Let’s sell out every other stand regularly first.

Anyway, just the way I see it.

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Originally Posted by evy

Pretty sure we've taken more than 900 to Hampden on every occasion so that's bat**** argument to make.

When did we last take less than 900 to any away game? We have a pretty hardcore away support who will travel no matter how the team are playing.

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The point I was making there is we couldn't sell our allocation for Hampden either

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Originally Posted by Thatdayinmay16

Are you seriously suggesting Hibs couldn't sell more than 800 tickets to Ibrox?

Strange.

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You've obviously either not been supporting Hibs long or you've never had an appetite for the away days.

Many of the hard core away fans will confirm this. Been to many away games years ago and 500 was a good away support.

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Originally Posted by Itsnoteasy

The point I was making there is we couldn't sell our allocation for Hampden either

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'either'? We DID sell out our allocation for Ibrox.

You can talk about away support from years ago all you like. We're in there here and now, I can confidently say that if the Ibrox allocation was doubled, we'd have sold it out.

Half stand for the currants confirmed.

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2...plit-fixtures/

Tickets are on sale now - https://www.eticketing.co.uk/hiberni...ent/Index/4073

Buy, buy, buy! :greengrin

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Originally Posted by evy

Half stand for the currants confirmed.

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2...plit-fixtures/

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Clucking yassssssssss

Huns down to four blocks, absolutely beautiful. Well done Hibs

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Originally Posted by evy

Half stand for the currants confirmed.

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2...plit-fixtures/

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Its less than than that, they and Utd both just getting 4 of the 11 blocks

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Originally Posted by .Sean.

Huns down to four blocks, absolutely beautiful. Well done Hibs

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Keep winning and we can start doing this to every other side next season
Maybe keep two blocks for Hibs fans for the derby as you are lucky if they give us 2500 tickets and receive 3800.

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Originally Posted by erin go bragh

Keep winning and we can start doing this to every other side next season
Maybe keep two blocks for Hibs fans for the derby as you are lucky if they give us 2500 tickets and receive 3800.

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I really don’t wanna start getting in that argument with hearts. Otherwise they’ll reduce us too. While we might get less, it’s still basically the full stand barring some of the bottom corners so let’s just not cause an unnecessary war. Cos then you need to start with different segregatation outside the ground too


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Well done Hibs, and well done us for growing our crowds enough for this to happen.:top marks

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Originally Posted by blackpoolhibs

Well done Hibs, and well done us for growing our crowds enough for this to happen.:top marks

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Amen to that gasman 💚👍

Brilliant news now we as supporters must play our part and sell all of the seats available to us ,and then for next (hearts apart)season carry this on

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Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw

I really don’t wanna start getting in that argument with hearts. Otherwise they’ll reduce us too. While we might get less, it’s still basically the full stand barring some of the bottom corners so let’s just not cause an unnecessary war. Cos then you need to start with different segregatation outside the ground too


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Agreed. Don’t **** with the derby tickets.

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Originally Posted by erin go bragh

Keep winning and we can start doing this to every other side next season
Maybe keep two blocks for Hibs fans for the derby as you are lucky if they give us 2500 tickets and receive 3800.

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The segregation issue with tiny just highlights the problems with their stadium. Until we fill in the South-East corner and can segregate the stand more just keep it at the full stand for them at ER.

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Originally Posted by CallumLaidlaw

I really don’t wanna start getting in that argument with hearts. Otherwise they’ll reduce us too. While we might get less, it’s still basically the full stand barring some of the bottom corners so let’s just not cause an unnecessary war. Cos then you need to start with different segregatation outside the ground too


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The poppy thieves are already ****ing about with the allocation. It's basically the full stand (already significantly smaller than our South) less 10% they give us. Meanwhile, at ER, they get the full South and it's *our* seat numbers that are reduced.

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Originally Posted by Se7enUp

The poppy thieves are already ****ing about with the allocation. It's basically the full stand (already significantly smaller than our South) less 10% they give us. Meanwhile, at ER, they get the full South and it's *our* seat numbers that are reduced.

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Well then we should keep the corners for ourselves and block off the corners in the south.


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Now all we need is for Polis Scotland to keep the huns back after the game till we are clear and march them up to their busses/Waverley Station.
30 minutes should be enough, and not to forget, we don't let them use the toilets whilst waiting, just like us at Ibrox!

Good. More Hibs fans in the ground when we pip them to 2nd place.