Does anyone have any idea how many we've sold?

It's just I don't think we'll get any more than the initial 1,700 as Leeds have been selling tickets for the South Stand (behind the goal) so if we ask for more there isn't anywhere for us to go.

I've got mine but I few of my mates haven't and I can see the remaining tickets going fairly sharpish.

Have just been reading on the official site that tickets tomorrow will be sold on a 'one-per-person' basis.

One of my lads is back at college tomorrow and the other (a season ticket holder) is at school. Am I supposed to take them out of school/college down to Victoria Park to purchase their tickets !!

here we go again with the tickets.
I'll be at orient,forest,swansea,huddersfield,gillingham,yeovil and swindon before the end of the year but will likely only get to 3 home games in that time bristol rovers,brighton and Leeds. I don't suppose the season ticket holders will be busting a gut to go to yeovil in december .
it's looking like another match I won't get to cos of tickets,difficult to take when the capacity is so big and Leeds haven't got a pot to pish in.

rant over

I don't think that it's all ticket in the home stands.

If we sell out there is nothing stopping anybody just going in there.

I've sat with the home fans at leeds before mr Ripper,and that was as a neutral.hostile is not a description that gets near what it's like.I won't be able to sit on my hands when we score.

As far as I know it isn't all ticket in any part of the ground. I can't believe that Leeds are so flush for cash that they would turn away anyone who turns up on the day.

The official site seems to indicate there are additional tickets available after the 1,700 have gone. It doesn't say how many though, oh and they have a restrictive view.

I have been booked on the train for over a month. Problem is, not sure i'll be able to nip to the Vic to get my ticket tomorrow being that it's a 600 mile round trip.............

Will try to order by email and will keep my fingers crossed

It looks like the Leeds end for me and my mates. With restricted views it probably means that people will have to sit in their seats allocated rather than where they like, like at Darlo. I really expected Pools to get an allocation of around 4000 for Leeds but nevermind.....

Gents you will only get the s/e corner now..if there are any "extra " tickets they will be restricted view in there. South Stand has sold out to Leeds in both games so far this season and I am sure will again on Saturday, feel sorry for you and all that but it is a much more intimidating place when it is Leeds at both ends, so I can see why Leeds would rather sell the south to Leeds fans, and there is nowhere else sensibly to put away fans.
Most of you on here seem sensible folk, if you are going to behave sensibly then I would suggest you could sit in west upper and shouldn't have any problems...those of you with kids could buy in the family stand and again would I am sure be fine if you use your noddle.
If you are thinking of doing this though I would book the tickets either online or over the phone, you can't pay on the gate, so will have to queue for a ticket on matchday, which has been a big problem so far this year, people have spent a long time queuing and often got in late.
Congratulations on your good start..and just in case you are feeling a bit put upon over this reflect on this fact..you are our first category A game of the season (ie higher prices), when Southend and Luton were cat B..let it not be said we aren't affording you the respect you deserve
Wherever you are going to sit, enjoy you day out next saturday...but not too much

If you try the West Stand upper remember to say hello to Mr Bates for me, he seems to be getting things right just now.

hiya whalley..what happened to you yesterday, thought you might make a Peacock appearance ?

So what do you want the club to do, give you priority over someone who goes to 23 home games because you're promising to go to Yeovil in a few months time. Don't talk daft.

I know for a fact that I'll not be going to Yeovil in December.

But I also know for a fact that I'm off to Leeds next week.

And I'll be going to Forest too.

Hello hooter - I did make an appearance unfortunately due to feminine delay at the home end and traffic delays at Hudds/Bradford junctions on the 62 I arrived after 2:00pm - I drank alone for a while. Sad old git that I am. Still, the result as they say, was everything. May let the train take the strain next week given the Category A status of our visitors - taps?

no.what I want is a ticket.and the right to whinge and spit me dummy out if I don't get one.

Dawlish, ask TPP if he can get you a ticket. He's not going next week, the part-timer

I am sure they would if it was only 60 miles away. I do a longer trip than that for each home game. I live in Leeds and might end up in the home end. That's life.

Pools have quite a lot of supporters these days, compared to the mid 90's anyway. There are always going to be disappointed people, there is nothing worse than people trying to justify why they deserve a ticket more than other people though. People who are really bothered about going should just go in the Leeds end if more tickets aren't made available......

So, what're the chances of me getting a ticket in the home end? Doubt I'll be able to get it sorted for the away end given all circumstances

You'll easily get one TGP. Elland Road holds 40,000 at most the crowd will be 30,000 next week (seen as they got 27,000 yesterday). I cannot understand why we have have a restricted number of tickets. Don't they want our money? IMO we could easily have taken 4,000+ next week without restrictions.

you got an oxygen mask with you mate. heard the airs a bit thin up on the moral high ground.

I ain't saying I deserve a ticket more than anyone else.I'm just pissed off cause In all likelihood I won't be able to get one. now leave me alone to grieve in private.

And the ground only holds a thousand or two more than 30K just now as the upper tier of the East Stand has been closed for just over a season to save brass. When the upper tier opens and we are back to 40K we will know we are back in business. And really - avoid the home end(s). Go east or west stands but never north or south.

ps read the earlier posts chip - we can handle many more than 1700, we choose not to. Given that you are to offer up 900+ tickets when we visit I find it difficult to understand your line. Proportionately you are doing much better in terms of tickets per regular fan than we will at your place, And remember it seems like only hours ago that many on here were moaning about the price and boycotting the fixture as a result. Fickle?

And you will be getting a much higher percentage of our capacity than we will get at Elland Road.

I wasn't having a go at you in particular although you have had a twist big style on this thread. I've just had to put up with the same craic for most of last week from my mates and people were tisting at the match with silly illogical arguments as to how the tickets should be distibuted.

now that I have learned that the capacity at elland road is restricted to 30,000 i probably won't get there myself but fuck em...

It seems really silly that a 8,000 tier seating area is going to remain unused giving the plight of Leeds recently. They could surely of opened half that area up to Pools fans....?

They closed that area due to some licencing thing I believe, if they hold the attendance down they save a heap of cash. Maybe one of the Leeds gadgies can explain better than me, but as far as I'm aware it's an agreement with the council or somesuch.

Maybe better to wait and see what happens this week as usually when there's difficulty with tickets, the club comes good in one way or another. Obviously exiles will always have more trouble than people who can just nip down to the ground. You should have heard the problems I had when we were at Cardiff and I had a Sheffield postcode...........

codding or what?

No, it's just that things have been held up by the non-appearance of the invisible Mr Chin. Stop trying to make me feel guilty. I've said sorry. Sorry sorry sorry

try ringing dibble could be an alias

" Proportionately you are doing much better in terms of tickets per regular fan than we will at your place "

Less than 5% of (current) regular Leeds fans will get a ticket at Pool - over 20% of regular Pool fans will get a ticket at ER. What a great deal for Poolies - once again LUFC delivers!

And of course you''re forgiven - your ground capacity is not the issue. The issue is the number of disappointed fans. Always on the high moral ground at Leeds

Quoting Football League rules guaranteed to win hearts and minds at ER though madjohn

If you have any evidence of this, please pop round and give him a fat eye or two

Yep and Leeds are no doubt looking forward to their first real test to see if their dream start is a Darlo style flash in the pan.

Do you want the good news or the bad?

We've got 800 more tickets from Leeds

The telephone system is down so no-one outside the town can get tickets (or even those in the town in employment)

Good afternoon & thank you to admin for authorising my account so quickly .

This whole ticket lark has to be put in perspective. There's an announcement on our site this morning that there are very few South Stand tickets available for Leeds fans. That's because, as it turns out, they've given 800 more seats to you. Add a buffer zone in between the fans and that's about 1,000 Leeds fans who were there on Saturday who won't be able to get in there for the Hartlepool game.

That wouldn't matter so much if it weren't for the fact that while tickets in there are £25 (expensive enough) the displaced fans will have to pay £30 in the East or West sides to accommodate you. Additionally we don't offer concessions in those stands, so a kid will have to pay £30 as well (compared to £12 in the South Stand). Stupid from the club's perspective but there's not a lot we can do about it, so naturally we moan about it on message boards .

I'm not being big headed here when i say that we're used to 'away fan tourism'. When we were relegated the first time round clubs that couldn't put on a coach to an away game normally sold 3 or 4 thousand tickets for the fixture (Wigan even filled the South Stand, so you get the idea). Last season the novelty had worn off and it was business as usual.

You average around 5,000 home fans in the league and have 2,500 seats for Saturday of which you've sold 1,000 so far. Is it unreasonable of us to complain of away fans getting the cheaper seats by being allocated half their average attendance?

Someone mentioned Huddersfield giving a decent allocation. That's because their away end is self contained and they never remotely get close to selling their home seats, so why not? Things might change if they get on a roll. On Saturday the only empty seats will be in the East and West sides.

As for the East Stand Upper, which holds 7,000, it's been closed for a while now. It's mothballed essentially, saving on council tax, rates, stewarding etc. Can't blame Bates for that. In our wildest dreams we couldn't have dreamt of the crowds we've started off with this year.

If you sell your allocation, all well and good I suppose. If not then it will have cost us double - because there are Leeds fans who would take those seats today, let alone on Saturday.

Good Afternoon Mr Bates, while you're on here spill the beans about the offshore companies, your secret will be safe with us!!

Just to enlighten, they only went on general sale today, up until today it was season ticket holders.

In fairness, we don't get to go to the Elland Roads of this world very often so forgive our enthusiasm, and the reason for that is that we don't operate on the same scale as you do consequently we've got a small ground and can't make the same offer for the reverse fixture. Can't do much about your pricing policy in the other stands either although I can understand that your fans will be finding this fixture the highlight of the season as well.

The upshot is that if we're offered 'em we'll buy them. I gather that our club have to underwrite the cost whether we sell them or not so it's going to be a tense week for our Chairman hoping they'll sell the lot.

Will there really be a 1000 seat buffer zone though?? Seems huge. Sunderlands was about 400 seats I think, when we went up there and even then, when they eventually let the coaches through, the Pink Domino lot ended up in there, having done a striking Madness dance all the way along the walkways.

Welcome to the site mate.

To be fair our away support as a proportion of our home attendance is phenomenal. 2000+ is not unusual for us even at places like Exeter and Bournemouth. At Cardiff a couple of years ago our numbers exceeded our highest ever gate at home.

Probably didn't explain myself well. Your 800 seats PLUS a buffer zome of around 200 seats = 1000 spaces that Leeds fans sat in on Saturday that won't be available to them this week.

Ah right, ta for that. I was wondering if your point was that there'd be 1000 empty and therefore unpaid for seats because we took the extra allocation.

Well as you say, if your home crowds had stayed at the level as before, there'd be loads of space anyway. I feel for anyone who can't go and see their team because they can't get in but quite a lot were previously choosing not to anyway right?? I hope all the 'bad times and good times' fans get in OK but I'd find it hard to be sympathetic to the ones who've just come back 'cos it's good.

Hee hee!

That's another story entirely...

Mr Bates

When you come to the Vic we'll let you have the whole of the north end (aka the Rink End) behind the goal - so its only fair we get some seats behind the goal in your South Stand.

You should be aware that the traditional welcome on this board is to be told to go forth and multiply - but others do it so much better than I can.

That would hurt lots and lots

When did the tickets go on sale for season ticket holders ?????? Now i have to lower my self and stand with non season ticket holders. The club should be ashamed of themselves.

you wont have to stand long they all beat you to it today in the free for all this morning

Its the same every year when we get a ticket game panic sets in people believe they wont get a ticket, bit like when the petrol depo blew up and everybody panic buyed. If you want one you'll get one.