How hard can it be????
How Hard is it to Organise Match Tickets??
In stark contrast that was Dubai last month, the upcoming friendlies against South Africa and the Netherlands, there is Ticket Information available on the FFA website.
FIFA have rules and regs regarding ticketing, of which you have to delve deep within their regulations to find out what they actually are. They have them for individual tournaments from what I can see. In this case the matches are friendlies orgainised by the 2 nations. I assume the host nation would provide the ticketing.
Here is the regulation for ticketing for the 2010 World Cup Preliminary Matches. I would assume that friendlies would follow this fairly closely, with the exception of the free VIP tickets for FIFA.
During the preliminary competition, the relevant host association is
responsible for the ticketing. It shall set aside an appropriate number –
to be fixed by mutual agreement – of complimentary and purchasable
tickets for the visiting association. At least five representatives from the
visiting association shall be seated in the VIP box. The host association
shall, upon request and free of charge, provide FIFA with 10 (ten) VIP
box tickets and up to 40 (forty) category 1 tickets for each match. Such
tickets shall be provided to FIFA at least 30 days before the match.
This should have been a simple rule for the IFA to follow but they did not. Also the FFA should have made sure that the IFA followed the rules. Now we have some friendlies in London, where I assume we are the home team, and in the Netherlands and miraculously there are tickets available a month out.
I have no doubt that dealing with European and other western nations is easier than the middle east, but the FFA’s total lack of information for the Iraq and Qatar matches was ridiculous. They can obviously organise tickets in other parts of the world and FIFA have rules in place to make sure this happens. We have 7 Away matches in 2 tournaments between now and March 2010 plus friendlies. Please FFA, get your act together and help us fans secure tickets. We are the ones who travel the globe and give our boys and girls support in far flung countries such as Uzbekistan. How Hard Can It Be???
To the European based Aussies who can get to one or both of these matches, I am sure you will have a great time. Be proud and “Sing with One Voice”.
Cheers
Terry
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Qantas Socceroos vs South Africa
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Loftus Rd Stadium
London UK
Kick Off 8pm (Local Time)
Ticket Prices
£20.00 - £30.00
Where do we purchase tickets?
Phone – QPR ticket office on 08444 777 007 / 08448 471 659
Web sales - www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk
Or
Phone – Ticketmaster on 08448 471 659
Web sales - www.ticketmaster.co.uk
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Netherlands vs Qantas Socceroos
Saturday 6 September 2008
Philips Stadium
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Kick Off 8.45pm (Local Time)
Ticket Prices
€17.50 - €40.00
Where do we purchase tickets?
General Ticket sales commence August 9
Web sales - www.ticketbox.nl
(please note this website is in Dutch)
In addition FFA has received an allocation of tickets from the KNVB. Sales details for these tickets will be released here shortly.
July 20 2008 06:53 pm | World Cup
