PLAY-OFF FIRST LEG TICKET DETAILS

[Iron Webbo]

PLAY-OFF FIRST LEG TICKET DETAILS

Watching the game at Grimsby

We have now been advised of the arrangements that will apply for tickets for the Vanarama National League Promotion Play-Off Semi Final First Leg.
The gates at Blundell Park will open at 6pm.
Grimsby are allocating a maximum of 586 seats for Braintree Town fans Ð in the Osmond Stand Covered Corner.
These will only be available on-line at www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/tickets.
Please note there is a 50p admin fee applied to each ticket sold on-line.
Tickets will be for collection only from the GTFC ticket office until 6pm on Thursday and then from Harrington Street turnstiles 15-18 after 6pm.
Prices are as follows:
£16 Adults
£10 OAPs (65+), Young Adults (15-18)
£4 Accompanied Juniors (14 & under)
£6 Unaccompanied Juniors (14 & Under)

[braintreeboy]

Just been on the link and it doesn't say anything about an "osmond" stand. It does have a blue ticket section for "visitors" stand so am I right to assume this has to be the section for us?

[castIRONgooner]

Might be worth calling as this article says kids free in all stands???

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[ironmansimon]

Are we really only issueing grimsby 600 tickets for Sunday? ? I think this is gonna cause problems.
2500 season ticket holders they have and for this massive game I'm sure they would like to bring near on a 1000. Is this not running the security risk of selling out of 600 and then 400 more infiltrate the home end . Is this not gonna cause a headache? I would of thought the quagmire end 1/3 of the main stand and 1/4 of the dugout side would be acceptable for them ? I guess it's a case of stewarding etc but isn't it better to fill the ground regardless ? As much as I dream I don't see us bringing 3800 home fans . I reckon we may just take 100 away !!! Of which I'll be one

[jonw]

The blue visitors stand section is the one for us.

This has got to be the most complex sites I have ever been on to buy tickets! If you have been to a match at Grimsby before you will have had to go to the ticket office and provide them with your details so that they could create an account for you, however they wouldn't have given anyone the password. Therefore the first thing you should do if you think this applies to you is to log in using your email address and select 'forgotten password'. When you get the new password log in to purchase your visitors tickets. You have to type something in a 'seat preference' box before it will allow you to the next step. I put 'N/A' which worked fine. Even then I was told that I had to login on three further occasions before I got my confirmation.

I hope that the turnstiles will remain open well after the kick off for late comers to get hold of their tickets. A 1pm coach departure for a 7pm kick off with a full house seems a little late to me. It took me 6.5 hours to get there by car last time, admittedly with nightmare road problems, and I only arrived 3 minutes before the ticket office shut. There didn't seem to be any contingency then for late comers and the crowd was only 3,000.

[Iron Webbo]

May 2, 2016 15:23:22 GMT ironmansimon said:

Are we really only issueing grimsby 600 tickets for Sunday? ? I think this is gonna cause problems.
2500 season ticket holders they have and for this massive game I'm sure they would like to bring near on a 1000. Is this not running the security risk of selling out of 600 and then 400 more infiltrate the home end . Is this not gonna cause a headache? I would of thought the quagmire end 1/3 of the main stand and 1/4 of the dugout side would be acceptable for them ? I guess it's a case of stewarding etc but isn't it better to fill the ground regardless ? As much as I dream I don't see us bringing 3800 home fans . I reckon we may just take 100 away !!! Of which I'll be one

Not a lot to report as it's a bank holiday. We will be discussing detailed arrangements for Sunday with the Essex Police over the next day or two. Our club has given the opposition the ticket allocation required under National League rules. We may be able to offer Grimsby fans more but, before we do so, I'm keen to give Braintree fans the best chance to see the game as possible.

[braintreeboy]

It would make sense the blue visitor section should apply but me chairmans said it's the osmond stand so which is true? Or can we book on either?

[Iron Webbo]

Grimsby are allocating a maximum of 586 seats for Braintree Town fans - in the Osmond Stand Covered Corner

[MrOrange]

The blue 'visitor' ticket is the one and as JonW mentioned you also have to fill in the box for the seat choice, I put NA and it worked, before that I had been going round in circles trying to get it to accept the ticket in the cart.

[braintreeboy]

Me too ive tried like 3 times on osmond and putting N/A in the seating bit but no luck

[jonw]

Don't select a ticket for the Osmond Stand....that's the home section!

Just click on the visitors tickets section. It's the same stand, but we have one part of it and home fans have the other.

[braintreeboy]

Thanks jonw now it seems a lot clearer!

[Iron Webbo]

I think our supporters will be right in the far corner - not sure how good the view is from there.

[Stuart R]

May 2, 2016 19:30:28 GMT Iron Webbo said:

I think our supporters will be right in the far corner - not sure how good the view is from there.

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Yes, we have been there before. The view isn't too bad.

[braintreeboy]

What at absolute ball ache of a site to try and get a ticket, still ain't managed it. They say they don't deliver tickets yet the site takes you to a "how you'd like them delivered! Grrrr!

[brion]

Totally agree
Took me 4 attempts to get ticket into cart so keep trying , but be careful you may end up with 4 tickets !

[irongary]

Personally I think we're better off restricting them to a small number , we don't want to turn it into 2 away legs . Ok it's a few quid but I'd rather us make more noise than them at our place .

[ironmansimon]

Anyone without a mensa qualification trying to obtain a ticket for Thursday. Call 01472605050 and option 4 and speak to a human being over the phone much easier and she was very nice too!!?