Good that this is finally being sorted out, it's been going on too long. Maybe they will sort out removing people who are using season tickets that are not their's.
"Either start building Stanley Park to a huge stadium or renovate Anfield. It will pay for itself in no time more allocation of Season tickets = more money = better players = les = trophies = legends = memories..."
"I'm sure Liverpool fans will be willing to spend more than £5.00 if the performances improve (not like West Ham game). However to all of u there: YNWA, bring on the scheme!!"
"Surely it is time to change the criteria for the list. Why not prioritise season tickets for the real supporters - those who attend every game buying tickets through the members card, not just those that have been on a list for 15years and go to the odd game??!!"
"Anyone that's been to Anfield knows that it would be almost impossible to extend it, particularly on the Kop and Anfield Road ends - the only way to have a bigger stadium would be to build one."
"Great news!! I wrote off years ago but will have to dig up my response letter to see if i make the April 2004 cut. Touch and go but I reckon i'm in the 25,000. Thank you FSG. I can't wait to be part of the new anfield"
"They need to stop tickets being passed down through the generations etc!! How many 120 year olds have now got season tickets??
Almost given up waiting, been on list since 2000!!"
"a fiver, what a joke....i reckon they will be speaking to the council next to charge us council tax for seats, and the gas and electric for heating and lighting...i have been on the list since 1998, my worry is that i have advise them of my move but they initially told me that my application was after 1998, watch this space..."
"do other clubs charge for the privelege of being on a waiting list and potentially never getting a ticket anyway.....no wonder some fans keep their tickets and pass them onto friends and family and use them as and when they want, maybe they should look at weeding the people who have 3 or 4 tickets but never go themselves..."
"The on-line waiting list should prove to be more transparent and therefore fair. The �£5 fee is a one-off and pays for the project and again it seems fair to me that those one the list who want to stay on the list pick up the cost of this. "
"How are they powers that be going to stop people holding 2 or more season tickets. I personally knew of a fella that had 3 (Three) one in his name, one his dads and one in his uncles. The latter two had passed away a few years ago (Unfortunately)"
" scandalous! so i need to pay a fiver to stay on the same waiting list ive been on for 15 years! what a pathetic excuse to squeeze a few hundred grand out of the clubs supporters! you should be paying me compo for 15 years worth of letters and phone calls!! disgraceful!"
"IM GUTTED! GAVE UP MY SEASON TICKET IN 1992! IT ONLY COST ME £60 FOR IT! CHILD TICKET!
NOW IM IN MA 30'S AND WAY DOWN THE LIST! WHY OH WHY DID I GIV IT UP? ONE OF MY BIGGEST REGRETS!
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"I had a Kop season ticket for the 74/75 season, Sir Bob's first in charge, it cost about £15 - less than £1 per game, 21 home games back then. I don't remember a waiting list, I just applied, paid, and got one. Ah, the beauty of simplicity. I jibbed it the following year after getting stick off my mates - 'it's only old fellers who have a season ticket,' they mocked."
"Why not deduct the season ticket fee from the players humungous salary after the poor fans have paid to endure pathetic dross footy like that seen at west ham on sunday?"
"And people with a merseyside postcode should get priority. It is our local club after all.People who are born love and choose to live in the city through the wind and the rain. Recession after Recession. The people with the deepest Love of club and city."
"Before cleaning up the waiting list LFC should clean up the season ticket holders! Many are held by companies, hired out for the year or with DOB from 19th century. Sell them to real fans."
"To all of you moaning about the fiver I would say it's not unreasonable to show a (token) amount of seriousness.
A mate of mine who has applied to join the MCC (whose waiting list is even longer than LFC's) was asked to pay 150 quid up-front and that's just to become an associate member. The only caveat is that the money is deducted from the 350 pounds joining fee if/when you become a member."
"At least we have a very large waiting list which is more than a lot of our rivals including Sundays visitors. It also means that extending our ground capacity will mean we can easily fill it, be that an extension on the existing site or a new stadium."
"What is the average age of season ticket holders? Apparently at Old Trafford it was someting over a hundred because people kept the ticket in the family in the deceased name. It would be good if issues like that could also be sorted out!!"
"good news, i reckon if 25000+ fans will pay £5 to be on the list they must genuinely want season tickets so then the owners know the new stadium can have 25000+ extra seats that will be paid for and filled, more money equals better players and more success! simple. onwards and upwards!"
"Why are people complaining about the £5 fee!How many of you waste £5 in fruit machines or on bets in the bookies!!
Personally I'm made up this is being sorted out. This is obviously being sorted due to the new owners and boardroom management. Well done FSG, this just shows they want to have communication with the fans like they said in the beginning & sticking by their words on & off the pitch."
"Stop whinging about £5, you'll av2find over £700 2get a ST. In order to build new stadium banks need to know that LFC has a current list of fans ready to fill it"
"How about as a one off. first home game of the season, all season ticket holders to produce id and birth certificate to match ticket. That would sort out the ones that are 150 years old !!!"
"how about as a one off that all season ticket holders attending the fist home game produce a valid id and birth cert to match the ticket. That would sort out the 150 year olds !!"
"How about as a one off for the first home game, season ticket holders bring proof of ideny / birth cert that matches the ticket.That would sort out the 150 year olds!!"
"I had a phone call off the club a month or so ago . My only gripe is that after 4 weeks and a couple of phone calls later Im still waiting to see where on the list I am as it still comes up with an error message and all the club will say is Ive not been added to the computer list yet and to try again in a couple of weeks "
"1) It would be great to know you cant put 400 characters on here before you start rabbiting
2) Feelings run deep, lots ot say on this as would appear others do - is LFC right in saying the onus is on the supporter to provide proof? If the date went back to fan card membership then that would be fairer given that lots appear to have been sat waiting like lemons for a letter not arriving......."
"1)you need to be rich to get in these days or else local
2)Are you wanting supporters from further afield? We are hard done by in many ways
3)Great that things are changing and commend the board. "
" If LFC where to use a photo ID season ticket, or insist on photo ID (driving licence etc..) to be shown at the gate along with their season ticket, it would probably half the waiting list and make it fair to those who dont know anyone who buys season tickets and lets other people use them for a proffit!!"
"£5 banked and still no position. Disgusting that no loyalty for attendance history is taken into consideration. As a duty of care, when are the season tickets going to have the holders picture on them???"
"Too many touts with Red shirts holding on to more than 1 season ticket, move to photo ID with address and swipe system, I bet the list opens up a few tickets then"
"my daughter and i were on the list for about 15 years and paid the fiver,but now are season ticket holders,only to see the worse season in the clubs history and since we've been attending,makes me wonder what all the fuss is about just at present anyway,its still far too dear though,wondering if they'll freeze the prices for next season like a few other clubs have done but won't hold my breadth "
"Screwed by this system. I changed my address online but this didn't change the address on the waiting list database. My letter went to my old address which was forwarded 6 months later -great. Placed lost in the q now and no way back on it. "
"Q: What's happening with the Adult / Child and the Disabled Season Ticket waiting lists?
I've wrote letters, telephoned the club, it's nearly 2 years since this statement, but the only reply I get is look on the website for future posts?
Come on guys, time to make a start on this one before my child needs an adult ticket!"
"Hi all the building of a new stadium seems like a no brainer we need to increase capacity, or we are never going to be competing on a revenue or merchandise scale with clubs like united or chelsea. An increase in capacity by 30,000 will solve the season ticket problem as well, as I can't even get on the list."
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