Port Vale (A) Ticket Info 🎟️

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InglebyUTB

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Ticket information for Boro's Carabao Cup quarter-final tie away to Port Vale.

We have been awarded a full allocation of 3,100 tickets.

On Sale Dates
180+ points: 3pm, Wednesday 29 November
170+ points: 10am, Thursday 30 November
160+ points: 12 noon, Thursday 30 November
150+ points: 3pm, Thursday 30 November
140+ points: 10am, Friday 1 December
70+ points: 12 noon, Friday 1 December
33+ points: 3pm, Friday 1 December
General sale: 10am, Monday 4 December

There are approximately 1,500 supporters with 180+ points, and approximately 2,800 supporters with 170+ points (including those with 180+ points).

Prices
Adult: ÂŁ25
Over-62: ÂŁ15
Under-16: ÂŁ15
Under-12: ÂŁ7.50
Wheelchair User & PA (3 bays) / Ambulant & PA: age-appropriate prices as above.

To be added to a waiting list for any additional wheelchair bay tickets which become available, please email ticket@mfc.co.uk.

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Ticket Info For Port Vale Cup Tie

Carabao Cup quarter-final details...
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I see Port Vale have over 62 year old tickets , as against Boro over 65 ?
Why can’t Boro do over 62 ?
Seems a fair age for a reduction and might tempt older fans to buy a season ticket rather than picking the odd game .
Older fans have been the life blood of the club , reward them with an over 62 ticket age limit.
 
Simply red said:
I see Port Vale have over 62 year old tickets , as against Boro over 65 ?
Why can’t Boro do over 62 ?
Seems a fair age for a reduction and might tempt older fans to buy a season ticket rather than picking the odd game .
Older fans have been the life blood of the club , reward them with an over 62 ticket age limit.
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Why stop at 62? Why not bring it down to 60 or 55?
 
How will that work though. I am over 65 and this season it doesn't let me buy an adult just an over 65(I think I have that right). So how will it let someone have a over 62 when we don't have that category of ticket on Boros site.
 
asredastheycome said:
How will that work though. I am over 65 and this season it doesn't let me buy an adult just an over 65(I think I have that right). So how will it let someone have a over 62 when we don't have that category of ticket on Boros site.
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Good point. Unless it just lets everyone and you have to take ID (which no one will).
 
asredastheycome said:
How will that work though. I am over 65 and this season it doesn't let me buy an adult just an over 65(I think I have that right). So how will it let someone have an over 62 when we don't have that category of ticket on Boros site.
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I’m 65 later this month so next season I will be able to purchase a cheaper season ticket. Last season I was able to purchase away tickets that were cheaper for over 60’s Sheffield United as an example
 
As long as your 62 by November 29th, just order a senior ticket and take your driving licence to the game.

I can see some clubs slipping the age up to 66 as that is State Pension age now.
 
Simply red said:
I see Port Vale have over 62 year old tickets , as against Boro over 65 ?
Why can’t Boro do over 62 ?
Seems a fair age for a reduction and might tempt older fans to buy a season ticket rather than picking the odd game .
Older fans have been the life blood of the club , reward them with an over 62 ticket age limit.
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It should be the other way around. The over 60s are one of the wealthiest demographic. "OAPs" aren't the paupers they used to be. It's working age fans that need the most help these days.
 
AcklamAngel said:
Should get to 160+ points as on club website says approximately 2800 with 180 & 170+ points 🤞
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It will get to 160 plus but don't hang around, there may not be too many left. Bear in mind perhaps 200 or so will not reach the points system ( away season tickets, corporate, hospitality, players, MFC employees).
 
asredastheycome said:
That's a huge generalisation Nano. Not every OAP is wealthy. I know some who could not afford to go to Port Vale away even if the club gave them free tickets.
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Of course it's a generalisation but it's based on demographic statistics. On average 60+ year olds have more disposable income than any other age group other than 50-60. Having cut price tickets for the wealthiest seems unfair when there are plenty of people in the working age group that also can't afford to go, and who likely also have to pay for children. These discounts are there because of a generalisation in the first place, that OAPs have less disposable income, but it's an outdated assumption.

Means testing would be better but obviously completely out of the question for us to do that. Normalising the price so adults and 60+ pay the same seems fair to me (ideally somewhere in between the two prices).

Giving discounts to seniors for things like restaurants etc makes sense because it's encouraging them to use the restaurant at quieter times. Wealthy 60+ year olds paying less than much poorer 30 year olds for the same thing doesn't sit right.
 
I have noticed the OAP discount is starting to slowly vanish or get smaller. I guess because the new 66 year olds are usually better off than their parents were at the same age, as long as they have some form of occupational pension or additional income such as a buy to let. Occupation pensions started to become common in the late 1960s, sometimes it was compulsory to join. While people say born around 1920 often only had the state pension to pay into, until late in their working life.
 
Nano said:
Of course it's a generalisation but it's based on demographic statistics. On average 60+ year olds have more disposable income than any other age group other than 50-60. Having cut price tickets for the wealthiest seems unfair when there are plenty of people in the working age group that also can't afford to go, and who likely also have to pay for children. These discounts are there because of a generalisation in the first place, that OAPs have less disposable income, but it's an outdated assumption.

Means testing would be better but obviously completely out of the question for us to do that. Normalising the price so adults and 60+ pay the same seems fair to me (ideally somewhere in between the two prices).

Giving discounts to seniors for things like restaurants etc makes sense because it's encouraging them to use the restaurant at quieter times. Wealthy 60+ year olds paying less than much poorer 30 year olds for the same thing doesn't sit right.
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Although I welcome anyone’s opinion on this board, and perhaps don’t entirely disagree with what you say for the those with large pension incomes.
I wonder if your sentiments will change when you reach your 60’s Nano.
Take it from me, it’s ruddy hard work.
Any available discounts are welcomed with open arms, believe it or not.
Although recently retired with four months to go to my state pension, I’ll still have to cut my cloth accordingly, and adjust my life style to suit my reduced income. Plain sailing it isn’t my friend, and I’m sure that I’m not alone in that boat.
 
Beverleyred said:
Although I welcome anyone’s opinion on this board, and perhaps don’t entirely disagree with what you say for the those with large pension incomes.
I wonder if your sentiments will change when you reach your 60’s Nano.
Take it from me, it’s ruddy hard work.
Any available discounts are welcomed with open arms, believe it or not.
Although recently retired with four months to go to my state pension, I’ll still have to cut my cloth accordingly, and adjust my life style to suit my reduced income. Plain sailing it isn’t my friend, and I’m sure that I’m not alone in that boat.
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I'm not saying for one moment that 60+ are all millionaires. The majority of working age people also have to do that. Do you have any idea how difficult it is for the younger generations to afford a house these days? If they have kids and have to pay childcare costs etc that just makes things worse. Finding the money to go to a football match is beyond a larger percentage of that age group than the 60+ agree group. All that scrimping and saving to get to a match and then the wealthy bloke sitting next to you is paying less seems unfair.

I remember Rob commenting on how large a percentage our season tickets were that were concessions. Proportionally more children and seniors are buying season tickets than regular Adult tickets and it's no surprise because the majority of working age adults are being priced out. On top of that, they are the ones that are less likely to have a season ticket because of working commitments so are stuck paying even higher walk up prices.

I just don't see how it can be justified as fair that someone of a certain age gets cheaper tickets by default. Gibson himself is 65 and if he and I went to a match together he'd get a discount and I wouldn't and he's a lot wealthier than I am. If the 65+ can't afford to go then why is that more deserving of a discount than the 21-65s that can't afford to go?

I'm not saying the pensioners should pay more than the adults. As above, somewhere in the middle for both would be better so everyone pays the same.
 
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