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Italy v England - Ballot Required

Italy v England - Ballot Required

Posted by Team England at 11:46 on Tuesday 03 February 2015

Italy v England
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Kick off – 20:45 (local time)

Following communication from the Italian FA we can now confirm that our upcoming friendly against Italy will take place in the Juventus Stadium , Turin.

We have received an allocation of 2099 tickets from the Italian FA. As 2,900 England Supporters Travel Club members registered an interest in attending this match a ballot will now be conducted using the caps system to determine successful applicants. Ballot results will be announced to all members that registered an interest by Friday 6 February via our website.

How to purchase a ticket

Ticket will go on sale from 12 noon on Friday 13 February until 3.00pm on Monday 16 February 2015. You can purchase your ticket by logging onto www.thefa.com/tickets, or by calling the England Supporters Travel Club line on 0844 847 2010.

Tickets are price: £tbc

Please note group bookings are limited to a maximum of four members per group. If you wish to be seated as a group please book your seats together in one order as you will not be able to add to an existing booking at a later date. In accordance with the England Supporters Travel Club Rules of Membership; please note that tickets are for personal use only and are not transferable under any circumstances.

Remember, when you are purchasing your ticket you need to quote your FAN number. If you are claiming tickets for more than one member you will need to be able to quote the FAN numbers and dates of birth of each member of your group.

Ticket will only be issued following a successful security check. The FA reserves the right to amend the method by which tickets are distributed to supporters.  This means that supporters could be required to collect tickets at a designated location prior to the game.   

In the event that supporters are required to collect their tickets, any delivery costs incurred will be reimbursed accordingly.  Any change to the manner of distribution of tickets will not entitle supporters to any form of refund for the tickets purchased. 

 2nd Chance sale

For any members of the England Supporters Travel Club who are unsuccessful in the ballot or who missed out on registering their interest for this game any remaining tickets will be sold in a 2nd chance sale from 12 noon on Tuesday 17 February.  

Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and no further tickets will be made available once this sale ends. You can purchase your ticket by logging onto www.thefa.com/tickets, or by calling the England Supporters Travel Club line on 0844 847 2010.

Wheelchair Access
For any wheelchair users please call us on 0800 389 1966 from 10am on Friday 13 February until 5pm on Monday 16 February 2015.

Travel
Travel packages for this match are available via our partner Thomson Sport, please click here for details.

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  • Kevin you have as much chance as anyone in the 2nd sale caps don't count there. There will be approx 1430 people vying for 630 tickets.

  • yeah i've registered her, just waiting to see whether it makes second chance sale. The trip is booked anyway and i'm sure there'll be pubs showing it in Turin.

  • so assuming its still 70/20/10, 70% is 1469

    theres last i checked 1488 travel club with 24 caps and above

    guessing atleast 19 of the 1488 may not have applied so congratulations (in best sergei meerkat voice) to the 24caps and above.

    good luck to the rest of us

  • Perhaps the FA could answer this: Why can you not secure 2900 tickets for your members in a stadium that holds 41000, yet you can allocate 'away fans' up to 20000 tickets in your own stadium that holds 90000? And why do you allow 'away' supporters in the home section of your stadium regularly (Ghana, Ireland, Scotland & Poland for example)

  • There is no mention of a 70/20/10 ballot for this game is there? Isn't that just for the euros tournament? The most difficult pill to swallow is not giving those none-successful balloters the first priority. Disappointing.

  • I aint got a clue ! so how many tickets will be in the ballot after cap system

  • would be nice to hear that the fa ! are trying to get more tickets as we speak !

  • 70% of 2099 is 1469 leaving 630 tickets to be balloted between 1431(isn) if not in the top 70% you have about a 44% chance in the ballot otherwise may be a few in 2nd chance sale. On 22 caps so am crossing fingers for the ballot

  • Does 16 caps stand me with a decent chance at all?

  • About 44 % Brian

  • Matt's about right. 70% of 2099 is 1469. There's actually 1505 on 24 caps and above (including myself), according to the current caps table. By my calculations, if there's over 36 people who are currently on 24 caps or above who have not registered (which is highly likely, there's 3 out of our group of 8 who have more caps and have not registered), then everyone on 24 caps or above will be allocated a ticket.

  • Gutted, would be nice to know what attempts have been made to secure everyone a ticket and what reasoning have the Italian FA provided in not being able to meet that request? For a £75 membership it'd be nice if we could have these recurring questions answered. I'm on 5 so highly likely i'll be in the draw.

  • To be fair,  stadium holds 41,000. Italy have to make at least 5% available to away team,  which is 2,050 tickets.  So we have been allocated slightly more than the minimum required.

    Our FA may have their hands tied here!

  • If that's the case then fair enough, just think it'd be nice if they came out and said 'we asked for numbers to cover everyone' but this wasn't possible because the Italian FA said '.......'

  • Team England - Can you please explain why you didn't negotiate 3000 tickets in a ground that holds 41,000?