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Get ready for EURO 2020 applications - top or lower tiers?

So the different category of tickets would appear to include both the top and lower tiers at Wembley (I assume excluidng the middle ring of shame which will be for coporates).

There is a big difference between buying a category 3 ticket behind the goal in the lower tier & a ticket on the top tier right at the back. The view can't be compared, yet the price is the same in all categories.

I would prefer tickets in the lower tier, does anyone know this can be achieved? Perhaps I need to contact Team England?

18 Replies

  • Matthew Isle

    It's a great question especially at Wembley.

    Level 1s for us please but how would this be managed for non Wembley Euro games?

    Hence probably not a goer.

    Pack some binoculars.

  • Adrian Gunner
    I prefer lower tier tbh....
  • David Lilley

    You have absolutely no choice over the seat which is allocated to you. Nor does the FA have any influence. UEFA will give you a seat at random from the category you have chosen. They will not entertain any request to change the allocated seat nor can you cancel your order because you don't like the seat you've been given.

    You will not know your seat number and its location until the tickets are distributed. As the ticket delivery method (at least for Wembley) is by mobile phone app, which is an 'instant' process, it might not be until very close to the tournament that the tickets are distributed. UEFA are likely to favour this as it would make things more difficult for those xxxx who intend to pass their tickets on for profit to touts or secondary ticketing sites.

  • Timothy Green

    In reply to David Lilley:

    You'd feel pretty ripped off if you had paid 945 Euros for a category 1 ticket for the final (not that I would) & found yourself at the back of the upper tier; yet someone who paid for a category 3 ticket were in the lower tier, say row 10 behind the goal.

    UEFA haven't thought this through or have made lazy generalisations over the layout of the stadia.
  • David Lilley

    In reply to Timothy Green:

    I don't think UEFA really know much about being a fan.

    One example of this concerns which parts of a stadium are more desirable than others. I have never understood why the corners of a stadium are category 2 whereas behind the goals are category 3. Go to any stadium which is half full and see where the fans in the two ends of the ground congregate. They don't drift off to the corners, they go centrally behind the goal.

    For Euro 2016, I had Marseille category 3, St Etienne category 2 and Nice category 1. (I ticked the box and got upgraded.) Obviously, they were in different stadiums but, in terms of location within the stadium, you could have lobbed a crisp packet between the three of them. I certainly didn't think that I'd got a better seat by buying an expensive ticket.
  • Michael Starkey
    34k seats in the lower “bowl” of Wembley. You’d hope that’s enough space to accommodate our allocation- a big block of cat 3s behind one goal, a corner of cat 2s and some cat 1s down a side. The same on the other side for the opposition’s allocation and it still leaves space either side of the tunnel for neutrals / corporates / media / families etc etc.
    That’s purely speculation and is reliant on Uefa putting thought into what fans would like, so wouldn’t hold out much hope.
  • Paddy Buckley

    In reply to Michael Starkey:

    If that’s the case then we’ll probably get from around the 18 yard line all the way round to the other 18 yard line, the other team gets the same at the other end and 5000 down one side for the general sale/ football family and 5000 down the other for those going for prawn sandwiches, the middle tier for corporate, and the top for the general sale. Just a guess though.
  • Christian Wilson

    In reply to David Lilley:

    I also find it bizarre that being in the corners is deemed more attractive than being behind the goal!
  • Andrew McCarthy

    In reply to Paddy Buckley:

    The problem with this method is, people in the general sale will be paying the same price for the same category as in the Travel club sale, so to put those in the upper tier probably wouldnt be fair on the general sale people
  • Duncan Saunders

    In reply to Christian Wilson:

    Christian Wilson
    I also find it bizarre that being in the corners is deemed more attractive than being behind the goal!

    It's for those who want to get on the telly when a corner is taken Wink

  • David Gorton

    In reply to Duncan Saunders:

    I find it interesting that so many want the level one behind the goal - personally I always prefer to go on level 5 as to get more of an overview of the game.

    Each to their own obviously.
  • David Lilley

    In reply to Andrew McCarthy:

    Andrew McCarthy
    The problem with this method is, people in the general sale will be paying the same price for the same category as in the Travel club sale, so to put those in the upper tier probably wouldnt be fair on the general sale people

    Maybe I'm the only one here, but I prefer the upper tier because it gives a better perspective of the pitch. I can't properly see what's happening at the far end from a low elevation, especially if there are people waving their arms about in front of me.

  • John Greenwood

    In reply to Michael Starkey:

    Would make for a better atmosphere as well if we had all 12 thousand of us in the lower tier at one end.
  • Lee Simpson

    In reply to David Lilley:

    Surely the technology is there by uefa so it’s impossible to pass your ticket on
  • David Lilley

    In reply to Lee Simpson:

    Lee Simpson
    Surely the technology is there by uefa so it’s impossible to pass your ticket on

    You're right. UEFA will have details of all of the ticket applicants and their guests in their ticketing database. When someone downloads the mobile phone app and tries to register to use it, the UEFA software could decline the registration if the person's details do not match anyone in the ticketing database. The software could also block any transfer if it is to an email address not in the database.

    However, these capabilities were not used in the Nations League app to prevent people from passing on their tickets. I don't know why.

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