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Semi-Final / Final dilemma

Probably one of many posts like this today and in the next few days...

I've got down to the semi-final / final part of the application and am pondering my choices.

I've ticked that I'm willing to go up a category. For these two games the lowest category is Fans First so I assume going up one is to go into category 3.

I'm on 22 caps and according to the latest figures there are 4456 people on 22 caps or above. I've read that half the allocation of tickets per game will be in the lowest category, although for these two games I suspect that means category 3 with a proportion of those offered as Fans First. If that is correct and tickets are allocated by category choice based on your number of caps then I should be okay. If it isn't am I better off ignoring the Fans First option and going for category 3 with a willingness to move to category 2?

When did life get so complicated!

Doug Fenner
  • 4 Dec 2019 10:34 AM
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  • Doug Fenner
    Doug Fenner
    • 4 Dec 2019 10:55 AM
    Oh well, taken the chance on Fans First up to category 3. £500 for a ticket, even to see England in a final, is ridiculous.
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  • Tom Burr
    Tom Burr
    • 4 Dec 2019 10:59 AM

    In reply to Doug Fenner:

    You say that but when it comes around you will probably pay anything. I didnt think twice about £250 in Moscow for the WC Semi last year
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  • Adrian Gunner
    Adrian Gunner
    • 4 Dec 2019 11:01 AM

    In reply to Doug Fenner:

    Bet you won't say that when we win it lol....
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  • Steven Hay
    Steven Hay
    • 4 Dec 2019 11:05 AM
    What exactly are the fans first tickets?
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  • Andrew McCarthy
    Andrew McCarthy
    • 4 Dec 2019 11:05 AM

    In reply to Steven Hay:

    Just a cheaper version of cat 3
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  • Doug Fenner
    Doug Fenner
    • 4 Dec 2019 11:31 AM
    Apparently 13,000 Fans First tickets available for each semi and the final. No idea how they split them but if it were a half to general sale and a quarter per participating team that would be over 3000 tickets per match if we get that far. I doubt I'd qualify on 22 caps, but there should then be at least a couple of thousand ordinary category 3 tickets available after that.
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  • david willets
    david willets
    • 4 Dec 2019 11:52 AM
    its not complicated for me if i tell the wife our holiday fund for next year has gone on tickets for the euros i will be divorced very quickly is cat 3 and fans first or nothing for me
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  • Steven Hay
    Steven Hay
    • 4 Dec 2019 12:00 PM

    In reply to Doug Fenner:

    I’m in the same position on 22 caps. Don’t know whether to chance it and go for fans first or play it safe and allot more expensive and go for cat 3
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  • Doug Fenner
    Doug Fenner
    • 4 Dec 2019 12:06 PM

    In reply to Steven Hay:

    I'm sticking at fans first and willing to go up to cat 3. Going cat 3, willing to go up to cat 2 is aguaranteed extra €620 for me and my son, and that's probably going to happen anyway.  But it's also potentially an extra €900. Doubles what I've committed already.

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  • Daniel Rigler
    Daniel Rigler
    • 4 Dec 2019 12:54 PM

    In reply to Doug Fenner:

    Not applied yet, for those that have, is the option to accept higher category tickets per application, or individual games?
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  • Doug Fenner
    Doug Fenner
    • 4 Dec 2019 12:57 PM

    In reply to Daniel Rigler:

    I think it's per application but I wouldn't stake my life on it.
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  • David Lilley
    David Lilley
    • 4 Dec 2019 1:27 PM

    In reply to Daniel Rigler:

    That's right. The option applies to the whole application. If you agree to be moved up for a group match in order to increase your chances of success then this will also apply to the final where any upgrade might break the bank.
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  • Kevin Jenkins
    Kevin Jenkins
    • 4 Dec 2019 2:51 PM

    In reply to David Lilley:

    I thought that this was the case, I would have been happy to have upgraded for the semi and the final from a fans first to a category 3.
    But I think that you can change your mind before the 18th.
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  • Anthony Simpson
    Anthony Simpson
    • 4 Dec 2019 3:23 PM

    In reply to David Lilley:

    Have we just the option for fans first for semi and final David . If so I’m on 24 caps do you think if I select fans first and tick the box to upgrade to cat 3 do you think I will get a ticket or should I pick cat 3 with the option to go up to cat 2
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  • David Lilley
    David Lilley
    • 4 Dec 2019 4:19 PM

    In reply to Anthony Simpson:

    Yes, 'Fans First' tickets are only offered for the semi-final and final.

    I don't want the responsibility of advising you on what to apply for. What I will say is that :-
    - we are getting 11000 tickets for the final and 10500 for the semi-final
    - UEFA has said that more than half of all tickets will be category 3 (which presumably includes 'Fans First')
    - there are 4446 members on 24 caps and above, including those members in the ESC.
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