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Category 2 ticket - back row upper tier and 11am entry - how is this okay?

I’ve just had my ticket through on the uefa app.

Category 2 - block 505 row 31. I’ve paid 125 euros for a ticket on my own and I’ve been placed in the upper tier almost at the back of the stadium.

My time slot entry is 11-1130am. That means I will have to be in the stadium 150 minutes before kick off and I’ve been made aware there’s going to be no beer. If it’s anything like previous games at Wembley, bags and/or battery packs won’t be allowed in which means a phone with no charge probably half way into that waiting period before kick off.

To make things worse I’m going to the game on my own so can’t even sit next to a mate and let the time pass by. I know everyone’s said no ones ever really on their own at an England match but it still is a grim overlook.

Other gripes;

Category 3 ticket holders I know have paid half the price of a category 2 ticket and their seated 10 rows back behind the goal in the lower tier. Additionally, their time slots are 1300-1330.

Maybe the old age saying of you get what you pay for, really isn’t that accurate in these circumstances.

16 Replies

  • David Lilley

    Alex Field
    If it’s anything like previous games at Wembley, bags and/or battery packs won’t be allowed in which means a phone with no charge probably half way into that waiting period before kick off.

    The official UEFA website advises you to take a power pack to the stadium for your phone so it is to be hoped that Wembley bag searchers know about this. See item 7 on this page.

    www.uefa.com/.../prepping-packing

  • Kevin Jenkins

    Some Category 3 ticket holders may have better seats (I'm also up in the gods) and I'm sure I read that some category 1 tickets are up there.
    EUFA obviously, do know what they are doing and don't give a sausage,  maybe Covid will be used as an excuse.

  • damian kirkman
    Appalling mate block 523 for me 23 rows back 185 euros - piss take - as it’s only a quarter full and having
    Watched the play offs last week I’ll just move to a better seat when I get in
  • lee garrad
    How strict is the entry time going to be? Im normally walking to my seat a minute before kick off
  • Graham Morrison

    In reply to lee garrad :

    Very

    I heard those who are late get either the cane or detention
  • Jason Hurley
    No Alcohol in the stadium?? Surely not! I'm going on my Tod and bought train tickets expecting to at least have a couple of beers at the stadium!
  • Carl Padley

    In reply to Jason Hurley:

    im sure eufa dont sell beer in ground if i remember right france 2016 was alcohol free beer
  • Howard Groves
    Pretty much exactly the same experience with Category 2 tickets, at the back in block 504. Managed to get tickets for the first three matches and seats are around the same area for each game. We have two tickets, live in the same house and been placed a seat apart each time! Very pleased to be going, but disappointed at how much the tickets cost for where we have ended up.
  • Paddy Buckley

    You’ll need to get in at that time to get all the way up there won’t you. There’s lots of people who have missed out who would swap with you. The bigger gripe is that there isn’t a ticket resale platform so that all you who are moaning can’t sell your ticket to someone that wants it.

  • Kevin Jenkins

    In reply to Paddy Buckley:

    Because people have missed out on tickets, shouldn't mean that EUFA should treat ESTC members who have paid there dues to follow England, the same as the general public.
  • Paddy Buckley

    In reply to Kevin Jenkins:

    Uefa made the decision that cat 3 tickets are behind the goal, cat 2 in the corners and cat 1 down the side of the pitch, as far as I can remember it’s been like that for a long time, they also changed their original decision that if you didn’t want the ticket category offered you didn’t need to accept it. ESTC members who have paid their dues following England have been treated according to ESTC rules, so have had a better chance of getting tickets than the general public. It’s not UEFA’s fault or ESTC’s fault that the COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in a reduced capacity, meaning that many people who may have had a €50 ticket to start with now be lucky enough/unlucky enough to end up with a €125 or €185 tickets.
    It is UEFA’s fault that there is not a resale platform, surely when tickets are mobile it should be easily done, even when it’s ESTC tickets that are not now wanted it could be possible for Team England to make sure they can only go to other members according to their rules. Surely it would benefit Team England if they were able to help as many members as possible as there would be less people complaining.
  • Kevin Jenkins

    In reply to Paddy Buckley:

    I would have wanted most of the ESTC Members to have been offered the seats on level 1 behind the goal.
    I was looking for the capacity of each tier at Wembley, but i couldn't find online.
  • Peter Sherwood

    In reply to Kevin Jenkins:

    I really wish the FA had insisted that seeing as it was just 4K tickets available then they must be all set at CAT3.
    The category business this time around is nonsense.
  • Neal Granger
    505 seems to be a mix of cat 2 (round the corner) and cat 3 towards the goal.
    As long as we make noise and win, it's one of those things. Yes UEFA have taken the preverbial, but what's new?
    There's loads would love a ticket,somlook on the brightside
  • Richard Wiggett
    snap, Row 19, block 404 for a Cat 2 seat!! entrance is 11am!!! I have a 4 hour drive on my own, Can i bring a sleeping bag to have a nap before the game?

    An hour before is fine but no way i'll be in the ground at 11/11:30! wasn't planning on getting there until 12, Fish and chips then in the ground! happy to be in at 12:30/1:00 but not that early!!! insane
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