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RocktheCasbah

GooneriC yes you do. 😁

Quickest way would be Victoria line from either Finsbury Park, or Highbury & Islington, it'll take about 15 minutes once on the tube. You'll probably have to queue for a while to get in though, so if you're super worried about time, it may be worth (and I'd never normally advocate this) leaving early. It can be murder getting away from the stadium, particularly in the evening.

Qwiss

GooneriC you'll absolutely be fine. I've gotten out to Gatwick and Heathrow after late kick offs for flights earlier than that.

FEBravo

I'm in London and just managed to score a ticket on the Exchange for tomorrow.

I downloaded the App but the ticket is not showing up on my digital pass, and I have not received an email confirmation, but it comes up on the website when I log in to arsenal.com.

Any idea how to add the ticket to my digital pass?

goon

FEBravo

It should come up eventually. If you want you can refresh your digital pass on your phone and see if that works.

goon

How have people lucky enough to get a ticket found the atmosphere this season?

I've seen a few suggestions that the randomised nature of the ballot system means more casuals are getting in rather than those who go through the effort of queuing up at 9am on the morning of ticket releases.

RocktheCasbah

goon It seemed a bit quieter to me at the Sheff United game, but then I was sat above the lower tier of the Clock End rather than being in it. There again, James mentioned to me that he'd seen lots of stuff online about it being quieter a couple of months back.

It's fucking insane to think two seasons ago, you could basically get a ticket anywhere in the ground on a Silver membership and now I'm 1/5 in the ballot process. Despite the fact that Arsenal have apparently cleared out alllll the bot accounts etc. Bloody Arteta.

FEBravo

goon when I went on Wednesday, my section (Upper East) was definitely rather on the quieter side

Qwiss

RocktheCasbah whenever we drop points now I tend to start wondering if we fell away would it be easier to get tickets towards the end of the season as a little silver lining.

goon didn't they drastically lower the allocation for the Ashburton Army? Can't have helped.

goon

Possibly, though I can still hear that bloody drum every week. I thought it was just down to heightened expectations and the slower football, I didn't consider it might have to do with the new ticketing system. Anecdotal evidence suggests there's been a return of the 'leave 10 mins before/after half time/full time' type getting back in.

RocktheCasbah It's fucking insane to think two seasons ago, you could basically get a ticket anywhere in the ground on a Silver membership and now I'm 1/5 in the ballot process. Despite the fact that Arsenal have apparently cleared out alllll the bot accounts etc. Bloody Arteta.

Yep, remember I got the kids tickets in the family enclosure like 2-3 days after red member tickets were released a couple of seasons ago.

RocktheCasbah

goon Anecdotal evidence suggests there's been a return of the 'leave 10 mins before/after half time/full time' type getting back in.

Definitely a fair few of those around a couple of weeks ago. A couple of guys strolled in at 20 past three in our block - and more than a few people missed our last two goals in the game. I know it was done and dusted by then, but isn't the whole point of going to football to watch your team score goals? I'll never fathom these people, especially at a 3pm Saturday game.

Don Pacifico

RocktheCasbah it's also not cheap so may as well get your money's worth. 😂

goon

RocktheCasbah

Yeah. That sort of thing was rife pre-Covid.

Yesterday was the first time since then that you see half the lower tier clear out 5-10 mins before the end. I get it’s a late midweek game but you didn’t get that even in the bloody EL last season, as least not from memory.

RocktheCasbah

Don Pacifico indeed!

Qwiss

I could understand it pre-Covid when you could go whenever you wanted. Now you think you'd be staying because its harder to be there in the first place.

RocktheCasbah

2/6 on the ballot.. Me and Jimbo are off to watch us batter Crystal Palace... Thought applying in the month before Christmas might work!

KingslandBarge

Ticket exchange is a joke. Beaten again after hours of attempting, and yet sets of tickets being touted by floggers.

goon

KingslandBarge

To be fair it looks like not many people selling for this game.

It was easier for Lens and Brighton.

Qwiss

Finally got tickets. Heading to the Brentford game. First game for my young lad, he's very excited.

GooneriC

I'm wondering if the ballot process takes into account where you're from? I've tried countless times when in UK with no luck , i am 3/3 since I entered the ballot when not in England .

Qwiss

GooneriC I enter from Ireland all the time, think I missed one or two maybe and am only now getting a ticket so I doubt it.

goon

I’ve given up personally. I think I’ve entered about 10 ballots with no luck and even ticket exchange has become a pointless exercise.

RocktheCasbah

goon as James would say, if he was here - "fuck the ballot".

I can see what the club was trying to do, but I do feel a bit like if tickets go on sale and people can't organise themselves to get online for them, then that's not really the club's problem to solve.

I will keep trying because the alternative is to give up and then I might as well give the silver membership I waited 15 years for up. And I'm not doing that again. What's really galling is how easy it was to get tickets two years ago, before everyone caught up to the fact we were onto a good thing with Arteta.

Also - Qwiss, chuffed for you mate. And a little jealous, I'm gonna hate missing this game.

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