Indeed, the hysteria was whipped up by some people on Social Media, Wembley isn't "pass holders only", only the ALLOCATED SEATING, as was the case here. Plenty of people go to Semi Finals and Finals who arent supporters of either team contesting.

Not really sure why the club doesnt sort its own online ticketing system out, especially for away / neutral venue games. Not sure we can point the finger at the SMC for this.

Can't disagree, but I wonder if the issue is that the SMC won't allow us to.
They are probably "responsible" for all ticketing related facilities at the SMC, and only sub-contract them (eg ticketmaster for concerts) when they see fit.

Maybe it's expensive relative to the times it would be used in a year, which in the case of neutral venues could very well be none.

I just hope they can sort something out for the grand final

It would be of use for home cup and playoff games which you would expect at least one of a year. It really should be as simple as logging in to the website (or an app) entering your details and being able to buy your own pass seat. Not having to go to the shop.

For games on neutral ground it is harder because they would need to plug-in a different seat map, but even a simple system where seats are allocated randomly by price band would shift some tickets and save fans queing.

When you consider the incentive for clubs selling away tickets, it would have to be a significant cost IF thats the reason.

Probably correct.

Especially as it comes up Hull Tigers Ltd when you buy tickets online

Sorry if this has been already posted a few hundred tickets still left on sale tomorrow and the club requesting some more form the RL www.hullfc.com/news/2017-06-25-t ... semi-final

Sorry if this has been already posted a few hundred tickets still left on sale tomorrow and the club requesting some more form the RL www.hullfc.com/news/2017-06-25-t ... semi-final

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"Sorry if this has been already posted a few hundred tickets still left on sale tomorrow and the club requesting some more form the RL www.hullfc.com/news/2017-06-25-t ... semi-final'" But, But ..... loads of people were oing to miss out...................................?

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"Sorry if this has been already posted a few hundred tickets still left on sale tomorrow and the club requesting some more form the RL www.hullfc.com/news/2017-06-25-t ... semi-final'" But, But ..... loads of people were oing to miss out...................................?

Eh? It is as simple as that. I got my Catalans home game cup tickets online in Hull's website selecting my reserved seats as a passholder. Did you queue up for yours?

Why are the dicks at Hull FC still only allowing members 2 tickets only each.

This is not hard. They have hundreds of tickets available. They will be getting more allocation. Leeds are doing a Wigan with there sales.

I do feel sorry for all you members. You have been really shat on by the club.

PS. I got my 6 tickets sat at home, on the couch, last Wednesday at 9.02am.

How have the members been shat on, the club are stickinh to what they said they would do?

I still believe they are. I firmly believe Hull could have sold 10k for this if the venue was correctly sized. The scarcity of tickets will put off many casual fans who may well have attended if they knew they could get a ticket.

I am aware that times have moved on, but I still remember the days of us taking 15k+ to semi finals

Tickets aren't "scarce" though, and pay on the day is becoming a thing of the past I am afraid (changed security rules etc.). Did you ever imagine a bag search at FC v Wakefield for instance.

So as a non-member I should be able to buy the dozen tickets I need on Wednesday? I don't feel confident, should I be?

Do you NEED them in the allocated seats? Why not just buy from RFL last week?

It's all allocated seating

No, it isn't. You could buy from the RFL

I believe Hull FC asked the RFL to sell their allocation of tickets down the East and West sides. When it became clear that they were selling out rapidly, Hull FC asked them to hold back a section down the West side in order that they had more than just the North Stand seats to sell to members at the weekend.

Sounds feasible, and good sense. I'll be surprised if anyone misses out, unless they want 10+ together and buying Wednesday.

Historically, season pass holders always got first dibs, then to a general sale. As far as I can remember, I cannot recall a pay on the day for a neutral venue game in the CC which Hull have been involved in (perhap the exception was the 1988 semi replay, only 4 days after the original game, this this was held at Elland road, plenty of room there).

I reckon there will be pubs / clubs / local RL clubs who could have organised their own buses if they knew enough tickets would be available.

Even if the tickets do not fully sell out, there is a scarcity.

What I think has been the major issue regarding the ticket availability for the SF is the total lack of any sort of clarity on the whole ticket sales situation.

1. Tickets available before Saturday inline with RFL request but not the Hull FC members allocations
2. Tickets go on sale at 10am weds in fact it was 9am so for those that tried at 10 it was an impossible task
3. Tickets for the disabled members & fans again difficult to obtain whether plenty available or not
4. Members tickets having to be bought from the Stadium on Saturday and no facilty for online sales again for members making it difficult to obtain tickets.

Whether there were tickets a plenty the issue for me is as a club Hull FC have for whatever the reasons made what should have been a fairly straight forward process of buying tickets in to a total farce and made obtaining tickets difficult.

It hasn't been difficult though.