ACL 09 - the who, the what, the where.

[Auburn Mariner]

Brett & Michael,

I apologise if my post earlier in relation to dates of ACL games came across as being flippant or smart-a__e. That was NOT my intention, I just didn't think enough about my post as soon as I saw the question. I am also sick of smart-a__e posts on this forum, as has been mentioned in other threads.

In retrospect, I should have realised that the actual dates has been published months in advance and you were after the home-and-away fixture list.

On the fixtures, my roster is pretty good, I will put in a Leave Request for April 8 today, I am NOT missing home games in the ACL. I will be in party mode for the other two home games, I am not working on those days, so beach and black beers look great.

 

[dru]

With my current travel plans it looks like I will miss the home game against Kawasaki, but really need to talk to a travel agent about I want to do.


Either way I'm doing our first away game in Asia and the away game in Japan. verhead:

 

[greenlion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwqQdy773Ig

Beijing fans in Tianjin

Greenlion - from what I've read and what I was told during the Olympics, flares/fireworks were not permitted into stadiums upon threat of arrest??    Or was that purely an Olympics only rule, because there sure are a lot of flares in that video??

no it depends on laws of local government, obviously flares are not allowd in beijing stadiums, and whats more, in most of the cities, the stadiums could only open 80% of the whole capacity to CSL games due to safety thoughts

 

[serious14]

no it depends on laws of local government, obviously flares are not allowd in beijing stadiums, and whats more, in most of the cities.

Are they allowed in Tianjin's stadium??  Or were those fans doing it illegally??

 

[greenlion]

no it depends on laws of local government, obviously flares are not allowd in beijing stadiums, and whats more, in most of the cities.

Are they allowed in Tianjin's stadium??   Or were those fans doing it illegally??

yes I think so, there is flames there in nearly every matches

 

[john_kowolski]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

 

[Auburn Mariner]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

Counting on this.

 

[serious14]

yes I think so, there is flames there in nearly every matches

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Where abouts is the TEDA in relation to Tianjin Railway Station??  That's about the only point of reference I know/bothered to take notice of in the city.

 

[Deej]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

Counting on this.

It's in your membership pack that we'll get priority access to ACL tickets

 

[brett]

Brett & Michael,

I apologise if my post earlier in relation to dates of ACL games came across as being flippant or smart-a__e. That was NOT my intention, I just didn't think enough about my post as soon as I saw the question. I am also sick of smart-a__e posts on this forum, as has been mentioned in other threads.

In retrospect, I should have realised that the actual dates has been published months in advance and you were after the home-and-away fixture list.

On the fixtures, my roster is pretty good, I will put in a Leave Request for April 8 today, I am NOT missing home games in the ACL. I will be in party mode for the other two home games, I am not working on those days, so beach and black beers look great.

No dramas big man. Good to hear you'll be able to make the home fixtures.

I'm in Egypt during match-day 2 so I was hoping for an away fixture that wasn't Japan to fall on that date...Yahtzee!!!

I can forseeably make all three home games and my preferred destination of Kawasaki.

Undoubtedly the Mariners will be expensive to follow through the finals this year with no NSW teams making it, so that will hurt the budget!!!

I'll be doing the big three of Queensland, Victoria, South Australia on the way to the Grand final, before doing UAE, Egypt and Japan in the next 15 or so weeks.

 

[Sonic_beats_Mario]

Well i do hope the Mariners do the 3 match superpass as a couple of ppl in my family will benefit as i will be missing the 1st game as i will be on tour somewhere in Canada. Its a shame the Steelers game was the one i wanted to see...

Oh well 2 out of 3 arent too bad i guess....

 

[clarence]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

And hopefully it will be better organised than the last GF, where the members were being TOLD that no seats were available in the preferred area, but had to settle for the most unpopular seats looking into the sun.

I can appreciate that there will be seats allocated to the FFA and the AFC, but I expect that the CCM members will be looked after, otherwise, what's the point of hanging in there with a membership that has little to show for it in terms of real priority? With mounting pressures on my spending money, the membership managers at the club had better make this ticket buying experience a good one. I am so sick of hearing about members getting sweet f**k all for the show of loyalty. IT'S PAY BACK TIME MARINERS, GIVE US SOME DECENT SEATS AND SOME PRIORITY.

 

[jaypee]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

Counting on this.

It's in your membership pack that we'll get priority access to ACL tickets

There will be some kind of deal - Mack at the Mariners Memberships confirmed this for me today

 

[jaypee]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

And hopefully it will be better organised than the last GF, where the members were being TOLD that no seats were available in the preferred area, but had to settle for the most unpopular seats looking into the sun.

I can appreciate that there will be seats allocated to the FFA and the AFC, but I expect that the CCM members will be looked after, otherwise, what's the point of hanging in there with a membership that has little to show for it in terms of real priority? With mounting pressures on my spending money, the membership managers at the club had better make this ticket buying experience a good one. I am so sick of hearing about members getting sweet f**k all for the show of loyalty. IT'S PAY BACK TIME MARINERS, GIVE US SOME DECENT SEATS AND SOME PRIORITY.

CCM did not run ticketing for the finals series - FFA ran this

 

[clarence]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

And hopefully it will be better organised than the last GF, where the members were being TOLD that no seats were available in the preferred area, but had to settle for the most unpopular seats looking into the sun.

I can appreciate that there will be seats allocated to the FFA and the AFC, but I expect that the CCM members will be looked after, otherwise, what's the point of hanging in there with a membership that has little to show for it in terms of real priority? With mounting pressures on my spending money, the membership managers at the club had better make this ticket buying experience a good one. I am so sick of hearing about members getting sweet f**k all for the show of loyalty. IT'S PAY BACK TIME MARINERS, GIVE US SOME DECENT SEATS AND SOME PRIORITY.

CCM did not run ticketing for the finals series - FFA ran this

And who will be running the ticketing for this AFC campaign?

 

[jaypee]

I assume that mariners members will get priority access to tickets at Bluetongue, similar to the HAL finals series?

Hopefully CCM organise ticketing similar to Adelaide last ACL campaign where a 'superpass' was sold which admitted to all 3 home games for the first round

And hopefully it will be better organised than the last GF, where the members were being TOLD that no seats were available in the preferred area, but had to settle for the most unpopular seats looking into the sun.

I can appreciate that there will be seats allocated to the FFA and the AFC, but I expect that the CCM members will be looked after, otherwise, what's the point of hanging in there with a membership that has little to show for it in terms of real priority? With mounting pressures on my spending money, the membership managers at the club had better make this ticket buying experience a good one. I am so sick of hearing about members getting sweet f**k all for the show of loyalty. IT'S PAY BACK TIME MARINERS, GIVE US SOME DECENT SEATS AND SOME PRIORITY.

CCM did not run ticketing for the finals series - FFA ran this

And who will be running the ticketing for this AFC campaign?

Hopefully us and not FFA

 

[clarence]

Doubt it.

Also, I feel that the club should have done a hell of a lot more for folks on the Coast with last year's GF.

They didn't run buses into Sydney, that was organised, hurriedly, by the folks at the old Ticketek and the CCLC, even though the club knew ages beforehand that they had agreed to the move to Sydney for a home GF.

They didn't have any contingency plan even though they knew they were up for a moved GF.

The club didn't make any enquiries to CityRail about extra trains or separation of fans, in fact, a lot of those concerns were addressed more by the Marinators and the Squadron than the two clubs involved!

They did not communicate with the members anything about a public transport scheme either or make any promise to help us with ticketing.

The only priority we got, as members, was the special day to buy tickets - and that even ended in tears as folks were being shoved tickets to buy that were looking into the sun. (Even though the stadium was empty on the shadier side of the stadium!)

Sure, the ticket shit fight was probably due to the FFA wanting to sellout the side of the stadium that was going to be shown on Foxsports, but the club should have shown some balls and demanded a lot better for what we were dished up. If it's one thing I detest about the Mariners it's their unwillingness to speak up in public about issues and put the wind up the FFA a bit about some issues. Instead they play the humble small club hick they get treated as.

 

[serious14]

Clarence - if the tickets for Sydney's home games when they were in it are anything to go by, it will be a joint AFC/Club approach.  Not sure if things have changed since then......

 

[clarence]

Clarence - if the tickets for Sydney's home games when they were in it are anything to go by, it will be a joint AFC/Club approach.  Not sure if things have changed since then......

Well, I hope they can do a better job with this ACL campaign than the past two GFs the Mariners have been involved in.

 

[gosford_mariner]

yes mariners, can you please pick me up from my house and take me to game... also dropping me home and times conveniant to me