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Conference trucks::football;1

Title:	Soccer Football Conference
Notice:	Don't forget your season ticket.....
Moderator:	MOVIES::PLAYFORD

Created:	Thu Aug 08 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	608
Total number of notes:	85903

547.0. "Premier League tickets (from abroad)" by BULEAN::ROBERTS (Are your lights out?) Mon Mar 11 1996 21:19

Distinguished Footies,

	Having recently reviewed "National Lampoon's European Holiday",
	I can hardly resist taking the family to the UK in the near future
	for a little cultural enrichment.  A quick perusal of the Premier 
	League schedule indicates that Manchester United will be playing at 
	Southampton on April 13.  Now what could be more culturally 
	enriching than a relaxing afternoon with thousands of Man United 
	supporters?

	How do I get tickets to this match or any other Premier League match
	from outside the UK?  Is there some sort of national ticket service 
	or do I have to deal directly with ticket mongers in Southampton?  
	I would like to get the tickets in advance of our departure so we 
	can plan on being in the right part of the country for whatever match
	we could get tickets.  Any phone numbers or general hints would be 
	greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ken Roberts
Greater Maynard (an obvious contradiction in terms)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
547.1		RDGENG::MORRELL	Mee Mee Mee Mee..... Shaggy... Scooobie...	`Tue Mar 12 1996 08:13`	12
	You could try ringing the Ticketmaster Premier League Ticket Line... I don't know if they will send them abroad but they do sell tickets for all the games... ( Home ends only ) The number is (0645) 202020.... you'll have to figure out how to dial it from the US. They charge a booking fee per call & per ticket... Cheers, Rick.
547.2	More useless advice	ZUR01::ASH	Grahame Ash @RLE	`Tue Mar 12 1996 11:13`	8
	One trick which has been known to work in the past is to write a grovelling letter to the home club, saying how ever since seeing Terry Payne on a piece of scratchy film in 1961 you've always wanted to visit the "Hallowed Dell", and you'll be passing through on . . . Or check the Southampton note for possible telephone number. g
547.3	Phone number instructions	AIMTEC::WICKS_A	Atlanta's Most (In)famous Welshman	`Tue Mar 12 1996 16:34`	15
	Ken though I can't imagine why anyone would want to watch the scummers ... the way you dial U.K phone numbers is 011+44 and then you strip the leading zero off the u.K number so 011-44-645-202020 The scummers ground is very small (16,000?) so you may want to plan some alternative back-up plan. Regards Andrew.D.Wicks
547.4	Alternative back-up plans...	BULEAN::ROBERTS	Are your lights out?	`Tue Mar 12 1996 21:25`	10
	Thanks for the info. The point about who would want to watch the scummers is a good one. I guess I could be patient and wait until April 27 when professional soccer starts up here - probably some of them will have played the game before. Then again, I could be even more patient and wait for the Liverpool-Juventus "friendly" in Foxboro in August (although the last time I watched those teams play on TV for the Euro Champions Cup in 1985 wasn't so friendly). Then again, we could go to Italy.... - ken
547.5	should be other games that day	AIMTEC::WICKS_A	Atlanta's Most (In)famous Welshman	`Tue Mar 12 1996 22:45`	9
	ken, There is apparently a U.S v Eire game in Boston in June... but seriously it may be difficult to get tickets for such a small ground as southampton and you might want to check what other games are on that day. regards Andrew.D.Wicks