Confusion over status of Season ticket waiting list
The marketing email read: “Don’t miss out on huge West Ham moments. Put yourself in the best position to watch the Hammers live every week by joining the Season Ticket Waiting List. It costs just £10, which will be redeemable against your future Season Ticket purchase.With all 52,000 Season Tickets sold out for the last two seasons, joining the Waiting List is your only way to secure a Season Ticket. You will get priority on any Season Tickets not renewed in order of the date you joined – so the sooner you join, the better your priority!”
Yesterday West Ham Chairman David Gold tweeted out: ‘We do have 50,000 loyal season ticket holders and circa 50,000 fans on the waiting list. FACT. dg’
The reported 50,000 list figure has been repeated since the summer of 2016 with Brady saying “50,000 people are on the waiting list for tickets” but since then the number has not been revised up or down.
Many supporters doubt the high number pointing out the fact that up to 5,000 on the waiting list must have got season tickets the beginning of this season after a similar number of former season ticket holders decided not to renew their season tickets at the London Stadium.
Others have suggested that if the number is actually true that marketing the season ticket waiting list when it is already at 50,000 is more about the money than it is about a realistic chance of ever getting a ticket. Supporters have called for transparency around the list so each and every fan can understand what number and priority they are on the waiting list.
Moore than just a podcast presenter Nigel Kahn messaged David Gold saying “If that is a FACT, why has the club emailed this week asking if I want to join the Season ticket waiting list for £10. Either you dont have 50,000 on the list, or if you do, you want teners off fans for something they won’t stand a chance of getting.”