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Originally Posted by Damien
How does that work then? At Arsenal there are membership levels. Gold means season ticket which means every home game and the first 7 cup games (excluding Carling Cup) then for other home games you get a few weeks to 'buy' your seat for it before they'll offering to the next level down which is Silver.
Silver means you can book any games, other than seats already taken by season tickets, on a first-come, first-served basis two months before the game in question. This gives them a one month head start on Red members who can book 1 month in advance.
So no ballots required apart from cup finals. Instead it's a tiered membership scheme (anyone can be red, Silver is limited and the longest serving red members get promoted when one of the Silver members doesn't renew).
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The United one is a lot more simple. If you are a member you apply for tickets, if the game is over subscribed a ballot is held and its completely random. It could be the first game you apply for and you have the same chance as everyone else. Its only the big games that you have to apply though, against lesser teams you can choose your seats. There are executives and season ticket holders who obviously have their seats already.
I think most of the time you have to be an exec to stand a chance of getting an away ticket. Normal members can't even apply for aways. I would love to go to an away game but the only chance i would have is buying from a tout or going to a european away in the early stages, which i nearly did this season against Cluj but decided against it. The only away i have been to was against City in the community shield, if that can be classed as an away.