{"id":333734,"date":"2023-09-25T00:11:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T00:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=333734"},"modified":"2023-09-25T03:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T03:02:58","slug":"stab-in-the-heart-gf-ticket-drama-enrages-pies-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=333734","title":{"rendered":"'Stab in the heart': GF ticket drama enrages Pies fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood<\/a> members are confused, devastated and calling for action amid a ticket controversy that's erupted ahead of the AFL grand final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Priority-one Magpies members paid almost $1000 for a membership that guaranteed them a grand final ticket\ufeff, but some have been left with "standing room" tickets, some will have obstructed views and others have missed out altogether.<\/p>\n

There are even instances of priority-two and priority-three members ending up better off than priority-one members.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Ticketek brushed off all blame being directed its way, claiming allocated tickets for the grand final were the responsibility of the Magpies and the AFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"This is something that is so big in our lives," Collingwood member Kerryn Sharpe told 9News Melbourne.<\/p>\n

"I have been a single parent and struggled and worked 60-70-hour weeks and the one thing I've always kept going is my membership\ufeff."<\/p>\n

Collingwood member Christine Gallace said she was "really, really cross".\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Standing all day for me is not acceptable. I'm 68," she told 9News Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\"Collingwood<\/p>\n

The fact that some priority-two and priority-three members are set for a better grand final experience than priority-one members has crushed Sharpe.<\/p>\n

"That's like a stab in the heart for you," Sharpe said.<\/p>\n

"I'm asking the AFL to recall all those tickets and re-ticket everything. They have time to do it," Gallace added.<\/p>\n

"Not just for me and my friends; for all the members out there who have been by this club's side for the last 20 years," Sharpe said.<\/p>\n

Ticketek defended itself in a statement ahead of Collingwood's clash with Brisbane at the MCG.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"We're aware of some members contacting the Collingwood Football Club and the AFL in regards to the grand final ballot," the statement said.<\/p>\n

"The ballot process ran as per the instruction from the AFL, Collingwood Football Club and the MCG without issue."<\/p>\n

Collingwood has 106,470 members and Brisbane has 54,676.<\/p>\n

The Magpies qualified for the decider by beating Greater Western Sydney by one point<\/a>, while the Lions advanced in a 16-point victory over Carlton<\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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