I started following palace in 1968 but that does not make me a bigger priority over some one who started in 1978. For me , the same system as the semi for the final. I go to watch a game of football, not have a chat with my mates!

" I hate those f@cking northern monkeys " The late Lenny Mclean.

Go to the ticket office and queue up like we did in the olden days

Same as the semi for me personally. I was able to get a ticket at phase two, cos of my points. Only problem is my dad is a gold member but only has 650 points, so will be struggling unless he pulls some strings. Would love to go with him like I did in 1990 aged 11, but after queuing round the car park for replay tickets in 1990 the git sent me on the school camp I was booked for and went with mother instead.

26 years on, I may be the one that goes and he doesn't.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry....

SUPPORTING PALACE SINCE 1986

Camp outside the stadium, then queue round it twice, get pissed, play football in Sainsburys car park.... At least that's how we did it in 1990!

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Thats what happened in the Semi, Pick your block, they then give you a row, if you dont like it delete it from your basket and try again a little while later for a better row or choose a different block. We had a few mates in other blocks closeby and we all stood together Sunday. Probably why we had a few empty seats here and there.

In 1990 I'm sure you could buy more than 1 ticket per person. As a season ticket holder for 31 years I'd love to be able to take my wife and daughter but sadly that's an impossibility under the loyalty points system (which incidentally only counts 'loyalty' as being since 2013 when we came up the the prem - as orpington says, doesn't reward those who were here in the mid-80s).

Wouldn't be enough tickets to let every season ticket holder have 2, that's the problem and why whatever method they use some people are going to be disappointed

No you could not.
Cup Final Tickets were given on a percentage of your crowd at the time.
I believe we got 14,000.
We had to queue for up to TEN hours at Selhurst.First dibs went to Season Ticket Holders and Lifeline Members.
For the replay we got loads.
I was able to take my Mrs and Kids to the replay.
Unfortunately we lost.!!!

Palace 13th 2017/18.

I would prefer the way it was done for the Semi but with a little twist. The person making the lead booking should have to wait until their phase was "live" but then buy up to ten tickets, one per client number in their group irrespective of their level. For the semi, everyone in your group had to comply to the current phase requirements and this led to many being split up.

I know of a father and his 3 sons who were in different phases simply because dad had more loyalty points because all their club shop purchases for the whole family had been credited to his membership rather than the boys. This meant that his loyalty points meant nothing and he had to wait until a later phase when as four memberships were "live" rather than buy his ticket, hope there were tickets left for the boys when it was their turn and then have to sit away from them at the game.

Edited by Devon Eagle (30 Apr 2016 12.00am)

I am ready, are you? Sheffield here we come.

I'm quite happy with the process as I'm not being punished for not living local to Croydon but being rewarded in the efforts I have made over many years in supporting the club the best way I can from 200 miles away and getting to as many games possible.

I was able to buy a ticket in phase 2 for the semi at Wembley and I'll be at phase 2 again, so should get one.

The only issue I have is that Dad is at phase 3, but we've both agreed to be there and hopefully witness Palace revenging 1990, is more important than being sat together. We'll experience the atmosphere before and after the game together.

Let's do this Palace!

SUPPORTING PALACE SINCE 1986