Do you know what we here at FFS love about Leicester City
FC? It's the way that the same things go wrong year after
year and the fans can laugh about it!
This
week has seen complete bloody chaos down at the new Filbo
ticket office...but still most people are managing to smile.
To
all those who doubted fans loyalty...to all those who said
"you couldn't fill Filbo, you'll never fill the new one...one
finger up to you all.
Tickets
and merchandise are going like people's lives depend on it.
Staff are doing 12 hour shifts without breaks...the first
two games are practically sell outs...the shop tills aren't
shut long enough to even catch your breath as another shirt
is sold, and season tickets and memberships are rattling up.
Bloody
brilliant news.
Unfortunately
this has meant just a few gremlins...like you can't actually
get in touch with the club anymore or buy tickets! Things
have gone so completely nutso this week that the phones are
now being left off the hook and the fax and e-mail being ignored
because they can't cope with demand!
FFS
has been e-mailed with all sorts of stories about it and decided
to try itself this week to buy a ticket. It took 4 days of
telephoning, faxing and e-mailing before we gave up and went
down there today. 1hr 40mins later we finally emerged with
a ticket...and also 1 hr 40 minutes of good fun, lots of banter
and new friends made as everyone had a good laugh in the queue
and reminisced about various previous queuing sessions for
Wembley tickets!
Most
fans are being brilliant and being relatively calm in very
trying circumstances, and the staff are working flat out.
Moving stadium and offices whilst learning a new ticket system
and with naff all money...not our idea of a few fun weeks
for the poor sods.
Next
of course, comes the fiasco on Sunday...you know the drill
by now. ..your season ticket hasn't arrived, or it has but
your seat doesn't exist, or it does exist but someone else
is sitting in it.
This
year you'll have the added fun of seats numbered in the wrong
order or missing completely in the new stadium as stairs are
there instead now so there'll be people sitting in the aisles.
There's even talk of having to renumber many, meaning the
ones you sat in at the open day may have "moved"!
It
wouldn't be the first day of the new season without it all
so get there early and enjoy the chaos. Keep a smile on your
faces and don't blame the poor stewads!
Best
"They completely ballsed my season ticket up" story
e-mailed to FFS after the game will win a prize!
You
know it's going to happen, so just enjoy it...it means the
season's started again...what more could you want?!
Leicester...we
love you. Keep the faith!
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