Wrath help required with acquiring Boro tickets...

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DJ Ginga
Last Active
21st October 2017

^^^ Only comes crawling back when he wants something *side-eyes emoji* (n/m)

Yeah, guilty as charged. My (latest) disappearance on here coincided with ditching all social media last year, but since then I've been guesting infrequently in a read-only approach.

The reason I need help:
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YOUR AWAY POINTS
So far you have accumulated 0 Away Points.

That's because our last away game with City was over two years ago (and we're no longer season ticket holders or even members):
18/2/17
Burton Albion
L2-1
Jerome
5,263
1,704A
Cabbage
Terrace
77/92 in the current qualifying set (79 at the time)

That's not to class my self as some sort of glory hunter (I hunt grounds, not glory), as we've clocked up these home games this season:
West Bromwich Albion
Millwall
Rotherham United
& Portsmouth

Plus these other games at Carrow Road:
England U21s vs Holland
& VFL Wolfsburg II (U23)

And we'll also be at these home fixtures:
Swansea City AFC
& Westimonial vs Russtimonial

Maybe that doesn't sound like much, but we've done plenty of aways this season, just not with City:
Cheltenham Town vs Carlisle United
Forest Green Rovers vs Stevenage
Newport County AFC vs Grimsby Town
Macclesfield Town vs Carlisle United
Bury vs Newport County AFC
Port Vale vs Oldham Athletic AFC
& Shrewsbury Town vs Fleetwood Town

That leaves us with a NW double on an Easter camping holiday:
Accrington Stanley vs Walsall
& Rochdale AFC vs Wycombe Wanderers

Then we aim to complete the 92 for the first time (in for me 23 seasons of going to games, around 6 or more on top for OTBClare) with the original NCFC in their last home game of the season, in what could well be the end of their unbroken 131 year/120 league season-long association with the Football League since its foundation in 1888/89 (they've also been FA Cup participants since its 7th 'season' in 1877/78, the club being the oldest still in existence in the FL, having been founded in 1862):
Notts County vs Grimsby Town

Frustratingly, I've already ticked off the Riverside Stadium:
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28/12/04
L2-0
34,836
1,830A
24/92 in the current qualifying set (27 at the time)
We had away season tickets in the Prem back then, but Clare pulled out ill on the day, with Meeky off-of-have-of here driving us up there like a man possessed & I met up with another mate up there who switched his seat to use Clare's vacant one. Roll on 'til now and this remains the last discrepancy between our 92s, Clare having been to Ayresome Park some time in the early 90s (I haven't) but that obviously doesn't count anymore. Every season since we've either been swapping divisions or remaining a division apart, the fixture's been held on a school night and so not viable for Clare or we've had other commitments. I could be selfish and ignore her record and focus on my own 92, but we've been together since 2003, so I want to celebrate our 92 Club membership as a pair, plus want to complete it at such a historic club before they disappear, so it has to be done this season.

So in all likelihood it'll be sold out before it gets to general sale next Friday:
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"Ticket news: Middlesbrough
28 February 2019
Tickets for Norwich City’s away trip to Middlesbrough will go on sale to supporters next week.
Norwich will take on Boro at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday, March 30, with kick-off at 5.30pm.
Tickets will be priced at:
Adults £30
Over-65s £20
Under-18s £17
Tickets will go on sale to supporters through a loyalty points system as follows:
Monday, March 4 at 9am – Supporters with 1,300 points
Monday, March 4 at 1pm – Supporters with 1,250 points
Tuesday, March 5, at 9am – Supporters with 1,200 points
Tuesday, March 5 at 1pm – Supporters with 1,150 points
Wednesday, March 6 at 9am – Supporters with 1,100 points
Wednesday, March 6 at 1pm – Supporters with 1,050 points
Thursday, March 7 at 9am – Supporters with 1,000 points
Thursday, March 7 at 1pm – Supporters with 500 points
Friday, March 8 at 9am – General sale
Coach travel will also be available at £36 with a £1 discount for season ticket holders and members. Coaches will depart from Carrow Road at 10am."

And it looks like Boro have it sewn-up for any home-end shenanigans:
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"Home Tickets
BORO V NORWICH CITY
Saturday March 30
Kick-off 5.30pm
Sky Bet Championship
On general sale.
Buy tickets for the Boro v Norwich game online
Adult prices from £30, Over-65s from £20, Under-18s from £17
Important information
There are no visitors tickets sold online to opposition fans attending the Riverside. Any visiting supporters found in the Riverside’s home section will be ejected without a refund.
The Ticket Office will place a booking embargo on newly-registered clients without a purchasing history for at the Riverside Stadium, where the visiting team sell-out their away allocation.
This is to help alleviate any issues caused by high volumes of bookings for these fixtures, as well as preventing any visiting supporters from attempting to book tickets in the home section. This affects online, telephone and over-the-counter sales.
Supporters who already have a ticket purchasing account will not be affected."

Someone came up with some Wrath advice in regards spare tickets for Millwall a couple of times in the last week or so, mentioning a couple of Facebook groups that offer spares in return for charity donations. If that Wrather could reply here with the group name or URL that'd be appreciated, thanks. We both left Faceache last year, but I'd be prepared to create a fake account to gain access to the group; Franck Queudrue was Boro's leftback (my outfield position) back then and I used to love how well his name suited the Norfolk drawl ("Kooo-drewww"), so if you see him pop-up in the members list on there, then that's me.

Beyond that, I'd be pleading for some saintly benevolence from a Wrather unable to travel themselves but willing to buy two adult tickets with their points, or let us use their customer number, or send us their PayPal email address that I can repay them from, or meet us before Swansea if they receive the tickets by then to swap cash for tickets in person, or whatever works best. I'm open to suggestions and am trying to be proactive about this. I've posted out spare tickets to fellow Wrathers in the past, back when we had away season tickets during the League One season but skipped the odd game, so hopefully we've built up enough Wrath karma over the years. We always used to say back in the day that if people wanted to get to games badly enough (without resorting to extortionate ticket touts, of course) then they would always find a way - I'm hoping that still rings true...

Posted By: DJ Ginga, Mar 3, 18:33:05