Blackburn - Prepare to move those flasks and blankets....
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We are not lenient, our club wants the money from the increased salespalarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
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don't Shrewsbury basically have 4 separate stands, we'd get whatever that one behind the goal holds0
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housing away fans in a block that is shared with home fans is going beyond the call of duty imo, in what could be a v important game for us, what is not needed is 3000+ northerners having a promotion party.AFKABartram said:
We are not lenient, our club wants the money from the increased salespalarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
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That's life. Good luck to them.palarsehater said:
housing away fans in a block that is shared with home fans is going beyond the call of duty imo, in what could be a v important game for us, what is not needed is 3000+ northerners having a promotion party.AFKABartram said:
We are not lenient, our club wants the money from the increased salespalarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
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I take you back to when we played Leicester at Upton Park. They not only had they away end but it seemed half of the chicken run too. We did them that day & spoilt their party - just a shame that the Gold brothers have not wasted any time turning Upton Park into a building site.2
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I am happy for 3000 northerners having a promotion party, and yes, good luck to them. What I don’t want is another 2000 of them having a party in our stands!shirty5 said:
That's life. Good luck to them.palarsehater said:
housing away fans in a block that is shared with home fans is going beyond the call of duty imo, in what could be a v important game for us, what is not needed is 3000+ northerners having a promotion party.AFKABartram said:
We are not lenient, our club wants the money from the increased salespalarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
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The match is now classified as a 'Gold Game' with increased ticket prices on restricted sale.
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5ad61a7a65044/tickets-for-home-fixture-against-blackburn-go-on-restricted-sale4 -
If we get a result at Pompey then this is still a massive game for us so no way do we give them any extra tickets as 1: we should hopefully get a good turnout and 2: we don't want it to feel like a home game for them2
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Indeed, but this is Charlton we are talking about hereRedrobo said:
I am happy for 3000 northerners having a promotion party, and yes, good luck to them. What I don’t want is another 2000 of them having a party in our stands!shirty5 said:
That's life. Good luck to them.palarsehater said:
housing away fans in a block that is shared with home fans is going beyond the call of duty imo, in what could be a v important game for us, what is not needed is 3000+ northerners having a promotion party.AFKABartram said:
We are not lenient, our club wants the money from the increased salespalarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
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by time monday comes it will be too late am expecting us to facilitate it over the next couple of days.kinveachyaddick said:If we get a result at Pompey then this is still a massive game for us so no way do we give them any extra tickets as 1: we should hopefully get a good turnout and 2: we don't want it to feel like a home game for them
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We could well have something to play for so I'd tell them to go and do one!3
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It's not a case of being lenient, it's the fact we have a half empty stadium each week and the owner wants to maximise ticket revenue. If we had 25k each week and were turning fans away, then we wouldn't be doing it.palarsehater said:be interesting to see if we get playoffs what sort of allocation we get as shrewsbury holds about 10,000 even 15% is only 1500 and so i don't know why we are so lenient.
Also we're in league one, we can't expect most other sides to have large capacities. If we make the play offs and get a team who have a tiny capacity then so be it. Not many sides at this level have 25-30k stadiums, there's only 4-5 sides in the league who even average 5 figure crowds.0 -
Going beyond the Call Of Duty could cause a Battlefield.palarsehater said:housing away fans in a block that is shared with home fans is going beyond the call of duty imo
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Net revenue from allocating extra seats is likely to be £15k-20k after costs. It’s not negligible but it’s not that significant either against the monthly wage bill.
There’s a lot more money in staging a play-off semi-final.3 -
with extra seats comes extra security so that will be a cost also.0
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That was more a "too many Leicester fans have turned up for the away end, we'd better do doing" rather than a planned event. In addition, when we played Newcastle (our final game at Upton Park) there were loads of Newcastle fans in the West Stand that daygolfaddick said:I take you back to when we played Leicester at Upton Park. They not only had they away end but it seemed half of the chicken run too. We did them that day & spoilt their party - just a shame that the Gold brothers have not wasted any time turning Upton Park into a building site.
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When we played Bournemouth, I could see a justification for giving them more tickets, as whereas it was a nothing game for us, it was a massive game in their history, promotion to the PL league for the first time.
For Blackburn with their history (PL winners less than 25 years ago) getting out of the 3rd division is hardly the same. Especially as it's not a dead match for us, even if we lost against Pompey.4 -
If we lose on Saturday then there won't be an issue. If we're still in with a shout of the playoffs then we shouldn't be allocating more tickets.
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On their twitter account they are saying that Charlton have refused any more tickets. They are talking about beam backs now.
https://twitter.com/rovers
I am assuming it's their real twitter account anyway. Great news if true as this is a crucial game for us.6 -
Not sure the police would allow it anyway, given they struggled with Burnley in similar circumstances.0
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Is it actually confirmed that we are giving them extra tickets?0
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No but its confirmed we wontPopIcon said:Is it actually confirmed that we are giving them extra tickets?
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Good. This match could be crucial for us, no sense in giving them any advantage.1
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Just had a very interesting conversation with the ticket office. I usually buy my ticket on-line & print it off at home. Golfie Jnr has a season ticket & I usually by the seat next to him (my old season ticket which I haven't renewed for the past 2 seasons). I was not aware that the tickets are now on restricted sale until I tried booking mine this afternoon.clive said:The match is now classified as a 'Gold Game' with increased ticket prices on restricted sale.
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5ad61a7a65044/tickets-for-home-fixture-against-blackburn-go-on-restricted-sale
Realising that they weren't on the system I assumed that they had been "pulled" & rang the ticket office. My usual seat looks like it has gone so I bought the one directly behind (I expect to be able to shuffle a few people around or for both of us to sit somewhere else on the day as our block normally has plenty of empty seats).
However, I was not prepared for the £2.50 booking fee. I told the very pleasant young lady that as I have always bought my ticket on-line (which they can check) AND that they can see the season ticket next to the seat I wanted to purchase was in the name of my son AND it was their decision to withdraw the sale of tickets online that I wasn't going to pay this surcharge. 3 times she apologised & said that she understood (er, no you don't) but there was nothing she could do, Tickets booked over the phone & not online are subject to a booking fee. I quite strongly suggested that she'd better go & speak to someone as this would be all over the internet in 5 minutes if she insisted on the surcharge. She came back a minute or two later to say that the surcharge would be waived. Common sense prevailed.
I suggest the comms team or someone in authority (the tea lady ??) had better sort this asap or there might be a few more people getting irate over the next few days.
If anyone knows the young lady in question then please thank her for me. I don't apologise for sticking to my guns - I wasn't rude or abusive & didn't raise my voice - just simply stated very strongly that I wasn't going to pay the surcharge & that anyone could se that I wasn't a Blackburn supporter (they have my name & address on file).2 -
Common sense prevails !
Must have been on Bow & JJ's advice IMO.
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Nah, they called Joey Barton and asked his opinion.Fanny Fanackapan said:Common sense prevails !
Must have been on Bow & JJ's advice IMO.0 -
It must be time for this seasons rumour of away fans buying in home stands.EastStand said:Good. This match could be crucial for us, no sense in giving them any advantage.
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Baldybonce said:
It must be time for this seasons rumour of away fans buying in home stands.EastStand said:Good. This match could be crucial for us, no sense in giving them any advantage.
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Bet thier sitting next to golfiepaulie8290 said:Baldybonce said:
It must be time for this seasons rumour of away fans buying in home stands.EastStand said:Good. This match could be crucial for us, no sense in giving them any advantage.
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Wait til Roland finds out.Fanny Fanackapan said:Common sense prevails !
Must have been on Bow & JJ's advice IMO.
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