For the first time ever as a season ticket holder I really wish I hadn't renewed this time. I did it in ignorant bliss, fully expecting the takeover to go through and hope to fill my soul for the new season. I now genuinely don't give a toss if it arrives before Saturday as if not I just wont bother going. (but will consider it a breach of contract and ask for a full refund!).
Haven't spoken to a single Charlton fan who is enthusiastic about the upcoming season.
What I found strange on this thread is a number of the more viciferous anti Roland posters have bought a season ticket. Absolutely amazing - giving him money and vilifying him at the same time!!
I think many Newcastle fans hate Ashley, but they still get 50,000 turning up each game. When Man U fans had a problem with the Glazers they sold out every week. Some fans are die hards. It's just that we only have about 5,000. I'll be there for the cup games when there's 2,000. I'll be there for Checkatrade when there's a 1,000. I'm a die hard fan. I suppose the next step will be fans slagging off Seb & Ollie. I'm not amazed that you don't want to go. I get it, it's up to you.
Very reluctantly bought mine today, predominantly for a few reasons. Firstly, I've had a season ticket for over 40 years, albeit the minimum spend on this occasion. Furthermore, it is something that is ingrained into my life that I just cannot let go, despite my overwhelming hatred for the owner. Having seen the staff doing a quite remarkable job today under what must be horribly uncertain circumstances, those in the front line have nothing but admirable respect. I genuinely feel awkward about doing so (though I am awkward internally by nature), but if I've paid a wage it makes me feel marginally better, not as long as it's not at the higher echelons. On a final note, a small sprinkling of My Dad was popped below his seat after he went upstairs. So sorry Roland, you're not going to rip our lives apart and divide a family every other week. You'll be gone a long time before we will. Just soon, one way or the other.
What I found strange on this thread is a number of the more viciferous anti Roland posters have bought a season ticket. Absolutely amazing - giving him money and vilifying him at the same time!!
I suppose everyone is different. There are plenty of governments that I haven’t been terribly impressed with over the last 35 years (and voted against) but never found a way from avoiding adding to their coffers :-) I still want to support the team and have given support to all the in stadium/walkout/sit down protests incuding handing out ‘material’. I have reconciled the action of buying a ST as actually giving him LESS money than if I had bought a ticket each game (I am not sufficiently ITK or connected to be able to get free tickets out of the regime)
Agreed, economics make unfortunate sense, KM tax of £3 and the 1.00 deadline, postage fees for tickets too. Intrigued to see what happens after the first game, never mind half seasons
Well, the lack of Katy is evident, as the ticket no longer marks me as having a 'client number': I now have a 'fan ID' number. At least they have spotted we are fans not customers. It's almost as good as it raining a little bit on the way home...
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
The other view is that if more people bought a season ticket the player budget would increase.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
The other view is that if more people bought a season ticket the player budget would increase.
Of course, but we have a rancid owner where some people are determined they won't give their stream off their p*** let alone a pound note to him.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
Buy an adult one in the family stand for £200 and migrate to covered end or jump over and into the East Stand , savings all round , although it'll be opposite to where you prolly usually sit in the West Stand
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
The other view is that if more people bought a season ticket the player budget would increase.
But would it..or would Roly simply reduce the Staprix losses with the extra cash?
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
Buy an adult one in the family stand for £200 and migrate to covered end or jump over and into the East Stand , savings all round , although it'll be opposite to where you prolly usually sit in the West Stand
I'd need to borrow one of your kids to buy in The Family Stand, wouldn't I ? I'll let the West Stand insult go you slaaaag.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
The other view is that if more people bought a season ticket the player budget would increase.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
Buy an adult one in the family stand for £200 and migrate to covered end or jump over and into the East Stand , savings all round , although it'll be opposite to where you prolly usually sit in the West Stand
I'd need to borrow one of your kids to buy in The Family Stand, wouldn't I ? I'll let the West Stand insult go you slaaaag.
Don't think you need a kid for the Family Stand , there was a couple behind me last season who were childless for it for the whole season
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
Buy an adult one in the family stand for £200 and migrate to covered end or jump over and into the East Stand , savings all round , although it'll be opposite to where you prolly usually sit in the West Stand
I'd need to borrow one of your kids to buy in The Family Stand, wouldn't I ? I'll let the West Stand insult go you slaaaag.
Don't think you need a kid for the Family Stand , there was a couple behind me last season who were childless for it for the whole season
I thought you'd matured to the West Stand ;-)
The day I have to sit in the West Stand library I'll start my own boycott.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
That's if you still went.
For me, not buying a season ticket is unthinkable, and boycotting is unthinkable. I've supported the club for over 40 years and had a season ticket for 25 of them. I watched us when there were 4k at the Valley, less than half that at Selhurst, I watched us under Gliksten Hulyer, etc. I got excited when we found £100k for John Pearson and even more so when £600k was found for Mendonca. I've been there when times have been good and when times have been very very low. Why on earth wouldn't I buy a season ticket now?
Because the heart of the club has been ripped out by this shyster, someone with all the capability of building on what Powell had achieved on and off the pitch and chose to do the opposite in wilful ignorance. His treatment of our club and its fans merits not a penny more, and my individual choice is to give him precisely that.
I won't be buying a season ticket, I'll be boycotting until the day he's gone. The day he's gone I'll be back in full heart, but until then not a penny more.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
That's if you still went.
For me, not buying a season ticket is unthinkable, and boycotting is unthinkable. I've supported the club for over 40 years and had a season ticket for 25 of them. I watched us when there were 4k at the Valley, less than half that at Selhurst, I watched us under Gliksten Hulyer, etc. I got excited when we found £100k for John Pearson and even more so when £600k was found for Mendonca. I've been there when times have been good and when times have been very very low. Why on earth wouldn't I buy a season ticket now?
Because the heart of the club has been ripped out by this shyster, someone with all the capability of building on what Powell had achieved on and off the pitch and chose to do the opposite in wilful ignorance. His treatment of our club and its fans merits not a penny more, and my individual choice is to give him precisely that.
I won't be buying a season ticket, I'll be boycotting until the day he's gone. The day he's gone I'll be back in full heart, but until then not a penny more.
Good for you Rich. Everyone must do what they want to do. It is what it is
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
That's if you still went.
For me, not buying a season ticket is unthinkable, and boycotting is unthinkable. I've supported the club for over 40 years and had a season ticket for 25 of them. I watched us when there were 4k at the Valley, less than half that at Selhurst, I watched us under Gliksten Hulyer, etc. I got excited when we found £100k for John Pearson and even more so when £600k was found for Mendonca. I've been there when times have been good and when times have been very very low. Why on earth wouldn't I buy a season ticket now?
Because the heart of the club has been ripped out by this shyster, someone with all the capability of building on what Powell had achieved on and off the pitch and chose to do the opposite in wilful ignorance. His treatment of our club and its fans merits not a penny more, and my individual choice is to give him precisely that.
I won't be buying a season ticket, I'll be boycotting until the day he's gone. The day he's gone I'll be back in full heart, but until then not a penny more.
I understand your point of view, but surely when we went to Selhurst that ripped the heart of the club out far more than what Roland did?
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I understand the mathmatical logic of your post. Even more logical is that if you boycotted you would be £340 better off and Roland £340 worse off. Sounds more sense to me :-)
And you wouldn't have to suffer what is looking like a car crash of a season! The fact is, when you don't buy a season ticket you simply attend fewer matches too.
Mine arrived today. All details correct. I didn’t have time to ring the ticket office to enquire about a refund as I was mad at work. Now that I’ve got it I’m keeping it although I feel a little dirty. My own fault for believing the hype in May. Can’t go Saturday. At a wedding. Not particularly bothered.
Here's something I find amazing. My S/T costs £340. If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50. So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
That's if you still went.
For me, not buying a season ticket is unthinkable, and boycotting is unthinkable. I've supported the club for over 40 years and had a season ticket for 25 of them. I watched us when there were 4k at the Valley, less than half that at Selhurst, I watched us under Gliksten Hulyer, etc. I got excited when we found £100k for John Pearson and even more so when £600k was found for Mendonca. I've been there when times have been good and when times have been very very low. Why on earth wouldn't I buy a season ticket now?
Because the heart of the club has been ripped out by this shyster, someone with all the capability of building on what Powell had achieved on and off the pitch and chose to do the opposite in wilful ignorance. His treatment of our club and its fans merits not a penny more, and my individual choice is to give him precisely that.
I won't be buying a season ticket, I'll be boycotting until the day he's gone. The day he's gone I'll be back in full heart, but until then not a penny more.
I understand your point of view, but surely when we went to Selhurst that ripped the heart of the club out far more than what Roland did?
Disagree completely. Ridiculous as the decision to leave the Valley was, Sunley had a plan and some ambition. We got promoted the first season there and Lennie Lawrence made a fist of it back in the top flight for a few seasons until we moved to West Ham by which time we were under new ownership. Duchatelet has had zero ambition since his first season when it become clear FFP was a dead duck. He's been cutting corners and managing expectations ever since. We have now reached the point where the cat is well and truly out-of-the-bag in terms of the scale of the mismanagement and his inability to sell the club because of his failure to get real on the price and conduct a proper sale.
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When Man U fans had a problem with the Glazers they sold out every week.
Some fans are die hards. It's just that we only have about 5,000.
I'll be there for the cup games when there's 2,000.
I'll be there for Checkatrade when there's a 1,000.
I'm a die hard fan.
I suppose the next step will be fans slagging off Seb & Ollie.
I'm not amazed that you don't want to go. I get it, it's up to you.
How come Covered End gets a like and I get a flag for basically saying the same thing?
Brown nose!
I have reconciled the action of buying a ST as actually giving him LESS money than if I had bought a ticket each game (I am not sufficiently ITK or connected to be able to get free tickets out of the regime)
My S/T costs £340.
If I bought a ticket for each game (I would), it will cost approximately £21 + £1.50 =£22.50 x 23 = £517.50.
So if I didn't buy a S/T as some would like/advise, I'll be giving the Belgian &%$% an extra £177.50.
I'll let the West Stand insult go you slaaaag.
I thought you'd matured to the West Stand ;-)
For me, not buying a season ticket is unthinkable, and boycotting is unthinkable. I've supported the club for over 40 years and had a season ticket for 25 of them. I watched us when there were 4k at the Valley, less than half that at Selhurst, I watched us under Gliksten Hulyer, etc. I got excited when we found £100k for John Pearson and even more so when £600k was found for Mendonca. I've been there when times have been good and when times have been very very low. Why on earth wouldn't I buy a season ticket now?
Because the heart of the club has been ripped out by this shyster, someone with all the capability of building on what Powell had achieved on and off the pitch and chose to do the opposite in wilful ignorance. His treatment of our club and its fans merits not a penny more, and my individual choice is to give him precisely that.
I won't be buying a season ticket, I'll be boycotting until the day he's gone. The day he's gone I'll be back in full heart, but until then not a penny more.
It is what it is
Edit; 5233 was the exact figure, see Masicat's post here http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/3284308#Comment_3284308