One of my mates that used to coach Under 18 teams up in Nottinghamshire, with me, is now a Director of Coalville Town FC. He contacted me tonight and is really looking forward to the game, they will sell out their allocation for sure.
They only had 1400 at Notts Co. Was that all they were allocated.
To them we are a big club and thats what they wanted. I can't vouch for my mates estimation, but it's the biggest game in their recent history. Smallish ex mining town, I think it'll be a very good turn out. I just hope that our fans turn up for the game and help boost Coalvilles coffers. It's what the FA cip is all about.
We get barely 7k fans watching a league game, wtf will fans want to watch this?
'you're supposed to be at home'
'you're support is fucking shit'
'you're ground's too big for you'
i'll happily pay a tenner to listen to that all afternoon.
One of my mates that used to coach Under 18 teams up in Nottinghamshire, with me, is now a Director of Coalville Town FC. He contacted me tonight and is really looking forward to the game, they will sell out their allocation for sure.
They will sell out the Jimmy Seed in their dreams. Coalville's stadium, Owen Street Sports Ground has a capacity of 2k and their average crowd is 400 odd.
Havant & Waterlooville and Truro combined had a lot less than 2k. My guess is Coalville will bring 600/700 max.
One of my mates that used to coach Under 18 teams up in Nottinghamshire, with me, is now a Director of Coalville Town FC. He contacted me tonight and is really looking forward to the game, they will sell out their allocation for sure.
They will sell out the Jimmy Seed in their dreams. Coalville's stadium, Owen Street Sports Ground has a capacity of 2k and their average crowd is 400 odd.
Havant & Waterlooville and Truro combined had a lot less than 2k. My guess is Coalville will bring 600/700 max.
I am not assuming we will get through the tie, respect genuine Coleville supporters, and am actually looking forward to the game.
I would be going anyway but playing a team 99.9% of us had probably never heard of before the name came out in the draw, definitely an I was there game for football fans to turn up to
I am not assuming we will get through the tie, respect genuine Coalville supporters, and am actually looking forward to the game.
Even with our awful cup record, there's no way we should be losing this especially at home. They're tier 7, the same level as Cray Wanderers. We usually loan our kids out to a higher level than that.
The RMT seem to have deliberately picked the FA cup weekend. With strike action on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of November. We may have the lowest FA cup gate in decades, give how badly effected SE trains are but also EMR which covers most routes into London for Coalville fans.
The RMT seem to have deliberately picked the FA cup weekend. With strike action on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of November. We may have the lowest FA cup gate in decades, give how badly effected SE trains are but also EMR which covers most routes into London for Coalville fans.
Will put off a lot of casual Coalville followers, if they can't do a bit of London socialising before/after. It's put me off....not sure I want to drive to the game from Middlesex. Club ought to move it to Sunday 6th Nov.
The RMT seem to have deliberately picked the FA cup weekend. With strike action on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of November. We may have the lowest FA cup gate in decades, give how badly effected SE trains are but also EMR which covers most routes into London for Coalville fans.
Will put off a lot of casual Coalville followers, if they can't do a bit of London socialising before/after. It's put me off....not sure I want to drive to the game from Middlesex. Club ought to move it to Sunday 6th Nov.
The RMT seem to have deliberately picked the FA cup weekend. With strike action on the 3rd, 5th and 7th of November. We may have the lowest FA cup gate in decades, give how badly effected SE trains are but also EMR which covers most routes into London for Coalville fans.
I am sure they will arrange coach travel considering this isn't an opportunity they get every week.
This is their FA cup semi final (since we don't do cup runs xD)
I think the rail strike will now affect their numbers. It depends I suppose how much laying on coaches will cost, what with the cost of living crisis. Even I, as a ST holder, and just 1 junction down from Coalville on the M1 will have to consider the cost of fuel etc.
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Coalville's stadium, Owen Street Sports Ground has a capacity of 2k and their average crowd is 400 odd.
Havant & Waterlooville and Truro combined had a lot less than 2k. My guess is Coalville will bring 600/700 max.
But of course, the usual negative nellies will find some way to have a dig.
We may have the lowest FA cup gate in decades, give how badly effected SE trains are but also EMR which covers most routes into London for Coalville fans.
BBC taking an interest now ?
This is their FA cup semi final (since we don't do cup runs xD)
We won 2-1(Robert Lee, Paul Williams). January 1989. Attendance 16,001.
Even I, as a ST holder, and just 1 junction down from Coalville on the M1 will have to consider the cost of fuel etc.