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Peter Varney asking for big crowd for Brighton match (Potential Buyers?)

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  • Hopefully Brighton won't field a full strength side.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Now the East is open I've registered interest in Valley Express... anyone heard back from the club on Valley Express for this game?
    Not yet, I was told they would have a clearer picture at the beginning of next week (I assume after they gauged interest on the coaches tonight).
  • I had a quick chat with PV tonight and, unsurprisingly, he revealed nothing. A few people made reference to his request but all he said was that he hoped to see a big crowd. He's expecting a very large Brighton contingent BTW.
  • Turn the clock back 15 years and tell your old self that brighton and hove Albion are bringing 6,000 to the valley… on buses from Sussex (anyone remember valley express)… and will have more there than us 
    There’s no possibility Brighton’s allocation will be bigger than the home support, even on current sales, which are about 4,000-5,000 (mainly in the lower west). That is plenty for a cup game that won’t sell out nearly three weeks ahead of matchday.

    Brighton have the whole west upper.
    Are you being serious Airman?



    That's going to be weird.
  • I had a quick chat with PV tonight and, unsurprisingly, he revealed nothing. A few people made reference to his request but all he said was that he hoped to see a big crowd. He's expecting a very large Brighton contingent BTW.
    Peter Varney’s ‘expecting a very large Brighton contingent’ what does that even mean ? 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,275
    edited December 2022
    Genuinely dreading the Brighton game and don't wish to go but will get a ticket because of Varney's tweet. Jees I hope good, new owners are around the corner.
  • Genuinely dreading the Brighton game and don't wish to go but will get a ticket because of Barney's tweet. Jees I hope good, new owners are around the corner.
    Who’s Barney ? 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    Weve given them the whole of the West Upper? Seriously?

    What a fucking mess we have become.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Off_it said:
    Weve given them the whole of the West Upper? Seriously?

    What a fucking mess we have become.
    What’s messed up about that?
    BHA fans’ money is as good as anybody’s 
    Charlton fans are apathetic about a cup competition we won’t win 
    Club can’t afford to be choosy about revenue 
    If there’s BHA demand they’d come anyway and sit all around in “home “ areas 
    TS made lots of mistakes but this ain’t one
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    edited December 2022
    Billy_Mix said:
    Off_it said:
    Weve given them the whole of the West Upper? Seriously?

    What a fucking mess we have become.
    What’s messed up about that?
    BHA fans’ money is as good as anybody’s 
    Charlton fans are apathetic about a cup competition we won’t win 
    Club can’t afford to be choosy about revenue 
    If there’s BHA demand they’d come anyway and sit all around in “home “ areas 
    TS made lots of mistakes but this ain’t one
    If you cant see what's wrong with giving someone half your main stand for a cup game then theres no point engaging with you.

    Good day, sir.
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  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Wow, I was actually hoping the West Upper would be segregated like it was for the Bournemouth game and that we'd given them part of the Curbs too as we have done in FA Cup games before. Was hoping for a West Upper ticket as bizarre as it might sound as it's the only part of the ground I've never watched a game from.

    My season ticket seat and block's sold out in the Covered Upper too. Don't mind sitting elsewhere in the ground for cup games but was hoping to tick off the West Upper here lol.
  • Billy_Mix said:
    Off_it said:
    Weve given them the whole of the West Upper? Seriously?

    What a fucking mess we have become.
    What’s messed up about that?
    BHA fans’ money is as good as anybody’s 
    Charlton fans are apathetic about a cup competition we won’t win 
    Club can’t afford to be choosy about revenue 
    If there’s BHA demand they’d come anyway and sit all around in “home “ areas 
    TS made lots of mistakes but this ain’t one
    Yeh, to be honest given the relative numbers it would make more sense if we had the Jimmy Case Seed stand and they had the rest of the ground.
    Maybe Castore could rustle up some blue and white striped clobber, after all BHA fans money is as good as anybodys.
    To be honest, given it will probably be a cold night and they'll have gloves on, maybe they would like us to wipe their bottoms for them after they have shit on us
  • Genuinely dreading the Brighton game and don't wish to go but will get a ticket because of Barney's tweet. Jees I hope good, new owners are around the corner.
    Who’s Barney ? 
    I think you know the answer to that! But I'll explain anyway. Seeing this thread is about a tweet by Peter varney and b is next to v on a keyboard, it's clearly a typo 
  • The turnstiles to the upper are next up the lower, will the police allow fans to queue next to each other 
  • Ffs that could get tricky with pissed up twunts form differing sides all milling around the back of the West Stand 
    A late moody controversial winner for Brightons stiffs (obviously a strong side will be challenging the 7-0 scoreline) , who knows but there’s ugly potential with sooooo many dickheads alive and well in todays society 
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,647
    Turn the clock back 15 years and tell your old self that brighton and hove Albion are bringing 6,000 to the valley… on buses from Sussex (anyone remember valley express)… and will have more there than us 
    There’s no possibility Brighton’s allocation will be bigger than the home support, even on current sales, which are about 4,000-5,000 (mainly in the lower west). That is plenty for a cup game that won’t sell out nearly three weeks ahead of matchday.

    Brighton have the whole west upper.
    Are you being serious Airman?



    That's going to be weird.

    Well a couple of thousand Coalville fans took the piss for 90 minutes so what's wrong with a few thousand more.
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,342
    The turnstiles to the upper are next up the lower, will the police allow fans to queue next to each other 
    It happens at a lot of grounds these days
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    edited December 2022
    The turnstiles to the upper are next up the lower, will the police allow fans to queue next to each other 
    Better than having Brighton using turnstiles in Harvey Gardens. Nothing like this happens without a police decision.

    There is no significant money in this. After VAT and concessions, Charlton will do well to make a fiver per Brighton fan at 45% revenue split.

    That said I don’t see the merit of locking them out. 

  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    The turnstiles to the upper are next up the lower, will the police allow fans to queue next to each other 
    Better than having Brighton using turnstiles in Harvey Gardens. Nothing like this happens without a police decision.

    There is no significant money in this. After VAT and concessions, Charlton will do well to make a fiver per Brighton fan at 45% revenue split.

    That said I don’t see the merit of locking them out. 

    Would they be so generous to us?
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    Hal1x said:
    The turnstiles to the upper are next up the lower, will the police allow fans to queue next to each other 
    Better than having Brighton using turnstiles in Harvey Gardens. Nothing like this happens without a police decision.

    There is no significant money in this. After VAT and concessions, Charlton will do well to make a fiver per Brighton fan at 45% revenue split.

    That said I don’t see the merit of locking them out. 

    Would they be so generous to us?
    If they had 20,000 spare seats, probably. 
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  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,647
    I would be curious to know the players view on this.
    I should think it would be quite demoralising to come out at a home cup game to be greeted by such a large number of away fans.
  • Andrew Barclay currently going on a Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy rant on Twitter. Let’s hope he’s not involved this time round. 
  • DiscoCAFC
    DiscoCAFC Posts: 1,762
    Andrew Barclay currently going on a Hunter Biden laptop conspiracy rant on Twitter. Let’s hope he’s not involved this time round. 
    Because of his political views? 
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,782
    Starting to get vibes that this isn’t an ‘new ownership’ rally, but a ‘put money in the transfer budget’ one… 
    would only be Charlton after all 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    I would be curious to know the players view on this.
    I should think it would be quite demoralising to come out at a home cup game to be greeted by such a large number of away fans.

    Shouldn't need so shit and maybe our own fans would turn up for them then.

    I don't like the idea of having that many away fans at The Valley but that pathetic bunch of shites' feelings about it are the least of my concerns.
  • Now the East is open I've registered interest in Valley Express... anyone heard back from the club on Valley Express for this game?
    Not yet, I was told they would have a clearer picture at the beginning of next week (I assume after they gauged interest on the coaches tonight).
    Great, thanks. Would hope there's sufficient interest to put on some coaches.

    Not fussy who I travel with, checked Brighton's coach sites, see if they're doing a Tunbridge Wells pick up for this one. Nope. But interesting to see the supporter's club charging £26 for this game. Shows what a relative bargain Valley Express is.
  • The Brighton game has the unbelievable potential to be either a new low point where we are humiliated both on the pitch and in the stands or bizarrely a high point where if Peter Varney is correct,  we have a new dawn on the cards. 
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Who gives a shit about letting Brighton fans come to the game? Some people want to watch a game....let them watch it. Never bothered me when Chelsea or Watford (in the cup) brought 1000s of fans....scattered all over the East Terrace. All added to the atmosphere. Remember that....atmosphere? It used to be a thing at football. 
  • CH4RLTON
    CH4RLTON Posts: 2,618
    The one thing I would say surley there can't be any smoke without fire in this instance, he has seen how the fans have reacted to his comments on twitter and if there wasnt anything in it I think a man of his integrity would told us that, think it is more a case of he has told us much as he can to this point