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Season Tickets - Suggestion for the club

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    superclive98 said:
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Plaaayer said:
    4 more years of that service is painful 
    If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time. 

    And just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen. 
    Old Trafford seemed to cope with 9,000+ Charlton fans. Plastic bottles of lager instead of the ridiculously slow pouring of pints seems an obvious answer.
    How many plastic bottles will get thrown on the pitch though?
  • dandydoody
    dandydoody Posts: 7
    AFKABartram said:
    Was great seeing so many in the ground Saturday and there must have been really decent match ticket sales to get it to that. 

    Why not try to capitalise on it, ahead of the next home game offer a discounted season ticket to all those that bought a full price match ticket for Saturday? Either by the price of the match ticket they paid, or by 1/23rd of the price? 

    I’ve no doubt most of those there were lapsed ST holders. We won’t get those match day sales consistently so let’s try and get as many on board while spirits are high after a win.

    What do others think? 
    Seems like you predicted the future here! 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,774
    Covered End said:
    superclive98 said:
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Plaaayer said:
    4 more years of that service is painful 
    If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time. 

    And just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen. 
    Old Trafford seemed to cope with 9,000+ Charlton fans. Plastic bottles of lager instead of the ridiculously slow pouring of pints seems an obvious answer.
    How many plastic bottles will get thrown on the pitch though?
    You wouldn't be able to take them away from the concourse. I didn't notice any bottles being thrown at OT.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,211
    Surely these suggestions should be taken forward by the Fans Forum or CAST if need be?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited August 2023
    superclive98 said:
    Covered End said:
    superclive98 said:
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Plaaayer said:
    4 more years of that service is painful 
    If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time. 

    And just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen. 
    Old Trafford seemed to cope with 9,000+ Charlton fans. Plastic bottles of lager instead of the ridiculously slow pouring of pints seems an obvious answer.
    How many plastic bottles will get thrown on the pitch though?
    You wouldn't be able to take them away from the concourse. I didn't notice any bottles being thrown at OT.
    There's been a few things thrown at players and officials at The Valley in the last few seasons.
    The most recent being the tomato ketchup squirted over the referee and then the ketchup bottle thrown at him.

    A couple of fans in separate incidents have been hit at the front of the Covered End by items thrown from the upper tier.

    Also, it's not difficult to hide a bottle inside a jacket/coat.
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,587
    They clearly read charlton life. @AFKABartram great suggestion mate 👍
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    Well done Charlton 👏 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,471
    More than 6,000 match tickets were sold for the game .
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/convert-your-leyton-orient-ticket-season-ticket
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,851
    Great move - well done AFKA.

    Strange though - I got the email thanking me for attending and offering me the same deal. I'm already a ST holder!!
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  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Nice to see the club getting a lot of things right lately. It's been a long, long time.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    clive said:
    More than 6,000 match tickets were sold for the game .
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/convert-your-leyton-orient-ticket-season-ticket
    No doubt it would have been even more if the either wasn't shite and trains were normal. Great numbers 👏 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    shine166 said:
    clive said:
    More than 6,000 match tickets were sold for the game .
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/convert-your-leyton-orient-ticket-season-ticket
    No doubt it would have been even more if the either wasn't shite and trains were normal. Great numbers 👏 
    Same as the Derby game for the first home game of last season. Time will tell if those will keep going from now on 
  • Wright6679
    Wright6679 Posts: 197
    bobmunro said:
    Great move - well done AFKA.

    Strange though - I got the email thanking me for attending and offering me the same deal. I'm already a ST holder!!
    Same here.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,719
    @AFKABartram - you should be on 10% lol
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    ButtleJR said:
    They clearly read charlton life. @AFKABartram great suggestion mate 👍
    They’ve done it every season for a long time. 
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Afkas next suggestion will be a height related pricing tariff rather than age.
  • 801912601
    801912601 Posts: 621
    We (well the club!) need to be thinking about the future. Why not publicise the under 18 ticket more and get more teenagers in the ground. Be better for the atmosphere and hopefully the fan base moving forward.
    Target schools and place ads in the local free press in areas within reasonable travelling distance from the valley. 
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    801912601 said:
    We (well the club!) need to be thinking about the future. Why not publicise the under 18 ticket more and get more teenagers in the ground. Be better for the atmosphere and hopefully the fan base moving forward.
    Target schools and place ads in the local free press in areas within reasonable travelling distance from the valley. 
    Tbh, the best thing for getting youth on board, is success. If we didn't have the Premier league years, our numbers would have been awful the last few years. Its worth a shot, but you're are not going to convert many 17 year olds to be charlton fans. I'm pretty sure schools already get freebies.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    Well that’s really encouraging 👋👋

    Hope many of those who went Saturday consider it, we all want The Valley as full and buzzing like that regularly. We fans have a part to play too in reinvigorating our club
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  • Oh Eddie Youds...
    Oh Eddie Youds... Posts: 1,320
    charlton4ever said:
    @AFKABartram - you should be on 10% lol
    AFKA can’t claim the glory for this.

    The club were already one step ahead of him and offering what he proposed last week. People who had season tickets last year but haven’t renewed this year we’re sent this before the Orient game last week:


  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,465
    edited August 2023
    AFKABartram said:
    Well that’s really encouraging 👋👋

    Hope many of those who went Saturday consider it, we all want The Valley as full and buzzing like that regularly. We fans have a part to play too in reinvigorating our club
    Fair play mate. Pretty unbelievable that!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    We know Methven etc were using other forums and some posters on here to get their message out.

    Didn't realise that @AFKABartram was part of that and is now one the inner circle of trusted fans.

    Obviously, asked to put the idea up the flagpole on here to see who saluted it.

    When the reaction was good the club announced it.

    Explains a lot, especially about stolen promotes.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,077
    superclive98 said:
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Plaaayer said:
    4 more years of that service is painful 
    If the team does have a good season and crowds are around the same as Saturday, or even higher, then I suspect things will get a lot worse, rapidly. Too much needs to happen in that 15 minute window at half time and the concourses aren’t big enough to cope with the movement of fans and the static queues at the same time. 

    And just to add to the moans about Saturday, I got a coffee to take to my seat. The lids were too small for the cup so I had to walk around everybody on the packed concourse whilst carrying a scolding hot drink with no lid. I couldn’t have been the only one. That is one fcking nasty accident waiting to happen. 
    Old Trafford seemed to cope with 9,000+ Charlton fans. Plastic bottles of lager instead of the ridiculously slow pouring of pints seems an obvious answer.
    It is a glaringly obvious thing to do, makes things quicker and then make more money.

    I would like to know why this is not implemented.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,866
    charlton4ever said:
    @AFKABartram - you should be on 10% lol
    Nah, I heard he's getting 20%
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    @AFKABartram, you've definitely taken a Charlton happy pill of late. You seem way more optimistic about the club than you've been (sounded) for some time?
  • barstool
    barstool Posts: 1,352
    why not have an app where you order and pay for half time drinks, food then go to a pick up point to save all the processing time 
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    barstool said:
    why not have an app where you order and pay for half time drinks, food then go to a pick up point to save all the processing time 
    Tbh, pre pooring beers and tapping a credit card is just as quick and one less thing to fuck up.
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,290
    shine166 said:
    barstool said:
    why not have an app where you order and pay for half time drinks, food then go to a pick up point to save all the processing time 
    Tbh, pre pooring beers and tapping a credit card is just as quick and one less thing to fuck up.
    Then you get flat pints though, oh wait this is the north upper bar so no danger of a pint with any life in it anyway 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,077
    barstool said:
    why not have an app where you order and pay for half time drinks, food then go to a pick up point to save all the processing time 
    Absolute chaos, from day one fans will be paying for food and drink and it not materialising.

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