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I think the stadium will be completely empty. The Exeter game is away.se9addick said:
They do this every home match, here’s the email ahead of the Birmingham match.blackpool72 said:Just had an embarrassing email from the club with a clock ticking down the hours, minutes and seconds to KO.
What the actual fuck.
Anyone would think it's the FA Cup final or a playoff final.
Talk about overplay a poxy league one fixture.
My money is on the clock finishing at least 5 minutes before KO anyway.
I agree that they’ve really gone to town on marketing for todays game, I think I’ve had about 870 emails from the club this week and I’m pretty sure we’ve now reached the legal threshold for harassment. But the outcry around the marketing, much on this thread, from our own fans is getting slightly hysterical now. It’s an opportunity for a loss making business to generate additional revenue, and it looks like they’ve done a good job of it. Don’t worry though, normal service will resume for the Exeter home match in a couple of weeks and we’ll be playing in a half empty stadium which appears to be the preference of many of our supporters.4 -
Has the lock on the bog door been fixed in the covered end for today’s epic fixture? That’s what I want to know!2
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Ha, whoops! Peterborough in that case (or better yet the Chelsea JPT match, which will be infront of two men and a dog - imagine how much some of our fans will enjoy that!).clive said:
Except the Exeter game is an away game & will be played in a nearly full stadium.se9addick said:
They do this every home match, here’s the email ahead of the Birmingham match.blackpool72 said:Just had an embarrassing email from the club with a clock ticking down the hours, minutes and seconds to KO.
What the actual fuck.
Anyone would think it's the FA Cup final or a playoff final.
Talk about overplay a poxy league one fixture.
My money is on the clock finishing at least 5 minutes before KO anyway.
I agree that they’ve really gone to town on marketing for todays game, I think I’ve had about 870 emails from the club this week and I’m pretty sure we’ve now reached the legal threshold for harassment. But the outcry around the marketing, much on this thread, from our own fans is getting slightly hysterical now. It’s an opportunity for a loss making business to generate additional revenue, and it looks like they’ve done a good job of it. Don’t worry though, normal service will resume for the Exeter home match in a couple of weeks and we’ll be playing in a half empty stadium which appears to be the preference of many of our supporters.3 -
Couldn't sleep last night. Not been this nervous since the play off final. Balloon knot is twitching like a rabbits nose. Please don't muck this up Charlton 🙏14
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Same here. The usual dread is accompanied by a horrible stomach knot!O-Randy-Hunt said:Couldn't sleep last night. Not been this nervous since the play off final. Balloon knot is twitching like a rabbits nose. Please don't muck this up Charlton 🙏All this build up has done me in0 -
I've woken up this morning and blimey, after this rollercoaster of a CL thread, I just cannot be asked about a game of crap, badly officiated third division, technially deficient hoofball.
Go figure.0 -
Well I'm only going to hear "Sheep Sheep Sheep Shagger" reverberate around the whole ground.
Not had that since Craig Bellamy last visited..
( Jones is our sheep shagger and doesn't count!)0 -
Not selling Golden Goal tickets. …… we now have “ what exact time will the Wrexham match kick off?”0
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Who do you think will win?soapy_jones said:I've woken up this morning and blimey, after this rollercoaster of a CL thread, I just cannot be asked about a game of crap, badly officiated third division, technially deficient hoofball.
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It would be nice to think we'd have this much energy thrown into the reverse fixture at the end of the season.
Last away game. 6 pointer. Winner gets automatic promotion. Let's all get down there to cheer on the boys.
But sadly the club has realised that ain't going to happen so have gone all out on this one.4 - Sponsored links:
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https://www.twtd.co.uk/forum/592034/birmingham-and-ffp/J BLOCK said:
See Birmingham CitySwisdom said:This will be our biggest selling home league attendance in 10 years (where we haven’t just given 5000 tickets away.)
Why shouldn’t the club try to monetise whatever they can from it and ALSO try to pick up a few new fans from the 10000 new faces who will be there.
so there are more emails flying about but there’s also been a big marketing campaign aimed at the younger generation that some of us probably haven’t seen. Whatever they are doing is working.
The way ffp now works means we can’t just get cash injections from a wealthy owner. We have to be self sustaining and can only spend a percentage of our revenue so anything that increases revenue is good in my book. This is football nowadays
“ Unless we know how much they are paying their players, there's no way anyone can answer that question.
If you are referring to the enormous transfer fee that they are said to have recently paid, there are (strangely) no restrictions on transfer fees in league one.
As Birmingham are in League One, the P&S rules do not apply to them. They have to comply with the SCMP rules. These place limits on Player Related Expenditure, which includes expenditure such as player wages, by reference to different measures of turnover.
Unlike in higher divisions, a benefactor can inject as much cash as they like, and this injection counts towards one of the relevant turnover measures. However, as I do not believe that transfer fees constitute Player Related Expenditure, they are not relevant in any event.
The relevant regulations are here:
https://www.efl.com/governance
Assuming they get back into the Championship, they will be faced with a different regime. Given that they made a £25m loss in 2022/23 (and the current permissible loss in the championship is £39m over 3 seasons), it would appear that they take the view that either:
i) the Championship rules will not be held by an arbitration panel to apply retrospectively to a period when they were in league one; or
ii) the likely punishment they will face in the Championship will be weak and ineffectual (and/or hugely delayed), and they'll be able to absorb it without any negative effects.
The simple truth is that there are only a limited number of places in the Premier League, and the Premier League is the only place where these crazy fees can ever be recouped (and even then, only after a good solid period - we're not as crazy as Brum, and we've just spent £100m...). At some point, even within the current rules, there is surely going to be a high profile financial casualty. Yes we've said this for a long time, but the madness is spreading downwards yet further. There is no relation between what Birmingham have spent and what they can ever hope to recoup. Given how important football clubs are to communities, we need a regulator now.Financial fair play is changing2 -
That’s quite the leap. I think the club have realised that they make significantly more fromgolfaddick said:It would be nice to think we'd have this much energy thrown into the reverse fixture at the end of the season.
Last away game. 6 pointer. Winner gets automatic promotion. Let's all get down there to cheer on the boys.
But sadly the club has realised that ain't going to happen so have gone all out on this one.
home fixtures compared to away games.3 -
You’re really boring. Anyone ever told you that?golfaddick said:It would be nice to think we'd have this much energy thrown into the reverse fixture at the end of the season.
Last away game. 6 pointer. Winner gets automatic promotion. Let's all get down there to cheer on the boys.
But sadly the club has realised that ain't going to happen so have gone all out on this one.5 -
I'm looking forward to the pre-match rendition of Nessun Dorma from the opera singer. Always gets the hairs up.7
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It's in the East Stand. I'll check today and get back to you.KBslittlesis said:Has the lock on the bog door been fixed in the covered end for today’s epic fixture? That’s what I want to know!6 -
Yes. My two sons are coming to the game from Dover.charlton_hero said:I'm looking forward to the pre-match rendition of Nessun Dorma from the opera singer. Always gets the hairs up.
Oh, hairs, you say.2 -
If you want to guarantee getting in on time I reckon you need to be at the turnstiles by 2.30pm or not long after.seth plum said:The crucial announcement today should be that all the turnstiles are fully operational.
Get the fundamentals right.1 -
They are getting the Go-Compare bloke to do a special version for or curry loving Welsh guests…..charlton_hero said:I'm looking forward to the pre-match rendition of Nessun Dorma from the opera singer. Always gets the hairs up.
Mutton Korma……0 -
Given that we seem to kick off at about 20 past 3 most home games you probably don’t need to be there as early as that!Covered End said:
If you want to guarantee getting in on time I reckon you need to be at the turnstiles by 2.30pm or not long after.seth plum said:The crucial announcement today should be that all the turnstiles are fully operational.
Get the fundamentals right.0 -
I will do. But I want them all to work anyway to stop missing some of the football as late arrivers find their seats.Covered End said:
If you want to guarantee getting in on time I reckon you need to be at the turnstiles by 2.30pm or not long after.seth plum said:The crucial announcement today should be that all the turnstiles are fully operational.
Get the fundamentals right.
All the effort being put in ought to include making sure the important technology works.
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I guess it’s another reminder, of how far we’ve sunk, when people get excited about a ‘big match’ in league one.blackpool72 said:
Firstly I'm not angry.daveydanger said:blackpool72 said:Just had an embarrassing email from the club with a clock ticking down the hours, minutes and seconds to KO.
What the actual fuck.
Anyone would think it's the FA Cup final or a playoff final.
Talk about overplay a poxy league one fixture.
My money is on the clock finishing at least 5 minutes before KO anyway.Imagine being this angry at some stock email marketing.Grandad, it’s ok - you don’t have to do what the scary clock says
I just find the way that the club have handled a game in league one a tad embarrassing.
I never received a quarter of the amount of emails when we were in the Prem playing the likes of Man utd or Liverpool.
The way the club is treating a poxy game against Wrexham is quite ridiculous.1 -
Heaven forbid you miss the start of this utter snore-festCovered End said:
If you want to guarantee getting in on time I reckon you need to be at the turnstiles by 2.30pm or not long after.seth plum said:The crucial announcement today should be that all the turnstiles are fully operational.
Get the fundamentals right.1 -
Isn’t the reality they don’t need to but do need to concentrate on today’s game first?TheHerminator said:
You’re really boring. Anyone ever told you that?golfaddick said:It would be nice to think we'd have this much energy thrown into the reverse fixture at the end of the season.
Last away game. 6 pointer. Winner gets automatic promotion. Let's all get down there to cheer on the boys.
But sadly the club has realised that ain't going to happen so have gone all out on this one.
The allocation will be small and those with the required ‘points’ will still be able to buy whether it was on sale yesterday or Monday.No one will be inconvenienced to a problem level I suspect.0 -
In welsh?charlton_hero said:I'm looking forward to the pre-match rendition of Nessun Dorma from the opera singer. Always gets the hairs up.0 -
Any idea if the millions of Wrexham fans took over Trafalgar square last night in light of this monumental occasion?1
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You want a massive marketing campaign for Wrexham A to sell more tickets for the benefit of Wrexham who keep the money?golfaddick said:It would be nice to think we'd have this much energy thrown into the reverse fixture at the end of the season.
Last away game. 6 pointer. Winner gets automatic promotion. Let's all get down there to cheer on the boys.
But sadly the club has realised that ain't going to happen so have gone all out on this one.
Weird.2 -
Apart from being factually wrongTheHerminator said:
Beautifully summed upse9addick said:
They do this every home match, here’s the email ahead of the Birmingham match.blackpool72 said:Just had an embarrassing email from the club with a clock ticking down the hours, minutes and seconds to KO.
What the actual fuck.
Anyone would think it's the FA Cup final or a playoff final.
Talk about overplay a poxy league one fixture.
My money is on the clock finishing at least 5 minutes before KO anyway.
I agree that they’ve really gone to town on marketing for todays game, I think I’ve had about 870 emails from the club this week and I’m pretty sure we’ve now reached the legal threshold for harassment. But the outcry around the marketing, much on this thread, from our own fans is getting slightly hysterical now. It’s an opportunity for a loss making business to generate additional revenue, and it looks like they’ve done a good job of it. Don’t worry though, normal service will resume for the Exeter home match in a couple of weeks and we’ll be playing in a half empty stadium which appears to be the preference of many of our supporters.1 -
I’m feeling really left out, I didn’t get an email with a countdown to the Wrexham game.1
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I don’t think they’ve even sold out their allocation have they?carly burn said:Any idea if the millions of Wrexham fans took over Trafalgar square last night in light of this monumental occasion?
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Mendonca In Asdas said:Woke up this morning to see 2 more ‘closed’ Scarf threads, just wondering if we’ve taken things to new heights, and made them for every club in league one!
I'll be wearing a half Millwall half Cardiff scarf today to really put the cat amongst the pigeons5
