Thanks, i was fairly sure my girlfriend had a metal water bottle nicked by security at wembley but tbf it was for a gig and it could have been some other officious security at some other wanky overlarge money grabbing venue.
Metal is allowed as part of their sustainability thing to reduce plastic. Doubt they will allow full bottles in, just in case it is really gin.
It specifically states in the list that aluminium bottles will not be allowed in. Empty plastic bottles are fine and if you fancy your chances on a metal bottle, good luck, not all the stewards are that diligent.
Seeing as Orients general sale window ends at 5pm on Friday, I reckon we will be given a further block by block allocation after then.
Anything before that time then whoever makes that decision is opening themselves up for criticism for ‘moving the goalposts’. Could you imagine if roles were reversed and some of our fans planned to buy on Friday only for the allocation to be reduced and they missed out.
Why would anyone put off buying a ticket ? How does that thought process work? I fancy going to this match but will wait til Friday to purchase my tickets ? I have often wondered why joint Valley Gold / ST got so long to decide if they want to go to a game which is on restricted sale. Sure, prioritise them but don't give them 4 or 5 days and make the process for non joint VG/ST ie all the other genuine fans who want to go panic about buying....
It does not make sense, if sales are slowing then the sooner we get the allocation the less stressful for everyone, particularly as the guy who alluded to the admin required... Madness. But then we are only football fans....
The biggest thing that does not make sense is fans that qualified for certain sales windows could buy for themselves plus 3 other ‘randoms’ that fancy a day out.
Our average gate last season was 15k. That means the Wembley allocation that’s been sold out basically consists of 22k ‘randoms’, some of whom will have got along to a lot of home and/or away games, but not that many.
By ‘randoms’ I meant people without a cafc purchase history. I have a purchase history from being a (lapsed) season ticket holder and was lucky enough to get a ticket when that window opened. Some people I know with similar circumstances weren’t as lucky. I just think being able to get 3 additional tickets for people without history is not fair when others with more Charlton connection miss out.
My frustration is that I have probably been to enough games over the past 2 seasons to have the loyalty points to have bought in the earlier batch, but given the ease of getting tickets previoulsy I have often bought on the gate when making a last minute decision on an evening game, or had tickets bought by who I occasionally go with and not linked the accounts. Therefore I have a lot of "missing" loyalty points because I bought without my fan ID.
If I miss out today and more tickets dont become available I will be very frustrated and may change my view, but I also feel that fans with the huge loyalty point totals and fans with season tickets who go to every home game have earned the right to bring friends/family along for the big day out. I could potentially argue that it should be 2 tickets per fan ID / season ticket etc. (as this would have allowed me to get tickets by now!) but I can see the rationale to get the tickets sold as soon as possible, hopefully filling the stadium
It's a unpopular opinion, but personally I think ST/VG holders should be able to buy 4 tickets as long as everyone has a cafc ID. Nobody should be entitled to bring randoms, just because they've spent money at the club.
Family stands should be for young kids too, not 15/16/17 year olds who are probably having a pint before the match 😆
I don't agree. Plenty of semi regular attenders who don't have an account or fan ID. My wife has never had one but has been to 35 Charlton games since we've been together. Is she not allowed a ticket. Plenty of people who buy for their less computer literate older family and friends who would then miss out.
If you were to do this you'd need to make it really clear and telegraph it 2 years in advance. So that people can set up accounts and build purchase history's for those people. There should also be a reminder with every purchase of multiple tickets to assign them to the right people or risk them not being able to attend big games.
I'm just not sure we are at the point of needing to restict sales like that (yet!).
Canters, I agree somewhat but I would like to extend it to the ability to assign tickets to members regardless of what phase the ‘buyer’ got them. CatJnr dropped his ST a couple of years ago because of shift work but still does up to 20 per year split home and away and normally gets his own tix. For high profile (this year Orient and Wrexham - and playoffs!) I book his tickets as I get priority. Why shouldn’t he get those points too? Same with his gf. She doesn’t even have an account because either him or me book her tickets but she would comfortably qualify for the 150+ point phase
Why don’t you just assign the tickets to them so they get the points ?
even if we don't get any morer tickets from orient's allocation, why can't we have more on the basis that the ground holds 90,000? If orient sold all theirs (another 10k tomorrow, however unlikely) then surely there is close on 16,000 still up for grabs (less hospitality)??
Hospitality and Club Wembley, etc will be a pretty big number. I'm now thinking if we get any more it's possibly only going to be another 3k or so. Fingers crossed we get even some more though.
Out of interest, does anyone know what that number would be? Apparently the Charlton lounge (and related seats) I'm in is sold out. From memory of 2019 I'd say something between 500-750 capacity. If it's correct to assume they are in addition to the sales announced by the Club, then we really are getting close to 40k.
So you can take in a plastic bottle no more than 500ml. Just take a spare bottle top so when the one on the bottle is confiscated you have a back up. Job done.
Just seen this on Facebook. Says it’s subject to change but will give everyone an idea of drink prices in the stadium.
To no surprise, that is disgraceful.
Useful reminder for self preparation though. Large breakfast and beers in a London pub a fair distance from the ground
Probably limit to just 1 or 2 pints when at wembley.
I'll only bring disposable cash via max spend.
I was thinking £7.85 is surprisingly decent for a pint in London. Unless your in a Wetherspoons or something like that £7/£7.50 is pretty much the going rate.
seems nuts if we don't get a load more tomorrow, particularly as they are print at home - not everybody has access to a printer on a saturday or sunday
Surely you can just scan them from your phone at the turnstiles.
Just seen this on Facebook. Says it’s subject to change but will give everyone an idea of drink prices in the stadium.
To no surprise, that is disgraceful.
Useful reminder for self preparation though. Large breakfast and beers in a London pub a fair distance from the ground
Probably limit to just 1 or 2 pints when at wembley.
I'll only bring disposable cash via max spend.
4 big ones of these on the way there for me,
Enough to get lively and cause some right fkn carnage and get amongst it (aka sing VFR, the Tyreece Campbell chant with a lot of enthusiasm and avoid Hoover Attack)
Just seen this on Facebook. Says it’s subject to change but will give everyone an idea of drink prices in the stadium.
To no surprise, that is disgraceful.
Useful reminder for self preparation though. Large breakfast and beers in a London pub a fair distance from the ground
Probably limit to just 1 or 2 pints when at wembley.
I'll only bring disposable cash via max spend.
I was thinking £7.85 is surprisingly decent for a pint in London. Unless your in a Wetherspoons or something like that £7/£7.50 is pretty much the going rate.
Depends where you go. I know pubs in London where it's still typically £4.50 for a pint.
The only high £7-8 rate I've experienced in London is Gatwick/Heathrow
I go to Wembley a fair few times a season. You can take in food which i normally do, meal deals from supermarket. Empty 500ml plastic bottles without lids, for free water refill you hide in your pocket. Job done.
Should you suffer from a medical condition which requires you to carry medication and/or equipment with you in the event of an emergency, such as a diabetic who many require to carry insulin and needles, we will of course allow these items into the stadium, however we require the following actions / documentation to support your entry to the venue.
Contact your doctor or health care professional to ensure you are fit to attend the event at Wembley Stadium connected by EE. This is strongly advised, Wembley Stadium connected by EE cannot provide medical advice to guests prior to an event.
Please ensure your doctor or health care professional provides you with written confirmation to confirm your medical condition and the medication and/or equipment you require to bring to the stadium for your welfare in the event of a medical emergency. Please ensure you bring this letter with you as our stewarding teams will require sight of this letter to allow you entry to the stadium.
That is not easy to do. My wife carries two Adrenaline auto injectors (just in case one doesn't work or is not enough) for severe allergic and anaphylactic shock episodes. First prescribed in 2001, after a near death experience, she has never had any documentation, just endless repeat prescriptions since. Getting paperwork and letters from a GP is like trawling through treacle and they charge anything from £15- £50 plus per document. Her condition is largely self managed, the only time a health professional, other than a GP would get involved is during a A&E resuscitation admission. There is no paperwork, or letters confirming her medical condition, the fact that she carries auto adrenaline injectors is the explanation itself.
At non league finals day we were forced to take lids off disposable water bottles. But really depends which steward you get - some were super fussy, others don't give a shit.
If you want to put pressure on the clowns at the EFL and Wembley to release more tickets, the best way is to go on Twitter and retweet this one from the Charlton Life Twitter account which has 7k followers. You could add a tag to Matt Slater at The Athletic (@mjshrimper) who is a Southend fan and has followed our recent dark days. Or Henry Winter (@henrywinter)
Seeing as Orients general sale window ends at 5pm on Friday, I reckon we will be given a further block by block allocation after then.
Anything before that time then whoever makes that decision is opening themselves up for criticism for ‘moving the goalposts’. Could you imagine if roles were reversed and some of our fans planned to buy on Friday only for the allocation to be reduced and they missed out.
Why would anyone put off buying a ticket ? How does that thought process work? I fancy going to this match but will wait til Friday to purchase my tickets ? I have often wondered why joint Valley Gold / ST got so long to decide if they want to go to a game which is on restricted sale. Sure, prioritise them but don't give them 4 or 5 days and make the process for non joint VG/ST ie all the other genuine fans who want to go panic about buying....
It does not make sense, if sales are slowing then the sooner we get the allocation the less stressful for everyone, particularly as the guy who alluded to the admin required... Madness. But then we are only football fans....
The biggest thing that does not make sense is fans that qualified for certain sales windows could buy for themselves plus 3 other ‘randoms’ that fancy a day out.
Our average gate last season was 15k. That means the Wembley allocation that’s been sold out basically consists of 22k ‘randoms’, some of whom will have got along to a lot of home and/or away games, but not that many.
By ‘randoms’ I meant people without a cafc purchase history. I have a purchase history from being a (lapsed) season ticket holder and was lucky enough to get a ticket when that window opened. Some people I know with similar circumstances weren’t as lucky. I just think being able to get 3 additional tickets for people without history is not fair when others with more Charlton connection miss out.
My frustration is that I have probably been to enough games over the past 2 seasons to have the loyalty points to have bought in the earlier batch, but given the ease of getting tickets previoulsy I have often bought on the gate when making a last minute decision on an evening game, or had tickets bought by who I occasionally go with and not linked the accounts. Therefore I have a lot of "missing" loyalty points because I bought without my fan ID.
If I miss out today and more tickets dont become available I will be very frustrated and may change my view, but I also feel that fans with the huge loyalty point totals and fans with season tickets who go to every home game have earned the right to bring friends/family along for the big day out. I could potentially argue that it should be 2 tickets per fan ID / season ticket etc. (as this would have allowed me to get tickets by now!) but I can see the rationale to get the tickets sold as soon as possible, hopefully filling the stadium
It's a unpopular opinion, but personally I think ST/VG holders should be able to buy 4 tickets as long as everyone has a cafc ID. Nobody should be entitled to bring randoms, just because they've spent money at the club.
Family stands should be for young kids too, not 15/16/17 year olds who are probably having a pint before the match 😆
I don't agree. Plenty of semi regular attenders who don't have an account or fan ID. My wife has never had one but has been to 35 Charlton games since we've been together. Is she not allowed a ticket. Plenty of people who buy for their less computer literate older family and friends who would then miss out.
If you were to do this you'd need to make it really clear and telegraph it 2 years in advance. So that people can set up accounts and build purchase history's for those people. There should also be a reminder with every purchase of multiple tickets to assign them to the right people or risk them not being able to attend big games.
I'm just not sure we are at the point of needing to restict sales like that (yet!).
Canters, I agree somewhat but I would like to extend it to the ability to assign tickets to members regardless of what phase the ‘buyer’ got them. CatJnr dropped his ST a couple of years ago because of shift work but still does up to 20 per year split home and away and normally gets his own tix. For high profile (this year Orient and Wrexham - and playoffs!) I book his tickets as I get priority. Why shouldn’t he get those points too? Same with his gf. She doesn’t even have an account because either him or me book her tickets but she would comfortably qualify for the 150+ point phase
Why don’t you just assign the tickets to them so they get the points ?
When you’re buying priority tickets, assignee’s also need the required number of tier points. So say if I have 480 points and buying tickets for me and mate who’s only got 350 points. I would have to assign both tickets to me if the tier cap was 360 points and higher. The system isn’t smart enough to allow the buyer to assign tickets to party members outside the current priority. I get this with my Dad, he comes to a few away games per season but all the tickets are allocated to me.
Should you suffer from a medical condition which requires you to carry medication and/or equipment with you in the event of an emergency, such as a diabetic who many require to carry insulin and needles, we will of course allow these items into the stadium, however we require the following actions / documentation to support your entry to the venue.
Contact your doctor or health care professional to ensure you are fit to attend the event at Wembley Stadium connected by EE. This is strongly advised, Wembley Stadium connected by EE cannot provide medical advice to guests prior to an event.
Please ensure your doctor or health care professional provides you with written confirmation to confirm your medical condition and the medication and/or equipment you require to bring to the stadium for your welfare in the event of a medical emergency. Please ensure you bring this letter with you as our stewarding teams will require sight of this letter to allow you entry to the stadium.
That is not easy to do. My wife carries two Adrenaline auto injectors (just in case one doesn't work or is not enough) for severe allergic and anaphylactic shock episodes. First prescribed in 2001, after a near death experience, she has never had any documentation, just endless repeat prescriptions since. Getting paperwork and letters from a GP is like trawling through treacle and they charge anything from £15- £50 plus per document. Her condition is largely self managed, the only time a health professional, other than a GP would get involved is during a A&E resuscitation admission. There is no paperwork, or letters confirming her medical condition, the fact that she carries auto adrenaline injectors is the explanation itself.
Sounds like a lot of grief common sense should prevail in your situation.
Should you suffer from a medical condition which requires you to carry medication and/or equipment with you in the event of an emergency, such as a diabetic who many require to carry insulin and needles, we will of course allow these items into the stadium, however we require the following actions / documentation to support your entry to the venue.
Contact your doctor or health care professional to ensure you are fit to attend the event at Wembley Stadium connected by EE. This is strongly advised, Wembley Stadium connected by EE cannot provide medical advice to guests prior to an event.
Please ensure your doctor or health care professional provides you with written confirmation to confirm your medical condition and the medication and/or equipment you require to bring to the stadium for your welfare in the event of a medical emergency. Please ensure you bring this letter with you as our stewarding teams will require sight of this letter to allow you entry to the stadium.
That is not easy to do. My wife carries two Adrenaline auto injectors (just in case one doesn't work or is not enough) for severe allergic and anaphylactic shock episodes. First prescribed in 2001, after a near death experience, she has never had any documentation, just endless repeat prescriptions since. Getting paperwork and letters from a GP is like trawling through treacle and they charge anything from £15- £50 plus per document. Her condition is largely self managed, the only time a health professional, other than a GP would get involved is during a A&E resuscitation admission. There is no paperwork, or letters confirming her medical condition, the fact that she carries auto adrenaline injectors is the explanation itself.
Their rules look daunting, but I strongly recommend making a formal exemption request, using this form.
This will eventually lead to an email conversation with a human. You should be ok from this point onwards - no need to antagonise with them, they're a very helpful team.
As a starting point, take a photo of said medication as evidence. Something with her name on, ideally. And say what you're saying on here.
You'll want to ask for an exemption for medication. Ask for an exemption to bring in a bigger bag, too, if having one on the day makes things easier. Ask for a food and drink exemption for the allergy.
Sounds like a ball ache to arrange but better have that now than any issues at the turnstile, or worrying about potential issues between now and then.
You'll end up with a certificate looking something like this, but with their name on it at the top. This is my boy's one, based on a food allergy need to bring own food (obvs), epipen (obvs) and that'll need a bigger bag than A4 to carry (obvs).
Such a muck up from Wembley. Currently there's seats that are just going to waste that we could easily take up and likewise Orient could probably take a fair few if they were allowed to go to general sale. Hopefully there's an announcement soon
Surely there can't be many left without a ticket?!
Seems to be quite a few who have missed out. Of the 1400 yesterday, the queue was 2500+ at 2pm. Depending on how many wanted and took multiple tickets that could be an extra few thousand missing out and that's before considering that it hasn't even gone to general sale
Surely there can't be many left without a ticket?!
I got 2 tickets in the lucky draw / video game seat ticket, supermarket sweep scramble extravangza yesterday. I was looking for 4 seats together but could only manage 2. I will definitely take up 2 more for family if any more tickets are released.
I reckon if another 3,500 tickets were released, I reckon they would sell out quickly. Its not been an entertaining experience the whole thing. Wembley do ticketing all the time. Not sure why Wembley are not agreeing to release unsold blocks to maximise income that increases match atmosphere. The club are pressing for more, I am sure.
Surely there can't be many left without a ticket?!
Seems to be quite a few who have missed out. Of the 1400 yesterday, the queue was 2500+ at 2pm. Depending on how many wanted and took multiple tickets that could be an extra few thousand missing out and that's before considering that it hasn't even gone to general sale
How long did it take the 1400 to go yesterday cos on the basis of allegedly 2.5k in queue , yes some duplicate logging in
Surely there can't be many left without a ticket?!
Seems to be quite a few who have missed out. Of the 1400 yesterday, the queue was 2500+ at 2pm. Depending on how many wanted and took multiple tickets that could be an extra few thousand missing out and that's before considering that it hasn't even gone to general sale
A fair few went on there to have a nose with no intention of purchasing any tickets
I've been in both queues early and missed out both times. Need three seats together. Totally understand that others have more priority as I'm not a season ticket holder and due to work and distance, can only get to the occasional game. A bit frustrated that Wembley seem to be holding back tickets but will keep everything crossed for a positive announcement today.
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The game is across lunchtime!
Are they going to confiscate your humble ham sandwich and home made granola bar?
Enough to get lively and cause some right fkn carnage and get amongst it (aka sing VFR, the Tyreece Campbell chant with a lot of enthusiasm and avoid Hoover Attack)
Depends where you go. I know pubs in London where it's still typically £4.50 for a pint.
The only high £7-8 rate I've experienced in London is Gatwick/Heathrow
Should you suffer from a medical condition which requires you to carry medication and/or equipment with you in the event of an emergency, such as a diabetic who many require to carry insulin and needles, we will of course allow these items into the stadium, however we require the following actions / documentation to support your entry to the venue.
That is not easy to do. My wife carries two Adrenaline auto injectors (just in case one doesn't work or is not enough) for severe allergic and anaphylactic shock episodes. First prescribed in 2001, after a near death experience, she has never had any documentation, just endless repeat prescriptions since. Getting paperwork and letters from a GP is like trawling through treacle and they charge anything from £15- £50 plus per document. Her condition is largely self managed, the only time a health professional, other than a GP would get involved is during a A&E resuscitation admission. There is no paperwork, or letters confirming her medical condition, the fact that she carries auto adrenaline injectors is the explanation itself.
https://x.com/CharltonLife/status/1925793995747217864
This sort of thing does work, but it needs people to retweet. Doesn't take long.
https://help.wembleystadium.com/support/tickets/new
This will eventually lead to an email conversation with a human. You should be ok from this point onwards - no need to antagonise with them, they're a very helpful team.
As a starting point, take a photo of said medication as evidence. Something with her name on, ideally. And say what you're saying on here.
You'll want to ask for an exemption for medication. Ask for an exemption to bring in a bigger bag, too, if having one on the day makes things easier. Ask for a food and drink exemption for the allergy.
Sounds like a ball ache to arrange but better have that now than any issues at the turnstile, or worrying about potential issues between now and then.
You'll end up with a certificate looking something like this, but with their name on it at the top. This is my boy's one, based on a food allergy need to bring own food (obvs), epipen (obvs) and that'll need a bigger bag than A4 to carry (obvs).
Hope this helps.