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3 Unanswered (as yet) Wembley questions

valleynick66
valleynick66 Posts: 4,947
in General Charlton
Out of curiosity and interest I think there are 3 questions referenced in other threads which I haven't seen definitive answers to but would be interested to learn:

1. Flags on seats (excellent)

 - who / how etc ? (were these club funded or part of the Wembley day - not clear as Orient appeared to have fewer (but may have been colours)

2. Big Flag pre Match (with Seb on it and a very nice touch)

- again who /how as its was impressive - I noticed Orient appeared to have 2 flags but smaller

3. Ticket Allocation from Wembley (likely for CAST to chase the club)

- how does this ever work so we might have been granted more? Was the tease of maybe more ever going to come to fruition - what needed to happen to give us more given Orient were never likely to sell out


Just interested.
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,185
    1. Sure it was said the club funded this 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,212
    golfaddick said:
    Why the escalator from the Yellow zone going up to the Gods stopped working just as I got through the turnstiles.......making me walk up 10 flights of stairs !
    You must have been right behind me. I qa one of the first onto the stairs and loved the jog up them! 
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,789
    golfaddick said:
    Why the escalator from the Yellow zone going up to the Gods stopped working just as I got through the turnstiles.......making me walk up 10 flights of stairs !
    Saw you coming I'm afraid 😉

    I assume the flags paid for by club

    Big flag would have been club, wembley, EFL and community trust (?). Leyton had two smaller flags on their side.

    Ticket allocation was done by Brent Council by the looks of things 😉
  • HGAddict
    HGAddict Posts: 25
    Another to me unanswered question would be how much, if any, does CAFC get as a cut of our ticket sales?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,963
    golfaddick said:
    Why the escalator from the Yellow zone going up to the Gods stopped working just as I got through the turnstiles.......making me walk up 10 flights of stairs !
    They got some things right then!
    ;-)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,963
    I would add into the above;

    4. why was that block on halfway opposite the royal box not sold? It had been sectioned off at both sides and the stewards were sat at the far end. I'm assuming that was probably the empty bit of both sides had sold out, but they didn't, so why not let us have it?

    5. What was that long line of four empty seats going all the way up the block about? Again, it looks as though that may have been kept for segregation purposes, but once we'd been given seats on either side then why weren't they sold?
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,268
    Holmesdale Fanatics funded the flags 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,131
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,789
    "Is that a flare in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?"

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  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,695
    killerandflash said:
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
    Nobody was searched when I entered.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,627
    Off_it said:
    I would add into the above;

    4. why was that block on halfway opposite the royal box not sold? It had been sectioned off at both sides and the stewards were sat at the far end. I'm assuming that was probably the empty bit of both sides had sold out, but they didn't, so why not let us have it?

    5. What was that long line of four empty seats going all the way up the block about? Again, it looks as though that may have been kept for segregation purposes, but once we'd been given seats on either side then why weren't they sold?
    I noticed that as well (long line of empty seats going up) - very odd
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,627
    Rob7Lee said:
    killerandflash said:
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
    Nobody was searched when I entered.
    Same for me - wasn’t even padded down
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,219
    edited May 27
    HGAddict said:
    Another to me unanswered question would be how much, if any, does CAFC get as a cut of our ticket sales?
    There's an article on the BBC website that says winning the playoffs is worth about 12 million pounds, not all from ticket sales, obviously.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,859
    edited May 27
    HGAddict said:
    Another to me unanswered question would be how much, if any, does CAFC get as a cut of our ticket sales?
    25% of all sales 

    at a rough guess 75k x on average £40 a ticket divided by 4 i’d say we got about 850k on ticket sales and that’s a low estimate. Plus the tv money whatever that was . 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,976
    Lordflashheart said:
    Rob7Lee said:
    killerandflash said:
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
    Nobody was searched when I entered.
    Same for me - wasn’t even padded down
    They compensated by patting me down twice 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,366
    I was patted down, come with the reputation after sofagate.

    Pyro is so small now, hardly bigger than a vape, that they are easily smuggled in.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,279
    One thing I’ve never understood, although I enjoy viewing them, is who the hell takes a video of an opposition attack?  For example, if Leyton Orient had a free kick where Gillesphey’s was at our end, the last thing I’ll do is get my camera out to record it.  I remember thinking the same in the 2019 playoff final and Bauer’s winner as seen from their end.  Surely you’re on tenterhooks.  94 mins and we’re on the attack, oh, this feels like a perfect time to get my camera out 

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  • jonno
    jonno Posts: 117
    Rob7Lee said:
    killerandflash said:
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
    Nobody was searched when I entered.
    Was at our entry point. My 75 year old mate in shorts and a tee shirt was searched, and we were not. WTF was that all about!
  • kafka
    kafka Posts: 2,380
    killerandflash said:
    6. How did the supporters in the standing areas manage to smuggle in flares? Where were they inserted  :D
    a man with long hair and a mustache is getting his arms scanned by a security guard
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,220
    I thought that the flags on the seats were going to be a pain in the backside, but to be fair I think they were fine and added something to the visual impact.
  • Gisappointed
    Gisappointed Posts: 1,025
    edited May 27
    7. Who was responsible for the double scanning issue, the club or Wembley? Was it present on Saturday? Is it being investigated? Why was nobody from the club or Wembley available to deal with victims? Its not as though the place was full. Not too difficult to request ID from people in seats, and most punters can prove payments on their phone.
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,789
    edited May 27
    DyerConsequences said:
    usetobunkin said:
    I thought that the flags on the seats were going to be a pain in the backside, but to be fair I think they were fine and added something to the visual impact.
    You're meant to take them off the seats before you sit down.

    So that's why that fella two seats down had a strange look on his face. 🤔
  • BrentfordAddick
    BrentfordAddick Posts: 1,467
    Addicktion_to_red said:
    Why was the podium facing just a small section of our fans? Should’ve been in the centre circle facing our end for all to see. 
    So the back of the shot is lots of ecstatic fans rather than empty seats vacated by Orient. It's not for fans, the fans are part of the picture....
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,594
    I thought Orient had one big flag that seemed to split down the middle as the fans tried to tug it away from the stewards. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,524
    Standing in seats. And I'm not just talking at the end. This was right from the start. Really don't agree with it and the stewards did next to f**k all from what I could see.
    Feel for any young kid or less able bodied fan that was unable to see anything thanks to the fat ar*e of the numpty in front. I'd ask for a refund.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,254
    cabbles said:
    One thing I’ve never understood, although I enjoy viewing them, is who the hell takes a video of an opposition attack?  For example, if Leyton Orient had a free kick where Gillesphey’s was at our end, the last thing I’ll do is get my camera out to record it.  I remember thinking the same in the 2019 playoff final and Bauer’s winner as seen from their end.  Surely you’re on tenterhooks.  94 mins and we’re on the attack, oh, this feels like a perfect time to get my camera out 
    It’s almost as if there aren’t any professional photographers and cameramen around the stadium to do the work for us.

    I’ll never understand the mentality myself either it’s all about living in the moment.

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