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I understand from their website that they are selling tickets from 9am on Monday, the day of the game. Anyone know if i'd have to prove some form of Charlton membership please? I hope to be at The Valley 11-30am so with any luck there'll be a few still on sale, then off on the lash in Central London until kick-off. It's going to be tough containing my emotions amongst their lot but I ain't missing this one - could be a famous night!

Why not just get a ticket in the away end? there is still some on sale, from 9am monday morning?

They're on sale today at the CG and on the phone.  I went down at 8.30 am this morning expecting a queue for the 9.00 am opening and there was only 1 other person waiting.   Got 2 tickets and the chap said there was about 390 remaining.  Not sure how many they would have sold since?

Problem is I live in Bournemouth and reliant on public transport it's not possible for me to get up there today. I am actually staggered that as many as 400 or so tickets are still available. I thought they were going to be snapped up within a day of going on general sale, and therefore I didn't even consider heading up to Swindon last week, a move I now very much regret.

 Also surprised Charlton are selling on the day of the game, though I guess that's subject to how many they shift this weekend. I could deal with quietly willing us on whilst sat among there fans but nothing like being in with your own. Do you think it possible there may be Town fans with spares in the local pubs in the hour or two before kick-off?

Thanks for your assistance guys

Not sure if you'll get any spares, but if you ask nicely then you might find a Swindon-based TEFer who will pick one up for you from the County Ground?

Pay by card and collect at Charlton's ground?

Dont know if they would do that?

I was going to offer to pick it up if you ring up and pay for it, but I'm not sure if they'd ask for ID for you?  Seem to remember someone on here having that problem earlier in the week when they tried to collect a ticket on behalf of someone else?

Thanks for the offer Jo but I suspect they'll require my ID, like you say. I think my best hope is to keep an eye on here and see if anyone has over purchased and is looking to shift an extra away ticket, arranging to meet up with them pre-match. Failing that, keep my gob shut and not let my emotions flow sat in their section   :(

Shady, drop me a pm if your interested in going to some home games next season

You could at least try ringing and see what they say - they may even be able to get your ticket down there for you to pick up

Aye, great beliver in "If you don't ask you don't get"

I'll give that a go guys, can't do any harm after all. I'll certainly be in touch STFCinBournemouth. As things are i'm all set to catch the early London-bound coach from the Interchange, straight to The Valley's commercial centre, then back into Central London to meet my niece for the first time. Should be a very memorable day, especially if later we can secure the desired result. Quelling my urge to roar from within if we make Wembley will be essential if I want to avoid getting battered and bruised. At least I can mingle with fellow Swindon fans in the pub beforehand, anyone know where we're gathering? Last time it was somewhere called the Rose of Denmark I think?

If you ask really nicely they sometimes send tickets down with the supportres coaches.  You just need to speak to the SAS chaps about arranging it I think, I've certainly known it happen before.

except our last playoff semi when they didn't turn up!

 Decent suggestion but i'm afraid of the scenario that the above poster refers to. If I get my ticket for the Charlton ends in the morning from their commercial centre I thought I could do the following: get into the ground early and play it all naive, approach a steward and say I had mistakenly bought a ticket in the wrong end. He/she would then escort me to the away end or, and here's where it is a risky approach, turf me out the ground.

Anyone know how many tickets we have now sold for Monday?

Yeah I was one of the unlucky cunts stuck outside. Horrible night.

Even managed to get in the ground in with the brighton fans to watch the pens. vile.

Last I heard was 2810, but it's probably more than that after Saturday.

350 left according to o/s. Looks like it won't sell out. More ammunition for charlton it would seem.

2850 will the largest POSF away following from any of the L1 clubs though! Hopefully we'll sell 100 more tomorrow.

To be fair, Charlton sold out their allocation.

how many 'wall at udders then?

Around 1,000.

Slight difference in distance and time!

Not selling out our away allocation is piss poor, no two ways about.

We took 6k to Fulham for fuck sake.

To be fair just under 3k is enough. Let's get behind the lads. It's not always about numbers.

Watching it on TV it was announced that there were 1,816 from Millwall.
Don't know how many tickets they were allocated

We could still sell out yet? There's a lot of different factors, Not everyone can afford to go to Charlton and possibly Wembley as well, Some people might say i've only got enough to go to 1 game and take the chance that we will get to Wembley.

It's 2 expensive away days in less than a fortnight not everyone can afford it and nearly 3,000 is reasonable.

Sorry but in a game like this we need to sell that allocation straight away. Charlton sold 2,000 in a matter of hours and i thought the way things were going with the ticket sells we would sell ours out in a matter of 2/3 days. It's quite embarressing as i can see us taking 30,000+ to Wembley. Well we best take more than Poxfords 33,000

See IOB's and POW's posts Dan.

We can't all afford Milwall away, Charlton at home, Charlton away and hopefully Wembley in the space of a couple of weeks.

That's a big commitment not just in money but also in time (even with understanding partners/spouses) for those of us with a family.

who gives a shit if we dont sell out, or what other teams get?
at least if there are a few tickets left over,everyone who wanted a ticket will have got one.
monday night is a shit time for a game-same as friday was.sky have alot to answer for.both games should have been on a weekend or at the very least 1 of the matches

I enjoy evening games better to be honest. Also did you watch 'udders v 'wall? Yeah... it was shit, no atmosphere and plenty of empty seats so i'm happy with both being on an evening...

Although i do see where you are coming from

I'm with arriba on the what does it matter front.  Taking around 3000 on a Monday for us is pretty good anyway, about 40% of our average home attendance (our own fans) I would imagine.  Certainly compares well to previous play off campaigns, even when in a higher division.

One thing is for sure, I'm not going to walk around dying of embarrasment because of it.  I support a team who have probably only managed to break a five figure average home attendance two or three times in the past 30 years.  If numbers attending game was causing me sleepless nights, I'd be a bloody insomniac.

I won't be there, even the credit card won't stretch currently, and when we do go through, I'll have to budget for keeping a wife and kids happy as well as going to the final.

On a saturday, a lot of people can't get time off for tomorrow. I hope we get rid of the rest tomorrow morning

The matches being shown on TV make a difference as well.  When we were in the play-offs back in the 1990's for the Premier League, the options were to either be at the match or listen to it on the radio - not much of a contest?  I don't even think the final in 1990 was shown live?  I know a fair few people who have told me that had it not been on sky, they would have gone!