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Just been on the Walsall official site and they have sold out their allocation. Should be a cracking atmosphere and a massive attendance. I just hope we dont crack under the pressure.

That's got to be an 11,500+ crowd

Ace  8)

I think it might actually sell out this time ... whats our capacity these days .. after the Arkells Stand lost all those seats and the Rovers game Ive lost track

Around 14,000

enough to mean you cant go, with any luck alec :D

all those that went in the stratton bank should pack the corner of the nationwide stand to get the atmosphere up.

Leggett I have a Season Ticket so that is bloody unlikely!

i was thinking more of the bandwagon jumpers that turned out against mansfield.there should be plenty of them on saturday

well as I said on another thread Im Determined to get at least the left hand side of the Nationwide singing - the one nearest the Town End ..

as long as they aint michael pook chants they might work :wink:

Well the attendance for Mansfield was over 10,000 and that was basically all Swindon fans. Add 3000 odd Walsall fans and thats 13k. Im sure this can sell out.

I agree, i hope the whole ground sings for once. I dont want to be outsung at home on what is now the most important match of the season.

Lets make some noise, for the swindon boys!  :mrgreen:

http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10428~1018662,00.html?ptvParm=

Says they have requested more tickets!!  :shock:

Knowing our club they'll agree and let more Walsall fans in so ours miss out, and we lose some of the advantage of being at home!!!  :evil:

Where the fuck are they gonna go if they get more?!

Looking at seatbooker, there is no possible way any other bit of the ground can be isolated for Walsall fans and I'm sure with the heavy demand for tickets from our fans anyway they won't get anymore.

Does make me laugh though, they brought about 30 down last season. What a difference a season makes!

If they've sold all the 3,200 (1,200 AS, and 2,000 SB), they are not going to get anymore.

It never could happen. Where would they sit? They would have to move people with tickets and season ticket holders out their seats to make space for an added allocation. They would never do this so close to the game. We are expected to be close to selling out anyway so no need!

only the corners of each stand seem to have tickets left for us home fans.if you aint got yours yet i'd get down there sharpish

If walsall did get more tickets I'd go fucking mental......they've been given too many as it is

agree.i think some town fans will miss out on this game

They won't. Some bandwagon jumpers might though...

I've got one for sale for £30




Only joking.... :)

Good luck getting any more tickets Walsall.
 :nuts:

This is going to sell out. If the club had any sense they'd be replacing the seats near the away fans in the arkells at short notice and getting them sold. It would'nt kick off against Walsall.

If theres 50 seats not currently used/ in place they could make £900

I always buy my ticket as I go into the ground. Every home game at 2.55pm. I expect that there are a lot of regular fans who also do this and might be in for a bit of a susprise on Saturday...

(I got my tickets last week, though, so don't panic about me not getting in, I'll be there with bells on. Not literally. Unless I wear my 'Magic Hat' which has bells on, but that's unlikely to go down well in the Town End. I'll be there anyway. Got my tickets already you see.)

Exactly. There's another 200-300 seats there.

They have 630 more. Where the fuck are they going

http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10428~1018662,00.html?ptvParm=

Unless they didn't give them all the bank in the first place?

You could be right there. Don't away sides normally only get up to about halfway.

In which case they are only at about 2,000 at the moment  :D

Looks like a potentially cracking day though...especially if we do go up!

IIRC the corner of the bank nearest the Nationwide is usually cordoned off for away fans after the City game last season, presumably they've been given that area - as Sam says.

Anyone know if the TE is a sell out yet? Might get my ticket moved

What if we draw, and hartlepool draw or get beat  against the shit heads of brizzle, and wallsall win the league title.Will the trophy be presented at the end of the game?

Matt

I'm not sure how they will work it. They can't have it at the Hartlepool AND Walsall games

In the initial message on the walsall site it said they already had sold 3500. If they have 600 more thats 4100? Surely that has to be wrong!!! If they get more than the corner of the arkells and the bank i will not be happy!

I really hope Walsall dont win the title at our ground!!!

if they do then thats pure greed on our boards part.i doubt it in all honesty.we will sell out anyway

surely we haven't given them 4,000 tickets? I would assume they have all the bank, as usually it is just over half for away fans - and that is the extra 630. So total allocation of about 3500 max.

I wouldn't believe their website about the number of tickets sold as they announced our away support as 1072, when the stand held about 2000 and there wasn't very many empty seats at all.

I think the 3500 must have been wrong if that is the full capacity of the Bank and Arkells away section.

Surely there are segragation laws preventing sale into other areas. To do so would require re-seating of season ticket holders and reduced seating dead zones to separate home and away fans. Too late in the day for that kind of organisation.

I am confident they have the bank and the arkells and nothing more

don't panic chaps, Sandy Gray is organising the ticket allocations!

then we are the ones with 3500 tickets :wink:

On the plus side they are 17.5% cheaper now.

Just been to get my tickets, and the queue was fucking massive.
So i've booked them online instead.
It's an extra £3.00, but you don't have to queue for ages and I get them posted to me  8)

If they did give more seats in another stand another this would mean seats would have to be covered to move the segregation thing. That would then decrease the number of available seats. Im sure they could only be given the top corner of arkells and the bank.

they've been allocated 3000, no more, no less.

I wqould imagine they would have a trophy a both Swindon and Hartlepool but one with be a replica as I'm sure that the winner will get the trophy presented.

Can you see Swindon though setting out the stage for them in the middle of the pitch to have it presented....I think there will be pitch invasions unfortunelty.

they've sold 3500 and have an extra 600.

Where the fuck are these extra 600 going? Cos if it's the home end I'm gonna be furious.

me too. its a fucking disgrace if the club have taken away 600 of the home allocation for a game as big as this

Agreed, it's a fucking disgrace if they have taken away some of the Home allocation, another example of the current board seeing nothing but '£' signs.  :evil:

Fuck it why don't they just let them have the TE aswell, we'll just listen to the game on the radio.

hmm... ok i take that back. Fuckers! lied to again

Some of you guys need a bit of a reality check.

The club would have either given them all of the SB and held back the North Stand or given them half of the bank plus the North Stand and have now released the rest of the SB.

There is no way that any seats in any Home sections are going to Walsall fans.

Having said that I believe that the attendance will be  close to capacity but no doubt there will have been some fans who only attended to the Mansfield game because the tickets were £5.

13,750 ish attendance.

Someone called Sizzler bought 600 tickets and went to the Midlands and sold them for £25 a go.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I also believe the widely quoted capacity of 14,728 includes the section seating removed form the Arkells to provide an additional barrier, the front row of the TE which was taken out a couple of years back, and probably also the seats bejhing the pillars which are highly unlikely to be sold - much more then 13,500 is gonna be close to sell out IMHO

If you try to buy tickets online, the section of home fans seats next to the away fans in the arkells, is now unavailable, AR4 I think it is, and about 600 seats.....
make of that what you will....

That section has been netted off since January. Make of that what you will.  :wink:

Post on a walsall forum

I know the ticket office manager and have just called their mobile and checked. Apparently we were selling our tickets quicker than the solids and Swindon wanted to make sure they sell out to get the most money so apparently there will be something on the STFC official website and in the local press tomorrow saying any season ticket holders towards that end of the Arkells Stand will be budged along a bit but will get a free pie or drink as compensation.

http://www.footballforums.net/forums/league-two/133005-more-tickets-walsall-5.html

If thats the case I'm gonna be fuming  :x

I AM NOT FUCKING MOVING!

 :shock: probably bollocks

One would hope, but with our board would you be confident of that?

Sam,
That whole section has not been netted off...its a massive block that is not availble online...

This made me chuckle:-

Probably because they know the home fans won't be a sell-out. There's a piece on your official site urging fans to by tickets in advance TO SAVE ON THE TICKET PRICE - no mention of expecting to sell out

Fuck off you Cunt, have a look at your attendances compared to ours and then come back with a decent answer.

Actually, thinking about it if it's true they'll just give them the netted bit. So I'll be right next to the Walsall fans.

So the Arkells refugees will be on the move again, Mex is going to be well happy  :mrgreen:

Isn't there a complete lack of seats in the netted bit though?

Un-safe standing?

aren't our season tickets ther sam?

Mine's in block AR3 right on the end, so at the moment I've got a netted seat the other side of the stairway.

I think this is true people seem to have figures and stuff .

Another boardroom own goal.

mine's behind yours I think, so we'll be on the move it seems

It's a fucking joke. I've paid for that seat.

Just because those arseholes want to make a quick buck.

Calm down lads. It sounds like you might get a free pie out of it? How can you turn that down.

Just another reason why we have to get rid of this useless board ... they dont understand football one iota .. I know a number of people who expect to turn up on the day to watch this match ... I know ... Ive warned them but thats the kind of HOME supporter we are turning away to allow fans from Walsall to attend .. it cant be right cant it!

What are the football league regulations around away ticket allocation?

Not sure but just giving them the Bank would be plenty to satisfy the Football League!

There's no proof that home fans are being moved as yet. If it does hapen it will be a disgrace - they should be encouraging as many home fans as possible to go rather than packing out half the Arkell's with away fans

I think you have to offer a percentage or a fixed figure depending on which is the least? Can't remember the figures though.

I think you're right Ben, but as I have said, the Bank holds about 1/7 of our total capacity which is plenty to satisfy them for a league match if I remember correctly

Apaprently they hadn't sold anywhere near their allocation the other day...I bet they weren't even given the whole of the bank to start with

But the banks and Arkells away would cover the requirement.

If this is true I think I am going to blow my lid at them, for all the good it will do. Probably get some wanky excuse about 'safety' because they might buy tickets for the home end.

I am still confident it is bollocks at this stage mind.

According to the Walsall OS, they've sold 3,500 and have an extra 600 tickets.

If it is true I'm gonna be fuming, they have enough with the bank and the side of the arkells, they dont need anymore.

Save them for OUR fans!

where does it say that Tails?

the old dude at the box office said they had sold 3000 walsall and that was the tuesday b4 the mansfield game

Well the day before they were nowhere near that...so unless they had a mad rush on the Tuesday....someone's fibbed somewhere along the line.

From the Walsall OS from a few weeks back:



I think they weren't given the whole of the bank to start with, but have been now.

At least I hope so anyway.

Thats the way I read it Sam

I blame global warming

If this is true its almost as if the board are going out of thier way to piss us off.

I'll speak to my mate at work in the morning, he works in the ticket office on matchdays so he should know what's going on.

If the allocation of another block of the arkells to them is true then it is farcical.

 I'm 95.68% sure there would have been demand for those seats from STFC fans.

On what is anyone basing this on ffs, other than northern spastics incoherent brummie ranting.

Apart from the Brummie ranting they are basing it off the Walsall site saying earlier that the original allocation of 3000 odd was sold out, coupled with the seeming inability to book the block in the arkells next to the away fans (via our online ticketing).

I'm still assuming the Walsall official site was wrong and said block is the netted off section.

I read "allocation sold out" as allocation sold out though Batch, seemingly someone else has read it as "we've been given a 600-seat back hander"

I don't think I understand your point DMR. Must be getting towards my bed time.

I think their official site stated that the 3000 odd seats for the Arkells and Bank were gone (i.e. total capacity) and then something appeared later saying they had  another 600 tickets - which would put it well over what the away allocation can hold.

As I said much earlier, I think it more likely that the bank had in fact not been fully allocated and the 600 tickets have taken it up to capacity.

I'm sure there are segregation laws that mean they have to net off almost as many seats again, making it financially stupid to sell home seats to Walsall.

I'm not sure I like Walsall fans they seem to think it's their god given right to get more tickets given to them at the expense of home supporters. Also slagging us off for not having sold out yet, yes I mean their home support is fucking great isn't it. They always bring up the living in the shadow of a big club argument but Swindon suffers from a lack of Swindon fans due to the cummuter element to the town.

I like glos, he's one angry dude  8)

I think the game will be sold out pretty much before the weekend. I just hope the lads perform on the day and we will have something to cheer about. I honestly couldn't care about their support right now.

My dissertations due in next week, so been venting my fury on the unsuspecting for the last month  :twisted:

Usually post in between doing uni work and assigments of which I am jolly fed up at the moment

Think we can all calm down about this matter now, appears the Walsall fans were on the wind up.......I hope  :oops:

I counted the seats left - we have about 500 in the Nationwide, 600 in the Arkells and about 170 left in the Town end - is that about 10000 of us?

Are you bored......I dunno, how bout you go and count the one that have been sold now?  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

No - Ive got OCD - I can't help it and now I'll have to count the sold ones!
bastard fucking obsessions

awwww I'm sorry  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Make sure you tell us what the final figure is though :D

if they try and move us it will kick off big time.

Why the fuck are we giving Walsall extra tickets- when so much hinges on it and our own fans would fill the seats.

Typical of this clueless board, still the play offs would mean extra payout for them....

I agree with the greed bit, but if the Swindon fans don't come out most weeks, they have only got themselves to blame.  I have my ticket  :mrgreen:

Walsall struggle to get 5-6k at their home matches, despite being top of the league for most of the season... and now they want around 4k at our ground.

Well, like most of the comments on here, they can get stuffed.

As glos_robin said, calm down!

They were pulling our leg!

It's all a big prank that we all fell for.

The facts seem to be:

15,728 County Ground Capacity
-------------------------------------------
  3,150 Sold to Walsall
  1,270 Swindon Tickets remaining
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11,308 Sold to Swindon

Assuming approx. 500 seats are unavailable for sale (to separate supporters in the Arkels stand), that's almost 11,000 Swindon fans already sold.  I am sure the full allocation will go before the end of the week.

Come on Swindon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply from Lambert, good lad:  :mrgreen:

Hello Martin
 
The total number of tickets that Walsall have been allocated (including the extra 600) is 3369. They have the Stratton Bank and the usual away area of the Ark ells - NOT any extra areas that are normally for home supporters.
 
We are of course aware of the overwhelming demand for tickets from STFC supporters. The 600 extra Walsall tix are all on the Stratton Bank - obviously for security reasons it wouldn't work having two sets of fans on the Stratton Bank.
 
I hope that makes sense and clears up any confusion...
 
Ben Lambert

To be fair Ben Lambert is my STFC employee of the year, closely followed by the scottish ticket office bloke.  Not sure who third would be though.

it was all a wind up by Walsall fans. to be fair it has to be the wind up of the season as it got a few of us....

I nominate the lovely lady in the club shop .



.. mainly cos shes my mate

Not all of us  :wink:  :D

Why even when its really busy does there only even seem to be one person selling tickets?

Only 1,000 tickets remaining now.

Huge queue earlier, although Lukas Jutkiewicz and some ginger bloke were nice enough to give us bottles of water!

Bugger all left, Bennett and Chubbs I got your tickets. Both TE, in a shit bit I think but it's tough shit really there were barely any left.

We had an A4 envelope for Jukiewicz through last night, he lives in a very nice area if i do say so myself.

Swindon Town Dave wrote S.T.F.C on it.  :mrgreen:

Was it brown and stuffed with cash ?

ha ha ha no i don't think there was any money involved.  :mrgreen:

o rly?

Ben's sound.

Ben's a top bloke

I would vouch for him every time

Once we finally take control of the club we ought to make him King, even if he is ginger

Considering the fact that he is due to marry MikeD's daughter, I think he conducts his business in an impartial and dignified way

I hope, if the take over happens that he will not be a casualty

I truly hope that

Diamandis comes accross to me as the type of person though who would never talk to Lambert again if he stayed and completely disown his daughter unless she got rid of Ben, so would be a big decision

Ben is a supporter and loves this club through and through

We could employ him and get him to sign an NDA ?

 :wink:

Lambert's the ginger one?

He came out and started chatting to the fans who were waiting to buy tickets today, which I thought was extremely decent of him.

That's your man Tails

Thoroughly decent guy

I find that Decency is decided my a fundamental universal theory.

d = p x fB²

Where d is decency, p is pints for ben buyage and fB is the flammableBen constant - one of the only 2 universal absolute constants - The Speed of Light is probably decided by it.

No, you are fundamentally wrong in your assumption of the only constant.

The only true constant in the Universe is ;

p = 0

only for tight fisted Israelites.

Desmond Decker is never wrong my friend

Desmond Dekker was one of the original rasta jewfarians. You misunderstand him.

Me Ears are Alight

Desmond Dekker was indeed wise and foresaw his catchy tune being used in the advertising world a quater of a century later. However he thought it would be used in a beer commercial..

"Wake up in the morning and find a fiver in my wallet. What am I gonna spend it on? Ohhh, Ohhh, Buy-Ben-a-Pint"

However he hadn't counted on those pesky Scouse sunflower-oil based spread manufacturers. And so the dream died in a field of singing sunflowers.

He was indeed wise beyond his y(ears)

The world is a poorer place, and you still owe me 6 beers.

You see his legacy died with him

You missed my generosity last home game. I was getting in the rounds of sambucas. Where were you? Actually I don't remember if you were there or not. Worrying times.

Anyway you owe me a pint not the other way around.

I was ermmmm........................watching the game

 :?

after the game you knob molester.

I was in the CGH you piece of smegma domeskin

 I don't think you've taken account of Dolbear's Law

  Which states to convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature.

Example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get temperature.

Example: 48 chirps /(divided by) 3 + 4 = 20° C
 
 Or Tf = 50+(n-40/4)

 With global warming its  a stressful time for crickets.

I used to catch them fuckers and keep em in a Hartleys jam jar until they could not play cricket any more

 You should leave cricket killing to the ICC.

The last time I saw Ben he was handing over an envelope stuffed full of cash to me :D Top bloke

are you pimping for him now Al ?

Nah - I won the draw on our orange tie VIP day.  I'd be a crap pimp as I don't know any rough trade sorts that Ben might be worth marketing to!

Tis true. They all came in different shaped glasses. It was mildly amusing. Then Paul D drank his sambuca and it was even more amusing.

Fatbury ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxELSzay2lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAsmf1LGcpA

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Fucking ace

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TicketOfficeDetail/0,,10341~1020546,00.html

this is from the official site. Might clear up people's quarms, if anyone is still crying about it

fuck right off!