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Not available to order online and apparently outsourced to ticket Zone for telesales. Season Ticket holders have until Tuesday to get theirs from the ticket office.

My query is: How the fuck will Ticket Zone know I'm a season ticket holder? This appears to be the only way I can get my seat for Friday, but I'm easily confused and can't see how it works.

I expect they have STFCs database

You just need to tell them their season ticket holder secret word which you will have been told when you bought your season ticket. You were told the secret word, weren't you?

There will be plenty of seats for the home leg I wouldn't worry

Its not like we will sell out! I'm assuming Charlton will only have the bank and we will have the whole of The Arkell's?

I hope people like queuing. A few hundred here already.

I'll send my grandad down on Tuesday with my ticket... Easy gig.

Arse - i was going to pop down today and get my home ticket sorted but i need to be heading out of Swindon by midday so won't have time by the sounds of it - was hoping people wouldn't head down just yet!!

Trying to ring through at the moment and its just busy all the time

Would outsourcing not have rectified this?

I phoned up TicketZone customer services and they said there's a mistake on the website and that tickets won't be on sale over the phone until tomorrow morning at 10, but you still ring the stfc box office number and you will then be diverted to their ticket centre!

Oh right. I was wondering why when the number wasn't busy it would just ring through to the voicemail of marie saunders

Anyone know how long the ticket office is open today?

9-5

5pm according to website

ta

do you reckon away tickets will be on sale over the phone, or will i have to go to the ticket office? bit of pain getting there from Bath if i do  :hmmm:

Check the web site, think you have to ring an outsource centre.

I think Marie Saunders is a bit pissed off right now......

Just got back from county ground, the club are giving 2 tickets per season ticket holder for the away leg at Charlton

T'was a 1 hour 20 minute wait for me. Got there at 9:35ish.

In all probability there will be plenty of away tickets to go around, but its awkward ringing up from work and  I didn't want to risk leaving it until next weekend.

Might pop up there and get mine in a bit. Open till 5 aren't they?

Took me just over two hours to queue, that was from midway in the Town End.

The queue was back to the corner of the Arkells when I left, so at least a 3 hour wait I'd think!

Oh and apparently they'd been open since 8.30 but didn't bother advertising that fact. Could've saved myself a few hours of queuing if I'd known.

Have Charlton only been given the bank? They claim to have an allocation of 2,042 - I thought the bank + arkells was more than that?

We have to give them some covered seating don't we? So I imagine they'll have the usual away section plus the bank.

The booking fee only applies to credit cards and debit cards so take some cash out before hand and save yourself £1.75 per home ticket. Got there about 9:20 and queued for just under an hour people are queueing for 2 hours plus now.

That's a contradiction from the website, which says only 1 away ticket per season ticket holder!  Anyone know the allocation of away tickets and the price, there's no mention on the website?  Can't get mine until tomorrow, as I didn't have a ST this season, but have one for next.  

Away tickets are £25. Not sure how many you're allowed, I only asked for one.

So are people queing for away tickets? I'm at work and a bit oblvious to what's going on!!

I got there at 9:45 am and the back of the queue was half way along the Townend. I didn't get my tickets till 11:20 am.

£25, that's bloody steep?! The Charlton supporters get a good deal then, they only have to pay £16 for their away ticket!  Expensive month coming up then.

The guy in front of me wanted 2 away tickets and got both.

The cunt

It better be only one away ticket per holder, I'll be slightly fucked off should I miss out...

From the OS

How many tickets can be purchased?

The ticket allocation will be two per Season Ticket Holder for the home leg and one per Season Ticket Holder for the away leg.

Up to four tickets per person may be purchased once tickets go on general sale.


Of course, that's immaterial if it's not what the guys in the Ticket Office are actually sticking too.

I'm off work tomorrow so was planning on going whilst all you buggers are at work.

Will there even be away tickets left by then?!?

We've got an allocation of 3,000 tickets for the away leg and they are allowing season ticket holders to buy two each - I just bought two over the phone. It is reserved seating which is a bit of a bugger.

There will be some left for general sale - there always is.

I just got back from getting mine and the queue is still the length of the townend. I think the away tickets will be sold today personally.

Bank & Arkells is 3200 ish. Happy with that. More Town fans in the better.

It might be their initial allocation,  but then again I'd have thought it would be obvious they'd sell more 2000

We only gave Brighton the bank in 2004 so I expect it to be the same this time.

That would be really gay.

More so if they have been selling two per person. So season ticket holders can take a day tripper!!

Bit late to go there now isn't it?

have been holding on phone for 40 minutes

You can't buy over the phone today. Need to wait till tomorrow mate

I can sense an angrily worded letter...

You sure? Dave's there and there's a guy who sounds like he's taking Phone Bookings.

I think you can book over the phone but only this years ST holders, not next year's until tomorrow. I may be wrong, as what it says on the site seems to vary from what's actually hapenning.

I thought it was one per season ticket, but a maximum of two per transaction.

We got our tickets for the away game this morning over the phone, but even with three season tickets had to do it as two separate transactions

The home tickets are available on the phone tomorrow

what number did people ring that got tickets

Current season ticket holders can buy away tickets over the phone today. I bought two tickets with one season ticket. Was on hold for about 40 mins.

Current season ticket holders can buy tickets for the home leg over the phone from tomorrow.

08712232300

Sorry I only tried to buy tickets for the home game. Can't afford both, i was told I had to wait till tomorrow.

Surely there is no rush to get home tickets for ST holders, the seats are being held until Tuesday night!

hooray two tickets for charlton away after being on hold for about 45 minutes, adje its your lucky day :)

I got to the ground at 10:20 and got my tickets at 13:20. They are allowing 2 home leg tickets and 2 away leg tickets per season ticket.


Looking at the numbers queuing and the amount I saw buying away tickets, I can't see there being any left on general sale.

Thought I'd try leaving it til later & it seemed to work, unless I just got lucky - bought an away ticket after only being on hold for about 3 mins. He also confirmed home ticket telesales start at 10am tomorrow - I asked if I needed to produce voucher C when I collect it on Friday and he said there's no need, think I'll bring the book anyway just in case.

Usual mess at the County Ground then - website saying completely different to what is actually happening?  Can anyone confirm as a ST holder for next season, but not the existing one, I definitely have to wait until tomorrow for tickets?  I'm not worried about home, as the seats will be held until Tuesday, but it's sounding more and more like there's going to be no away tickets left?

get on the phone to ticket office now mate and as a season ticket holder you can buy 2 away tickets today.

Ta, but supposed to be going out in about 20 mins, so can't hold for ages.  Wish this had been communicated better, because I would have done this earlier on today, but thought I had to wait until tomorrow.  There's absolutely nothing on the website about the purchasing of tickets for the away leg, useless!

The ticket office phone line seems to have cleared up a bit. Got through in about 5 mins just now.

I thought home and away tickets were for existing season ticket holders only today? Because we only get an allocation of 3000 odd and there are more existing season tickets than that, wouldn't be fair to let new ones buy them before existing ones would it?

Will there be any away tickets left tomorrow?  I'm a ST holder for next year...and will have to wait.  Unless any kind soul offers to get me an away ticket today?

 :cry: Sounds like they might be all sold out by the time I get a chance to phone on Tuesday

Well, I've tried via the phone, but been told I have to wait until tomorrow, as I'm a new season ticket holder not an existing one.  I argued the toss and questioned that other people in the same situation seemed to have got them today, but the woman wasn't budging.  That's fair enough if she's sticking to what the website says, but it doesn't seem like all the other people in the box office and on the phones are.  I did point out that according to the website, the phones weren't open until tomorrow and I only knew via this Forum and she didn't have an answer to that! Will be going to the box office at 8am tomorrow and if I can't get tickets will not be leaving quietly!

Going tomorrow for the home tickets.

Really, really dont panic about home tickets.

Away tickets might be more difficult to come by.

I queued up for 4 hours today, and was rewarded with 2 away tickets. But I would never have bothered doing that just for the home game, and I dont know why people were bothering to do that.

There was still a 4 hour queue when I left after a pint in the County about half an hour ago.

do they only have the ticket office open,or are the hatches open too?

Just the ticket office, four men serving.

I got in the queue at 11.45. I left with my tickets at 3.15. Mental. With the benefit of hindsight i wouln't have bothered and just phoned up instead. Oh well

Just the ticket office. 4 booths serving.

I remmember the Parkin and Mooney season and this is much worse. Probably because weve got double the amount of season ticket holders that we had back then.

But Im not moaning, because I dont want the club using Ticketmaster (or any other ticketing firm). They would take a massive amount of cash away from the club, and in any case, they arent any good either. Queing up is at least fair. Have to say its a bit dissapointing it was 4 times quicker to ring up than to actually queue though, especially as there was 1 booth free.

I still think away tickets will be on sale until wednesday morning. They are reserved seating which is going to be a fucking pain in the arse, with only 2 tickets each.

That was my thoughts, only i queued because the lines are fucked, or simply switched off. I got mine at about 15:45 ish. Started queuing at about 12:!5.

well that's ridiculous.exactly what happend last time we were in the play offs.
no improvement to buying tickets whatsoever since then.grumble grumble whinge whinge moan

For a while I was thinking Fitton and co had ripped the whole of the disorganised and infuriating heart out of our football club replacing it with an efficient business model. It seems that my fears were wrong, panic over :)

yeah yeah yeah they've done a great job,but clearly the tickets sales system leaves alot to be desired.
print the tickets off,man the hatches, and shift them quicker.not difficult

Wasn't a dig at you arriba, although it does kinda look that way from my misuse of the quote, for which I apologise.

I do think Swindon fans get a massive panic on about Play Off tickets.

We were in with a great shout of automatic promotion and there should have been massive queues for the Wycombe game, but the enthusiasm wasnt there.

As soon as you mention Wembley Swindon fans just go and join the nearest queue.

the difficulty is, when season ticket holders want to go in there own seat you can't just print 12,000 tickets and then search through them to find a ticket - it would be a massive pain in the arse!

I agree today wasn't ideal however i'm not sure what the ideal solution would be?

The service was actually pretty quick, the problem was generaly people in groups buying extra tickets and trying to get them near to their ST seats.

The problem is arriba, loads of people have many STs, and this is what seems to cause the problem. I had a couple in front of me, who took about 10 minutes fucking about with seating and paying separately and what not (i was actually in, served and out again in less than a minute - i was out before them). Oh, and FUCKING CUNTS, moving into the queue in front of you, because someone they know is there.

Queued for about 3 and half hours and have not long been back. 2 home tickets and 1 away for me. Don't worry about away tickets just yet. They still had a fair few there by the looks of it. I would deffo be on the case by tomorrow though if you want one. There was still a queue all the way back down to the Town End turnstiles when I left.

so when did the ticket office phoneline change from Marie Saunders to the actual ticket office? i phoned up this morning and kept getting her damn answerphone, if i'd kept trying would i have eventually got through?! bit pissed off as i wanted at least one away ticket but was told phone sales wouldn't start until tomorrow! suppose i'll have to try tomorrow and hope i get lucky >:(

Get all the fans who want to go to stand on the pitch below the DRS, then throw all the tickets pre-printed off the roof. As well as loads of blanks. And some hand grenades.

Who remembers the total abortion that was the Wembley ticket sales in the 90's? I queued for hours and others just walked up and got tickets....what a fuck up!

Yep, had to drive up from Bournemouth and queue for hours just to get one as they weren't doing phone sales

i was one of the hardy souls who waited all night, and was at the front of the queue.
was a good laugh,as quite a few did what i did.

Joined queue at 1-30, got served at 5 pm!  All pretty good natured, asked how long they were staying open and the guy said as long as there were people queuing, about 7-30 I reckon.  As Whits said there is not much else that could be done, although they only had four windows open with five hatches actually there, but apparently the necessary computers were not there, so they could only open four.  Re the remarks about queuing etc., had to be today for me, working away for the rest of the week and wasn't going to risk booking by phone and collecting the tickets on FRiday evening.

Can i just confirm.

Has anyone who is a season ticket holder bought 2 tickets for the home leg.
My father is a season ticket holder and I've asked him to get me a ticket.
Will they allow him to buy two in one transaction, one for himself and one for me?
I'm talking about the home leg here

I dread to think what the queues will be like if we get to Wembley.

Haven't the Pox fans had to phone Ticketmaster to get theirs ??

Yeah thats fine

On a personal note I'd just like to say a massive ta to everyone who's helped me out with tickets for Millwall and play-offs;Fred Elliott,Herthab,Crystall tips and KOT-you are all fucking AWESOME!!This is not patronising in any way,I am truly grateful in my SE corner.

Just got mine..Went down there just before 5 and was a huge que so came home. Went back down there for 7 and was only a few people left..and to make it even better the people that were at the back of the que the first time around only got served about 5 minutes before me :)

Oh and I also got 2 away tickets with 1 season ticket

that was you then - yes I noticed a couple of people went away and came back again with no difference to their place in the queue. 

Pretty sure I saw large piles of away leg tickets in there - cos they are blue and stand out and I know at least a few people who are waiting to see the result of the first leg before deciding.  They may be too late by then of course. 

Still tis all done now.  Adje, you are most welcome.

So I assume the worry about the away leg selling out today was unfounded? There are still tickets left? I've bought a season ticket for next year so wrote today off (although booked my coach travel)

I'll be down there at 8am tommorow, but hoping there isn't a huge queue like today as I start work at 9!

Well that's my rose-tinted glasses view yes/

If it's anything like today (and also with the remaining Millwall tickets earlier this week) they may well be open as early as 7.30.

If I was betting on it, I would say the away tickets will go to general sale on wednesday.

Season ticket holders uptake is usually not as fast as you would think.

Dont underestimate that a lot of those people queing today were doing that just for home tickets (especially the old biddies).

Well, let's hope so.  I'll be on the phone at 10am tomorrow, home and away...I made Brighton away, so hopefully be ok.

Started queing at 6:15pm and left at 6.55. Had 3 season ticket books and managed to get 8 home and 2 away tickets. I was told by the office that they had sold about 1,000 away leg tickets.

And how many away tickets are available? 3000?

How much are away leg tickets?

So, for all of us that have to wait until tuesday:

Will there be any home tickets left?
Will there be any away tickets left?

Anyone with a season ticket that isn't going and wants to get me 2 tickets for either leg feel free ;)

£25.

i hope there will be some home tickets left on wednesday!?

Cheers getting my tickets tomorrow morning before work! :D

I got there at 9:50 and got my tickets at 11:35. As others have said, it wasn't the ticket office being inefficient, it was the old farts buying tickets for the home leg, with their stupid questions and demands. It took me 4 minutes to buy 2 home tickets and 1 away ticket. One bloke took nearly 15 minutes to get his!

I text my manager and said "I will be late tommorrow for work as I need to get my playoff tickets. I can get 2 tickets as I am a season ticket holder if you want one" his response "thats fine, see you when you get here, no thanks on the ticket though as I wont be here" :D JOB DONE!

Our allocation for Charlton away game is 3,400

There's about sixty people in the queue at the moment.

I queued up for 1/1/2 hours yesterday forgetting that I have automatically posted tickets - oops - took envelope with ticket and receipt in it - doh!

Not selling away tickets over the phone at the minute, awaiting an update on the website? Arse.

Apparently there are big queues down there this morning already

They're only doing one away ticket per season ticket today, bit annoying after two hours queueing in the cold.

1 hour + que from 7.15

And also a bit unfair after people were given two per ST yesterday.

Got there at 7:45 got served about 10 minutes ago...

I got mine yesterday, queued for 3 hours, from about 2.30pm till 5.30pm, When i joined the queue I was told it was around 3 hours from this point, but decided to wait, as I sure i'd be queuing whenever I went and had more time available on Sunday afternoon, than lunchtime or evenings.

When i got served they had 5 kiosks open 4 norrmal & 1 for cash.
I think it was slow because most people wanting their season tickets and extras for friends, who they wanted to sit by, so everyone was trying to move and find the best available seats, not just where there tickets were.

Didn't want to phone, cos only got to queue to pick up tickets later or hope the post turns up, rather have it my hand.

Not sure what more the club can do as selling nearly 15000 tickets in  5/6 days is always gonna lead to queues, the club have only the ticketing system on a number of pc's.  Just aswell they increased this from last season though.

ticketzone is my new pet hate. i got through at 1 minute to ten and this uber bitch of a woman said tickets arent on sale til ten and wouldnt hold for one minute and hung up and now the fucking line is permantley engaged.

They said on the radio this morning they had 40 operators available, I just hope after all this effort by everyone to get a ticket the game sells out.

they don't even have a waiting system on the line, i assume you just have to keep trying until you get lucky?! and how aare you supposed to get away tickets over the phone if the number has been diverted to ticketzone who aren't selling away tickets?

Don't you press 3 for away tickets?  1 was for home tickets I think. 

ohh well i havn't even got that far yet the number is permanently engaged! is it open until 5 today?

now its ringing through to maries phone!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has anyone got through yet? The Line is constantly engaged at the moment.

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I haven't read the rest of this thread but are Charlton just getting the Stratton Bank? Fair enough I think that we get the most home fans packed into the CG as possible.

Hopefully will be a full house!

Impressive, the actual switchboard is busy, not just the line you get redirected too!

It was engaged when I first tried but then got lucky and got through.  Press 1 for home and 3 for away tickets if you get through.  Been on hold since 10 though, think they are open until 7pm this week.

Aaaarrggh I'm at work and not even supposed to be on the phone for playoff tickets but Dad and VF have left it to me to sort out!!

Can't go to the away leg as can't get the time off work! Boooooo

It's not looking good for me to come up on Friday, already full allocation off, I'll have to appeal to someone's better nature

what they did yesterday was unfair,in seemingly dishing out whatever season ticket holders wanted.
people with 3 season tickets buying 8 tickets etc,etc,
looks like they have sorted that out now, which is fair.

Yep, looks like it. They are none too happy with the 2000 allocation either. Not exactly sure what they're expecting really. Not like we're going to turn our own part timers away in preference to giving them more tickets?

Does anyone think there will be any tickets for the away game available on Wednesday?

Just had a call from somebody queuing at the ground and the queue is a fair way down to the town end again, very much like yesterday.  I'd would have thought this would have been the quieter time when most are at work. :eek:

im in the queue now and it starts at the townend food hatch

Finally got past the engaged tone. It's been ringing for about 5 minutes with so sign of stopping...

No such luck here, not looking forward to my mobile phone bill judging by how long people have spent waiting.

I wouldn't have thought so. Did I read we'd sold 1400 of them yesterday?

Cut off after about 5 mins. Back to the engaged tone.

Bit of a piss take. Massive fuck off queue and there is only 3 out of 5 ticket windows open talk about not being able to organise a piss up in a brewery. They know there is a big queue, surly someone from the offices can man the other 2 PC's??? In the end Got tickets for home and away leg. The queue at 930 this morning....

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exactly the same

40 operators available. My arse!

Has anyone managed to get anything over the phone yet?

If you want home tickets call this number 08444 999955. Its ticketzone customer services, they put me right through. Away ones are my issue, not living anywhere near swindon. Can't believe the club hasn't sorted this out properly and the fans not close are going to get done for away tickets!!!

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10341~2046304,00.html

I think they have changed the ticket zone number 01271 335 716

riddick i fucking love you, just got my tickets.

Can everyone ringing the switchboard ring that one instead and give me a free run at the away line please!

Cheers to both Riddick and Fowey. Got mine too now. Easy as.

Chap who took my booking did say the club's lines went down and people were having untold problems and they now hope that by changing the number direct to ticketline this will be rectified. We did agree that neither of us would like to be the one's checking Marie Saunders' voicemail either.

Was that one the home line?  Been on hold on the away one for an hour and half!

Yeah it was Matty i'm afraid. I got my aways yesterday on the phone.

Cheers mate.  Has anyone else managed to get tickets on the away line yet today?

I'm probably being blind but what's the number for away tickets or is it the same one now?

The way i understand it is the away number is the usual ticket office number (as we're selling them directly) whereas the number for the home tickets is the ticketzone number that Fowey said.

Think the usual ticket office number couldn't cope earlier as both lots were supposed to be the same number for some reason. Should be sorted now but may take a little while to settle down i suppose.

Cheers for that number Riddick. Just got my ticket. Got through really quick.

When I rang at 10, you had to press 1 for home and 3 for away tickets but been holding since then for away so going to give up soon!

Thanks for info and number guys, saved me hours

Typical, I rang up at half eight, got straight through and they said call back mid morning, now it's not working. Gah!

Straight through and got home ones, as someone said fault on the ticket office line for the away ones, should be resolved soon.

Riddick your a ledge!

I've put the phone down now and retrying the away line.  Was engaged and now just ringing which it wasn't doing for the 2 hours I was on hold this morning - it just played endless adverts.

I'm a fucking expert on the all hospitality packages and advertising the club offers now though if anyone is interested!!   :headhurts:

I started to queue and someone said 2 1/2 hours wait so I tried the number (I was previosuly always holding for ages so hung up) and got straight through, chuffed about that.

I hate you.

At least the Ticket Office is ringing now, not holding out much hope of an answer. I dread to think how much this is costing me on my mobile.

Finally got my away ones sorted half an hour ago. Glad the ticketzone number is working for everyone.

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Some unhappy Addicts fans it seems.

Being thick but are people with Brentford ticket stubs, only allowed to purchase home leg tickets tomorrow?

Also, what are the chances of any away tickets being left on Wednesday?

Was planning to go to the ground early weds and queue for home and away tickets but will buy a home one today if there is a possiblity of them both selling out.  :hmmm:

The number was the 01271 335716 one.

I love you.

valid point too.

What, they put you through to the Ticket Office or?

At least the club, knowing the short time scale, started the selling of the tickets yesterday. Charlton (bigger club, bigger fanbase) has only started selling the tickets this morning.

We havnt even managed to get home fans on the bank this season.

2000 is well stingy on them in my opinion.

Just called this number and booked my season ticket seat for Friday in 2 minutes flat.

I know this doesnt help people who want away tickets much but if you just want home tickets and are thinking about going to the box office, do yourself a huge favour and do it over the phone.

If that's the case I wish we had outsourced the away tickets too as our box office obviously can't cope!

Good point,think I will phone up for a home ticket now. If there are any away left at the end of Tuesday, I will decide what to do then.
 

Frustrating, but we haven't been in this position for a few years, sure the board will take note for wembley!

I've just phoned ticketzone and got through immediately, booked home tickets for myself, my dad and 2 others - very easy. Just hope the tickets don't get lost in the post!!

As one of them remarked, that they only bought 1000 down for the league match at the CG, so they should'nt really complain.

We're still giving them a bigger percentage of our capacity, than they are to us.

Still cant get through for away ones, engaged then cuts off, its a right pain.

Anyone know if the queue is still massive?

I selected option 1 and then it rang straight through to an operator and took my season ticket number,  he confirmed my details (address, seat number etc) took my card numbers and said I'll have the ticket tomorrow. He also said he could deal with away ticket sales also.

I just went down there about 45 minutes ago and the queue was fucking horrendous.
I'd hazard a guess at 150-200 people queueing, so I had to give up as I had to go back to work.

I was at the end of the TE stand (in line with the front of the Arkells) and I was told 2 1/2 hours.

I've spoken to 3 different people there and all say i need to ring the 0871 number and they can't do away ones, so not sure what's going on.

Queue is down to food hatch. Been here 45 mins and I'm up to the exit area. People are showing the direct number and having joy.

Or phoning rather!

Zero wait on the phone which was good.

Jammy sod, i'm getting number out of use now, must have collapsed completely.

Why don't you just ring the customer services number and get put through?

is that the number that ends 6433?

ring this sutton 08444 999955

Gave this number to a work colleague of mine. She had her tickets ordered in 2 mins.

I see Charlton have now sold out of tickets for Friday. No point not giving them the bit of Arkells if they can buy tickets for the home stands from Wednesday.

If i get a gay chatline you'll be for it....Ta

Nope they just told me to ring the 0871 number!

 as the lib dems are now bumming tories and i voted lib dem im going to start acting like a tory


haha tough shit then i got mine through that number,

Yeah but you probably blubbed...

Why should we give them extra though if they could not fill their allocation earlier in the season, may as well sell them to home supporters and hopefully create a good home atmosphere

They could say the same about us what did we sell, 900 for the game at theirs?

yes but it was fucking boxing day with no public transport

I agree, but I'd rather have 1000 Charlton supporters sat in the corner than dotted around the ground.

Not much chance of that, cant see many making general sale.

If Season ticket holders still want tickets for the home game ring 01271 335716.  They are only selling home tickets to season ticket holders only on this number

purchased my season ticket online yesterday but cannot buy anymore home tickets yet as only have an order number and no confirmation of a seat which is rather annoying.

managed to use some relatives tickets to get my home sorted need an extra for a mate. y on earth did they not put away tickets on the same home ticket line! i think we wud all have been happy to pay the extra booking fee just to get it sorted.

not back in swindon until thursday so have to rely on this phone number that is non stop engaged....cant see myself going

Not looking good today, it has rung through 3 times but cut off after about 10 rings, i'm going to try kot's one again and cry.

Any more news on the queue?

Ive got to try and leave work early and get down there for away tickets.

I've been here since 1 just nearly at the door. Queue is same length as when I got here but a load of people left due to ringing the number and people aren't doing that now

I guess i was lucky was only on hold for about 5 mins then got through and sorted. Could only get two though so will have to get the other two tomorrow with my Brenford stubs, don't know hoe you prove that you have them over the phone though. :D

The queue was still going back as far as Town End at 2pm.  A lady came round with a tel number to call if you were getting home tickets as a season ticket holder but they won't allocate away tickets.

I left my mate queueing as he'd finished work and i had to go back to get our away tickets.  The home tickets i got on
Tel Number: 01271 335716 will be post out to me today so said i should get by wednesday.

Mate is still queuing at 15:15 for away tickets as well

Actally the queue is slightly shorter but not by a great deal. Allow for 3 hours at least

Homes aren't a problem it's the away ones everyone is struggling with.

Yep easily 3 hours for away tickets. I'm pretty sure the away allocation will have sold out by the time they go on general sale so if there are any non season ticket holders wanting a ticket then you may be disappointed :-\

Just ordered mine on the 01271 number, took about 5 minutes.

So what is the number for home tickets? Is it the same number for away tickets! This is so confusing.

No home on the 01271 number, away who knows, alledgedly its the 08712232300 number but that's not going anywhere.

So, Home tickets:01271 335716
     Away Tickets: Fucked Up

Marie and others from the club were out handing out the 01271 number earlier but it's quite apparent if you want away tickets you have to get them from the club.

If you need to get tickets for out of towners get their details and they'll look them up and you should be ok to get a ticket on their behalf*

*that was the case 45 minutes ago, hopefully the system won't change.

In a nutshell, yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwSl4NKRiT8

Well seen as some of you are sttttttttttutttttering in your quest for Home and Away tickets i will give you something to hum to while waiting for them.

away tickets- had the dreaded ring ring no answer twice now. can someone give me a confidence boost and tell me that they have actually got through and got away tickets via the phone!?

I've now got home and away tickets, anyone joining the queue from the food hatch in the Townend can expect a 3 hour wait.

Got my home ones this morning....took five mins on the phone,away ones seem to be causing grief though.

I got away tickets over the phone yesterday but it seems like they are having more problems today.

Ok, I 've waited as long as I can, if anyone has a spare away ticket then I would pay a good price as it looks like they will all be gone come Wednesday morning or those that are left, will require me sleeping outside the ticket office on Tuesday night!

Sorry Mr Elliott, feel free to 'snap'!!

Got our home tickets via the phone this afternoon.

Glad we phoned & booked our away tickets yesterday morning based on the problems people are having today.

Exactly the same as you, Well-Spoken-Person.

Fuck well spoken...answer the fucking phone!

You fucking onion.

Posh Red = Well-Spoken-Person

Donkey, not onion. ;)

And, sorry, I was annoyed at the ticket office, not you, Posh Red or any other TEFfer.  I wish they'd answer the phone.

I am getting quite worried about getting tickets for the away leg now. I can get tickets for the home leg tomorow (as i went to Brentford) but i cant get away tickets until Wednesday. Not looking good.

Got two home tickets this afters ringing the hotline after arriving at the County and seeing the two hour Queue!! Fuck that!

Booking fee is a bit excessive IMO.  BUT......rather that than wait for that long.

There was an update on the Facebook page saying we'd sold 1000 Charlton tickets (on Sunday?), so there should be around 1000 on sale tomorrow, assuming we've sold another 1000 today!

So I need to go down tomorrow to get 4 home tickets and 2 away (should there be any left). Question as a non season ticket holder - should I have our 4 brentford stubs with me will i be able to get the above? Or have I missed something.

Good luck mate. I'll bring a flask of strong coffee for us and meet you at the ticket office on Wednesday at 7.30!  :D

You womt have trouble getting away ones in my opinion...are they selling the away ones saturday....being a cynical thing many fans may wait until after fridays first leg.

Hope you're right. I suppose that's what kinda happened for the Millwall game as I got mine when they went on general sale.

i've been stuck on the phone for about half an hour  for away tickets, anyone actually had any success today? might just give up and try again tomorrow morning! even if i do get tickets i then have the problem of getting home on monday night from swindon :hmmm:

PM Herthab...........he may go home via Bath.

I wish i could mate! I live in London, so there is no way i can get down there to buy them, i have to buy over the phone!

So on Wednesday do I need to either, ring the TO AND that out-sourced ticket agency to get a ticket for each match or get both tickets in person from the TO? I'm bleedin confused!

I had to read the info on the OS a couple of times but am still a bit lost!

Can someone clarify please?

What's so difficult to understand?

Home tickets by phone = Ticket Zone
Away tickets by phone = direct from the club

Home/away tickets in person = from the ticket office

Thank you sir.

My dad's just text me to say that the away ones have sold out.  :(

I am willing to pay £50+ if anyone wants to sell me their ticket.

If that is the case thats incredible...over 3000?

He likes a wind-up though, so I'm not believing it until he gets home.

Seconded.


But what about us that cant get away tickets from the club in person? (if there are any left) Can we phone the club to get them?

Its in the post you quoted

As it says in the bit you managed to quote but apparently didn't read

Yeah same here £50+, if of course it isn't a wind up!

If it is a wind-up I will actually kill him  :)

those quoting to phone the club clearly havn't tried, it's been nigh on impossible, i don't think i've read of one person successfully getting one over the phone today, and i myself have just hung up after an hour because it just kept ringing and ringing!

There's always the corporate hospitality at Charlton for 135 notes!

Yeah but there'll be no atmosphere in the corporate bit. It'll be like watching from an armchair.

Well if they're letting swindon fans buy seats in there then it will all be town fans, but think I will save my money for wembley if we get there.

Too much money to watch us lose!

They better not be sold out

Surely Charlton will think the same when they sell out the home bit.

Nothing on the OS. Gotta be a wind-up.

If it is I will destroy him on behalf of the TEF. I'm only 16 but I reckon I can take him.

 :D

BBC News report we have sold 1400 for the away leg - god knows if its true.
I think they may just about go on public sale but not many I think

Just said on Points West that we've sold 1600 for the away leg and 5000 for the home leg.

It was a wind-up. What a ****. I apologise on behalf of him.
I was gonna give him a slap but then he gave me an evil stare so I backed down and scuttled off to my room.

The important thing is that you 'thought' about giving him a slap. That's what counts.

Go to the ground early on Wednesday or try the phone..... :hmmm:

Don't ya just love these difficult decsions in life....... :badmood:

say well done daddy and give him a kiss on the cheek, that will freak the fuck out of him.

I hope he doesn't read the TEF. He won't be best pleased if he reads my comments.

(Red-Ox are you my dad?)

Shit he's coming up to read it. Now to remove the swearwords from my posts. God I hate authority.

No worries Eeyore - I wasn't being serious.

Hope you had success.

 
 
 Aren't you best asking your mum that question ?

I'll go at 9pm tomorrow and leave my towel by the ticket office - problem solved

I remember this chaos for the Brighton play off so I've had the auto cup ticket since then so saves the hassle most of the time for home tickets. Tried a few times to get through today for away tickets and no joy. Does seem not right to say 2 tickets per season ticket for the away game. Pretty sure for Fulham it was one for one per Season ticket as that sounds a bit fairer to dish them out.

I would be suprised we would sell 3000 tickets for a Monday night away game even given the magnitude of the game. Trains late back look a bit of a mare unless they lay on extra trains especially if we go to pens heaven forbid. If the 1st leg doesn't go to plan there will be plenty to go spare.

if we don't sell out the away leg then we have a bit of a problem!

I'd be thoroughly embarassed to be a swindon fan if we didnt sell out the away end, and the home match for that matter

Probably, knowing your Mum....... ;)

Nope, did not.  I got Marie the Mings answerphone a few times, rang out, engaged and so on.  Try tomorrow, then send an old man down to the club (it may not be good for his health) to queue up, finally, if any left on Wednesday, a mate will be there (driving up from Surrey).

Managed to get Friday off, appealing to someone's better nature paid off

My turn to hit the phone lines tomorrow

Ring Ring. Here we go again.

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Hello?

You are wanting tickets for Swindonings?

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"I can take your card details for payment"

Wish I could get a Ring Ring

We have not even sold half of the tickets for either the home or away leg!

Anyone else slightly embarrased?

I find tjhat very hard to believe

No because I dont think the club could have sold them much quicker given the resources. And the fact that people are taking ages to buy tickets at the ground.

I think we reached about half way on both last night.

The tickets haven't gone on general sale yet. The last few days it was for season ticket holders only.

I wouldn't like to say what the queues would be from tomorrow.

Just less than 5,000 for the home match. But it is Season ticket holders only first which is about 4,800 in number so I guess we're on track for a sell out. Let's wait and see what the numbers are by COB Thursday before making any knee jerk responses.

Grrrrrrrr, can only get two tickets with my Brentford stub was hoping to get three, ah well worth a try. Have to chance my arm on general sale


Ticket update: Play-offs
Posted on: Tue 11 May 2010

Ticket latest: Updated 8am, Tuesday 11th May 2010

Friday 14th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, H, 7.45pm KO)

5,000 home tickets sold / Away allocation sold-out

Monday 17th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, A, 7.45pm KO)

11,000 home tickets sold / 1,500 sold for away

#

Agreed. Given the fact we have 5,000 or so season ticket holders I would imagine another 2,000 will go today with Brentford stub holders etc and the rest of the season ticket holders. If ST holders dont get their seats today they lose them to general sale. So out of 5,000 whatever season ticket holders it would suggest most have taken their seats by the close of play today. Tomorrow general sale will see the queues go around to the back of the Arkells I would think.

Still ringing for five minutes and then cutting off, may throw my phone at a wall. Surprised we've only sold 1500 but that is a little reassuring.

Is anyone queuing at the moment - how long is it taking?

I've only got a couple of hours at lunchtime and it's not worth starting if I can't get to the end in time!

You after Home or Away tickets?

Home

Ringing Ticket Zone would almost certainly be faster then, if you can pay by card. 01271 335716

Away tickets are a nightmare by phone, although I do appear to have got past the "press one" woman now into another queue. 10 minutes and counting.

Can do, but I'm using Brentford ticket stubs and I'm assuming you can't use them over the phone? I might give it a go though.

Yep you can, they asked for mine

Cool!

33 minutes of ringing, no luck. Has anyone managed to get through for away tickets at all?

If you any one on here not a season ticket there will be two good seats going Wensday in the
Arkells Stand Block A3 Row K seats 0105 & 0106 at the half-way line 3 row back behind D-Box.
If you short you will need to sit in 0106.  

i havn't got past the first lot of ringing yet to get to the woman, i did yesterday and was waiting over an hour without any success, i wonder if anyone is even answering the calls?! i hope they don't change you for all this as we havn't even got through yet, parents won't be happy!

Pretty sure it starts charging once you get past the switchboard. 0871 from a mobile will probably be hideously expensive, seriously considering getting a train to the bloody CG now.

do you reckon people queueing can buy away tickets for another season ticket holder if they have their details? i can't see myself getting a ticket over the phone at this rate  :(

59 minutes and hung up. Fuck this.

listen the obvious problem is congestion. i think that everyone on here should stop ringing the away ticket line at 11.55 for a 5 minute period and then i can ring up and get mine? agreed? we cud then sort out a townend ringing schedule. thanks

Home tickets are easy to get hold off - just ring ticket zone, saves queuing for hours.  I tried for 4 hours to get through for away tickets without success so queued up last night.  Only took an hour and 15.
I managed to get 4 away by simply giving them the names, address, postcode and seat numbers of my mates season tickets.  They looked them up on the system - job done.

anyone fancy doing that for me? :D

sounds easy but im not back to swindon until thursday. away phone line is the only way for me

I was going to ring up for an away ticket in the morning but it's looks like I may have to get to the CG early and queue.....and ring the phoneline from the queue! Seems the only way of getting the away tickets. Think gen sale tomorrow may be the worse day of the lot for trying to get tickets.

If they had outsourced the away tickets as well as the home there wouldn't be a problem as ticket zone have 40 operators you can get though straight away.  I don't know of anyone that has phoned the away line and managed to buy tickets over the phone?

Pretty crap really - if your going to sell them over the phone as least make sure you have enough people to answer the dam phones!  God knows how much I spent being on hold yesterday!

a mate got an away ticket by emailing a polite rant to the club about the situation. they rang him back!

Will try this, thanks for the heads up- know what address he used?

Yes

They've just called me back- Batch, if you're going to Charlton, I'll buy you a pint!

I bought my mate along to the Brentford game, & he wants a ticket for the home leg. My son alos wants to come along, so I can get him one along with mine with my ST details. Any one know what details they need/ want for the Brentford stub (phone booking) as the idiot has lost it ?

happy to help. glad the club are bring responsive, until they get thousands of emails anyway.

which email address pleeeeeeeeeeease????

I sent it to Brian in the Ticket Office plus Nick Watkins and Adam Wainwright, no idea which one was the correct one!

Yeah I sent it to Brian also. Still waiting for the call back............. :no:

Well done to those that got 'em. Think the club may be onto this now, but hey ho.

cheers, i just sent adam and brian an email. twice infact as the first time i asked them to call me without a contact number  ::) heres hoping!

 :beers: they called me back! see you at charlton  :beers: thanks people

Can I presume that you're a season ticket holder? They haven't rung me so must be cos i from Oxfud area!  >:(  or because I can't apply until tomorrow.  :shrug:

For those up this way that can't make it to the home leg, or those that dont get tickets for the away leg etc etc. One of the London reds has confirmed the game will be on at the pub we watched the Exeter game at. 

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/59/590/Railway_Tavern/Liverpool_Street

'They haven't rung me so must be cos i from Oxfud'

Or because of your basic lack of the English language perhaps?

Perhaps they'll txt u l8er.

Whhhooooooooooooosssssshhhhhhhh!!!!!

It was meant to be a regional slur but you obviously didn't see it that way.

you are way too clever for me.

Now that's not true and you know it.

I only go to the Town games and haven't really lived in the area much so was unaware of the regiional accent that you mentioned in your previous post. I feel very foolish now!

That sounds just like me..........

Ok, let you off.

Okay, so Brian rang me about 30 minutes later and Nick Watkins has just sent me a very helpful email. Good advice Batch!

Adam Wainwright, shame on you! :D

But anyway, I have a ticket, so delighted with that. Best of luck to those still trying!

I thought you could buy away tickets by ringing the club direct? or is that the number that people cant get through on?

My home tickets arrived in the post this morning, excellent service, shame they couldn't do the same for the away tickets.

i got my home and away tickets in the post this morning :)

Home tickets received in the post today, I only ordered them about 2pm yesterday.

Thanks for that - will probably head there on Friday night then!

You wont be on your own, I know of at least 2 others going there friday.

Good stuff, I'll be with a mate too. Hopefully there'll be a nice little gathering of exiles - much more fun that way.

I would just like to take this opportunity to state that, before now I have emailed Nick Watkins with various queries and suggestions and on every occasion I have received a response.

He is a good man, and thorough.

Just passed the ground a hour ago, and there was no queue.

This is very true.

I managed to get 2 tickets for the home leg!

I have also emailed brian to enquire weather he would give me a call tomorow when away tickets go on sale to save me wasting money on making many phone calls  :)

Ticket update: Play-offs
Posted on: Tue 11 May 2010

Ticket latest: Updated 8am, Tuesday 11th May 2010
Ticket Update: 2.55 pm today


Friday 14th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, H, 7.45pm KO)

6,800 home tickets sold / Away allocation sold-out

Monday 17th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, A, 7.45pm KO)

11,000 home tickets sold / 1,800 sold for away


I came past at 5.15pm and there was no queue at all.  Will be interesting to see how much the figures change after they go on general sale tomorrow?  At this rate, they'll end up being a load of Charlton fans mixed in with us.

I'm surprised more away tickets haven't been sold, but then it seems like everyone who wants them has had trouble getting through. 

On the other hand, a lot of season ticket holders aren't going and up until now they're the only ones who could get them.  I sit within a group of 4, one of them can't finish work early enough, one of them 'can't be bothered with the travelling to London on a Monday night when it's on live!' and one of them can't afford it.  I'm therefore not going either because I don't want to travel and sit on my own like a billy no mates.  Even my brother who lives 25 mins away from the Valley has let me down as he thinks that he's a bad luck charm when they're away from home.  On the basis that Millwall was the 7th time he's seen them away this season and they've failed to win any of them, I tend to agree slightly!
Still pissed off I'm not going though!
 

The old man we sent down did his job and is still alive.  I'm going to both, yay!  Good luck to all still chasing.

Stop being such a jessie and buy a ticket then.

Prob not so bad for a bloke to go away on his own, but a bit different for a female!

the bigger the game the less it matters.

At the present moment it looks like i'm flying solo!

We will look after you

Went to grab a brief at 2pm and waited two mins maximum, after stories of yesterdays waits I was quite chuffed

I'm sure you would, but I'd probably end up in a seat at the other end of the stand away from anyone decent to talk to!

Only 6800 sold, I've got to be in with a shout for three on General Sale then

I'm sure King Of Tonga would follow you.

Probably over 7000 by close of play, which means 2300+ sold per day.  We'd pretty much sell out by COP Thursday at that rate, especially given many would have missed the Sunday details and then the stories of queues will have put a few off rushing.  I went down at 6.30pm tonight to get 2 and walked straight up to the window.

I have a friend who doesn't have an ST who wants to get away tickets tomorrow. He's talking of going at 7am, should he just wait until later then, because him going at 7am is going to be absolute hell?

Can't he just ring up?

But people aren't getting through are they R4E?

I assumed he was have a wee joke.

Sorry, totally forgot that whole "can't get through" discussion - was thinking about the home tickets.

i'm tempted to go to the cg tomorrow after college after having had no success on the phone trying to get an away ticket, problem is it won't be until about 1 do you think there'll be massive queues as it's the first day on general sale? or do you think most people after home tickets will ring up? what would be even better is if there was a kind soul who's going to queue who would buy one for me and then i'll pay them back... :)  :D

Nice one. Just a random old man? A kind act carried out by him.

I hope tomorrow isn't too unbearable for people. Can't believe how lucky I got - not even a 5 minute wait (combined) for my 2 phone-calls.

Currently a queue of 100ish

damn my Occupational Health telephone appointment, I want a bloody ticket!

Phone lines for home game choka

Ticket latest: Updated 8am, Wednesday12th May 2010

Friday 14th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, H, 7.45pm KO)

7,286 home tickets sold / Away allocation of 2,200 sold-out

Monday 17th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, A, 7.45pm KO)

11,000 home tickets sold / 2,000 sold for away

Just got through to get home game tickets and only took 15mins so not too bad, the only thing is we're right at the back of the Don Rodgers stand but like fuck thats going to bother me.

best view in the ground mate.

Unless you are stood behind me that is! Luckily for everyone in the DRS, i'm in the TE friday.  Looks as though everyone who wants a home ticket will get one, away will be tight though.

Been trying since 8.29 - phone line constantly engaged.

Been having the exact same problem as you.

Was engaged for ages for me but just literally kept redialling and got through eventually, I would have thought it would calm down soon as the initial rush is over.

That's what i thought at 9am monday morning.....

If we do get to wembley, I would expect us to take 25 to 30k. The club will have just over a week to sell those tickets...they will really need to get their a's into g for that one...going to ticket zone was a good start, I found them to be very efficient and got through in straight away (although that was yesterday afternoon).

Has anybody managed to get away tickets over the phone today?

Struggling to get through here and the bloody phones keep running out of battery power

just got through for tickets for friday, trying on and off for 20mins or so. woop!

Perhaps I'm trying too hard? Over 2 hours now.  :badmood:

Are you up with us?

We'll be there

nope, me and Sebaldo are in the Arkells, they didnt have any seats next to each other free in the DRS, they're all over the place.

I'd expect 33k, which is around the mark we took the last 2 times.

The logistics of selling are a lot easier because you can, as arriba wanted for the home game, just get the printed tickets in batches and sell them one at a time.  You open up the windows where matchday sales happen and each window relates to a price band/lot of blocks in Wembley.  Then you queue for roughly where you want to go.  Much much easier from the clubs point of view than having to designate a specific seat to people, hold on to season ticket seats etc.  The harder part is the volume.

You'll probably get a couple days for season ticket holders, then maybe stub holders for the play off games and finally absolute mayhem when on general sale.

allowing 6-8 tickets  per person would help to get through the volume quicker. I really dont think there will be anyone who 'misses' out.

You mention we took 33k on previous occasions, my view is there was more interest generally in the club back then, will be interesting to see if its still there.

From the OS -

Ticket update: Play-offs
Posted on: Wed 12 May 2010

Ticket latest: Updated 11.14am, Wednesday 12th May 2010

Friday 14th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, H, 7.45pm KO)

8,856 home tickets sold / Away allocation of 2,200 sold-out

Monday 17th May 2010 (Charlton Athletic, A, 7.45pm KO)

13,000 home tickets sold / 2,400 sold for away (away allocation 3,200)


So, only around 3500 home tickets left, so these should sell out tomorrow.

I was looking forward to sitting next to you part-timers...

That's what they did in '93. They opened turnstiles all around the ground, and you went to the turnstile for that price of ticket you wanted. And you had to pay by cash only.

Isnt the cheapest ticket price £65 or something like that?

(ps dont want to get ahead of ourselves here though..)

No idea, but I believe I paid £28 in '93, and I was sat virtually on the half-way line a few seats away from the Leicester fans.

I just found this from a couple of seasons ago:

http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20080502/play-off-final-prices_2245681_1529384

Tickets were from £30 to £84, so I should imagine it would now be a bit more as this was two years ago.

Farkin rip off London bastards!

The top seats in '93 were £80, so they haven't gone up much.

But they are still rip-off prices for League 1 football....Wembley or not.

That's expensive, especially as the £30 tickets were right at the top (i hate heights so couldn't go that high). So i'd have got £50 tickets, so prob £55 or £60 now as that's two years ago.

Won't stop me going if we get there, luckily i get paid next week

Thats steep! You'd think they'd charge something fairer, like maybe the average ticket prices for the games respective league...

drove by the county ground aroud 12.15pm.queue was about 25 deep

Someone's got to pay for the FA's white elephant and as always in football, it's the average fan who gets it in the arse

eekkk Season ticket/playoff ticket and Wembely ticket out of one months wages!

might have to head down Manchester road for a few nights??

So you can afford a programme?

And a half time burger?

And a drink ?

Home Play Off Ticket ...... Check
Away Play Off Ticket ...... Check
SAS Coach Ticket ....... Check

I'm ready .... But are the team?

Last year, Millwall got 37,500 seats allocated.  £30 tickets were top tier at the back, £40 is top tier at the front, £50 behind the goal lower tier, £60 lower tier on the sides, £80 club wembley seats (2nd tier).  Wembley enforce a strict distribution policy so you can only select price range, no picking of seats, they are to be dished out in sequential order (or something along those lines).

Can't see it being very different to that, just got to hope it a financial issue I need to worry about!

i've always gone for the mid price tickets previously.will do so again if we make it

Do the Market Porter, far better quality of pervert.

Been trying all day, still cant get through for away tickets.

Hang in there mate. There didn't appear to be a mad rush for them this morning when I got mine so hopefully there may be some left tomorrow if you don't manage to get one today.  :)

Sorry meant to say when I went to the CG not on the phone.

Judging by their forum, looks as though a handful of their fans have got home tickets friday, Be funny if they have bought them in the Town end, and either side score. Hope they are sensible about it, otherwise could be carnage.

if it kicks off they deseverve everything they get...'if you play with fire...etc'

As long as they're not stupid it'll be fine. I stood in the home terrace at Wycombe without any problems, it's not like Charlton are bitter rivals of ours, is it?

About 800 left 5 hours ago according to Facebook:

How did you conatct Nick Watkins? Cant find his email on the website.

I guessed it from the general format of the email addresses and got it right. Have a quick look at what all the others are and take a wild stab in the dark

Clue: Brianp is the red herring

Cheers.

God she's going to be busy to include one of those!

No queue outside at 2 pm!  Will we sell out?

It will sell out.

Yes, over 11000 in total gone by 11 this morning, and i know lots who have bought via phone since post 2pm.

i got there about half 1 and got my ticket about 10 minutes later, not many people there but drs has sold out apparently. .

From Facebook -

12456 sold for Friday
2480 sold for Monday

It keeps saying delivery failed? Could you PM me the adress you used?

Is that 12456 in total including Charltons? Whats the capacity these days 14,800?

Yes, and 14750

I've never understood how the capacity has dropped by 1000 seats; I know some have been removed from the arkells and the bank, but 1000?  ???

Might be wrong, but could some seats be unavailable as Sky have Cameras and what not using the room?

KOT had to move seats for the Exeter game  :)

Are we even gonna sell out for this?

If not that is pathetic and we should all go hang our heads in collective shame (unless of course you're going then you are exempt from this)

Arkells bit, corner of the stratton bank, back row of don rogers  ??? and behind the floodlight in the town end

Capacity is 14,500 now.

For the Championship play off final, ticket prices range from £36 to £98 for Adults!

I guess League 1 will be slightly lower!

http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/staticFiles/bd/4e/0,,10432~151229,00.pdf

I wouldn't bet on it. Bloody disgrace

Based on last year, I think League 1 prices will be very close to £85, £62, £52, £42, £32

Here's hoping we have that problem!

Neither would I.  It is shame that common man is being forced to pay for poor planning on the FA's part which has resulted in a stadium however nice being built at a cost far in excess of what could have been considered reasonable.  I would imagine potential gate reciepts would go towards the cost of one of the pitch relayments!

Very nice to have mwet you Paul D in the Holiday inn on saturday!

Certainly isn't, there were 14508 against Leeds.

And your good self, Sir. Nice to see you come out of your lurking shell, as well :)

it will be thoroughly depressing if the attendance is less than the leeds one...are there really only about 11,000 swine fans left now?

Yes. They only went on general sale yesterday didn't they?

Anyway 2000 left with all of Thursday and Friday to sell them.

By 7.45pm Friday it will be a sell out.

"By 3pm Saturday it will be a sell out."

Titter titter

I should make sure you get there early on Saturday, Spy

Yeah, really early.

You might want to camp out, say from 19.45 on Friday.

Alright! Alright!  :D

Capacity is was 14983 a couple of years ago and I don't think much ahs changed:

Bank = 2179
Arkells away = 1325
Arkells home = 5026
Town End = 1672
Don = 4781

On another note re wembley...if we do get there I am secretly hoping the fuckers who nicked my three STFC flags will be tempted to take them...if I see them there I will be repatriating them, make no mistake!

(several hours of hard art work in those flags)

See Blackpool have been allocated 37,000 tickets for the final, must be the standard, what does Wembley hold ?

90k isn't it?

Just managed to get 2 tickets for the away leg, get in!

90,000 with 71,200 general admission seats.  For the play offs I think some of the middle tier seats are freed up and I would imagine a few corporate deals can be had for one offs like this that aren't on the radar for 10,000 Club Wembley gang.

I received an e-mail from the club tonight telling me there were still tickets available in the DRS and Arkells but the Town End is sold out.

I have two spares:

Townend at £16

Arkells at £22

See the new thread and Message me if interested.