Tonight proved that cheaper prices bring in new and younger fans, as well as more families!
Great to see a lot more diversity toniggt
Yet a poor attendance, significantly less than the other championship teams this evening.
Don’t think these early cup games, against uninspiring oppo (sorry Stevenage) are exactly going to draw huge crowd - especially when fans will chose to do more away games this year.
what it did do, was being more families and locals to the ground
Precisely. Charlton don’t attract supporters to early cup games. The other Championship clubs do.
For those not going to tonight’s cup game - what’s your reason? The price point is very attractive and you'll get to see some players that your club has spent millions on.
I imagine the explanations won’t be too different from those who skipped the Watford match, which brought the attendance down to around 22k, rather than 25k.
Be interesting to hear.
I don’t go to early round cup games any more - they are reserve games - I only want to go to a fixture where both clubs are putting everything they have into winning the game - I watched it on sky but wouldn’t have gone anyway if it wasn’t on - I made that decision about 6 years ago and am sticking with it - later rounds when we are trying everything to win it, I’ll be there.
I went last night as I thought it would be a good opportunity to see a load of our new first team signings play. I was right, and I also got to see some of the exciting prospects live for the first time too - Fullah etc
It's a shit experience compared to a league game, and we've performed too poorly in the early rounds now for too long to convince people like yourself to come back. Not sure what the club can do or if that's just how it will be now.
For those not going to tonight’s cup game - what’s your reason? The price point is very attractive and you'll get to see some players that your club has spent millions on.
I imagine the explanations won’t be too different from those who skipped the Watford match, which brought the attendance down to around 22k, rather than 25k.
Be interesting to hear.
Live on the East coast of Kent (60 miles ish) am S/T holder and Valley Expess S/T holder so attand all of the home games. When in Orpington I used to go to cup games but live too far now - BUT if the club offered Valley Express for cup games then would definitely consider going.
In the context of Valley Express and @Airman Brown pessimism that the club would consider the old style scheme, has anyoen heard anything from the Fan Advisory Board, about anything?I have heard, read, absolutely nothing.
For those not going to tonight’s cup game - what’s your reason? The price point is very attractive and you'll get to see some players that your club has spent millions on.
I imagine the explanations won’t be too different from those who skipped the Watford match, which brought the attendance down to around 22k, rather than 25k.
Be interesting to hear.
I don’t go to early round cup games any more - they are reserve games - I only want to go to a fixture where both clubs are putting everything they have into winning the game - I watched it on sky but wouldn’t have gone anyway if it wasn’t on - I made that decision about 6 years ago and am sticking with it - later rounds when we are trying everything to win it, I’ll be there.
I went last night as I thought it would be a good opportunity to see a load of our new first team signings play. I was right, and I also got to see some of the exciting prospects live for the first time too - Fullah etc
It's a shit experience compared to a league game, and we've performed too poorly in the early rounds now for too long to convince people like yourself to come back. Not sure what the club can do or if that's just how it will be now.
That's how it will be - i've attended lots of reserve games and youth games down the years and most early round cup games but i'm not as interested / committed as i used to be - been there, done it and by my age you may well feel the same, maybe not. I don't like the way the cups have gone. I don't blame the club, i blame the people who run football and have done away with reserve leagues and allow premier league teams to play their u21's against lower tier club's first teams - its a piss take and a watered down football match. I don't like playing or watching sport unless you are breaking your neck to win - take the true competitive edge out of sport and its boring and that's the main reason i won't put the effort in to go - its boring.
In the context of Valley Express and @Airman Brown pessimism that the club would consider the old style scheme, has anyoen heard anything from the Fan Advisory Board, about anything?I have heard, read, absolutely nothing.
Was a feature in the programme at the weekend I believe, no idea if it will make the website though
40,000 willing to trek to Wembley but cant attract 25,000 for season opener......plastics lol
All jokes aside, it’s this narrow, ‘apples and pears comparison’ thinking that is probably at the root of not understanding what the problem is.
The ticket to Wembley is always going to comparatively more popular. The Play Off Final in a stadium that offers a more than adequate number of catering outlets and other facilities, comfortable seats (not that we used them), plenty of leg room and most likely a whole raft of other stuff and is the football equivalent of offering people and families a day out in Disney World compared to the local common fairground ride that the Valley offers it’s paying customers. The Valley may be a 27k capacity ground but its facilities and catering probably are more suitable for the 4k numbers we had last night. Wembley tickets cost more but value for money is streets ahead. The Valley’s only real attraction is the team. If we are not playing a box office match and expected to win (& we don’t have a great record in this cup, or any cup competition tbf) then the appeal of paying a premium price to go there will not be so great.
Guess you were not in the upper tier.
O, why, are Wembley’s upper tier and facilities worse than they are in the upper tiers at The Valley ?
Yes.
Nowhere to rest your beer (other drinks are available); a few shelves along the walls would not go amiss, the view is not as good as further away, the escalator and lift out of order after the game. All breeze block and steel. Really not a nice place to be.
Having visited Wembley a couple of times before at the impressive lower levels it was a big shock.
In my opinion it is more important to support the team in Home games, that's where the club gets most of it's income from. Last night's game cost me a total of £10.00 to attend, over 65 price plus free travel on my 60+ Oyster card. Since i started work aged 16 i've had a season ticket so that i never have to miss a home game, although obviously have had to pay for cup games. For about the the last 40 years i've attended the vast majority of away games, but i would never prioritise an away trip instead of attending a home game. In fact Saturday [16/8/25] will be the 50th anniversary since i last missed a home game 16th August 1975, V Notts County.
FFS, so that’s why we lost…
50yrs unbroken home run thats incredible, I wonder if there is another Addick can match your unbroken run? Seb's run was what 20+ yrs?
In the context of Valley Express and @Airman Brown pessimism that the club would consider the old style scheme, has anyoen heard anything from the Fan Advisory Board, about anything?I have heard, read, absolutely nothing.
Here’s the programme article - there was also one around the time of launch last year. Marilyn (Chair of the AB) will also be talking about it on tomorrow’s Charlton TV “Meet the Directors” programme. It’s early days and has made a positive and constructive start imo. But then I would say that! I do have one gripe that I was the only one who turned up wearing colours for the photo
To add that the AB did also raise the issue of the very poor overall catering experience after Saturday and as some have said on here already, Gavin Carter visited various bars around the ground last night. So the club is definitely on the case and seeing improvement as an urgent priority.
In my opinion it is more important to support the team in Home games, that's where the club gets most of it's income from. Last night's game cost me a total of £10.00 to attend, over 65 price plus free travel on my 60+ Oyster card. Since i started work aged 16 i've had a season ticket so that i never have to miss a home game, although obviously have had to pay for cup games. For about the the last 40 years i've attended the vast majority of away games, but i would never prioritise an away trip instead of attending a home game. In fact Saturday [16/8/25] will be the 50th anniversary since i last missed a home game 16th August 1975, V Notts County.
Amazed at this mate, you do not look a day over 50. That aside, congratulations.
Tonight proved that cheaper prices bring in new and younger fans, as well as more families!
Great to see a lot more diversity toniggt
Yet a poor attendance, significantly less than the other championship teams this evening.
Don’t think these early cup games, against uninspiring oppo (sorry Stevenage) are exactly going to draw huge crowd - especially when fans will chose to do more away games this year.
what it did do, was being more families and locals to the ground
Precisely. Charlton don’t attract supporters to early cup games. The other Championship clubs do.
It is not Stevenage I went to watch but Charlton.
I take it you did not see the other gates from last night, Portsmouth aside, all the others were poor.
For those not going to tonight’s cup game - what’s your reason? The price point is very attractive and you'll get to see some players that your club has spent millions on.
I imagine the explanations won’t be too different from those who skipped the Watford match, which brought the attendance down to around 22k, rather than 25k.
Be interesting to hear.
I have an enlarged prostate. Sitting on a hard plastic seat shuffling from buttock to buttock for a couple of hours is not much fun. Missed the goal on saturday cos i'd had enough. Didn't fancy it again for Stevenage. Sorry.
Hi @Weegie Addick thanks for that screenshot of the article about the FAB. Perhaps the CAST newsletter could carry regular summaries of what it's been up to. One more channel to get the word out...
Hi @Weegie Addick thanks for that screenshot of the article about the FAB. Perhaps the CAST newsletter could carry regular summaries of what it's been up to. One more channel to get the word out...
FAB brings to mind Thunderbirds.
I hope you aren’t suggesting the club are using them as puppets! 😉😆
Tonight proved that cheaper prices bring in new and younger fans, as well as more families!
Great to see a lot more diversity toniggt
Yet a poor attendance, significantly less than the other championship teams this evening.
Don’t think these early cup games, against uninspiring oppo (sorry Stevenage) are exactly going to draw huge crowd - especially when fans will chose to do more away games this year.
what it did do, was being more families and locals to the ground
Precisely. Charlton don’t attract supporters to early cup games. The other Championship clubs do.
It is not Stevenage I went to watch but Charlton.
I take it you did not see the other gates from last night, Portsmouth aside, all the others were poor.
Don't let facts get in the way of people slagging off other fans.
Even if I wasn't working nights this week, there's not a chance you'd get me into London for midweek game and risk not getting home unless it's in a £150 uber.
Hi @Weegie Addick thanks for that screenshot of the article about the FAB. Perhaps the CAST newsletter could carry regular summaries of what it's been up to. One more channel to get the word out...
Thanks for the suggestion. Yes we will do that as things progress.
Without being too pedantic here, our is not a Fans Advisory Board - we are different from other clubs in that ours is a stakeholder board, including two representatives from CACT and one from the ex players association.
In my opinion it is more important to support the team in Home games, that's where the club gets most of it's income from. Last night's game cost me a total of £10.00 to attend, over 65 price plus free travel on my 60+ Oyster card. Since i started work aged 16 i've had a season ticket so that i never have to miss a home game, although obviously have had to pay for cup games. For about the the last 40 years i've attended the vast majority of away games, but i would never prioritise an away trip instead of attending a home game. In fact Saturday [16/8/25] will be the 50th anniversary since i last missed a home game 16th August 1975, V Notts County.
Call yourself a fan 😂
50 years since you last missed a home game is insane.
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It's a shit experience compared to a league game, and we've performed too poorly in the early rounds now for too long to convince people like yourself to come back. Not sure what the club can do or if that's just how it will be now.
All breeze block and steel. Really not a nice place to be.
Having visited Wembley a couple of times before at the impressive lower levels it was a big shock.
I take it you did not see the other gates from last night, Portsmouth aside, all the others were poor.
Even if I wasn't working nights this week, there's not a chance you'd get me into London for midweek game and risk not getting home unless it's in a £150 uber.
50 years since you last missed a home game is insane.