[cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]PITL is right. If you want a drink or food, you have to leave before Half time. A midweek game earlier in the season, i left before half time to get a drink and something to eat, and didn't get served until after the 2nd half had started, some 20 minutes later.
I know that sounds an extreme situation, but those were the facts.
Bottled beer would be a good solution, just flip the top off and err serve. Even a YTS couldn't screw up serving a bottle of beer. Selling bottled beer would speed up service, allow more beer to be consumed, make more money for the club, and allow the punters to be back in their seats for the second half. If only we had someone in touch with the stadium management to suggest this...
Surely a solution could be found to maximise sales at half time,the club want to maximise revunue and punters want to be served quickly. What about people placing orders before the game begins with a ticketing system which would involve pre-payment with a customer reciept,the orders could be ready as soon as the halt time whistle goes,just clear some space and have them ready on a tray if needs be, the later orders nearer the end of the first half could then be poured,a seperate que with tickets could make more space at the bar,hand over ticket and get beers. It might sound like a mad idea but why not try it, you never know,then no need to miss a goal. As for the bottled beer situation i went to Brentford vs Stockport county earlier this season and the bar was selling bottled beer and hardly any punters waiting,okay only about 4k in the whole ground but i found it ideal to see people get a beer only to enjoy it and not have to wait untill 5mins to get served before the game re-started
[cite]Posted By: Covered End[/cite]Jimmy how did you end up overseas? I find it peculiar saying people don't care cos they miss the last minute of a game, when you miss nearly all of the games.One of the reasons I wouldn't live abroad is because I care about Charlton too much and couldn't miss the games.
I am not trying to start a row by the way, just wonder whether you chose to move abroad or effectively had to because of circumstances :-)
It's a fair question. Let me start by saying that it's true that I miss nearly all the games - perhaps that's why I want all the more to see every second of the games I do attend (although I used to do the same when I went to all the games anyway).
It does sound a bit peculiar but just because I'm not there doesn't mean I care any less - I'm sure I care more than many of the season ticket holders who are there. This leads to the subject of how many season ticket holders are real fans who really really want Charlton to win and how many are Premiership fans - something we will only find out if we stay down 3-5 seasons.
Back to the main question in your post however. When I was 21 I decided to travel around Australia and the hardest part of this decision for me was leaving Charlton (yes, family and friends equally of course). But I insisted that I couldn't let Charlton dictate my life (as it had previously done). My intention was never to live abroad but I would go away (for up to a year or more if necessary to quench my thirst for adventure). Coming to France was at first supposed to be for just a year. Then I met my wife and effectively the two of us are here because of circumstances. She's from Argentina, I'm English and we met in France. Going to Argentina isn't really an option so it's a choice between England and France. That choice is made considering (almost solely) her career. It's not a definitive choice either. If her career goes down the drain here (as it well could) we might come to England. Probably we'll stay here though - unless someone on here works for the General Medical Council and can help us find an easier passage than that which is currently presented to us.
First time I was late to a game at Upton Park as I was held up at training with Charlton's youth team. I had free tickets so we went anyway. We were 30 mins late and I think 2-0 down against Sunderland or someone. We proceeded to concede another and my dad just said "let's go - I've seen enough already". We watched about 25 mins of footie
Second time was last season against Blackpool. I was in agony with Arthritis and had to walk miles to my car so left with 5 mins to go. I was half way along Floyd Road when I heard the massive roar as El Karkouri slammed in that free kick. I was gutted
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Bottled beer would be a good solution, just flip the top off and err serve. Even a YTS couldn't screw up serving a bottle of beer. Selling bottled beer would speed up service, allow more beer to be consumed, make more money for the club, and allow the punters to be back in their seats for the second half. If only we had someone in touch with the stadium management to suggest this...
What about people placing orders before the game begins with a ticketing system which would involve pre-payment with a customer reciept,the orders could be ready as soon as the halt time whistle goes,just clear some space and have them ready on a tray if needs be, the later orders nearer the end of the first half could then be poured,a seperate que with tickets could make more space at the bar,hand over ticket and get beers.
It might sound like a mad idea but why not try it, you never know,then no need to miss a goal.
As for the bottled beer situation i went to Brentford vs Stockport county earlier this season and the bar was selling bottled beer and hardly any punters waiting,okay only about 4k in the whole ground but i found it ideal to see people get a beer only to enjoy it and not have to wait untill 5mins to get served before the game re-started
It's a fair question. Let me start by saying that it's true that I miss nearly all the games - perhaps that's why I want all the more to see every second of the games I do attend (although I used to do the same when I went to all the games anyway).
It does sound a bit peculiar but just because I'm not there doesn't mean I care any less - I'm sure I care more than many of the season ticket holders who are there. This leads to the subject of how many season ticket holders are real fans who really really want Charlton to win and how many are Premiership fans - something we will only find out if we stay down 3-5 seasons.
Back to the main question in your post however. When I was 21 I decided to travel around Australia and the hardest part of this decision for me was leaving Charlton (yes, family and friends equally of course). But I insisted that I couldn't let Charlton dictate my life (as it had previously done). My intention was never to live abroad but I would go away (for up to a year or more if necessary to quench my thirst for adventure). Coming to France was at first supposed to be for just a year. Then I met my wife and effectively the two of us are here because of circumstances. She's from Argentina, I'm English and we met in France. Going to Argentina isn't really an option so it's a choice between England and France. That choice is made considering (almost solely) her career. It's not a definitive choice either. If her career goes down the drain here (as it well could) we might come to England. Probably we'll stay here though - unless someone on here works for the General Medical Council and can help us find an easier passage than that which is currently presented to us.
lol. Like one of birds off the Mike Leigh film (All or Nothing) I started a thread on.
First time I was late to a game at Upton Park as I was held up at training with Charlton's youth team. I had free tickets so we went anyway.
We were 30 mins late and I think 2-0 down against Sunderland or someone. We proceeded to concede another and my dad just said "let's go - I've seen enough already". We watched about 25 mins of footie
Second time was last season against Blackpool. I was in agony with Arthritis and had to walk miles to my car so left with 5 mins to go. I was half way along Floyd Road when I heard the massive roar as El Karkouri slammed in that free kick. I was gutted