Six days to the Derby game - no details of coach times, pick-ups, no mention anywhere that I've seen. Stalwart travellers turned away at the ticket office when they tried to book yesterday. Perhaps CAST should think about taking it out of the club's hands?
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Daniel Smith
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Got all the way to Charlton and they ain't even sorted out the coach tickets for Derby yet he said to me 2morrow or Wednesday they will be sorted so why didn't they say that on the phone to me
Season Ticket fiascos , shitty footballers , dispatching SCP and Yann , bullshit re interviewing processes I can just about handle
But reducing our away numbers is sacrilege
Sort it out
If a football club aiming for The Premiership, don't want to do it, are not capable of doing it, then give it back to the amateurs, who ran it perfectly well for many years.
Apart from Bromley Addicks, there's very little activity in /support for the various SG's out there.
As a result, those volunteers who worked tirelessly over the years to start up & keep the Groups going , have , on the whole "retired".
A thankless task IMHO.
However, it was essentially the same service with the same stewards - indeed even Wendy who oversaw it for the club had run it for years for CASC. It would be quite possible to take it away from the club again if that was thought necessary.
Someone could make a nice little bit of beer money if they decided to run their own coach service to away games.
it should be remembered that whether there is 1 supporter in attendance at an away game or 10,000 the Club make no money out of that, ticket revenue or otherwise. I'm not saying that they should abandon it but they obviously don't see it as a priority, rightly or wrongly. It would be interesting to know how many other Clubs run the away travel themselves and how much of it is run by supporters groups. Even if we still had a Supporters Club it would probably have to be be done on a volunteer basis unless enough funds could be generated annually to employ an Administrator which i can't see happening. For it to be done on a volunteer basis would be an onerous task imo.
It is a privilege that the club run this more than a necessity.
In League One I used the profit to cover the subsidy on Valley Express. When CASC ran it, it funded Wendy's employment by CASC and then some. It's complete nonsense to suggest it is a favour by the club to supporters, any more than programmes and catering are.
I really, really, really, do not understand, why some of our supporters seem so content, to see the extremely poor "services" currently on offer re S/T's, match tickets, entry into the ground, programmes and coach travel.
I can only presume, that the majority, do not follow the club passionately, to all the home games and most of the away games.
It would appear, that the people that generally show the most concern, are the one's that are "always there" and always will be.
I suppose I wouldn't give a toss if I didn't regularly use the above supporting the team I love.
got into the ground fine twice and didn't see no one struggle around me and also managed to get tickets and programs fine for QPR and Dagenham.
My only problem so far is the fact the names aren't on the big screen instead of highlights, it's always the same fans moaning on here.
Even if there was some technical reason they couldn't take bookings, why wouldn't you manage the situation by putting out information?
2) They are keen get out of this commitment so are deliberately neglecting it so supporters step in and take it over.
3) They simply don't have the staff to cope with early season workload.
4) It's yet another example of failure to plan, lack of understanding of importance and impact and general failure to be able to organise a session in a brewery.
I'm going for 4). Perhaps we will get another lukewarm apology and then a marketing message about something they are managing to do well. There appears to be a strong correlation between back-room cock-ups and the team winning......
I'm going by train.
But I'm not moaning about coaches I am not going to be using either
You don't care, because you don't use the coaches.
The "moaners" do, or have used the coaches, or are sympathetic, to other Charlton fans, that want to use this service.
I and I presume others, want the club that we love passionately, to not only be a success on the pitch, but also to be a success off of the pitch. In order for the club to grow and thrive.
We want S/T's issued correctly. I don't think that unreasonable.
We want a fit for purpose online ticketing system, so we can purchase our "away" tickets. I don't think that unreasonable.
We want the ticket office to answer the phone, as above. I don't think that unreasonable.
We want to be able to book a coach, more than 3 days before an away game. I don't think that unreasonable.
We want to be able to buy a programme, from an easily accessible person. I don't think that unreasonable.
I understand that you don't care about these matters. It is not important to you, because you don't go to many of the home games and very few away games.
It matters to me and others because we do care.
As you don't care, why don't you just refrain, from the continual, non constructive posts.
Why don't you fill your day, with something you do care about, as opposed to digging out fans on matters that they care about.