seems nuts if we don't get a load more tomorrow, particularly as they are print at home - not everybody has access to a printer on a saturday or sunday
Library’s are open Saturday morning and charge 10p per print out, and there are shops that will do as well. They are more expensive and I have been quoted £5 a copy!!
I live close to Baker Street station and willing to print out your tickets at £5 a pop. 💷💷💷💷
if you don’t like the price why don’t you fuck off and not pay attention 🤓
Seeing as Orients general sale window ends at 5pm on Friday, I reckon we will be given a further block by block allocation after then.
Anything before that time then whoever makes that decision is opening themselves up for criticism for ‘moving the goalposts’. Could you imagine if roles were reversed and some of our fans planned to buy on Friday only for the allocation to be reduced and they missed out.
Why would anyone put off buying a ticket ? How does that thought process work? I fancy going to this match but will wait til Friday to purchase my tickets ? I have often wondered why joint Valley Gold / ST got so long to decide if they want to go to a game which is on restricted sale. Sure, prioritise them but don't give them 4 or 5 days and make the process for non joint VG/ST ie all the other genuine fans who want to go panic about buying....
It does not make sense, if sales are slowing then the sooner we get the allocation the less stressful for everyone, particularly as the guy who alluded to the admin required... Madness. But then we are only football fans....
The biggest thing that does not make sense is fans that qualified for certain sales windows could buy for themselves plus 3 other ‘randoms’ that fancy a day out.
Our average gate last season was 15k. That means the Wembley allocation that’s been sold out basically consists of 22k ‘randoms’, some of whom will have got along to a lot of home and/or away games, but not that many.
By ‘randoms’ I meant people without a cafc purchase history. I have a purchase history from being a (lapsed) season ticket holder and was lucky enough to get a ticket when that window opened. Some people I know with similar circumstances weren’t as lucky. I just think being able to get 3 additional tickets for people without history is not fair when others with more Charlton connection miss out.
My frustration is that I have probably been to enough games over the past 2 seasons to have the loyalty points to have bought in the earlier batch, but given the ease of getting tickets previoulsy I have often bought on the gate when making a last minute decision on an evening game, or had tickets bought by who I occasionally go with and not linked the accounts. Therefore I have a lot of "missing" loyalty points because I bought without my fan ID.
If I miss out today and more tickets dont become available I will be very frustrated and may change my view, but I also feel that fans with the huge loyalty point totals and fans with season tickets who go to every home game have earned the right to bring friends/family along for the big day out. I could potentially argue that it should be 2 tickets per fan ID / season ticket etc. (as this would have allowed me to get tickets by now!) but I can see the rationale to get the tickets sold as soon as possible, hopefully filling the stadium
It's a unpopular opinion, but personally I think ST/VG holders should be able to buy 4 tickets as long as everyone has a cafc ID. Nobody should be entitled to bring randoms, just because they've spent money at the club.
Family stands should be for young kids too, not 15/16/17 year olds who are probably having a pint before the match 😆
I don't agree. Plenty of semi regular attenders who don't have an account or fan ID. My wife has never had one but has been to 35 Charlton games since we've been together. Is she not allowed a ticket. Plenty of people who buy for their less computer literate older family and friends who would then miss out.
If you were to do this you'd need to make it really clear and telegraph it 2 years in advance. So that people can set up accounts and build purchase history's for those people. There should also be a reminder with every purchase of multiple tickets to assign them to the right people or risk them not being able to attend big games.
I'm just not sure we are at the point of needing to restict sales like that (yet!).
Canters, I agree somewhat but I would like to extend it to the ability to assign tickets to members regardless of what phase the ‘buyer’ got them. CatJnr dropped his ST a couple of years ago because of shift work but still does up to 20 per year split home and away and normally gets his own tix. For high profile (this year Orient and Wrexham - and playoffs!) I book his tickets as I get priority. Why shouldn’t he get those points too? Same with his gf. She doesn’t even have an account because either him or me book her tickets but she would comfortably qualify for the 150+ point phase
even if we don't get any morer tickets from orient's allocation, why can't we have more on the basis that the ground holds 90,000? If orient sold all theirs (another 10k tomorrow, however unlikely) then surely there is close on 16,000 still up for grabs (less hospitality)??
Hospitality and Club Wembley, etc will be a pretty big number. I'm now thinking if we get any more it's possibly only going to be another 3k or so. Fingers crossed we get even some more though.
wow - i find it hard to believe that there could be 16k neutrals there to watch a league 1 final - maybe our new millwall poster, woodwork, isn't so bonkers about the number of people who will attend a match with no affiliation to a team playing
even if we don't get any morer tickets from orient's allocation, why can't we have more on the basis that the ground holds 90,000? If orient sold all theirs (another 10k tomorrow, however unlikely) then surely there is close on 16,000 still up for grabs (less hospitality)??
Hospitality and Club Wembley, etc will be a pretty big number. I'm now thinking if we get any more it's possibly only going to be another 3k or so. Fingers crossed we get even some more though.
wow - i find it hard to believe that there could be 16k neutrals there to watch a league 1 final - maybe our new millwall poster, woodwork, isn't so bonkers about the number of people who will attend a match with no affiliation to a team playing
Most of club Wembley will be Charlton and Orient, not neutrals
even if we don't get any morer tickets from orient's allocation, why can't we have more on the basis that the ground holds 90,000? If orient sold all theirs (another 10k tomorrow, however unlikely) then surely there is close on 16,000 still up for grabs (less hospitality)??
Hospitality and Club Wembley, etc will be a pretty big number. I'm now thinking if we get any more it's possibly only going to be another 3k or so. Fingers crossed we get even some more though.
wow - i find it hard to believe that there could be 16k neutrals there to watch a league 1 final - maybe our new millwall poster, woodwork, isn't so bonkers about the number of people who will attend a match with no affiliation to a team playing
As an aside, I wonder if @leuth's delightfully entertaining female friend will be in attendance at Wembley. I'd love to read her description of the event
seems nuts if we don't get a load more tomorrow, particularly as they are print at home - not everybody has access to a printer on a saturday or sunday
Any library should have the equipment needed……and also very easy to do at any computer shop, they’ll even do it for you.
£3:20 for a small bottle of water is outrageous. Wembley has water points so please don’t waste your money. Bring an empty bottle.
Wouldn't be surprised if you tried to take in a metal water bottle like a Chilly if it was confiscated. Worth taking an empty plastic bottle eg evian, highland apring etc of you are going to do this.
£3:20 for a small bottle of water is outrageous. Wembley has water points so please don’t waste your money. Bring an empty bottle.
Wouldn't be surprised if you tried to take in a metal water bottle like a Chilly if it was confiscated. Worth taking an empty plastic bottle eg evian, highland apring etc of you are going to do this.
Taken in (empty) metal water bottles multiple times to Wembley. However, filling points are limited so be prepared to queue. Well worth it for 3.20 saving.
It does make a mockery of taking the lid off plastic water bottle when I have a metal bottle and lid I can do way more damage with (if that way inclined).
I do need extra protection from ‘hoover attack’ and the twins though.
Thanks, i was fairly sure my girlfriend had a metal water bottle nicked by security at wembley but tbf it was for a gig and it could have been some other officious security at some other wanky overlarge money grabbing venue.
Seeing as Orients general sale window ends at 5pm on Friday, I reckon we will be given a further block by block allocation after then.
Anything before that time then whoever makes that decision is opening themselves up for criticism for ‘moving the goalposts’. Could you imagine if roles were reversed and some of our fans planned to buy on Friday only for the allocation to be reduced and they missed out.
Why would anyone put off buying a ticket ? How does that thought process work? I fancy going to this match but will wait til Friday to purchase my tickets ? I have often wondered why joint Valley Gold / ST got so long to decide if they want to go to a game which is on restricted sale. Sure, prioritise them but don't give them 4 or 5 days and make the process for non joint VG/ST ie all the other genuine fans who want to go panic about buying....
It does not make sense, if sales are slowing then the sooner we get the allocation the less stressful for everyone, particularly as the guy who alluded to the admin required... Madness. But then we are only football fans....
The biggest thing that does not make sense is fans that qualified for certain sales windows could buy for themselves plus 3 other ‘randoms’ that fancy a day out.
Our average gate last season was 15k. That means the Wembley allocation that’s been sold out basically consists of 22k ‘randoms’, some of whom will have got along to a lot of home and/or away games, but not that many.
By ‘randoms’ I meant people without a cafc purchase history. I have a purchase history from being a (lapsed) season ticket holder and was lucky enough to get a ticket when that window opened. Some people I know with similar circumstances weren’t as lucky. I just think being able to get 3 additional tickets for people without history is not fair when others with more Charlton connection miss out.
My frustration is that I have probably been to enough games over the past 2 seasons to have the loyalty points to have bought in the earlier batch, but given the ease of getting tickets previoulsy I have often bought on the gate when making a last minute decision on an evening game, or had tickets bought by who I occasionally go with and not linked the accounts. Therefore I have a lot of "missing" loyalty points because I bought without my fan ID.
If I miss out today and more tickets dont become available I will be very frustrated and may change my view, but I also feel that fans with the huge loyalty point totals and fans with season tickets who go to every home game have earned the right to bring friends/family along for the big day out. I could potentially argue that it should be 2 tickets per fan ID / season ticket etc. (as this would have allowed me to get tickets by now!) but I can see the rationale to get the tickets sold as soon as possible, hopefully filling the stadium
It's a unpopular opinion, but personally I think ST/VG holders should be able to buy 4 tickets as long as everyone has a cafc ID. Nobody should be entitled to bring randoms, just because they've spent money at the club.
Family stands should be for young kids too, not 15/16/17 year olds who are probably having a pint before the match 😆
I don't agree. Plenty of semi regular attenders who don't have an account or fan ID. My wife has never had one but has been to 35 Charlton games since we've been together. Is she not allowed a ticket. Plenty of people who buy for their less computer literate older family and friends who would then miss out.
If you were to do this you'd need to make it really clear and telegraph it 2 years in advance. So that people can set up accounts and build purchase history's for those people. There should also be a reminder with every purchase of multiple tickets to assign them to the right people or risk them not being able to attend big games.
I'm just not sure we are at the point of needing to restict sales like that (yet!).
Canters, I agree somewhat but I would like to extend it to the ability to assign tickets to members regardless of what phase the ‘buyer’ got them. CatJnr dropped his ST a couple of years ago because of shift work but still does up to 20 per year split home and away and normally gets his own tix. For high profile (this year Orient and Wrexham - and playoffs!) I book his tickets as I get priority. Why shouldn’t he get those points too? Same with his gf. She doesn’t even have an account because either him or me book her tickets but she would comfortably qualify for the 150+ point phase
Seriously, what do you want the club to do? I don’t understand these people that claim the club are mugging them off. The club prioritises season ticket holders and then those have got purchase history, quite correctly. If you think you are hard done by then buy a season ticket or buy more tickets. This process has never changed so not sure why the outrage
Thanks, i was fairly sure my girlfriend had a metal water bottle nicked by security at wembley but tbf it was for a gig and it could have been some other officious security at some other wanky overlarge money grabbing venue.
Metal is allowed as part of their sustainability thing to reduce plastic. Doubt they will allow full bottles in, just in case it is really gin.
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Although I'm getting worried about the general consensus that this is a done deal, bigger club, etc.
I'm sure it won't be, but hopefully this isn't the feeling in the dressing room on the day.
We ain't won nothing yet.
That said, we're going to whip them....right?
Arrgghhh....I can't cope!!!
COYA!
Wembley has water points so please don’t waste your money.
Bring an empty bottle.
To no surprise, that is disgraceful.
Useful reminder for self preparation though. Large breakfast and beers in a London pub a fair distance from the ground
Probably limit to just 1 or 2 pints when at wembley.
I'll only bring disposable cash via max spend.
You CAN'T bring?
You CAN bring?
Doubt they will allow full bottles in, just in case it is really gin.