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Colchester tickets (initial 1,024 allocation, general sale, £16.50)
Airman Brown
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http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-athletic-fa-cup-tickets-colchester-2845480.aspx
INITIAL allocation of 1024 - general sale. Should be fun.
Prices not too silly.
Previous turnouts at Colchester:
2007/08 (Layer Road): 1,000 sold out
2009/10 (Tuesday night): 2,066
2010/11 (Jan 1st): 1,228
2011/12 (Tuesday night): 1,550
INITIAL allocation of 1024 - general sale. Should be fun.
Prices not too silly.
Previous turnouts at Colchester:
2007/08 (Layer Road): 1,000 sold out
2009/10 (Tuesday night): 2,066
2010/11 (Jan 1st): 1,228
2011/12 (Tuesday night): 1,550
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Will be buying for me and my 1023 Millwall mates.10
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£16.50 seems almost archaically cheap, well done to Colchester.
I'm sure the lack of sales restrictions will cause a major kicking off.0 -
How can they justify such a small allocation for a cup game? Don't FA rules state we have to get a certain % of capacity?0
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INITIAL. We'll get the away end, which hold over 2,000.Chris_from_Sidcup said:How can they justify such a small allocation for a cup game? Don't FA rules state we have to get a certain % of capacity?
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Well none of the boycotters will be going, so it shouldn't be too badse9addick said:£16.50 seems almost archaically cheap, well done to Colchester.
I'm sure the lack of sales restrictions will cause a major kicking off.
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Edit: It looks as if they MAY be trying to put us in the Jobserve stand instead of behind the goal. Charlton have probably told them 1,000 is likely to be enough, although to be honest Colchester may as well have asked a random person in the local pub as someone in our ticket office.Covered End said:
INITIAL. We'll get the away end, which hold over 2,000.Chris_from_Sidcup said:How can they justify such a small allocation for a cup game? Don't FA rules state we have to get a certain % of capacity?
From their website: "The location of the away fans inside Colchester Community Stadium depends on how large the traveling contingent is, with supporters routinely housed within the northern section of the JobServe stand by default. If the standard allocation of around 1,000 seats is deemed to be too small, fans will be moved to the North Stand which is capable of seating twice as many visitors, usually around 2,000 seats."2 -
Fair play to Colchester good pricing, surely we'll bring more than 1k?0
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Yes,we asked for 2%Chris_from_Sidcup said:How can they justify such a small allocation for a cup game? Don't FA rules state we have to get a certain % of capacity?
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MAY be trying to put us in the Jobserve stand instead of behind the goal. Charlton have probably told them 1,000 is likely to be enough, although to be honest Colchester may as well have asked a random person in the local pub as someone in our ticket office.
Why the criticism? Not everything that happens now is wrong !
From their website: "The location of the away fans inside Colchester Community Stadium depends on how large the traveling contingent is, with supporters routinely housed within the northern section of the JobServe stand by default. If the standard allocation of around 1,000 seats is deemed to be too small, fans will be moved to the North Stand which is capable of seating twice as many visitors, usually around 2,000 seats."
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Why the criticism? Not everything that happens now is wrong !valleynick66 said:MAY be trying to put us in the Jobserve stand instead of behind the goal. Charlton have probably told them 1,000 is likely to be enough, although to be honest Colchester may as well have asked a random person in the local pub as someone in our ticket office.
From their website: "The location of the away fans inside Colchester Community Stadium depends on how large the traveling contingent is, with supporters routinely housed within the northern section of the JobServe stand by default. If the standard allocation of around 1,000 seats is deemed to be too small, fans will be moved to the North Stand which is capable of seating twice as many visitors, usually around 2,000 seats."
If they can't work out that you don't run a coach from Bromley to Charlton en route to Selhurst Park there's really not much chance of them being able to estimate our likely away support for an FA Cup match in a month's time in Essex. I'm not sure I can either, to be fair.3 -
Is £16.50 cheap?! I must have missed something. Aren't our league cup tickets at home usually a tenner?8
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But why criticise? They presumably only have the staff they have who as individuals do what they can do. Is any fan really at this time disadvantaged in any real way?0
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When do they go on sale?0
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Oh yeah, the Valley Gold twice-a-season brigade will be going potty here.se9addick said:£16.50 seems almost archaically cheap, well done to Colchester.
I'm sure the lack of sales restrictions will cause a major kicking off.
Again the club have c****d up with selling tickets. No priority sale and straight on general sale, crazy.1 -
It really depends on what's beyond the "initial" sale. I think Palace was supposed to be an "initial" allocation, although that was never likely. It's probably poor communication rather than anything else.ElfsborgAddick said:
Oh yeah, the Valley Gold twice-a-season brigade will be going potty here.se9addick said:£16.50 seems almost archaically cheap, well done to Colchester.
I'm sure the lack of sales restrictions will cause a major kicking off.
Again the club have c****d up with selling tickets. No priority sale and straight on general sale, crazy.0 -
When will the club rid itself of poor communication?Airman Brown said:
It really depends on what's beyond the "initial" sale. I think Palace was supposed to be an "initial" allocation, although that was never likely. It's probably poor communication rather than anything else.ElfsborgAddick said:
Oh yeah, the Valley Gold twice-a-season brigade will be going potty here.se9addick said:£16.50 seems almost archaically cheap, well done to Colchester.
I'm sure the lack of sales restrictions will cause a major kicking off.
Again the club have c****d up with selling tickets. No priority sale and straight on general sale, crazy.0 -
How is it poor communication? It's an initial allocation. As I interpret if demand is greater than supply we may get more. Where is the problem?0
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It's in the word "may". As Elfsborg says, people panic, reasonably or not, just as they don't like being left outside the ground ten minutes into a new season, despite being told second-hand they may need to be "patient".valleynick66 said:How is it poor communication? It's an initial allocation. As I interpret if demand is greater than supply we may get more. Where is the problem?
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Ok so what are you seriously suggesting should gave been done or said instead? I am struggling to see who is at risk of being disadvantaged or how anyone sho wishes to go won't be able to.
You will know better than me the consequences of committing to a larger allocation before the demand is confirmed but I don't immediately see why this approach is flawed or in anyway creates an issue.0 -
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In hindsight, taking 2,000+ midweek in League One was pretty good for us3
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It is the same old story each time we have a game where demand will probably outstrip supply, although admittedly it does not happen often.valleynick66 said:Ok so what are you seriously suggesting should gave been done or said instead? I am struggling to see who is at risk of being disadvantaged or how anyone sho wishes to go won't be able to.
You will know better than me the consequences of committing to a larger allocation before the demand is confirmed but I don't immediately see why this approach is flawed or in anyway creates an issue.
Why is there no priority for the 3-500 that travel to the vast majority of games?
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Do they need priority in reality then? As I started on this track; is this really a club statement that needs criticism?1
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I can only repeat what I have said before, sorry.0
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There will be more tickets if we need them. It's not as if the Colchester Fans will see this game as the highlight of their season!3
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They might even get to the next round.killerandflash said:There will be more tickets if we need them. It's not as if the Colchester Fans will see this game as the highlight of their season!
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Which is what exactly in the context of my point? I would repeat I can't see any realistic threat of anyone not getting a ticket who wants one nor either an I appreciate what you wanted the club to do differently that serves any real value.ElfsborgAddick said:I can only repeat what I have said before, sorry.
We must all really stop looking to find a problem in anything the club does. Things aren't perfect but equally this is not a problem.
Criticism should be saved for the real issues and not items such as this.
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But this another part of the real issues at the club, certainly off the field.valleynick66 said:
Which is what exactly in the context of my point? I would repeat I can't see any realistic threat of anyone not getting a ticket who wants one nor either an I appreciate what you wanted the club to do differently that serves any real value.ElfsborgAddick said:I can only repeat what I have said before, sorry.
We must all really stop looking to find a problem in anything the club does. Things aren't perfect but equally this is not a problem.
Criticism should be saved for the real issues and not items such as this.
Distribution, or not in the case for a lot of people, of season tickets.
Ticket Office being only open for three days, where else does that happen?
Valley Express availability, and when available not being able to get supporters to games on time or going on a scenic route.
The above are real issues that have received a lot of criticism.2 -
Aren't our away numbers always pretty good when we're having a good season?AFKABartram said:In hindsight, taking 2,000+ midweek in League One was pretty good for us
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