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Peter Varney asking for big crowd for Brighton match (Potential Buyers?)

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  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,794
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    You couldn't pay me to go its gonna be an absolute tonking with this bunch 
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,848
    Saturdays debacle probably wiped out a lot of fence sitters 
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,670
    paulsturgess said:
    Saturdays debacle probably wiped out a lot of fence sitters 
    My thoughts exactly. Tonight will be my last game for a few weeks at least.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,375
    paulsturgess said:
    Saturdays debacle probably wiped out a lot of fence sitters 
    Too true.  Hardly an advert to get em flocking back to the fold. I never thought i would have to revise my 0-9 prediction policy but...
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,829
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    How many were you expecting?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,867
    clb74 said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    How many were you expecting?
    Not expecting, but given all the factors in my last post I was hoping we could draw out 14k home fans and 20k+ crowd. That still would have left 7,000 empty seats. Now it looks like there might be 10-12k empty. 
  • Bournesnr
    Bournesnr Posts: 296
    CAFCBourne said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    You couldn't pay me to go its gonna be an absolute tonking with this bunch 
    Oh come on you know you want to be there really 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,867
    Listen to your father:-) 
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,300
    edited December 2022
    Todds_right_hook said:
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    South eastern are b*****ds. I knew they changed the time table but stopping the Charlton to Bangkok service is unforgivable 

    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    You must need to change a few times to get to Bangkok.
    I knew someone was going to come out with a comment like that! But I got two responses, even better.

    It's not Southeastern for once, it's Southwestern out of Waterloo. And, no, they don't have a direct Bangkok train either!

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  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    AFKABartram said:
    clb74 said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    How many were you expecting?
    Not expecting, but given all the factors in my last post I was hoping we could draw out 14k home fans and 20k+ crowd. That still would have left 7,000 empty seats. Now it looks like there might be 10-12k empty. 
    14k home fans is a big ask given the circumstances, that is a championship league game crowd. 

    Given the fact its a cup game so expect reserves to be playing, the general apathy around the place, the weather, so close to Christmas etc I would have thought 8k home fans even with PV banging the drum.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,749
    edited December 2022
    eaststandmike said:
    AFKABartram said:
    clb74 said:
    AFKABartram said:
    Home turnout for tonight not looking anywhere near as encouraging as hoped :-( 
    How many were you expecting?
    Not expecting, but given all the factors in my last post I was hoping we could draw out 14k home fans and 20k+ crowd. That still would have left 7,000 empty seats. Now it looks like there might be 10-12k empty. 
    14k home fans is a big ask given the circumstances, that is a championship league game crowd. 

    Given the fact its a cup game so expect reserves to be playing, the general apathy around the place, the weather, so close to Christmas etc I would have thought 8k home fans even with PV banging the drum.
    Nearer 10k. The difference is that the blocks that are sold are nearly sold out. The distribution is different. The lower west and the upper Covered End will be rammed (based on ticket sales) the lower Covered End and the three centre blocks of the AC Stand busy.

    It’s entirely what you’d predict based on the Norwich FA Cup crowd in January - probably the biggest League Cup crowd we’ve had since 2006.
  • RichmondSE10Exile
    RichmondSE10Exile Posts: 641
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    ditto - can get to London Bridge but nothing on Southwestern from Waterloo. rickety old District Line it will have to be.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,410
    Certain Peter Varney was banging the drum for a reason. Sure we will hear something from him before tonight is over.

  • BigDiddy
    BigDiddy Posts: 1,197
    Lewis Coaches said:
    Certain Peter Varney was banging the drum for a reason. Sure we will hear something from him before tonight is over.

    Glad you are optimistic !

    PV has been trying for years to help sort out our club, without any success.
  • Stewart
    Stewart Posts: 2,452
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    Surely a plane would be a better option anyway. 

  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,114
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    Wouldn’t you be better off getting a plane! A lot quicker than a train. 2 weeks quicker I reckon 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,916
    Maybe this lot have just been brought in to attract a new owner and PV is trying to help that but then how does that square with appointing a new manager already ?  
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,134
    DOUCHER said:
    Maybe this lot have just been brought in to attract a new owner and PV is trying to help that but then how does that square with appointing a new manager already ?  
    I did wonder that. Holden aside, could Sandgaard have appointed them to find a new owner, with that vehicle being the SE7 ltd company? 

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  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,916
    I think there’s scope for a new board game as well as a reality tv show at charlton - the permutations would have a chess genius struggling 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,916
    edited December 2022
    You play out a season and each time u pass go u pick up the tv money - u have squad numbers instead of properties - along the way u buy and sell players, u sell season tickets etc etc but it gets really interesting when you land on a takeover square - be like picking up a goal to jail card or pay property arrears - you then go into a labarynth of possible outcomes and will resume the game stronger or weaker depending on how u play it - when’s the next dragons den entries in by ? I’m on it 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,937
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    South eastern are b*****ds. I knew they changed the time table but stopping the Charlton to Bangkok service is unforgivable 

    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Just found out I have no trains home after the game tonight. I'll still go but won't be looking forward to a convoluted journey home. 
    You must need to change a few times to get to Bangkok.
    I knew someone was going to come out with a comment like that! But I got two responses, even better.

    It's not Southeastern for once, it's Southwestern out of Waterloo. And, no, they don't have a direct Bangkok train either!
    "All passengers for Bangkok should take the Alton train and change at Basingstoke for the rail replacement bus service to Chiang Mai, where a connecting train to Bangkok can be caught. Please note that there will be no toilets on this bus."
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,741
    Tonight was never going to draw a huge crowd. Amazed people thought it would 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,916
    Croydon said:
    Tonight was never going to draw a huge crowd. Amazed people thought it would 
    No it’s not a proper glamour tie but looking on the ticket thing and assuming tickets are still on sale up to ko I reckon the home areas open could get near to a sell out 
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,741
    edited December 2022
    DOUCHER said:
    Croydon said:
    Tonight was never going to draw a huge crowd. Amazed people thought it would 
    No it’s not a proper glamour tie but looking on the ticket thing and assuming tickets are still on sale up to ko I reckon the home areas open could get near to a sell out 
    Isnt the East half empty? How many walks up are you expecting

    Edit: sorry Doucher tbf loads more sold than I had thought in the middle blocks of rhe Curbs 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,626
    Slainte!
    Get PV pished & spill the beans 😘😘😘😂😂😂
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I wouldn’t fancy being in the lower west with Brighton behind and above, what an odd decision given we are often told we couldn’t give away fans part of the West for safety reasons 
  • Bolderhumphreyreid
    Bolderhumphreyreid Posts: 2,556
    guinnessaddick said:


    Enjoying a pre match birthday beer.
    That’s a weird consortium.

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