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Watford at home 9th Aug
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I'll go with the flames as long as we don't have a kisscam.14
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Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
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They are doing it to get people thinking they will miss out if they don’t buy quickly.FOMO.15
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I blame the poster above - no QACallumcafc said:
“Largest crowd in at least 16 years” suggests that it surpasses every count since 2009, including 2015 vs. QPR which saw 19,469 in attendance.DOUCHER said:
no, i think its saying we've surpassed the 16,500 from 2009Callumcafc said:So somewhere between 19,000 and 21,000 sold so far then. Not bad.
Golfie will not be happy having to get up and down from his seat for people leaving early for half time.
What would be the point in them announcing we are set to have a crowd larger than the 16,000 that turned out to see a game in the third division in a random season where the team achieved nothing?1 -
Yes they are paying me well - I’ve only had to put a couple of provocative posts on here and look at the results - just hope the new commercial supremo doesn’t want me to come into the officeElfsborgAddick said:
Did you get the job advertised for the Marketing Department?DOUCHER said:they must mean matchday tickets are treble, not including season tickets - can't think we've sold 3 times as many including season tickets at this stage - despite all my promotional work3 -
Of course they are, typical sales tacticsCoveredEndAndy said:They are doing it to get people thinking they will miss out if they don’t buy quickly.FOMO.0 -
Make sure @MillwallFan is not allowed entry to our placeDOUCHER said:
Yes they are paying me well - I’ve only had to put a couple of provocative posts on here and look at the results - just hope the new commercial supremo doesn’t want me to come into the officeElfsborgAddick said:
Did you get the job advertised for the Marketing Department?DOUCHER said:they must mean matchday tickets are treble, not including season tickets - can't think we've sold 3 times as many including season tickets at this stage - despite all my promotional work
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Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
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But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.14 -
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
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But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.2 -
Or they think there are 9,000 seats left, I'll decide later.letthegoodtimesroll said:
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
End of.
But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.2 -
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It's not trying to trick anybody, its capturing the imagination - its saying, look, people are on board and believing that things are better now than they have been for 16 years - this isn't another flash in the pan - whilst i berate people on here for not having a season ticket and NJ tells them its never been a better time and they'd be mad not to - its going like a dream - i'm anticipating a sell out once our next couple of champagne signings are through the doorletthegoodtimesroll said:
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
End of.
But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.3 -
Im amazed people can see a positive message such as weve sold more opening game tickets for at least 16 years and decide that the club are "trying to be too clever and trying to con you..."letthegoodtimesroll said:
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
End of.
But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.
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We would have been excited, but on social media the trolls from other clubs would have mocked it as being low (if their attendances by number are higher) the message the club has put out stays positive, even hopefully in the comments, and it shows how far we have come as a club on and off the pitch to be able to bring in large crowds againletthegoodtimesroll said:
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
End of.
But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here.2 -
Chrispy51 said:
We would have been excited, but on social media the trolls from other clubs would have mocked it as being low (if their attendances by number are higher) the message the club has put out stays positive, even hopefully in the comments, and it shows how far we have come as a club on and off the pitch to be able to bring in large crowds againletthegoodtimesroll said:
Trouble with that sort of marketing approach is, to me, they come across as they are trying to be too clever and trying to con you into believing they are saying something different. Sometimes, if you’ve got something positive to say in your marketing you need to be clear about it. If the number sold so far really is that good then saying what it is would have been a much more effective way of encouraging others to buy, imo. If they had come out and said 18k, 19k or 20k tickets had already been sold we’d all have been shouting get in…AFKABartram said:Lewis Coaches said:Would be easier just to tell us as of 4pm today we have sold …… so many.
End of.
But that is not the purpose of the messaging. It’s a positive messaging campaign, aimed as a prompt to get people excited, fear of missing out of preferential seats so encouraging to purchase earlier. That then leads to next level messaging of further strong sales etc till it gets to a figure they feel confident of actually saying.It worked for the Wrexham game, the last game of the season and hopefully it will work again here..I’m a Charlton fan. I see what looks like to me to be the verbal equivalent of a picture of some packets of crisps and bottles of fizzy pop and wonder why such a positive message has to be cryptic…
18,19 and 20k tickets sold at this stage isn’t something for other clubs fans to mock. At the Valley it’s something they should be fearing…1 -
We will get about eight games with attendances above 20,146.
A number the other two Championship London clubs will never get at their grounds.
Watford don’t count, as Watford is to London as Crystal Palace are, i.e. not London clubs.3 -
I hope they have all the fireworks and flames 🔥
Makes for a fantastic atmosphere as the players walk out.3 -
Just to put a bit more perspective into this, it looks like Orient didn’t put their tickets on sale until 24th July last year whereas Watford have already sold their 3k ticket allocation. I can’t find the announcement for when Charlton put the home tickets on sale last season but if the near treble the same stage last year sales comparison includes the Watford sales then I suspect they are going to look pretty good.
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Interesting that Watford have no points system, but instead have just one ticket per season ticket holder.0
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Sometimes I wonder how much some people want Charlton Athletic to succeed.11
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Watford's loyalty system.killerandflash said:Interesting that Watford have no points system, but instead have just one ticket per season ticket holder.
2026/26 AWAY GROUPS
GROUP A Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to at least 15 away matches since July 2022.
GROUP B Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with the same criteria as Group A.
GROUP C Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to less than fifteen away matches since July 2022.
GROUP D Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with between 1 and 14 away match ticket purchases since July 2022.
GROUP E Recognises fans who currently hold season tickets and wish to purchase additional tickets for friends and family who have not purchased away match tickets before.
https://tickets.watfordfc.com/usercontent/documents/html/A1 Groups 2025-26.pdf
https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2025/july/15/away-tickets-charlton-athletic-information/3 -
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letthegoodtimesroll said:Just to put a bit more perspective into this, it looks like Orient didn’t put their tickets on sale until 24th July last year whereas Watford have already sold their 3k ticket allocation. I can’t find the announcement for when Charlton put the home tickets on sale last season but if the near treble the same stage last year sales comparison includes the Watford sales then I suspect they are going to look pretty good.Just to put a bit of perspective on the above…this year’s game is a week earlier!0
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I did think about that but even with on the day sales Orient only sold 1900 in total and given the restrictions in the way they sold tickets (the first week only ST holders could buy and they could only have 1 ticket) so doubt they sold that many in the first week - this is a club that struggled to shift tickets for Wembley after all.TelMc32 said:letthegoodtimesroll said:Just to put a bit more perspective into this, it looks like Orient didn’t put their tickets on sale until 24th July last year whereas Watford have already sold their 3k ticket allocation. I can’t find the announcement for when Charlton put the home tickets on sale last season but if the near treble the same stage last year sales comparison includes the Watford sales then I suspect they are going to look pretty good.Just to put a bit of perspective on the above…this year’s game is a week earlier!
I’m pretty confident we could have a bumper crowd on the day but something doesn’t quite seem to add up. Just a shame they couldn’t have put a number for sales so far in that message if they are so good.
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Above all clubs given our history, any fan that wants Charlton to succeed should definitively question anything they think doesn’t look quite right.Algarveaddick said:Sometimes I wonder how much some people want Charlton Athletic to succeed.1 -
Even as a non ST holder i think that's a good idea. Gives more incentive to commit to a ST and then everyone else can join the bunfight for what's left.killerandflash said:Interesting that Watford have no points system, but instead have just one ticket per season ticket holder.0 -
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Except as posted previously, Watford's loyalty systemshine166 said:
Even as a non ST holder i think that's a good idea. Gives more incentive to commit to a ST and then everyone else can join the bunfight for what's left.killerandflash said:Interesting that Watford have no points system, but instead have just one ticket per season ticket holder.
Watford's loyalty system.
2026/26 AWAY GROUPS
GROUP A Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to at least 15 away matches since July 2022.
GROUP B Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with the same criteria as Group A.
GROUP C Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to less than fifteen away matches since July 2022.
GROUP D Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with between 1 and 14 away match ticket purchases since July 2022.
GROUP E Recognises fans who currently hold season tickets and wish to purchase additional tickets for friends and family who have not purchased away match tickets before.
https://tickets.watfordfc.com/usercontent/documents/html/A1 Groups 2025-26.pdf
https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2025/july/15/away-tickets-charlton-athletic-information/
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What, no priority for Valley Gold ?…tinpot club…clive said:
Except as posted previously, Watford's loyalty systemshine166 said:
Even as a non ST holder i think that's a good idea. Gives more incentive to commit to a ST and then everyone else can join the bunfight for what's left.killerandflash said:Interesting that Watford have no points system, but instead have just one ticket per season ticket holder.
Watford's loyalty system.
2026/26 AWAY GROUPS
GROUP A Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to at least 15 away matches since July 2022.
GROUP B Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with the same criteria as Group A.
GROUP C Recognises current season ticket holders who’ve purchased tickets to less than fifteen away matches since July 2022.
GROUP D Recognises match ticket purchasers (non-season ticket holders) with between 1 and 14 away match ticket purchases since July 2022.
GROUP E Recognises fans who currently hold season tickets and wish to purchase additional tickets for friends and family who have not purchased away match tickets before.
https://tickets.watfordfc.com/usercontent/documents/html/A1 Groups 2025-26.pdf
https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2025/july/15/away-tickets-charlton-athletic-information/0 -
The Watford game has gone from ‘will’ be played in front of the largest crowd…for 16 years to a not quite so definite ‘set to’ be played in front of the largest crowd …for 16 years.clive said:
those additional STs sold and extra away fans not necessarily being matched by home stand match specific ticket sales just yet I guess.Nearly 3 weeks to go and plenty of ticket availability (40% of the ground ? - that’s only a guess) unless the club or somebody suddenly announces 20k + have already gone so why would anyone panic in to buying a ticket now, unless they only want one in the Covered End, Upper north or Family stand where they most likely would/will naturally sell out first ?0 -
Between season tickets and the Watford allocation that will be around 14k, I think it is reasonable to expect 6k to be sold on a general sale.
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