Absolutely Pathetic.
So we've given Chelsea an advantage for optics on TV, right great. Wasn't arsed about winning anyway, as long as we don't look silly on TV...
If its goes to pens the only way you're back to Brighton by 11.15 is if you sprint to the station to beat the queue & are straight on a train. Adding up the 90 mins match, injury time, extra time, injury time on the extra time, the breaks in between all of those & the pens then it will finish just before 11 if i've done the math right. If there's any sort of queue or wait for a train it could easily be 11.45 or later back to Brighton i'd say, just in case there's a particular London bound train you're aiming for. Im in the same situation.
If you don't buy or buy but dont use the cup ticket then you risk having your season tickets taken off you
I suspect these were done by the epl. We know they have a history of interesting survey findings (based on giving equal credence to armchair observers)
Because nobody cares, nobody has worked out this will mean that a large majority of away fans are going to need to travel on one service back to London if it goes to extra time, and with the best intentions you are not getting 4k people onto a singular 00.04 Thameslink service. The FA and whoever agreed to the kick off time don't actually give a shit what's going on, and whether its workable. The license agreement at the stadium ends at 23.00, so there will be no allowing for hanging around after the game for anyone, everyone will have to converge on the station.
So compulsory attendance then? Wow!
Absolutely. And its why I totally understand the people who have decided to give this a miss. Imagine being a family with kids and having to battle 4k of Chelsea fans onto a train back to London, or anywhere out of Brighton... and then if you miss it having to pay for a very expensive taxi.
Why not have another 1000, that'll help!
Just to add - there doesn't seem to be any indication on the Chelsea side yet that they have an extra allocation, but the diagram on our ticketing site does suggest that currently.
But Albion pretty much sell out every match. Certainly every PL match. Season tickets sell out months before the beginning of the season and even Cup games normally are close to sell outs. The away ends nearly always sell out as well. Season Ticket holders don't always attend for all sorts of personal reasons as we know . but . Why is it - even though that when we sell a lot of tickets - we do - and mention it once in a one off stadium announcement - people are so annoyed about it. ? or irked that the club might be pleased about it. Well you would , wouldn't you ?
So as a ST holder, if I don't pay the extra to buy a ticket for the FA Cup - which I'm not - I risk losing my ST. Ha, right!
The cup games are not that close to sell outs, the cup games this season, only one has got anywhere near selling out (Liverpool). Crawley, Wolves and Chelsea large parts of the stadium have been closed / given to away fans. Giving Chelsea extra tickets is a comical decision. WSU is now closed, where is my seat going to be now? A bit of communication on that front wouldn't go a miss?
I would imagine the WSU will be open and you will sit in the seat you have bought.
That's the policy that was in place from 2018/19 to 2024/5. It's changing next season is believe to you can opt in to cup tickets where these will be automatically purchased when they're available based on payment methods advised for the club. If you don't opt in then there is no 'season ticket holders window' you just get the chance to buy alongside all other members
