7,000 sold for cup 800 sold for Birmingham

[Clive Walker]

sack the board

 

[Braders]

shame only 800 for Brum , has anyone got their tickets yet ?

Nope

 

[Goring-by-Seagull]

Going tomorrow but won't be in Brum.. Went last year but have to pick my aways carefully this season.

 

[Gazwag]

I went to the game as well, North was open. I should think not having North or South open and not having the Auto Cup Scheme in place, + no P&R have not helped the sales.

auto cup scheme wasn't in place this time last season either

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just been to Amex this morning to buy tickets for Cheltenham & Birmingham

Was it the proper ticket office open and properly staffed or was it that ultra-lame thing in West Stand reception area where they manage to serve one customer every 15 minutes like it was for the Southampton friendly?

 

[studio150]

shame only 800 for Brum , has anyone got their tickets yet ?

No still waiting, if not received by Wednesday will go to panic mode.

 

[Joe Gatting's Dad]

No still waiting, if not received by Wednesday will go to panic mode.

Always poor at getting first away tickets out every season. Cannot understand why when only 800 loyal fans want to go. Should not take one person more than a day to do this - hardly rushed off their feet for Cheltenham where most people will have printed their own.

 

[T soprano]

Was it the proper ticket office open and properly staffed or was it that ultra-lame thing in West Stand reception area where they manage to serve one customer every 15 minutes like it was for the Southampton friendly?

Nope still not ready yet, they're still using West stand reception

Heard the club are haggling with the building contractors over £500 before the ticket office can reopen ;-)

 

[T soprano]

No still waiting, if not received by Wednesday will go to panic mode.

Like I said in earlier post the guy was doing it today so should be all sent out today at latest tomorrow all sent out

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Nope still not ready yet, they're still using West stand reception

Cheers

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Remember there is no transport or P&R for the COCup game, which would have hit numbers (myself included). Parking for this match costs more than the actual match ticket itself as well which again would put people off.

Trains are difficult for Birmingham too with no direct WCML trains running, that includes the dirt cheap Southern/London Midland tickets which were always well used by Albion fans.

There's 2 explanations for low numbers there.

 

[Geriatric Seagull]

Im suprised we have shifted 7k to be honest looking at the seating plan earlier when i purchased it looked more in the region of 4k plus whatever Cheltenham bring down .

Wasn't it Cheltenham who brought 36 to Withdean a few years ago?

 

[Taybha]

Thats a good effort considering you needed a telescope to see the pitch from thae away end at withers

 

[Peter Grummit]

http://www.ctfc.com/news/article/cup-tickets-on-turnstiles-1815127.aspx

 

[Superphil]

The Newport game last season was 8,409. It's about right for the League cup first round.

Do you know if that included the 3K+ 1901 members, or was that the number of people who attended?

http://www.ctfc.com/news/article/cup-tickets-on-turnstiles-1815127.aspx

Pay on the Gate, at the Amex? That's a turn up, is this a permanent thing, or just for this game?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Do you know if that included the 3K+ 1901 members, or was that the number of people who attended?

The attendance on the official site for last year's fixtures.

 

[ditchy]

thanks TS

 

[poidy]

Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if fixtures but the second ever competitive fixture at The Amex only drew in 14,000. So put into this context, 7000 three years on against shit opposition isn't overly concerning. I think what might be though is a gradual decline in gates this season if the transfer window doesn't improve dramatically between now and 31/08

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

If the season doesn't start till September 1st why should I bother with this turgid affair?

 

[Birdie Boy]

Always poor at getting first away tickets out every season. Cannot understand why when only 800 loyal fans want to go. Should not take one person more than a day to do this - hardly rushed off their feet for Cheltenham where most people will have printed their own.

They probably pay Royal Mail by the sack load, so they aren't going to throw 50 tickets into a sack that can fit 500. They just seem to wait until two days before the match and then get RM to turn up and collect 2-3 sack in this case) in one go. This was how it used to be done years ago, in a job I had in a post room but it was so long ago RM may have made changes.