England U19's attendance record

[thony]

I'm not surprised that tickets are nearly sold out, but wonder whether the pricing of groups tickets might mean lots of empty seats? I was definitely going to get tickets for myself and my two brothers, but rather than spending £9 for 3 tickets I decided to get 10 tickets at 50p each, save myself £4, and offer the spares (free) to a few people that wouldn't normally go to a football match. I've not had any problems finding 10 of us in total - but I wonder how many people bought 10 tickets to make the saving but may not end up using them all? I would sincerely hope anybody on NSC in that situation is going to make damn sure they drag along enough people to fill their seats. Let's make sure the England U19's get that record attendance, and that they enjoy the atmosphere so much that we get more national games arranged at the Amex!

 

[Vegas Seagull]

I'm not surprised that tickets are nearly sold out, but wonder whether the pricing of groups tickets might mean lots of empty seats? I was definitely going to get tickets for myself and my two brothers, but rather than spending £9 for 3 tickets I decided to get 10 tickets at 50p each, save myself £4, and offer the spares (free) to a few people that wouldn't normally go to a football match. I've not had any problems finding 10 of us in total - but I wonder how many people bought 10 tickets to make the saving but may not end up using them all? I would sincerely hope anybody on NSC in that situation is going to make damn sure they drag along enough people to fill their seats. Let's make sure the England U19's get that record attendance, and that they enjoy the atmosphere so much that we get more national games arranged at the Amex!

And the record is??

 

[Easy 10]

Hopefully those who bought batches of tickets but couldn't offload them all will take their spares along.

[MENTION=17253]Art Vs Science[/MENTION] dipped out on the ticketline because it was sold out, and he won't be the only one. There must be a good chance of rocking up on the night and PONCING some spares off people I'd have thought.

 

[thony]

And the record is??

19,968, Carrow Road 6th Oct 2001. England 1-1 Czech Republic.
(See the Seagulls website: Brighton and Hove Albion | News | Latest News | Latest News | Amex Set to Break Attendance Record .)

 

[SeagullSongs]

If it sells out it should break the Amex attendance record of 20,686.
That's if every ticket is used. There's lots of people just buying in bulk to save money. Hopefully it'll be a genuine full house.

 

[Uter]

Put your record books away. It's 23,419 according the the Norwich City website.

Norwich City | News | First News | First News | ENGLAND GRAB DRAW AT PACKED CARROW ROAD

I can't see us breaking 19,968 in any case what with the FA taking the entire middle tier of the West Stand and I can't imagine the away end being too full either.

 

[Albion 4ever]

I don't really understand the ticket pricing policy.
Surely if they just had ticket prices at £3 adults and £1 kids and did not have the 50p group purchase we still would have sold loads and would not run the risk of having thousands of empty seats.

 

[Randsta]

If I cant get tickets I might turn up on the night see if I can get some

 

[Randsta]

I don't really understand the ticket pricing policy.
Surely if they just had ticket prices at £3 adults and £1 kids and did not have the 50p group purchase we still would have sold loads and would not run the risk of having thousands of empty seats.

Agreed seems really stupid! @ £3 a ticket that is a bargain would have sold out anyway

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I'm expecting a turnout of around 15-16k

 

[chimneys]

I'm expecting a turnout of around 15-16k

Dont disagree. Ticket office were talking people out of buying 3 as 10 were cheaper! Going to be loads of empty seats, and really annoying for those who didnt get to buy one in time.

Whoever dreamt up that ludicrous ticketing policy wants shooting!!

 

[ees complicated no?]

If it sells out it should break the Amex attendance record of 20,686.
That's if every ticket is used. There's lots of people just buying in bulk to save money. Hopefully it'll be a genuine full house.

thats not the amex record, only the record for a league game, liverpool was much higher

 

[SeagullSongs]

thats not the amex record, only the record for a league game, liverpool was much higher

Oops, my bad. Just looked, that was 21,897...

 

[Oscar]

I was really hoping to take Oscar Jnr to this but looks like I missed out. And no wonder if people were buying 10 tickets at a time.

Anyone got a couple of spares for me and the littleun?

 

[surrey jim]

Put your record books away. It's 23,419 according the the Norwich City website.

Norwich City | News | First News | First News | ENGLAND GRAB DRAW AT PACKED CARROW ROAD

I can't see us breaking 19,968 in any case what with the FA taking the entire middle tier of the West Stand and I can't imagine the away end being too full either.

The away end is being used for 'home' fans. There is no segregation.

 

[ees complicated no?]

I was really hoping to take Oscar Jnr to this but looks like I missed out. And no wonder if people were buying 10 tickets at a time.

Anyone got a couple of spares for me and the littleun?

I may have a couple spare Ill let you know over the weekend, thats if your still looking for some

 

[dannyboy]

look at it this way

you have 10 tickets dirt cheap so youre gonna give them away to your friends, kids , neighbours etc . alot of these may be new to the amex / the albion. if they enjoy it then they may hassle you to get them a ticket for a league match thus rebuilding our links with the community and showing more people what were about etc. cant do any harm in generating more interest / potential new fancs etc.

personally i couldnt give a f*** about england u19s though free or not but im hoping this ploy may get a lot of localkids going

 

[Oscar]

Thanks mate brightonseagull1. That's very kind of you. Much appreciated.

 

[sharpey38]

I had 15, got rid of them all to my sons friends, some to family

The sons friends are really excited as they haven't been yet