General sale for arsenal

[Meade's Ball]

All of a sudden this morning my little brother wants a ticket for the big match, my mother even joining in in adding pressure to me getting the job done. I log in to see there's about 75 left, or so it seemed at least. Luckily I bought the two for him and his girlfriend. I'll be watching it at home on da telly though, just a tiny bit envious of the noise of this sell-out crowd.

 

[Titanic]

There have never been 30,000+ people in The Amex for a football match ...

There will be on Sunday.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

There will be on Sunday.

(as above) if you include all of Barber's backroom boys, perhaps...

 

[spence]

There have never been 30,000+ people in The Amex for a football match and the spiel to advertisers is as close to lying as it is possible to be if it is not actually lying.

Stop looking for excuses because you got it completely wrong. The club sold out at full price. Well done BHA and stop grizzling

 

[LamieRobertson]

Stop looking for excuses because you got it completely wrong. The club sold out at full price. Well done BHA and stop grizzling

Thumbs up

 

[SurreySeagulls]

Can't even log on to buy tickets at the moment. So maybe the Holy Grail of a sell out is a reality or will there suddenly be another tranche of tickets available.

 

[cardboard]

I believe it is now a sell out

 

[tigertim68]

There have never been 30,000+ people in The Amex for a football match and the spiel to advertisers is as close to lying as it is possible to be if it is not actually lying.

30,000 against wolves , there were also lots of 30,000 plus gates at the goldstone , so why not at the Amex ?

 

[soistes]

I believe it is now a sell out

Less than twenty - just looked. Including small numbers in areas previously sold out (eg W1G), so presumably they're now releasing the last odds and sods held back for various reasons, in the light of an imminent complete sellout

 

[bob monkhouse]

Less than twenty - just looked. Including small numbers in areas previously sold out (eg W1G), so presumably they're now releasing the last odds and sods held back for various reasons, in the light of an imminent complete sellout

Yes a couple of pairs just released in West Lower

 

[Gazwag]

30,000 against wolves , there were also lots of 30,000 plus gates at the goldstone , so why not at the Amex ?

Wolves game was a league match so highly doubtful there were over 30k actually there that day

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Stop looking for excuses because you got it completely wrong. The club sold out at full price. Well done BHA and stop grizzling

I'm not grizzling. Like lots of other people I believe that modern day football is criminally expensive for fans and I don't think this additional game should have been used to squeeze the absolute maximum out of our pockets.

I also understand modern day realities and if 500+ seats at the extremities of WSL are filled by sponsors contacts and day-trippers on Sunday then that is the way of the world. But I don't have to like it or agree with it. (I am also adamant that many of those seats will be empty on Sunday - which they would not have been if sold to real Albion fans).

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

30,000 against wolves , there were also lots of 30,000 plus gates at the goldstone , so why not at the Amex ?

Because it didn't cost the earth to watch at The Goldstone

 

[worthingseagull]

 

[Hiney]

30,000-plus crowds for home games at The Goldstone:

36,747 v Fulham Dec 1958
35,000 v Chelsea Feb 1967 (FA Cup)
34,766 v Rochdale May 1972
33,500 v Derby County Oct 1976 (League Cup)
33,300 c Crystal Palace Feb 1976
33,431 v Blackpool Apr 1978
32,979 v Southampton Jan 78
32,647 v Tottenham Hotspur Apr 78
32,634 v West Ham United Oct 1978
32,539 v Wolverhampton Wanderers Sep 1969 (League Cup)
32,310 v West Ham United Feb 1933 (FA Cup)
32,036 v Reading Mar 1970
31,828 v Aston Villa Aug 1959
31,423 v Darlington Apr 1965
31,203 v Charlton Athletic Apr 1978
31,038 v Watford Apr 1958
31,025 v Southampton Mar 1954
30,864 v Leyton Orient Apr 1956
30,859 v Charlton Athletic Apr 1979
30,756 v Sheffield Wednesday May 1977
30,600 v Bournemouth Dec 1971

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I'm not grizzling.

Sounds like it to me. I'm not sure what your issue is. One of the biggest teams in the country are coming to town, so every man and his dog wants in on the action. 30,000 people pumping a big old whack of change into our club... WILLINGLY. What's not to like?

 

[Titanic]

I'm not grizzling. Like lots of other people I believe that modern day football is criminally expensive for fans and I don't think this additional game should have been used to squeeze the absolute maximum out of our pockets.

I also understand modern day realities and if 500+ seats at the extremities of WSL are filled by sponsors contacts and day-trippers on Sunday then that is the way of the world. But I don't have to like it or agree with it. (I am also adamant that many of those seats will be empty on Sunday - which they would not have been if sold to real Albion fans).

What on earth do you mean by 'day-trippers'? and surely you can see that the club has an interest in keeping it's major corporate supporters onside. Tony is already subsidising every seat in the ground for every home game... why shouldn't he at least try to maximise revenues?

 

[Bold Seagull]

30,000-plus crowds for home games at The Goldstone:

36,747 v Fulham Dec 1958
35,000 v Chelsea Feb 1967 (FA Cup)
34,766 v Rochdale May 1972
33,500 v Derby County Oct 1976 (League Cup)
33,300 c Crystal Palace Feb 1976
33,431 v Blackpool Apr 1978
32,979 v Southampton Jan 78
32,647 v Tottenham Hotspur Apr 78
32,634 v West Ham United Oct 1978
32,539 v Wolverhampton Wanderers Sep 1969 (League Cup)
32,310 v West Ham United Feb 1933 (FA Cup)
32,036 v Reading Mar 1970
31,828 v Aston Villa Aug 1959
31,423 v Darlington Apr 1965
31,203 v Charlton Athletic Apr 1978
31,038 v Watford Apr 1958
31,025 v Southampton Mar 1954
30,864 v Leyton Orient Apr 1956
30,859 v Charlton Athletic Apr 1979
30,756 v Sheffield Wednesday May 1977
30,600 v Bournemouth Dec 1971

So if the 2174 games played at the Goldstone is correct, that is 0.97% of matches had a gate of 30k or more….and not one post April 1979.

Memories are a funny thing.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

I'm not grizzling. Like lots of other people I believe that modern day football is criminally expensive for fans and I don't think this additional game should have been used to squeeze the absolute maximum out of our pockets.

I also understand modern day realities and if 500+ seats at the extremities of WSL are filled by sponsors contacts and day-trippers on Sunday then that is the way of the world. But I don't have to like it or agree with it. (I am also adamant that many of those seats will be empty on Sunday - which they would not have been if sold to real Albion fans).

It's dirt cheap, a day trip once, inc flights, cost me £650 to see England beat Germany for the first time in donkeys...happy days

 

[Moshe Gariani]

What on earth do you mean by 'day-trippers'? and surely you can see that the club has an interest in keeping it's major corporate supporters onside. Tony is already subsidising every seat in the ground for every home game... why shouldn't he at least try to maximise revenues?

"Day-tripper" is football parlance for an uncommitted fan who you are unlikely to see again anytime soon. If you looked a bit more carefully instead of jumping to conclusions you would notice I acknowledged the modern day realities of football finance.

In my extremely humble opinion, "Tony" and his minions would have been better off setting the price of tickets at a level where they were gleefully snapped up by Albion fans i.e. STHs and other people with purchase history at The Amex. The fact that so many have gone to sponsors, and so many more have gone to people without purchase history at The Amex, does not delight me. Sorry.

After nearly a day and a half at my desk without pressing work I now have some to do, so you will be spared further wisdom for a while.