Over 23000 Sold for the Arsenal Game

[Eddie Bee]

It was the same when we played them 2 years ago. All of a sudden every season ticket holder had loads of new "friends".

From what I have read, STH cannot buy a +1 until the 19th.

 

[Driver8]

My wife's ticket in WSU is available should any non ST holders want to get in ahead of the queue.

 

[kingcole]

From what I have read, STH cannot buy a +1 until the 19th.

By which time I predict this will be sold out

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Th ST holder next to me brought his colleague instead of his sister that day,... this turned out to be John Piercy ex-albion player now sports teacher in Eastbourne,.... sadly it turned out that he had his Arsenal shirt on under his jacket,... I wasn't impressed.

Shudder to think what he had on beneath his jeans / trousers
regards
DR

 

[Eddie Bee]

Coley....Could well be. Hoping to get one for my daughter I have just checked again and It is the 20th.

 

[Driver8]

Coley....Could well be. Hoping to get one for my daughter I have just checked again and It is the 20th.

As I mentioned I have a spare in WSU as my wife can no longer come.

 

[Eddie Bee]

As I mentioned I have a spare in WSU as my wife can no longer come.

Thanks for offer. North Stand sth and need to try to be reasonably close to each other

 

[Blackadder]

F*uk me I cant wait until this game is over. Never seen some many people piss their pants over one game.

You should have been here when we were at Withdean. Loads of Binfests over away cup games. Spurs Springs to mind and an ERUPTION over a West Ham tie , when Johnstone Paint Trophy fans got preference over Season Ticket Holders.It was Keyboards at Dawn!

This one is quite mild in comparision.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Early days. I predict a sell-out

 

[drew]

4k empty seats will be a ringing endorsement for those who maintained that it was overpriced. Having initially baulked at paying £32, I had reluctantly come round to paying it and then the print at home was withdrawn and that seemed like a pisstake too far. That said, I can see a few thousand Arsenal hoovering up most of the rest when they go on 'no previous purchase history necessary' sale.

What would be a reasonable price to see a team that is playing on the champions league. Average of £25 for example?

 

[Working class pride]

so we have sold more for Brentford than we have so far for Arsenal. Proper club Brighton.

 

[loco61]

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[HantsSeagull]

I read it as 30,500 - 23,000 (4,400 Arsenal + 18,600 ST holders) - 3,000 (1901 excluded from count as not 'sold' just unavailable) = <4,500 left....?

4978 to be precise according to the website (yes i added them up)

 

[Chinman3000]

It's almost as bad as people pissing their pants over other people pissing their pants!

Or pissing your pants over other people pissing their pants about other people pissing their pants?

See how stupid your post was?

 

[Bombadier Botty]

What would be a reasonable price to see a team that is playing on the champions league. Average of £25 for example?

It's the million dollar question. It would have been a decent goodwill gesture from the club to have priced this more moderately bearing in mind the shit season we've paid top dollar for so far and the fact that there have been so many empty seats, but no, let's push for the maximum we can get away with, and maybe Barber and co will 'get away with it' (i.e. a full house, or close to it) and maybe they won't. If I'd paid £42 for a ticket for this match and we're 2-0 down inside 20 minutes I wouldn't be sitting there thinking "Arsenal are in The Champions League so that makes it alright." Would you?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

It's the million dollar question. It would have been a decent goodwill gesture from the club to have priced this more moderately bearing in mind the shit season we've paid top dollar for so far and the fact that there have been so many empty seats, but no, let's push for the maximum we can get away with, and maybe Barber and co will 'get away with it' (i.e. a full house, or close to it) and maybe they won't. If I'd paid £42 for a ticket for this match and we're 2-0 down inside 20 minutes I wouldn't be sitting there thinking "Arsenal are in The Champions League so that makes it alright." Would you?

according to Mick McCarthy on the radio tonight, Ipswich adopted a sensible pricing strategy and have a 30,000 gate for Southampton...

 

[Moshe Gariani]

It's the million dollar question. It would have been a decent goodwill gesture from the club to have priced this more moderately bearing in mind the shit season we've paid top dollar for so far and the fact that there have been so many empty seats, but no, let's push for the maximum we can get away with, and maybe Barber and co will 'get away with it' (i.e. a full house, or close to it) and maybe they won't. If I'd paid £42 for a ticket for this match and we're 2-0 down inside 20 minutes I wouldn't be sitting there thinking "Arsenal are in The Champions League so that makes it alright." Would you?

Agree completely. For all their cleverness they definitely missed a trick here. Give a very little back from what is bonus anyway and gain a disproportionate amount of goodwill.

 

[Superphil]

according to Mick McCarthy on the radio tonight, Ipswich adopted a sensible pricing strategy and have a 30,000 gate for Southampton...

Commentators Quoted 28k just before the match

 

[Superphil]

4k empty seats will be a ringing endorsement for those who maintained that it was overpriced. Having initially baulked at paying £32, I had reluctantly come round to paying it and then the print at home was withdrawn and that seemed like a pisstake too far. That said, I can see a few thousand Arsenal hoovering up most of the rest when they go on 'no previous purchase history necessary' sale.

Just read on the Ipswich site that they went down the paper ticket only route for tonight's game, they allowed 'print at home' but not the loading onto season smartcards.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Ipswich had a cheek even charging a tenner for that shit. I'd rather pay the £32, so long as we give it a proper go.