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7,000 sold for cup 800 sold for Birmingham
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Goring-by-Seagull
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- Jan 5, 2012
- 1,980
Going tomorrow but won't be in Brum.. Went last year but have to pick my aways carefully this season.
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
auto cup scheme wasn't in place this time last season either
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,220
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
Well-known member
No still waiting, if not received by Wednesday will go to panic mode.
Joe Gatting's Dad
New member
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.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,220
HawkTheSeagull
New member
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.
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
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Wasn't it Cheltenham who brought 36 to Withdean a few years ago?
Taybha
Whalewhine
Thats a good effort considering you needed a telescope to see the pitch from thae away end at withers
Peter Grummit
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Superphil
Dismember
Do you know if that included the 3K+ 1901 members, or was that the number of people who attended?
Pay on the Gate, at the Amex? That's a turn up, is this a permanent thing, or just for this game?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The attendance on the official site for last year's fixtures.
poidy
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- Aug 3, 2009
- 1,849
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
New member
If the season doesn't start till September 1st why should I bother with this turgid affair?
Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
- 4,108
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.