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From Rook Squawk:-
The FA Cup 1st Round Tie against Darlington will be held at the Dripping Pan on Saturday November 11th. Kick off will be at 2pm.
The match will be strictly ALL-TICKET limited to 2,000 spectators. No tickets will be on sale on the day. Darlington will be entitled to take up 15% of these tickets ie 300.
Prices will be:-
Seated in the New Stand:- £20
Standing in the Philcox Stand:- £15
OAP's and U16's:- £8
Almost all of the 560 new seats are now in place in the New Stand and the remaining works will be completed before the game.
Tickets will go on sale on a 1st come, 1st served basis at the Dripping Pan on Saturday morning November 4th from 8:30am to 12:30. Thereafter, tickets may be purchased from the usual Lewes FC outlets such as Philcox Bros in Castle Gate and Intersport during office hours.
Season tickets holders are guaranteed a ticket should they wish to attend. If you cannot collect your ticket but would like to reserve your place, please call Steve White on 07967 806930 during office hours.
Edit - with update and corrections:-
A slight alteration has been made to the above information. Tickets will be on sale to season ticket holders only between 8 and 9 on Saturday, and to everyone else from 9 until 12. If they are able to do so, it would be much appreciated if they made the most of this opportunity rather than reserving their tickets via Steve. Tickets will not be available at either Intersport or Philcox's offices until the Monday, and of course will only be available at all if they are not all sold on Saturday at the ground.
There will be some who will complain about the ticket prices, so please bear the following in mind:
1. Half of the gate receipts go to the opposition in FA Cup games. We also have to pay Darlington's expenses, and as an example of the kind of money we are talking about, the charge (set by the FA) per mile that they travel is £6. (by my reckoning that's over £3000 on travel alone, plus they are entitled to an overnight tsay at our expense) So effectively the amount of money deposited in our bank account is no more than we might earn from a league game with Eastbourne Borough, based on last year's attendance. Also under FA regulations we are not allowed to have the bar open during the game, and the logistics of opening for just 15 minutes at half time are tricky, given that no drinks can be taken out of the bar and the shutters have to be down as soon as the game restarts, so there will be a two hour period when no money will be taken there.
2. This is an historic occasion - not only will it mark the opening of the new stand, it is also the first ever FA Cup 1st round tie at the Pan in 121 years. However to make this happen, a lot of work will need to be done at very short notice, and this will involve signifcant additional expense. It is hoped that everyone will feel that a higher ticket price is preferable to playing the game at another nearby location, even supposing that they were prepared to let us stage the tie there.
The FA Cup 1st Round Tie against Darlington will be held at the Dripping Pan on Saturday November 11th. Kick off will be at 2pm.
The match will be strictly ALL-TICKET limited to 2,000 spectators. No tickets will be on sale on the day. Darlington will be entitled to take up 15% of these tickets ie 300.
Prices will be:-
Seated in the New Stand:- £20
Standing in the Philcox Stand:- £15
OAP's and U16's:- £8
Almost all of the 560 new seats are now in place in the New Stand and the remaining works will be completed before the game.
Tickets will go on sale on a 1st come, 1st served basis at the Dripping Pan on Saturday morning November 4th from 8:30am to 12:30. Thereafter, tickets may be purchased from the usual Lewes FC outlets such as Philcox Bros in Castle Gate and Intersport during office hours.
Season tickets holders are guaranteed a ticket should they wish to attend. If you cannot collect your ticket but would like to reserve your place, please call Steve White on 07967 806930 during office hours.
Edit - with update and corrections:-
A slight alteration has been made to the above information. Tickets will be on sale to season ticket holders only between 8 and 9 on Saturday, and to everyone else from 9 until 12. If they are able to do so, it would be much appreciated if they made the most of this opportunity rather than reserving their tickets via Steve. Tickets will not be available at either Intersport or Philcox's offices until the Monday, and of course will only be available at all if they are not all sold on Saturday at the ground.
There will be some who will complain about the ticket prices, so please bear the following in mind:
1. Half of the gate receipts go to the opposition in FA Cup games. We also have to pay Darlington's expenses, and as an example of the kind of money we are talking about, the charge (set by the FA) per mile that they travel is £6. (by my reckoning that's over £3000 on travel alone, plus they are entitled to an overnight tsay at our expense) So effectively the amount of money deposited in our bank account is no more than we might earn from a league game with Eastbourne Borough, based on last year's attendance. Also under FA regulations we are not allowed to have the bar open during the game, and the logistics of opening for just 15 minutes at half time are tricky, given that no drinks can be taken out of the bar and the shutters have to be down as soon as the game restarts, so there will be a two hour period when no money will be taken there.
2. This is an historic occasion - not only will it mark the opening of the new stand, it is also the first ever FA Cup 1st round tie at the Pan in 121 years. However to make this happen, a lot of work will need to be done at very short notice, and this will involve signifcant additional expense. It is hoped that everyone will feel that a higher ticket price is preferable to playing the game at another nearby location, even supposing that they were prepared to let us stage the tie there.
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