£8 for under 21's FRIENDLY

[clippedgull]

The game is at Woodside Road , we are the away team so basically this is a fund raiser for Worthing FC. Could be worth £8 for the admission if Stockdale is playing.

No, it could never be worth £8, it's taking the pi$$. Still there are mugs that will shell out.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

If memory serves from only a year or two back, used to be £8-£10 to watch the first team play Worthing at Woodside. Was always on a Saturday, the sun always shone and those who liked that kind of thing used to strut around pleased as peacocks in their first outing for the new season shirt. And now it's £8 to watch what we'd call in the olden days 'Albion Reserves'? Sake!

 

[BensGrandad]

I went to the game when it was the first team more to contribute to Worthing than anything else, so no cmplaints about paying £10

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If memory serves from only a year or two back, used to be £8-£10 to watch the first team play Worthing at Woodside. Was always on a Saturday, the sun always shone and those who liked that kind of thing used to strut around pleased as peacocks in their first outing for the new season shirt. And now it's £8 to watch what we'd call in the olden days 'Albion Reserves'? Sake!

We used to give Worthing a friendly match in return for us using their ground for our reserve games. Then we switched to Lancing.

We don't have any say in what Worthing charge for THEIR games.

 

[Bry Nylon]

£8 to go watch the under 21's in a pre season friendly against Worthing seems pretty ridiculous.

Agreed. If really needed sixteen quid that badly they could've just asked...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We used to give Worthing a friendly match in return for us using their ground for our reserve games. Then we switched to Lancing.

We don't have any say in what Worthing charge for THEIR games.

Fair enough. Worthing is missing a trick tho IMHO. They'd have a HUGE turnout v BHAFC first team, same as they always did in the past. Locally, BHAFC reserves is no big deal. Especially when most folks still regard Crawley as a non-league friendly.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Fair enough. Worthing is missing a trick tho IMHO. They'd have a HUGE turnout v BHAFC first team, same as they always did in the past. Locally, BHAFC reserves is no big deal. Especially when most folks still regard Crawley as a non-league friendly.

This.

 

[Bry Nylon]

£8 is taking the piss.

You'd have to pay me a least double that to watch the U21s vs Worthing.


What?

 

[The Large One]

Fair enough. Worthing is missing a trick tho IMHO. They'd have a HUGE turnout v BHAFC first team, same as they always did in the past. Locally, BHAFC reserves is no big deal. Especially when most folks still regard Crawley as a non-league friendly.

They had a turnout of 438 today.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Fair enough. Worthing is missing a trick tho IMHO. They'd have a HUGE turnout v BHAFC first team, same as they always did in the past. Locally, BHAFC reserves is no big deal. Especially when most folks still regard Crawley as a non-league friendly.

I'd have probably gone along with a couple mates if tickets were a fiver each. Missed out on a potential £40-50 once we'd had a couple drinks and food..

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

They had a turnout of 438 today.

Good turn out. Would have been double that if it was the opening friendly with some semblance of the first team tho, same as it used to be.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Good turn out. Would have been double that if it was the opening friendly with some semblance of the first team tho, same as it used to be.

We haven't had that friendly for years since we moved to Culver Road.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

We haven't had that friendly for years since we moved to Culver Road.

I'm sure it was only last season or the season before we played at Worthing? I remember it pissing it down all game and being worried the roof was going to cave in behind the goal..

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We haven't had that friendly for years since we moved to Culver Road.

Don't recall ever going to something called 'Culver Road'. Might be going head-mental tho, hard to be sure either way

 

[Da Man Clay]

I understand, just trying to figure out the justification for £8 when I can see them for free at Culver Road.

Because it's not the Albion setting the price maybe?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Don't recall ever going to something called 'Culver Road'. Might be going head-mental tho, hard to be sure either way

Lancing. I don't think you did go there. You hardly went to reserve games when they were at Worthing, in any case.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Lancing. I don't think you did go there. You hardly went to reserve games when they were at Worthing, in any case.

Never knowingly been to Lancing in me life guvnor.

Was however present at one or more iconic games @ Worthing where 1) THREE Albion/Ex-Albion managers were present in the same room (Adams/Mcghee/Taylor) and another game where CKR got sold at half-time and DK's grand-kid was going 'Colin! where are you going Colin' and CKR to his credit said 'Sorry mate, gotta go now'. Great days. Seemed like a real club. Far cry from going to the Amex where it seems more and more like booking into a Jury's Inn, with none of the efficiency or humanity.

 

[BensGrandad]

Didnt we turn it down last year and Palace take our place then pull out

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Didnt we turn it down last year and Palace take our place then pull out

The Palace game got called off on police instruction didn't it?

 

[TrickyOne]

Seems like these teams don't really get how to make money when an opportunity arises. But then again; how much was the game against Southampton? ? N why was there only 7k there??