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  • Thread starter Nick
  • Start date Dec 4, 2012
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Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #1
Is this queue outside fucking serious? About 1000 just in this one
 

Gray

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #2
Is anyone actually in the ground? Hope it gets delayed we got 15 mins at least till we get in
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #3
Chaos ffeffing farce
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #4
1000 for real?
 

Sky Blues

Active Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #5
A team beginning with the letter S, playing in red & white stripes affected by City delaying kick-off by 15minutes? That will never happen.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #6
They have allowed some in cet now. Still people coming in on 8 minutes!
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #7
That's what happens for these cup games as there's a large walk up due to no season tickets.

Bet it's not as bad as the queue I was in at Arsenal though :jerkit:
 

coundonskyblue

New Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #8
Over 10k for a JPT mid week game, cold night, footy on the TV. Not a bad crowd imo.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #9
So why not be prepared? Same as not having enough food!
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #10
I was told there were atleast 2000 queuing outside after kick off (no exaggeration).
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #11
Took my seat 14 minutes in.
 
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shy_tall_knight

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #12
Not sure it was 2k but about 1500 and thought the crowd was bigger than 10,600
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #13
Imagine how much cash was pocketed tonight? No tickets handed out just a fiver handed over and go through.

How could they have got the attendence from that?
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #14
I'm sorry guys, but, I was there 45 minutes before the game and it was deserted. Why did everyone leave it to the last minute to come, why not buy tickets earlier?
You can't blame the Ricoh staff if there's only 7k sold before the game and 2k+ turn up at the last minute.

Was good to see a full-ish stand rather than 2 empty ones.
Best atmosphere of the season by a mile
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #15
We missed first 5 mins so not too bad. Annoying though.
 

Spence CCFC

New Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #16
pusbccfc said:
I'm sorry guys, but, I was there 45 minutes before the game and it was deserted. Why did everyone leave it to the last minute to come, why not buy tickets earlier?
You can't blame the Ricoh staff if there's only 7k sold before the game and 2k+ turn up at the last minute.

Was good to see a full-ish stand rather than 2 empty ones.
Best atmosphere of the season by a mile
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Maybe because they still should have the capacity to cope? Went to Arsenal this season and had to queue outside and missed the first 5-10 minutes. Was told I should have been in the ground 45 minutes beforehand. Embarrassing, got better things to do that stand in the cold.
 

ccfctommy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #17
pusbccfc said:
I'm sorry guys, but, I was there 45 minutes before the game and it was deserted. Why did everyone leave it to the last minute to come, why not buy tickets earlier?
You can't blame the Ricoh staff if there's only 7k sold before the game and 2k+ turn up at the last minute.

Was good to see a full-ish stand rather than 2 empty ones.
Best atmosphere of the season by a mile
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This.

You can easily buy a ticket on the net and have it put on your ST card or have it posted to you.

This game was always going to have a decent-ish walk up.
 
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DukeOfCov

New Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #18
Got there 25 mins before KO knowing it would be a pain to pay on the gate...
 

SBS

Active Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #19
I think the better atmosphere coincided with the Telegraph stand being closed. Might as well do it for all the home games I reckon.
 
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Davo

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #20
Spence CCFC said:
Maybe because they still should have the capacity to cope? Went to Arsenal this season and had to queue outside and missed the first 5-10 minutes. Was told I should have been in the ground 45 minutes beforehand. Embarrassing, got better things to do that stand in the cold.
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So it happened at the emirates too? Maybe you should've learnt by now and arrive earlier. I got there at 20 past and was day down for 20 to.
You knew it was one stand open, knew some pay on the gate turnstiles were available, knew it was only a fiver. Did you expect to waltz up at gone half past and walk right in??

If you didnt want to queue, buy a ticket!
 
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Davo

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #21
Davo said:
So it happened at the emirates too? Maybe you should've learnt by now and arrive earlier. I got there at 20 past and was day down for 20 to.
You knew it was one stand open, knew some pay on the gate turnstiles were available, knew it was only a fiver. Did you expect to waltz up at gone half past and walk right in??

If you didnt want to queue, buy a ticket!
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*Sat down* bloody phone!
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 4, 2012
  • #22
I think people are overreacting. Most are used to being able to turn up at 2:55 and walk straight through the gate. Tonight obviously different.
You would expect queues at most grounds in England. We're just not used to full stands.
 

Spence CCFC

New Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #23
Davo said:
So it happened at the emirates too? Maybe you should've learnt by now and arrive earlier. I got there at 20 past and was day down for 20 to.
You knew it was one stand open, knew some pay on the gate turnstiles were available, knew it was only a fiver. Did you expect to waltz up at gone half past and walk right in??

If you didnt want to queue, buy a ticket!
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They should have the capacity to cope if I walk up with 10 minutes till kick off yes. You may like to sit in a ground with music blaring half an hour before kick off but i'd rather have an extra pint thanks.

And with regards to Arsenal, I live in Sheffield and was working most of the afternoon so apologies if I can't arrive hours before kick off like some apparently do.
 
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SkyBlueRuffian

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #24
SBS said:
I think the better atmosphere coincided with the Telegraph stand being closed. Might as well do it for all the home games I reckon.
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The telegraph stand was closed?
 
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georgehudson

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #25
and linnell pointed the blame @ acl & then backtracked,
the stewards had no clue as to what was going on,
farcical situation,
another own goal...............................,
still well done ccfc,
PUSB
 
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Jonny

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #26
No queue when I got there at about 7:20ish, got out of the car, went to the turnstile, paid, then took residence for the game. Anyone know why they actually checked seats for this game?
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #27
This one is not the fault of the club or whoever is in charge at the ground to me.

How many of us expected a crowd of over 10,000 for the tin pot on a Tuesday night? How many expected about a quarter of them to turn up without a ticket? How many of these turned up with 10 mins or less to go?

I am one of them that normally stays for a last beer. If I miss the start it is my fault. So if it takes 10 seconds to go through when paying cash it is 6 a minute per turnstile. 10 mins only lets in 60. You would need 10 turnstiles open for cash to let in 600 every 10 mins. Over 2,000 wanted to pay cash.
 

Baginton

New Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #28
I arrived (with me ST and the mrs had a pre bought ticket) at about 7:30, it was madness

huge crowds, the stewards were telling people paying cash to move down to turnstyles that were ticket only and obviosly they were getting pissed off after queuing to requeue somewhere where they had already been

the turnstyles were not marked clearly, what they were for, my mrs ran up to the front of the queue to ask if we could get in

People were still coming in 13 minutes after kick off

and to top it all, they opened up blocks 25, 26 and 27 and I could see someone in my seat

lessons need to be learnt, clearly label what gates are for, above the gate.

great to see a near full stand, sad to see the CET empty, should have just opened up all stands !!


We are still in 2nd gear I feel, lucky OG and it was only a matter of time before Blades levelled it lol, we all knew it

Great pens, great atmosphere, wembley, wembley...
 

bamalamafizzfazz

New Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #29
I blame the guy who owns the chippy on Lythalls Lane for having no chips at 7.25 on a match night? I would have got to the ground in plenty of time if I didn't have to wait for more to cook. When we got to the ground had to wait up to 5MINS to get in... JOKE!!!
 
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Davo

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #30
Spence CCFC said:
They should have the capacity to cope if I walk up with 10 minutes till kick off yes. You may like to sit in a ground with music blaring half an hour before kick off but i'd rather have an extra pint thanks.

And with regards to Arsenal, I live in Sheffield and was working most of the afternoon so apologies if I can't arrive hours before kick off like some apparently do.
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You're actually complaining because you had to queue 10 minutes before kick off time at an event which had over 10 thousand people attend, and not all ticketed. Brilliant

Whatever next? queuing in shops when buying presents on Xmas eve? Heaven forbid!
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #31
pusbccfc said:
I'm sorry guys, but, I was there 45 minutes before the game and it was deserted. Why did everyone leave it to the last minute to come, why not buy tickets earlier?
You can't blame the Ricoh staff if there's only 7k sold before the game and 2k+ turn up at the last minute.

Was good to see a full-ish stand rather than 2 empty ones.
Best atmosphere of the season by a mile
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Sorry for being at work... Surely they should have had a plan in place? Instead they opened up a turnstyle and the guy ended up letting about 10 people in for free.

With them being cash and having no tickets how would they know the attendance?
 

Covstu

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #32
I think this was the plan as the tickets were a fiver, you only got to see a portion of the game!!
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #33
i queued at 7.30 and was in for 7.40
 

TrueSkyBlueLiam

Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #34
Was absolutely ridiculous. It wasnt even that busy for the Chelsea game a couple of years ago. In the row of turnstiles i was at, they had 2 turnstiles closed FFS. They finally opened 1 more turnstile 5 minutes after kick-off #⃣Muppets
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 5, 2012
  • #35
I don't mind a queue and a wait so long as I'm in the correct queue to begin with. If they're encouraging walk-up trade they should at least aim to have their stewards pro-actively telling people where they should be queueing if they're going cash or ticket rather than stood watching a confused conga line.
 
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