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Away tickets
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One thing we never seem to hear is the club pushing the opposing club into giving us more tickets. So many clubs have built new grounds or had extensive extensions and yet they never increase the away allocation. Bournemouth have had 4 or 5 years at the to table now, so the FA should be putting pressure on them to extend the away end or allocate more tickets as they must've had a fair few million out of the PL.
It's the police who decide how many fans are accommodated, not wanting to go back to the 70/80s. Cup games at OT used to be 15% but we are lucky to get 6/7,000
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I did the Friday night FA Cup game back in 2017 and was in the upper tier. I thought it was actually alright and it was quite easy to get an atmosphere going. The walk back to Westfield afterwards was a fucking ballache though with all those Stop and Go signs at various junctions. I was actually staying at the Premier inn at Westfield that night so luckily didn't have to rush back to Stratford station.
This time round I'm booked on the 4.10pm train out of Euston which I thought would give me ample time but reading that on top of the long winding walk back, the queues when you get to Stratford are horrendous. Someone on here mentioned Hackney Wick station as an alternative ages ago, which would involve walking in the opposite direction, and apparently isn't as bad. From there it's the overground to Highbury & Islington and a short tube journey back to Euston. Has anyone tried this route and what's it like? Could be one for our resident West Ham fan @BlueHammer85 to answer. Aside from that, the nearest station to the stadium is actually Pudding Mill Lane DLR station and looks very handily placed near the away end. That could be an alternative option but I'm guessing it may get very busy with the locals, given it's proximity to the ground.
I live in Kent. So get the highspeed from Stratford. Takes me 10 mins!
But I do leave couple mins before the end and run my arse off to avoid the crowds.
Last season we went to Hackney Wick and was a piece of cake
True but watch you time, if you get there a bit late big crowds build up and a small platform means they only let so many on at a time. You could end up waiting for 2/3 trains.
It's the police who decide how many fans are accommodated, not wanting to go back to the 70/80s. Cup games at OT used to be 15% but we are lucky to get 6/7,000
It's a premier league rule on away fans, nothing to do with the police for prem games. 10% of the ground capacity or 3,000 whichever is the least.
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Positive: - We've won four out of four (scoring 17 goals) and I've been to them all. - Never saw us win in eight or nine visits to Upton Park.I'll add to that - no one has had positive things to say about West Ham's new ground (not been yet) and wouldn't be surprised if people swerved it with Bournemouth away and Champions League draw on the horizon...
Negative: - It's a ball ache to get to. It's a ball ache to get away from. The back of the front section and the front of the back section are OK the rest of the seats are either too low or so far back that you need binoculars.
I thought the Celtic collection would have been a lot easier if all the Blues who were down at Bournemouth the week before could have picked up their Celtic tickets then. That would have knocked a third off the queue for starters (and probably more given the privileges to Tommy Cook’s and Corporate).
Makes no sense that, almost everyone would have attended the Bournemouth game and you would have had to queue at 9am to get in for the 3pm kick off.
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Makes no sense that, almost everyone would have attended the Bournemouth game and you would have had to queue at 9am to get in for the 3pm kick off.
Loads of people were In Bournemouth for a long weekend Corky. The pick up could have been spread over many hours.
You are also talking about a third of the tickets being picked up compared to the European Aways in Paris, Madrid etc due to Bournemouth’s tiny away capacity.
Loads of people were In Bournemouth for a long weekend Corky. The pick up could have been spread over many hours.
That was 2017 in August a few days after the draw for the group stages, we played Celtic in 2016 in September about a couple of weeks after Bournemouth at home.
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That was 2017 in August a few days after the draw for the group stages, we played Celtic in 2016 in September about a couple of weeks after Bournemouth at home.
I’ve got my fixtures mixed up then. I think it must have been Paris Away a few days later. Thanks for the correction
It was Swansea Away before the Celtic game in 2016/17 so the same principle applies, albeit we get more tickets for Swansea than Bournemouth
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And then passed their Celtic ticket on if they wantedMakes no sense that, almost everyone would have attended the Bournemouth game and you would have had to queue at 9am to get in for the 3pm kick off.
Tim of the Oak
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And then passed their Celtic ticket on if they wanted
Most people who bother to go to Bournemouth Away won’t pass on their tickets for Celtic or PSG away. Most posters are in agreement that the highest points holders put in the hard yards. That said, Bournemouth is usually a good trip in its own right.
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I live in Kent. So get the highspeed from Stratford. Takes me 10 mins!
But I do leave couple mins before the end and run my arse off to avoid the crowds.
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I’ve got my fixtures mixed up then. I think it must have been Paris Away a few days later. Thanks for the correction
It was Swansea Away before the Celtic game in 2016/17 so the same principle applies, albeit we get more tickets for Swansea than Bournemouth
Not many stop over for Swansea, most fans get there about 2 hours early if not delayed on route, not enough time to waste finding a town centre location 30 minutes walk away as city like to favour.
Which is the problem with collection all round, for somewhere like Swansea the trains are tight to the kick off times. I set off at 0800 for Cardiff this season, got there 1415 which was much later than planned but fine, however collecting would jeopardise everything.
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I thought this section was re away tickets not for info on away grounds ?
I find it very informative. I’m trying the Hackney Wick Way
Tim of the Oak
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Not many stop over for Swansea, most fans get there about 2 hours early if not delayed on route, not enough time to waste finding a town centre location 30 minutes walk away as city like to favour.
Which is the problem with collection all round, for somewhere like Swansea the trains are tight to the kick off times. I set off at 0800 for Cardiff this season, got there 1415 which was much later than planned but fine, however collecting would jeopardise everything.
I always go to Swansea for the weekend or stay over when it’s midweek. Even if only a few hundred had picked up their tickets in advance it would have reduced the queues on the night of the game. Ticket pick ups wouldn’t wouldn’t require a city Centre location either.
Anyway, my view is that everyone should get their ticket sent as per the current system. There could be random sample ID checks on the way into the ground if this was necessary. The checks in advance of the game in city centre locations failed in the end. The solution should fix the problem which was a small minority selling on tickets with no intention of going to the game. I am against a system that is designed to catch out people who’ve bought tickets in good faith but an emergency has cropped us that has stopped them going and they pass on their tickets.
I always go to Swansea for the weekend or stay over when it’s midweek. Even if only a few hundred had picked up their tickets in advance it would have reduced the queues on the night of the game. Ticket pick ups wouldn’t wouldn’t require a city Centre location either.
Anyway, my view is that everyone should get their ticket sent as per the current system. There could be random sample ID checks on the way into the ground if this was necessary. The checks in advance of the game in city centre locations failed in the end. The solution should fix the problem which was a small minority selling on tickets with no intention of going to the game. I am against a system that is designed to catch out people who’ve bought tickets in good faith but an emergency has cropped us that has stopped them going and they pass on their tickets.
There were no queues for Celtic collections on the night of the game, everyone queued up fro 2/3 hours during the day.
I know what point you were trying to make and it was rubbish, especially with the paper wrist band that would not last long, and the assumption that fans have any time to queue at the 5 hr each way aways. 250 may stay over for Bournemouth from the NW, and maybe 50 tops for Swansea. You must have be glutton for punishment if you stayed over 4 nights in Swansea that year.
RACHACE
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Norwich maybe the best one to try it out on late KO and no trains back so a lot may stay over.
Saying that I’m totally against it
I'll be very surprised if checks are made on more than 4 Premier league away games this season.
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There were no queues for Celtic collections on the night of the game, everyone queued up fro 2/3 hours during the day.
I know what point you were trying to make and it was rubbish, especially with the paper wrist band that would not last long, and the assumption that fans have any time to queue at the 5 hr each way aways. 250 may stay over for Bournemouth from the NW, and maybe 50 tops for Swansea. You must have be glutton for punishment if you stayed over 4 nights in Swansea that year.
There were still queues for a Celtic tickets around teatime because I was in one mate.
I think the wrist bands were shite anyway. If you’ve travelled. 5 hours each way to an away game I’m sure you’ve got 2 minutes to tell some ticket checker your name and the first line of your address.