FA Cup Semi Final draw - Brighton

[Prestwich_Blue]

I remember when Wigan used to charge us £25 and give us that whole end behind the goal, which we filled with about 5k. Then one season Whelan put the tickets up to £40 and we only took a third of that number. Next season it was back to £25.

Semi-finals at Wembley kicking off at 5:30 with a northern team involved and asking silly prices are ridiculous and the quicker the FA realise this the better. So I won't be in the least embarrassed to see loads of empty seats because that might help hammer the point home.

 

[paulchapo]

I remember when Wigan used to charge us £25 and give us that whole end behind the goal, which we filled with about 5k. Then one season Whelan put the tickets up to £40 and we only took a third of that number. Next season it was back to £25.

Semi-finals at Wembley kicking off at 5:30 with a northern team involved and asking silly prices are ridiculous and the quicker the FA realise this the better. So I won't be in the least embarrassed to see loads of empty seats because that might help hammer the point home.

The club missed a trick. We are the richest club in the world, they want our support, how about supporting us by helping us out a bit?

 

[Rolee]

because that might help hammer the point home.

It should but the problem is it won't, it will be used as a stick to beat us with.

 

[meet me at the 109]

Last time half of our crowd didn't turn up we lost to Lyon, ger yer arses to Wembley you would if it was utd so no excuse bout it being at Wembley!!

 

[Shirley]

The club missed a trick. We are the richest club in the world, they want our support, how about supporting us by helping us out a bit?

We have a very rich owner but we are not the richest club in the world, that honour goes to the swamp.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Somewhere else,i don't care.

Wembley should be for finals.

Fair enough. It’s just that Brighton in a semi final would probably be at Arsenal or the new Spuds ground so all the criticism of KO time and getting in and out of London would still be true.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

It should but the problem is it won't, it will be used as a stick to beat us with.

I'm sure we'll be crying all the way to the trophy parade.

 

[Rolee]

I'm sure we'll be crying all the way to the trophy parade.

Don't jinx us ffs!

 

[FantasyIreland]

Fair enough. It’s just that Brighton in a semi final would probably be at Arsenal or the new Spuds ground so all the criticism of KO time and getting in and out of London would still be true.

Yep,while that is a pain,my thinking is more down to sentiment and the fact it devalues the stadium as a reward venue.

 

[M18CTID]

It should but the problem is it won't, it will be used as a stick to beat us with.

You never know - it just might. Why? Well think back to the 2012-13 season when we were being charged £62 for Arsenal away and we didn't take up the full allocation. What started as little more than a piss-take of our support in the media when reporting the story morphed into something else which got picked up by the Football Supporters Federation and the Twentys Plenty campaign was launched which resulted in fan groups of all clubs coming together which further down the line a few years later led to a £30 cap being imposed on Premier League away tickets.

The weird thing about that Arsenal game though is that it was only because of the club's own hastiness in returning some of the tickets that led to us becoming the catalyst for cheaper PL away tickets. At the point that the unsold Arsenal tickets were sent back, there was still a week or so to go until the match but because it was just after Christmas the sales were a little sluggish, and I've little doubt that we would've sold out the full allocation anyway. However, it was reported as an organised boycott by City fans (which it wasn't - it was just down to individual choice) which wasn't a bad thing as it led to something more significant that travelling fans up and down the country could benefit from.