Wembley tickets

[Shrimp and two veg]

Does anyone think that it is just a coincidence that Mark Ives CEO of the National League resigned with immediate effect for family and personal reasons on 16 April?

As far as I can see the Playoff dates were confirmed on 20 February and TFL publish engineering work closures at least 6 months in advance. Yesterday, they published planned works week by week up to the end of November. So this lot of work would have been known at end of last November.

The whole timetable has been a farce. The last games should have been played on Saturday 3rd May, the eliminators by 6th May and semis by 13 May, and the final at a ground other than Wembley.

Clearly because of the engineering works, the NL has been allocated the duff date of 1June as every other game has been given priority - is this why the FA Cup final was played last weekend before the end of the season?

Anyway who is running the NL at the moment? Their silence on this debacle is deafening. Not one announcement from them as far as I can see. Just let the clubs take all the flack.

Well said agree, then on June 1st theyll be back slapping on their socials. Disgusting to treat two sets of fans that have been through the ringer, whilst they sit there demanding a mill and docking points.
Hate this league. Not in the spirit of non league football in the slightest.

 

[techfire1]

Surely a repeat of the scenes of the Euro 2020 final will be on the cards due to this ****show?

 

[Richard Hearn]

Don’t mind my seats but if there was a chance to change then I would

This is exactly why I wanted to speak to a person on the phone. I finally managed to get my tickets online but being a useless tw*t I thought that the furthest round that was available was block 115 on the corner. Now I find that I could have got side seats (which I infinitely prefer) so were there an opportunity to swap, I would. But no doubt that would prove too difficult.

 

[RONMARTINOUT]

Don't disagree with you on that, my point was about the guy picking at people for their level of support.

It is embarrassing and someone needs to be held accountable for this shocking debacle and it certainly isn't Southend United or Oldham Athletic.

No one was picking on anyone. I got told that “I should have bought a season ticket” embarrassing

 

[fredheim_holm]

Surely a repeat of the scenes of the Euro 2020 final will be on the cards due to this ****show?

Certainly more risky turning away 20k passionate fans, a good few thousand will turn up regardless and that atmosphere might not be pretty.

 

[Shrimper]

National League haven't tweeted about the ticket fiasco. Shows how much they care.

 

[fredheim_holm]

National League haven't tweeted about the ticket fiasco. Shows how much they care.

Hard for them to say they're disappointed at the outcome when they're the ones to blame. Silence says it all.

 

[geoffmundo]

National League haven't tweeted about the ticket fiasco. Shows how much they care.

To be fair, they are probably not aware there’s a final coming…..

 

[Ricey]

No one was picking on anyone. I got told that “I should have bought a season ticket” embarrassing

I didn't say you were picking on anyone, I said you were picking at people. You were saying people didn't deserve to go because they hadn't been to home and away games.

 

[RONMARTINOUT]

I didn't say you were picking on anyone, I said you were picking at people. You were saying people didn't deserve to go because they hadn't been to home and away games.

No, I said that ST holders friends and family don’t deserve to go over non ST holders who have gone to home and away games.

 

[Ricey]

No, I said that ST holders friends and family don’t deserve to go over non ST holders who have gone to home and away games.

Same thing!

 

[Worcester Shrimper64]

This whole charade is disgraceful. Don't agree with the club letting season ticket holders having 4 tickets. Should have been 2 Max. There are many loyal fans all around the country. I have loved this club for 53 years and still go to many away games with my 89 year old Dad, who was watching them pre-Roots hall days. People who don't live close and are genuine fans are being punished for not living in Essex. I can bet that many for those 4 tickets per season ticket holders are going to people who want a day out at Wembley and not bothered whether we win or not. I love this club and always will but this is leaving a very bitter taste in my mouth indeed. I don't believe the club has handled the situation very well. This would have probably have been my Dads last ever Southend game. Also I have got the car park at Wembley booked. Are the club going to reimburse everyone who can't go. I don't think so. I am not sure I want them to win now as its looking like we won't be there. I do not want to hear where everyone will be sitting. Its just winding everyone up, please stop.

 

[Ricey]

This whole charade is disgraceful. Don't agree with the club letting season ticket holders having 4 tickets. Should have been 2 Max. There are many loyal fans all around the country. I have loved this club for 53 years and still go to many away games with my 89 year old Dad, who was watching them pre-Roots hall days. People who don't live close and are genuine fans are being punished for not living in Essex. I can bet that many for those 4 tickets per season ticket holders are going to people who want a day out at Wembley and not bothered whether we win or not. I love this club and always will but this is leaving a very bitter taste in my mouth indeed. I don't believe the club has handled the situation very well. This would have probably have been my Dads last ever Southend game. Also I have got the car park at Wembley booked. Are the club going to reimburse everyone who can't go. I don't think so. I am not sure I want them to win now as its looking like we won't be there. I do not want to hear where everyone will be sitting. Its just winding everyone up, please stop.

Why should they? You chose to book a parking space before you secured a ticket. I didn't buy my parking until I knew that I had secured tickets.

 

[RONMARTINOUT]

This whole charade is disgraceful. Don't agree with the club letting season ticket holders having 4 tickets. Should have been 2 Max. There are many loyal fans all around the country. I have loved this club for 53 years and still go to many away games with my 89 year old Dad, who was watching them pre-Roots hall days. People who don't live close and are genuine fans are being punished for not living in Essex. I can bet that many for those 4 tickets per season ticket holders are going to people who want a day out at Wembley and not bothered whether we win or not. I love this club and always will but this is leaving a very bitter taste in my mouth indeed. I don't believe the club has handled the situation very well. This would have probably have been my Dads last ever Southend game. Also I have got the car park at Wembley booked. Are the club going to reimburse everyone who can't go. I don't think so. I am not sure I want them to win now as its looking like we won't be there. I do not want to hear where everyone will be sitting. Its just winding everyone up, please stop.

I agreed with all of it apart from not wanting them to win. The boys deserve to win, but my issue is that it will be infront of people who should not be there because of the 4 per ST allocation

 

[southendkid]

Does anyone think that it is just a coincidence that Mark Ives CEO of the National League resigned with immediate effect for family and personal reasons on 16 April?

Genuinely seems like a coincidence to me. The 2023 playoff final between Notts County and Chesterfield was only 38,000, and that was one of the better attended playoff matches.

It's only because the two best supported sides in the league have got to the final that this is an issue, and you'd have gotten very long odds that this would be the final when Mark Ives resigned.

 

[Worcester Shrimper64]

This is exactly why I wanted to speak to a person on the phone. I finally managed to get my tickets online but being a useless tw*t I thought that the furthest round that was available was block 115 on the corner. Now I find that I could have got side seats (which I infinitely prefer) so were there an opportunity to swap, I would. But no doubt that would prove too difficult.

Stop Discussing about where you are sitting. You have got a ticket. Just to let you know that thousands of us will be sitting on the sofa watching. Shut it.

 

[kaymac]

To be fair, they are probably not aware there’s a final coming…..

On Weds night there was a match report on the Natl League website stating FGR had reached the final after winning 2-1 !! After a couple of minutes that report was removed….says it all about how amateurish they are as an organisation.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

There is going to be plenty of tickets left tomorrow. Just make sure you join the queue early and you will get pretty much straight in.
I joined at 11:15am today and had tickets by 12:10pm.

 

[RONMARTINOUT]

Why should they? You chose to book a parking space before you secured a ticket. I didn't buy my parking until I knew that I had secured tickets.

We get it mate. You got a ticket and don’t care that others have to travel from across the country and put travel arrangements in place.

 

[Barling Magna]

There is going to be plenty of tickets left tomorrow. Just make sure you join the queue early and you will get pretty much straight in.
I joined at 11:15am today and had tickets by 12:10pm.

Do you mean the online queue or the actual in person queue?