Wembley tickets

[David Icke]

Echo: SOUTHEND United have now been given 21,500 tickets for their play-off final against Oldham Athletic at Wembley.
Scheduled engineering works on the trainline initially saw Blues given just 17,500 seats for next Sunday's game.
But that has now increased.
A club statement confirmed: "We have now received confirmation from Wembley Stadium that the enhancements to the rail services into Wembley Central and Wembley Stadium will enable the capacity for our promotion final to be increased to 48,000.
"That will increase our allocation to 21,500 plus tickets sold with coach packages.
"Please note these additional numbers need to be released in two tranches (due to some coding requirements that Wembley need to undertake).
"The first tranche has been released already, the second tranche will be release tomorrow - we will give some notice in relation to that.
At the time of writing this statement we have about 5,000 tickets to sell (over two tranches), yet we have 600 supporters queuing in the car park and 8,000 queuing online."
And Blues will therefore keep pushing for more tickets.
The statement added: "We are confident we could sell in excess of 35,000, so whilst we are pleased with the progress that has been made, we are still pushing all stakeholders to think creatively and to find solutions that can safely increase the capacity further.

 

[Chris Powell's mate]

I've emailed Piers Morgan, nothing to do with football, I just like to periodically remind him that he's a ****

Quite understandable.

 

[undercovershrimper]

queue is going down rapidly guess because people are giving up for now

 

[BedfordShrimper]

Hi guys. Apologies if this has been asked already as there are a lot of pages to go through here. I’ve managed to get my 1 ticket but had to buy the coach ticket. I couldn’t care less that I’ve paid the extra but have no intention of getting the coach as I live in Bedford. Do I let the club know? Just so happy got a ticket so hope I haven’t been naughty doing this.

 

[Beefy]

No luck. I got excited when we beat forest green and booked my coach from cardiff, as well as selling my ticket for England v West Indies (same day) off cheap. I feel a complete idiot now!!

You'll get there mate, there's a lot more to this saga.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Hi guys. Apologies if this has been asked already as there are a lot of pages to go through here. I’ve managed to get my 1 ticket but had to buy the coach ticket. I couldn’t care less that I’ve paid the extra but have no intention of getting the coach as I live in Bedford. Do I let the club know? Just so happy got a ticket so happy I haven’t been naughty doing this.

You won’t be the only one, congrats on getting your prized ticket.

 

[TrueBlue]

Sold out, the only good thing about that is it’s further proof to the powers that be we can sell many more!

 

[LeedsSUFC]

I've emailed Nigel Farage for help, don't want to let this rest, surely somebody will justify their actions and not hide behind H&S

That’ll do it! He cares so much about the public rather than his own wallet…

 

[Danshrimper]

No luck. I got excited when we beat forest green and booked my coach from cardiff, as well as selling my ticket for England v West Indies (same day) off cheap. I feel a complete idiot now!!

The total 21,500 (non-coach) allocation hasn’t all been released yet. The club have said they will be releasing more tomorrow once the additional tickets have been added to the system.

 

[GBJ]

If anyone sees day trippers wearing any other (probably premier league) clubs clobber, adults or kids, slap them.

Does this apply solely for our day out at Wembley, or can we do this at any time?

wonder how many scalpers have bought tickets

People keep saying this, but as yet I haven’t seen a single ticket being resold, let alone for a marked up price.

 

[Ricey]

Does this apply solely for our day out at Wembley, or can we do this at any time?



People keep saying this, but as yet I haven’t seen a single ticket being resold, let alone for a marked up price.

Should be punishable by death!

 

[Charisma]

Finally got tickets albeit with a coach package but 2 questions;
1) Will the email ticket include the Coach number and
2) Are all coaches stopping at the Watermill or do we have to request them to stop?

 

[Tommy2holes]

Mods should probably update this to reflect a sell out

 

[TrueBlue]

Mods should probably update this to reflect a sell out

Only sold out for now though

 

[Swiss Tony]

Does this apply solely for our day out at Wembley, or can we do this at any time?



People keep saying this, but as yet I haven’t seen a single ticket being resold, let alone for a marked up price.

As for your question I think carte Blanche is the right option N.

 

[ShrimperInTheShadows]

I'm in, but can't get a ticket. Just error messages.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Those who don't have tickets, don't give up. I feel we will get more.

 

[Shrimp Curry]

A quick note about Season Ticket holders, we all know this but it's worth remembering.

ST holders are the financial life blood of every lower league football club. It's money up front which goes a long way to allowing clubs to budget for the season and know where they stand etc.

Going to away games is very expensive and all that do it are hero's in my opinion but the reality is it doesn't put a single penny into the club's coffers, it all goes in other teams pockets plus the local pubs

This is why ST holders get priority on virtually everything, clubs have to protect and value them at all costs and this will never change.

I reckon we can expect a big jump in numbers next season after all this.

 

[Chaz SUFC]

Surely that's some serious ammunition to go to this apparent saftey group to get the allocation sorted and look for workarounds. How do you sell out a wembley final in 24 hours.....!!

 

[Holy Joe]

Hi guys. Apologies if this has been asked already as there are a lot of pages to go through here. I’ve managed to get my 1 ticket but had to buy the coach ticket. I couldn’t care less that I’ve paid the extra but have no intention of getting the coach as I live in Bedford. Do I let the club know? Just so happy got a ticket so happy I haven’t been naughty doing this.

Personally I wouldn't let them know, for now, as

(A) They may just cancel your order
(B) They may need to reduce the allocation elsewhere.

I'd wait until you actually have the ticket in your possession (Thursday) and see if there is any update from club. They should be anticipating this scenario so they may give some instruction on what to do in this situation - although equally they may not be able to say anything as they won't want to encourage those with coach tickets to travel by other means instead given the conditions put on the club to allow increased ticket allocation