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Post by Imposter on Mar 24, 2023 17:23:38 GMT
Let's get this show on the road.
433 tickets initially. On sale to STH 10am Monday.
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Post by m14hatter on Mar 24, 2023 21:03:34 GMT
Looking forward to this one. Making a weekend of it in London with some uni mates. The first batch of tickets seem to be in the side stand rather than the open end as well which is a bonus.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 24, 2023 21:29:25 GMT
Getting the train down from Scotland for this one on the Saturday morning. 5.5 hours into Kings Cross and then over to the Medway Riviera. Spending as little time as possible in Gillingham though, utter toilet of a place. Straight in and back out to London for a big boozy Saturday.
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Post by fenedgeexile on Mar 24, 2023 22:12:34 GMT
Only an initial 433? - looks like another stressful wait for all of us non-season ticket holding southern exiles to see if we can get a ticket.
I know Gillingham is a pain to get to from Stockport, but given recent attendances at southern games, I would have thought we would easily sell 433 tickets - that's pretty much a couple of coaches, the regulars on the trains, and us exiles.. I'm sure we took more than that to some NLN games.
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Post by AllyF on Mar 25, 2023 1:23:14 GMT
How reliable is the Avanti service now and is it worth the hassle? Following the news it does seem to have improved as long as there aren't strikes.
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 25, 2023 10:02:52 GMT
Only an initial 433? - looks like another stressful wait for all of us non-season ticket holding southern exiles to see if we can get a ticket. I know Gillingham is a pain to get to from Stockport, but given recent attendances at southern games, I would have thought we would easily sell 433 tickets - that's pretty much a couple of coaches, the regulars on the trains, and us exiles.. I'm sure we took more than that to some NLN games. Its just the distance you have to travel if you have the time and can afford it. Gillingham is no harder than a lot of sothern games to get to and driving its motorway nearly all the way. Prefer the delights of a ground near the town centre than an industrial estate type of thing like colchester. Thats nearer in mileage but might take longer getting too with far less on offer than gillingham has to give on arrival. As the seasons draws to a close in our present position you would think more would be making the effort to attend game after game.
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Post by The Real Exile on Mar 25, 2023 10:14:46 GMT
How reliable is the Avanti service now and is it worth the hassle? Following the news it does seem to have improved as long as there aren't strikes. It was dreadful last time I went for work, one train an hour and rammed, the way back was worse, I literally left the meeting on the dot fearing I would be stranded down there as there were 3 later trains already cancelled. Train back was so full there were older kids sitting on parents knees, disgrace for the price.
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Post by scfc73 on Mar 25, 2023 14:10:18 GMT
Getting the train down from Scotland for this one on the Saturday morning. 5.5 hours into Kings Cross and then over to the Medway Riviera. Spending as little time as possible in Gillingham though, utter toilet of a place. Straight in and back out to London for a big boozy Saturday. Scotland to Gillingham! That's hardcore, I take my hat off to you sir
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Post by malc on Mar 26, 2023 2:53:18 GMT
Getting the train down from Scotland for this one on the Saturday morning. 5.5 hours into Kings Cross and then over to the Medway Riviera. Spending as little time as possible in Gillingham though, utter toilet of a place. Straight in and back out to London for a big boozy Saturday. Agree Gillingham is awful but Rochester is quite nice. Dickens country.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 27, 2023 9:23:30 GMT
Tickets on sale now.
A few gone but still plenty left.
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 27, 2023 10:04:48 GMT
Tickets on sale now. A few gone but still plenty left. unless it's a big local game, tickets never go quick.
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Post by Imposter on Mar 27, 2023 12:22:53 GMT
Tickets on sale now. A few gone but still plenty left. unless it's a big local game, tickets never go quick. You won't be saying that when we win our next four whilst Carlisle, Stevenage, and Northampton all stutter, and then 1200 Orient tickets go on sale ๐๐คฃ๐
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 27, 2023 12:26:59 GMT
unless it's a big local game, tickets never go quick. You won't be saying that when we win our next four whilst Carlisle, Stevenage, and Northampton all stutter, and then 1200 Orient tickets go on sale ๐๐คฃ๐ I meant to put a "/" so big or local games
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Post by suedehead on Mar 27, 2023 12:48:55 GMT
Tickets on sale now. A few gone but still plenty left. unless it's a big local game, tickets never go quick. Which is why we need a tiered/loyalty scheme in place. Plenty won't have bothered with Colchester and Swindon and will swerve Gillingham, but will be all over Orient. It's understandable not everyone can attend all games, I get that. But those that can should get priority. What if we get Salford in the play offs and get another dismal 1000 allocation? Those who have been to the likes of Crawley, Newport, Colchester, Gills etc deserve the chance to buy tickets for that away leg over those who haven't. But that's not the case atm, it's just a big free for all with potentially 5k season ticket holders all in at the same time. We were in the exact same position 12 months ago with Wrexham tickets and nothing has changed. It's only really through the way the fixtures have fallen with long haul away games at the business end of the season we haven't got the scrambles we had last year. The club said they were looking to implement some kind of loyalty scheme this season (pretty sure it was said at the fans forum in July, or maybe in a Coop Q&A) but nothing has been announced yet.
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Post by dufflecoat on Mar 27, 2023 14:37:17 GMT
unless it's a big local game, tickets never go quick. Which is why we need a tiered/loyalty scheme in place. Plenty won't have bothered with Colchester and Swindon and will swerve Gillingham, but will be all over Orient. It's understandable not everyone can attend all games, I get that. But those that can should get priority. What if we get Salford in the play offs and get another dismal 1000 allocation? Those who have been to the likes of Crawley, Newport, Colchester, Gills etc deserve the chance to buy tickets for that away leg over those who haven't. But that's not the case atm, it's just a big free for all with potentially 5k season ticket holders all in at the same time. We were in the exact same position 12 months ago with Wrexham tickets and nothing has changed. It's only really through the way the fixtures have fallen with long haul away games at the business end of the season we haven't got the scrambles we had last year. The club said they were looking to implement some kind of loyalty scheme this season (pretty sure it was said at the fans forum in July, or maybe in a Coop Q&A) but nothing has been announced yet. Loyalty scheme feels like massive overkill Everyone panicked about away tickets at start of the season and current system has worked fine Pretty much everyone has been able to go to every away match they want to. Haven't seen anyone missing out on away games Just doesn't seem necessary at all.
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