Battle of the Ports

I think a lot of fans are waiting on the out come from Thursday match before buying tickets. if we win or draw they be banging on the ticket office door early Friday morning

A risky game to play.

Les Miserable wrote:

A risky game to play.

exactly if tickets are going fast now they arent going to be that many left to sell come friday. Unless the club are prepared to open all the ground with a segregated area separating home and away that the club and such will insist on.

Tgwu wrote:

I think a lot of fans are waiting on the out come from Thursday match before buying tickets. if we win or draw they be banging on the ticket office door early Friday morning

My thinking also.

On the news last night they said the cllub have sold 11,000 for the home leg.

I am hoping Arggyle do not get thrased at Pompey so at least there is something to play for in the second leg.

Of course, that all depends on what Argyle side turn up for the two Semi-Final games.

Angry wrote:

Les Miserable wrote:

A risky game to play.

exactly if tickets are going fast now they arent going to be that many left to sell come friday. Unless the club are prepared to open all the ground with a segregated area separating home and away that the club and such will insist on.

There is only 1 block that is not open, which is block 20, It is a poor turnout of ST holders

Tgwu wrote:

Angry wrote:

Les Miserable wrote:

A risky game to play.

exactly if tickets are going fast now they arent going to be that many left to sell come friday. Unless the club are prepared to open all the ground with a segregated area separating home and away that the club and such will insist on.

There is only 1 block that is not open, which is block 20, It is a poor turnout of ST holders

As Lordy says, paying full price like us schmucks doesn't appeal to them

The Pilgrims and Pompey will be watched by well over 30,000 people across the ties at Fratton Park and Home Park, a total which would beat the 28,669 who watched Huddersfield Town and Lincoln City across two legs in 2004.

The Hampshire club has a maximum capacity just north of 18,900 for Thursday night, while Argyle are expecting to have around 15,500 inside Home Park on Sunday.

from brent news paper

Tgwu wrote:

The Pilgrims and Pompey will be watched by well over 30,000 people across the ties at Fratton Park and Home Park, a total which would beat the 28,669 who watched Huddersfield Town and Lincoln City across two legs in 2004.

The Hampshire club has a maximum capacity just north of 18,900 for Thursday night, while Argyle are expecting to have around 15,500 inside Home Park on Sunday.

from brent news paper

Could easily have been 20,000, where's Tis when you need him?

Les Miserable wrote:

Tgwu wrote:

Angry wrote:

Les Miserable wrote:

A risky game to play.

exactly if tickets are going fast now they arent going to be that many left to sell come friday. Unless the club are prepared to open all the ground with a segregated area separating home and away that the club and such will insist on.

There is only 1 block that is not open, which is block 20, It is a poor turnout of ST holders

As Lordy says, paying full price like us schmucks doesn't appeal to them

Direct debit plastics, Les

The same animals as Brenty. Mustn't change the careful annual budget set by the family at the start of the year. Nothing happens in humdrum land that is not foreseen. Perish the thought

Les Miserable wrote:

Tgwu wrote:

Angry wrote:

Les Miserable wrote:

A risky game to play.

exactly if tickets are going fast now they arent going to be that many left to sell come friday. Unless the club are prepared to open all the ground with a segregated area separating home and away that the club and such will insist on.

There is only 1 block that is not open, which is block 20, It is a poor turnout of ST holders

As Lordy says, paying full price like us schmucks doesn't appeal to them

What happens in the real world of course is that loads of plastics want to see this game - many of them wanting to sit with their season ticket holding mates. So those season ticket holding mates (like me) don't take up their actual season ticket seat, but move to an area where there are lots of available seats together.

Hence seats from season ticket holders becoming 'available'.

Season ticket holders should be rewarded for their loyalty by getting in free on their ST for home play off semi finals...I'm sure LB will second that.

Charlie Wood wrote:

Season ticket holders should be rewarded for their loyalty by getting in free on their ST for home play off semi finals...I'm sure LB will second that.

The play-offs were the last thing I wanted but now feeling a growing excitement about tomorrow's game. At this level, it doesn't get much bigger than Argo v Pompey in the play-offs.....and we've been desperately starved of big games in recent years.

Just hope we get close to selling out the Milton End, which sounded a fair way off yesterday.

ETA in Portsmouth of 3pm.

A few people I know that went to the league game last month aren't bothering with this one, mainly through the logistics of a Thursday night game in a place that's a bit of a ball ache to return from, especially by train.

Innocent Egbunike wrote:

The play-offs were the last thing I wanted but now feeling a growing excitement about tomorrow's game. At this level, it doesn't get much bigger than Argo v Pompey in the play-offs.....and we've been desperately starved of big games in recent years.

Just hope we get close to selling out the Milton End, which sounded a fair way off yesterday.

ETA in Portsmouth of 3pm.

I would have gone but no train back and didnt want a dry trip

Charlie Wood wrote:

Season ticket holders should be rewarded for their loyalty by getting in free on their ST for home play off semi finals...I'm sure LB will second that.

It was a bit of a tough call in our household.
Me and the Junior DRF have been season ticket holders for the past 2 seasons.
The excitement of the season has been tinged with disappointment at blowing our chance of going up automatically.
Once we knew that we'd be ending up in the playoffs, we had a discussion about whether we would attend the semi final or not.
It was a join decision that we'd watch it on the TV. The logistics of evening matches and the potential for disorder sort of swayed the decision.
We'll be at Wembley should we get there. Wouldn't pass up an opportunity like that for the young lads.

I can understand that logic Beeb. In Warnock's year, I went to every home game (POTD) and 6 away games. I decided I would rather listen to the play off final radio commentary rather than traipse up to Wembury with a bunch of ST plastics and get ripped off in Capitalist Central

Elias wrote:

Innocent Egbunike wrote:

The play-offs were the last thing I wanted but now feeling a growing excitement about tomorrow's game. At this level, it doesn't get much bigger than Argo v Pompey in the play-offs.....and we've been desperately starved of big games in recent years.

Just hope we get close to selling out the Milton End, which sounded a fair way off yesterday.

ETA in Portsmouth of 3pm.

I would have gone but no train back and didnt want a dry trip

Absolutely fair enough - easier for me from London and even then, I'm staying over as it's over 2 hours to get back.

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Any idea on number of tickets left for tomorrow night?

What's happening to me. I've just bought 2 tickets for tomorrow night. I must be turning plastic :O

Chemical Ali wrote:

Any idea on number of tickets left for tomorrow night?

No, Portsmouth do not put up a seating plan, They give us 3,000 so 2,300 might be the total we sell