1 hour ago, benjsross said:

Southampton havent sold out either

I take zero comfort with that. They have train fares and petrol money to take into consideration we should be able to sell 33.000 tickets comfortably.

Wembley is a ball ache to get out of. I would have expected the tourist fans and those not able to attend SB regularly to snap the tickets up, but as with other regulars, I had no desire to go and wait 2 hours to get a tube or train out of the place, not for a semi final anyway.

For the charity shield I trialled driving to near the ground....that was also a huge mistake. 

I am strongly against using Wembley for semis...and dread it if we relocated there for the stadium rebuild.

I still find it strange how little effort the club are making to sell the remaining tickets to be honest.

They haven't even bothered to update the specific selling page to show that members and ST holders can buy an extra 2 tickets as of Monday; the only way you would know that, is if you clicked on the general news article titled "Tickets Together" which is a general update on ticket info for 3 games. The article is now buried by various other more recent articles. 

You would think they would be going all out advertising it, perhaps even sending emails to members & ST holders to make them aware. 

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by mclovin83

1 hour ago, nonotnowjim said:

Wembley is a ball ache to get out of. I would have expected the tourist fans and those not able to attend SB regularly to snap the tickets up, but as with other regulars, I had no desire to go and wait 2 hours to get a tube or train out of the place, not for a semi final anyway.

For the charity shield I trialled driving to near the ground....that was also a huge mistake. 

I am strongly against using Wembley for semis...and dread it if we relocated there for the stadium rebuild.

You’d have thought with all the time and money spent they would have improved the local infrastructure to deal with the vast crowds leaving at the end of the match. But what do they care? By that point you e had your day out so f**k off home as the song goes!

I hate Wembley for the semis but to be honest we’d probably be playing in the emirates or even worse be sent to the bloody midlands for the match otherwise. They aren’t too any stadiums in the south east outside of London I can think of that could host a semi final. 

On 13/04/2018 at 20:19, bluehaze said:

I take zero comfort with that. They have train fares and petrol money to take into consideration we should be able to sell 33.000 tickets comfortably.

Convinced my neighbour and his three lads to go next Sunday for a day out, 6996 to shift now, putting an advert in local corner shop later! don't want to see empty seats in our end.

6 hours ago, chi blue said:

Convinced my neighbour and his three lads to go next Sunday for a day out, 6996 to shift now, putting an advert in local corner shop later! don't want to see empty seats in our end.

Good work!

I am trying to convince as many to go as possible too...

Would be intrigued to know how many tickets we got left. 

On the Southampton website you can get an idea as it shows you what sections have sold out, obviously ours gives no information at all...

United have now sold out after opening it up to members. 

The club still haven't thought it a good idea to update the selling page to reflect the fact ST holders & members can buy an extra 2 tickets from Monday. 

http://www.chelseafc.com/tickets-membership/tickets-home.html#match=none\

Meanwhile Twitter is still a wash with people hunting for spares as they aren't aware they can get them via the club.

We really don't help ourselves.... 

lol genuinely can't believe people can't be arsed for a semi-final. What pub is it these days? Last time I was there a few years ago now it was the Globe I think?

17 minutes ago, buzzcfc said:

lol genuinely can't believe people can't be arsed for a semi-final. What pub is it these days? Last time I was there a few years ago now it was the Globe I think?

The Globe is always Chelsea when we are at Wembley.

Around Wembley we will get allocated pubs by the police, dependent on the side of Wembley we are allocated. We are on the side that has the Torch- decent and very close to the stadium. 

Cheers. Will head to The Torch then.

Only seats in the £80 price group remaining now. Maybe we will sell out after all...

6 hours ago, mclovin83 said:

The Globe is always Chelsea when we are at Wembley.

Around Wembley we will get allocated pubs by the police, dependent on the side of Wembley we are allocated. We are on the side that has the Torch- decent and very close to the stadium. 

Yes torch this year, as green man is saints pub, should be up at the torch by 11:30, knocking on my local spoons door at 7am for breakfast, then 2 hour train journey

6 hours ago, mclovin83 said:

Only seats in the £80 price group remaining now. Maybe we will sell out after all...

I bloody hope so mate

Shame we haven’t got the green man. Great time at the semi and final last year, must get a good couple of thousand inside and out.

20 hours ago, Richard P said:

Shame we haven’t got the green man. Great time at the semi and final last year, must get a good couple of thousand inside and out.

yes it was great in the garden there semi and final last year, mind you outside in the sun on sunday at the torch should be good. "celery celery"

Finally sold out now.

2 hours ago, boomerdog said:

Finally sold out now.

Relax now, no piss take from oppo fans, seen saints got 7.5k unsold still

2 hours ago, chi blue said:

Relax now, no piss take from oppo fans, seen saints got 7.5k unsold still

How do you know how many? 

8 hours ago, mclovin83 said:

How do you know how many? 

Went on their forum saints web, and they're moaning like f**k about it, obviously Pompey are loving it

1 hour ago, chi blue said:

Went on their forum saints web, and they're moaning like f**k about it, obviously Pompey are loving it

Haha, it's nice to sit back and relax knowing we have sold out now (by the skin of our teeth!). 

And we didn't moan at all 

2 hours ago, Valerie said:

And we didn't moan at all 

Not me, I was well chilled, knew we would sell out all along, who wouldn't want to go to Wembley on a sunny Sunday and watch our free flowing, interchanging fluid side. It will be just like watching Brazil!!!!

Well spuds are betting Manchester, god if they win and we do I would hate the thought of losing the final to them.

Take that back it's 1-1.

2 hours ago, Bluesince66 said:

Well spuds are betting Manchester, god if they win and we do I would hate the thought of losing the final to them.

If we win tomorrow then I make it Arsenal and us have made 10 finals each since they last made one. 

Edited April 21, 20188 yr by benjsross