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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 04 Jan 18 2.06pm Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

Interesting thought on why it seems so few are going from both sides.

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Am I the only one to think the club has deliberately failed to promote this game? After what happened in the league match, I think they want as low a crowd as possible to contain any trouble and avoid the ball-ache of dealing with large numbers of rival supporters. They have alreafy restricted the Palace allocation for this reason (as they did for the league game - despite other clubs coping perfectly well with games against rival teams with full allocations for both sets of fans).

For Premier League clubs, gate receipts only form a tiny fraction of revenue, dwarfed by TV money. The club will also save on stewarding costs, etc. They would have known the attendance would be low given it's Monday night, on TV and the lack of interest in the FA Cup, yet ticket prices are high at £25 and there are only five loyalty points up for grabs. If we had been playing another EPL club, say Burnley or Swansea, tickets would have been £15 and there'd be 15 loyalty points (there has been as many as 20 for home cup games in the past).

I think Paul Barber looked at this fixture and basically didn't fancy it. Wouldn't be surprised if this was done in coordination with the police, who certainly wouldn't have fancied it given their balls ups in the previous game (forgetting such basics as having officers on the Palace turnstiles and then lying about Palace fans having knives and knuckledusters, presumably to cover for their ineptitude). There has also been a distinct lack of marketing around this fixture.

It's massively disappointing that the stadium will only be half full. What message will this send to the players? If the club were at all concerned they would pull their finger out and change the loyalty points allocation. It seems pretty clear they are only interested in the sanitised, family-friendly version of the game and a match against our biggest rivals is too much of a problem for them to be bothered with."

 


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View spartakev2's Profile spartakev2 Flag Anerley 04 Jan 18 2.13pm Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

Do they really need to 'promote' the game. If they do, then the rivalry between the teams has died somewhat.
End of thd day it's a Monday night game, with the possibility of trouble, which is on TV and is likely to be played against two reserve sides. Plus fans havd paid out enough over the festive period watching games.
I am suprised they're selling tickets for £25 though

 

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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 04 Jan 18 2.16pm Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

Originally posted by spartakev2

Do they really need to 'promote' the game. If they do, then the rivalry between the teams has died somewhat.
End of thd day it's a Monday night game, with the possibility of trouble, which is on TV and is likely to be played against two reserve sides. Plus fans havd paid out enough over the festive period watching games.
I am suprised they're selling tickets for £25 though


I think thats the point he's making...they (the club) seem to have gone out of their way to make it unappealing to both sets of fans...they still have almost 11,000 tickets left!!

 


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View Username's Profile Username Flag Horsham 04 Jan 18 2.35pm Send a Private Message to Username Add Username as a friend

Don't think it's got much to do with trouble, more likely that the teams don't want to get people too excited about a match that could feature half strength sides.

 


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View alaneagle1's Profile alaneagle1 Flag Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 04 Jan 18 2.36pm Send a Private Message to alaneagle1 Add alaneagle1 as a friend

As I’ve mentioned on a previous thread it would have been the same at Selhurst.
3rd Round Of Cup on a Monday “Live on BT” therefore low crowd.

 


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Originally posted by alaneagle1

As I’ve mentioned on a previous thread it would have been the same at Selhurst.
3rd Round Of Cup on a Monday “Live on BT” therefore low crowd.

Against Brighton I don't think that's true. What I do know is that the behaviour of BHA and the Police in all previous experiences I have had at the AMEX are what stopped me going to the last match or in all probability any future matches there.

If they had wanted to fill the venue they could have put in some effort, welcomed fans, made the transport less problematic and put out the banners. It's Brighton, they could even have laid on entertainment on the way to the match. I agree that they have chosen to keep this low profile and that is in line with their grudging acceptance of away fans throughout the history of the AMEX.

 

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View BillyH's Profile BillyH Flag 05 Jan 18 7.37pm Send a Private Message to BillyH Add BillyH as a friend

The Brighton travel arrangement is pretty amazing for away fans with the zone covered by the match day ticket. Can't do more than that. Completely agree with it being a Monday, on telly and train rubbish though.

 

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What's the latest from the RMT?

 


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So there will be a strike against Southern Rail on Monday. I hope the Sussex Police are satisfied.

 


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