Pilot Games - Cambridge United

[Essex2Wessex]

Interesting. And good news, although I don't know how widely it will be taken up at such short notice (and under what conditions). The rugby in Gloucester went ahead earlier this week with 1,000 spectators permitted. Fingers crossed by early October it'll be widespread tho.

(All credit to Germany though: their COVID official death toll is about a quarter of that of the UK, despite them having a much a rather larger population, so I don't think that's the best country to draw comparisons with. We're far closer to - but worse than - France or Italy, unfortunately)

 

[valefan16]

Looks like very few clubs are ready for this weekend, they got given 3 hours to confirm
If they had the safety signed off! Tranmere and Exeter for start have both said no fans this weekend.

 

[ShrimpsMeltdown]

We've also said no to fans this weekend.

 

[shoddycollins]

We've put in a request, we'd actually requested it before the Cambridge pilot was cancelled so I imagine we've already done some of the ground-work.

 

[hellogregory]

I hope we get fans in Saturday. The sooner we get match day income back the sooner we can go full time again and hopefully start competing on the pitch.

The way we’ve started the season it’s plain obvious that training part time is putting us at a huge disadvantage.

 

[Casey]

Crawley were given the go ahead (yesterday) for a pilot this weekend v Scunthorpe but the restrictions and processes were such that the club could not be ready for this weekend. From what was intimated the amount of fans would have been less than the amount of season ticket holders and so some sort of ballot would have been necessary...in four days!

Casey

 

[shoddycollins]

the amount of fans would have been less than the amount of season ticket holders

Less than six!?

Joking aside though, that was the reason why Cambridge cancelled their pilot. They had planned for 3000 fans and it was reduced with a couple days notice to 1000 and they decided it was best to just cancel it than try come up with a fair method to decide which of the fans who had already bought tickets would get to attend.

 

[Dan Phillips]

Makes sense to use the tinpot sides such as FGR, Carlisle and Morecambe to be the pilot games to see where it leaves the big boys like us, Bradford and Tranmere. Then the middle rabble as well. Oh, and Bolton.

 

[shoddycollins]

We've also said no to fans this weekend.

You sure?

 

[shoddycollins]

Makes sense to use the tinpot sides such as FGR, Carlisle and Morecambe to be the pilot games to see where it leaves the big boys like us, Bradford and Tranmere. Then the middle rabble as well. Oh, and Bolton.

Our early kick-off on Saturday means we'll be the first football league club to have fans attend since March, interestingly we were also the last football league club to have fans attend as we had a Tuesday night game right before games were initially postponed.

 

[hellogregory]

Quite surprised Tranmere said no. You'd think it would be easy for the big stadiums like Tranmere and Carlisle to organise it for 1000 fans to attend and stay apart from each other. Where as smaller grounds like Forest Green might take a bit more organising.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

Quite surprised Tranmere said no. You'd think it would be easy for the big stadiums like Tranmere and Carlisle to organise it for 1000 fans to attend and stay apart from each other. Where as smaller grounds like Forest Green might take a bit more organising.

Is it not something to do with having the right Covid safety certificates in place? Can't really commit to hosting a match at short notice without knowing you'll get a certificate.

 

[Laker]

Do Morecambe have more than a thousand season ticket holders?

 

[The Globule]

Do Morecambe have more than a thousand season ticket holders?

No, of course not. We have 700 +

I see Carlisle appear to be charging for these tickets for season ticket holders that have already paid for the match.

SOUTHEND TICKETS: First come, first served for the weekend game

Carlisle United have been given the go ahead by the EFL to use this weekend’s home game against Southend United as a ‘test event’ which will see up to 1,000 fans attend the game across all areas of the ground.

www.carlisleunited.co.uk

Luton have now backtracked saying they're not ready...

 

[hellogregory]

I’ve got my ticket for Saturday already. Looking forward to it despite the fact we’re shite.

 

[hellogregory]

I see Carlisle appear to be charging for these tickets for season ticket holders that have already paid for the match.

Not true.

Our season tickets were sold on the value of 22 games starting from the game on 3rd October, excluding this one as it was originally behind closed doors. So season ticket holders haven’t already paid for the match.

 

[shoddycollins]

No, of course not. We have 700 +

I see Carlisle appear to be charging for these tickets for season ticket holders that have already paid for the match.

SOUTHEND TICKETS: First come, first served for the weekend game

Carlisle United have been given the go ahead by the EFL to use this weekend’s home game against Southend United as a ‘test event’ which will see up to 1,000 fans attend the game across all areas of the ground.

www.carlisleunited.co.uk

Luton have now backtracked saying they're not ready...

We haven't paid for anything yet. Those ST holders who have paid so far (the club are still working their way through everyone) have only paid for games played from October onwards. It would be totally unfair to ask all ST holders to pay for this match and then only allow 1000 of them to attend.

A friend of mine who's a Shrewsbury fan left a work conference call without giving a reason so he could rush down to the stadium and queue.

 

[shoddycollins]

I’ve got my ticket for Saturday already. Looking forward to it despite the fact we’re shite.

I'm in the WRE so still waiting for my chance to get a ticket, what was the queue like?

 

[Carver]

Makes sense to use the tinpot sides such as Carlisle

If you mean in terms of how our club is run then yes, we are tinpot!

 

[hellogregory]

I'm in the WRE so still waiting for my chance to get a ticket, what was the queue like?

I got there about 20 past 3 and there were about 5 people in the queue and a few old blokes complaining because they couldn’t get their B stand tickets.

 

[shoddycollins]

I got there about 20 past 3 and there were about 5 people in the queue and a few old blokes complaining because they couldn’t get their B stand tickets.

It was a physical queue, didn't know that was an option, I plan to phone in.

 

[Carver]

a few old blokes complaining because they couldn’t get their B stand tickets.

Aww diddums..

 

[hellogregory]

It was a physical queue, didn't know that was an option, I plan to phone in.

I couldn’t be arsed being on hold so I just drove down. Plus in the website it did say go to the ticket office if you can as the phones will be mayhem.


A mate of mine has just got his paddock ticket by phone and was on hold for an hour and a half. I don’t know how local you are but it I were you I’d try and go down there rather than phone. And it’s the added bonus of not having to wait for Royal Mail to deliver it to you.

 

[shoddycollins]

I couldn’t be arsed being on hold so I just drove down. Plus in the website it did say go to the ticket office if you can as the phones will be mayhem.


A mate of mine has just got his paddock ticket by phone and was on hold for an hour and a half. I don’t know how local you are but it I were you I’d try and go down there rather than phone. And it’s the added bonus of not having to wait for Royal Mail to deliver it to you.

Fair dos... they didn't mention any other method on twitter. I'm about ten minutes walk, sounds like the way to do it.

With only 300 people in the Paddock I might be able to identify you. If I elimate anyone not moaning loudly then that should narrow it down to... about 300.

 

[hellogregory]

Fair dos... they didn't mention any other method on twitter. I'm about ten minutes walk, sounds like the way to do it.

With only 300 people in the Paddock I might be able to identify you. If I elimate anyone not moaning loudly then that should narrow it down to... about 300.

East stand ticket office, the outside one not the one upstairs.

 

[shoddycollins]

East stand ticket office, the outside one not the one upstairs.

They're taking their time to finish up with the Paddock. I'll bet that's just people phoning in then and nobody is at the ticket office, because most people will just have seen the tweet. They reckon that you shouldn't join the queue after six, well that means they've got an hour to finish selling the Paddock and then sell another three areas.

I'd head down now if I knew the WRE was definitely going to be next but if it's not it might end up not going on sale till tomorrow.

 

[hellogregory]

They're taking their time to finish up with the Paddock. I'll bet that's just people phoning in then and nobody is at the ticket office, because most people will just have seen the tweet. They reckon that you shouldn't join the queue after six, well that means they've got an hour to finish selling the Paddock and then sell another three areas.

I'd head down now if I knew the WRE was definitely going to be next but if it's not it might end up not going on sale till tomorrow.

Yeah I doubt they’ll sell out the paddock today. It will run into tomorrow morning I reckon. Probably just don’t want anyone joining the Q after 6 so they can all bugger off home on time.

 

[The Globule]

Not true.

Our season tickets were sold on the value of 22 games starting from the game on 3rd October, excluding this one as it was originally behind closed doors. So season ticket holders haven’t already paid for the match.

Good. Didn't realise any clubs were doing that. But does that mean you can't get the ifollow freebie before October?

 

[shoddycollins]

Good. Didn't realise any clubs were doing that. But does that mean you can't get the ifollow freebie before October?

Don't think it was ever implied that ST holders would get free ifollow

 

[The Globule]

Don't think it was ever implied that ST holders would get free ifollow

How do you mean?