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Barrett

I'm actually on the way down to Goodison Park right now to start queing for my FA Cup Semi Final ticket right now!

Apparently there are in excess of over 150 people queing already and it's only 1:49am!!!!

It's going to be a long night tonight! Sad

ToffeeDan · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 2148 Location: Wirral

Good luck mate, hope you got one!

See you there - Wembley that is!

Barrett · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:38 pm Post subject:

Finally got into work around 10:15am!

Got to Goodison at around 2:25am and the que was about 100 strong then.

At around 4:30am the que grew to around 300.

Someone then got a football out and it was a laugh with quite a few people 'trying' to show off their football skills with one little fat kid whacking the ball as hard as he could everywhere.

At around 7:30am the que was taken into the Park End Stand where we qued until the ticket office opened.

Early estimations are that there were around 700-800 when the ticket office opened.

Got my ticket around 8:50am so in the end I qued up for just under 7 hours!!!!

Nearly falling asleep in work here too! Sad

Mikey B · Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 36

Glad you got your ticket. It was like that at Fratton last year when we were in the semi!

Geddon · Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 1044 Location: Bristol

Congrats mate, glad you managed to get your hands on a ticket.

I thought I was going to have to do the same for Cardiff away this season, but they staggered the tickets so that season tickets who'd been to at least ten away games got first choice, so there were only 100 or so of us there on the first day

paulo · Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 1098 Location: Norwich, NR7

Well done mate. I cant believe these prem teams dont use a ballot system. We have been doing it for years! Saves queuing!

Auchinleckian · Forum Moderator Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4352

I never had that problem at Blundell Park when we drew Shrewsbury at home in the semi final of the Group Cup.

matt blue · Joined: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 1528 Location: Coity

Geddon wrote:

Congrats mate, glad you managed to get your hands on a ticket.

I thought I was going to have to do the same for Cardiff away this season, but they staggered the tickets so that season tickets who'd been to at least ten away games got first choice, so there were only 100 or so of us there on the first day

I was really shocked that the swansea tickets had to go on general sale, especially with it being hte last every derby at ninian park, programmes were a nightmare, 4,000 printed for a 20,000 crowd !!

grimsbybarralad · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 223

Auchinleckian wrote:

I never had that problem at Blundell Park when we drew Shrewsbury at home in the semi final of the Group Cup.