You are invited ….. to join us at our first CPISA AGM with VIP guests This is a free event and is open to Palace fans so why not come along and help us make the evening a memorable one.

We’ve have arranged for Paddy McCarthy to join us. He will share his invaluable insights on the academy and first team progress as well as answering your questions in a Q&A session.

We’re pleased to confirm that we’ll also be joined by Matt Woosnam, the specialist Palace journalist from The Athletic, to give us his thoughts on this season and the future as well being available for a second Q&A session.

Palace have kindly donated an academy tour to raffle on the night for donations and we will be raising money for Palace for Life. Please help us to support this fabulous cause. We don’t have a card machine but you’ll be able to buy tickets or donate with cash or via your PayPal account. The winner will be drawn on the night.

If you would like to join our committee, we’ll be giving details of what this entails and how to apply on the night.

The meeting will be on Weds 8th May in Speroni’s at CPFC.
Doors open at 6:30pm meeting starts at 7:00pm

To book your place simply email us at info@cpisa.co.uk. and we’ll send you a reference number to bring along on the night. This is an all seat event, however, seating is unreserved so will be on a ‘first come first served’ basis. The bar will be open and tea and coffee and light refreshments will also be available.

We look forward to seeing you.

Crystal Palace Independent Supporters Association
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Particularly interesting reference the clampdown on people selling season / matchday tickets to others outside of official channels & the club cancelling the season tickets of those found to be responsible - I did notice a reference to a number of final warnings for this practice so it would appear that at least some people have been given a chance to redeem themselves, as it were.

I wouldn't say that 'some people have been given a chance to redeem themselves' they are just lucky that the club decided not to cancel their season tickets and issue warnings instead.

The concern for the club, other than away fans in home areas, was the possibility of protesters or terrorists gaining entry.
The club conceded it was an ongoing battle.

Ticket Touting in general is being dealt with by the club- the club had investigated following work by CPISA identifying websites selling tickets for Palace matches at inflated prices.
The club were able to block hundreds of tickets for the Manchester City match and stopped many for the West Ham match. The club also blocked and cancelled many accounts. There was a mixture of individual and organised crime involved (although some organised crime is from overseas so more difficult to investigate/ stop.

One website showed match tickets up for sale in the the Liverpool away end prior to tickets being put on sale to Palace supporters. The club believed this was Palace supporters anticipating obtaining tickets for the match and placing them for sale in advance?

The club stopped tickets at the Newcastle match, also identified some Fulham away tickets up for sale. As the tickets sold out at a high points level the club deduced the seller would have to be a season ticket holder.

The club will continue to investigate ticket touting and anyone found to have bought tickets for the Manchester United or Aston Villa matches from unacceptable sources would have their tickets cancelled without a refund.

Thanks for the info Pierre. As Nick says - an interesting read.

After the announcement of our new shirt sponsor Net88 and the level of disquiet from fans, CPISA wrote to the club to raise concerns and have had a response.
Here’s a link to the emails, [Link]
Needless to say we were disappointed by the Chief Commercial Officer’s response and have confirmed this as an agenda item for our next meeting on 9th July where we’ll be expecting the issues to be addressed in more detail.

Edited by Pierre (21 Jun 2024 9.04am)

That is indeed a disappointing response from the Chief Commercial Officer.

I think the pertinent questions ( which I am sure you have considered for your next meeting with the club ), is why are Palace even talking to these people ? As a long established Premier League club is that the best we can expect in terms of sponsorship ?

I look forward to hearing the outcome...best wishes...

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