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 Part Time James  07 Oct 15 9.24am |
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I am posting this here rather than on Palace Talk or Ticket Talk despite it being about Palace tickets. Mainly because it's a fairly boring story. Me and three of my mates decided we'd go to the Newcastle game (we're the kind of die hard supporters that go to at least two games a season, you know, proper hardcore) but one of my mates couldn't be sure he'd get time off work so we only booked three seats in the AW next to each other. Nearly a week after we booked, the other mate realised he could make the game. I went on the ticket website and everything was pretty much sold out, other than the odd seat here and there. Imagine how amazed I was that one of only about 10 seats left in Block U was right next to our row of three. Happy days, bring on the Geordies.
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| the.universal 07 Oct 15 10.08am |
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Quote Part Time James at 07 Oct 2015 9.24am
I am posting this here rather than on Palace Talk or Ticket Talk despite it being about Palace tickets. Mainly because it's a fairly boring story. Me and three of my mates decided we'd go to the Newcastle game (we're the kind of die hard supporters that go to at least two games a season, you know, proper hardcore) but one of my mates couldn't be sure he'd get time off work so we only booked three seats in the AW next to each other. Nearly a week after we booked, the other mate realised he could make the game. I went on the ticket website and everything was pretty much sold out, other than the odd seat here and there. Imagine how amazed I was that one of only about 10 seats left in Block U was right next to our row of three. Happy days, bring on the Geordies. Nice story, this got me wondering, did you pay for the tickets up front, with your mates paying you back? How about your mate that joined at the last minute, did he pay for his directly? Edited by the.universal (07 Oct 2015 10.08am)
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| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 07 Oct 15 10.50am |
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I love a boring ticket story. I'll share a couple. I've got a season ticket. Every time I go to a home game I see the same faces around me. I know. Mad. Better still, I parked where I shouldn't have once. When I came back I had a parking ticket on my windscreen. After a day or two I paid it. Never heard about it again from that day to this. Fact is often stranger than fiction.
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| Plane Bromley 07 Oct 15 10.51am |
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Quote mezzer at 07 Oct 2015 10.50am
I love a boring ticket story. I'll share a couple. I've got a season ticket. Every time I go to a home game I see the same faces around me. I know. Mad. Better still, I parked where I shouldn't have once. When I came back I had a parking ticket on my windscreen. After a day or two I paid it. Never heard about it again from that day to this. Fact is often stranger than fiction. Go on, keep 'em coming
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| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 07 Oct 15 10.55am |
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Quote Plane at 07 Oct 2015 10.51am
Quote mezzer at 07 Oct 2015 10.50am
I love a boring ticket story. I'll share a couple. I've got a season ticket. Every time I go to a home game I see the same faces around me. I know. Mad. Better still, I parked where I shouldn't have once. When I came back I had a parking ticket on my windscreen. After a day or two I paid it. Never heard about it again from that day to this. Fact is often stranger than fiction. Go on, keep 'em coming Don't even get me started on the day I caught a bus...
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| Hoof Hearted 07 Oct 15 11.04am | |
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I fully expect Willo to participate eagerly in this thread...along the lines of... "I was given a ticket to the 1923 Association Football Cup Final at the newly constructed national football stadium at Wembley Park, Wembley, North London, England. I travelled by a London Omnibus to Morden Underground Station whereupon I sat in a carriage on the Northern Line and changed on two separate occasions before alighting at my final destination - Wembley Park. The cost of my fare was sixpence return. On the way home I purchased a fish supper (incidentally wrapped in the day before's Times newspaper, which I still have today) and a bottle of ginger beer which I eagerly quaffed before retiring to my bed!" Edited by Hoof Hearted (07 Oct 2015 11.05am)
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| Andy_G Wimbledon 07 Oct 15 11.28am |
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I used to park in the Sainsbury's car park but it was a nightmare to find a space and getting out was a pain. I now park in one of the roads around the ground.
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| Plane Bromley 07 Oct 15 11.35am |
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Quote mezzer at 07 Oct 2015 10.55am
Quote Plane at 07 Oct 2015 10.51am
Quote mezzer at 07 Oct 2015 10.50am
I love a boring ticket story. I'll share a couple. I've got a season ticket. Every time I go to a home game I see the same faces around me. I know. Mad. Better still, I parked where I shouldn't have once. When I came back I had a parking ticket on my windscreen. After a day or two I paid it. Never heard about it again from that day to this. Fact is often stranger than fiction. Go on, keep 'em coming Don't even get me started on the day I caught a bus... ...What happened the day you caught a bus?
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| Plane Bromley 07 Oct 15 11.37am |
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Quote Hoof Hearted at 07 Oct 2015 11.04am
I fully expect Willo to participate eagerly in this thread...along the lines of... "I was given a ticket to the 1923 Association Football Cup Final at the newly constructed national football stadium at Wembley Park, Wembley, North London, England. I travelled by a London Omnibus to Morden Underground Station whereupon I sat in a carriage on the Northern Line and changed on two separate occasions before alighting at my final destination - Wembley Park. The cost of my fare was sixpence return. On the way home I purchased a fish supper (incidentally wrapped in the day before's Times newspaper, which I still have today) and a bottle of ginger beer which I eagerly quaffed before retiring to my bed!" Edited by Hoof Hearted (07 Oct 2015 11.05am)
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| Part Time James 07 Oct 15 11.44am |
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Quote the.universal at 07 Oct 2015 10.08am
Quote Part Time James at 07 Oct 2015 9.24am
I am posting this here rather than on Palace Talk or Ticket Talk despite it being about Palace tickets. Mainly because it's a fairly boring story. Me and three of my mates decided we'd go to the Newcastle game (we're the kind of die hard supporters that go to at least two games a season, you know, proper hardcore) but one of my mates couldn't be sure he'd get time off work so we only booked three seats in the AW next to each other. Nearly a week after we booked, the other mate realised he could make the game. I went on the ticket website and everything was pretty much sold out, other than the odd seat here and there. Imagine how amazed I was that one of only about 10 seats left in Block U was right next to our row of three. Happy days, bring on the Geordies. Nice story, this got me wondering, did you pay for the tickets up front, with your mates paying you back? How about your mate that joined at the last minute, did he pay for his directly? Edited by the.universal (07 Oct 2015 10.08am)
I paid for all four tickets. Owain and Steve will be paying me back before my credit card bill arrives. I will charge Steve £2 less than Owain as he gave me a lift home the other day. Joe, the supplementary friend, will pay me even if it subsequently transpires that his employer decides he does have to work. If this happens I'll try to flog the ticket. Happy to field further questions.
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| Part Time James 07 Oct 15 11.46am |
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Quote mezzer at 07 Oct 2015 10.50am
I love a boring ticket story. I'll share a couple. I've got a season ticket. Every time I go to a home game I see the same faces around me. I know. Mad. Better still, I parked where I shouldn't have once. When I came back I had a parking ticket on my windscreen. After a day or two I paid it. Never heard about it again from that day to this. Fact is often stranger than fiction. Interesting. Could you describe those faces? I know 4 people with season tickets, so it's possible I know the people in question.
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| Plane Bromley 07 Oct 15 11.46am |
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Quote Part Time James at 07 Oct 2015 11.44am
I paid for all four tickets. Owain and Steve will be paying me back before my credit card bill arrives. I will charge Steve £2 less than Owain as he gave me a lift home the other day. Joe, the supplementary friend, will pay me even if it subsequently transpires that his employer decides he does have to work. If this happens I'll try to flog the ticket. Happy to field further questions. Is that the same as 'friends with benefits'?
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