A solution for the atmosphere to improve at the grove

This Is The Daybreak · Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:06 pm

Reduce it to 10,000 and only have people with 10 plus away credits on file

Ok just being stupid I know but the atmosphere against Chelsea was absloutley fantastic I thaught...is it just me or has the atmosphere at away games got better this season than it has been for years.

Ted B · Post by **Ted B** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:24 pm

there is a reason why i haven't been to the emirates this season - and i'm silver

just call me awayday k

our support on the road is just . . .

well let's say this, if it was a crime to have good away support, each and every one of us would get a life sentence each

Fabrestuta · Post by **Fabrestuta** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:38 pm

There'll never be any "improvement" until ticket prices come down, and while we are still paying for the stadium that won't happen.
Of course it won't happen anyway, football clubs are businesses first and foremost, and as a business their main priority is making money, which means they will always try to get as much for a ticket as possible.

In other words, most of the Gooners who'll sing and chant all game long are priced out of going to games.

This Is The Daybreak · Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:52 am

Most of the grounds around the country are priced roughly the same as ours, thats no too mention travel expenses...Is money really the thing? Chelsea cost nearly 50 quid and thats not mention other grounds where tickets are normally priced between 35-50 quid.

stearmaster · Post by **stearmaster** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:53 am

K a r e l =] wrote:there is a reason why i haven't been to the emirates this season - and i'm silver just call me awayday k our support on the road is just . . .

well let's say this, if it was a crime to have good away support, each and every one of us would get a life sentence each

why dont you let some ppl on ere use ur silver then mate.

ill use it for liverpool and everton and reading

Gooner Whitey · Post by **Gooner Whitey** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:53 pm

I agree, i'm a red member but joining the travel club next season and getting my loyalty points transferred onto my TC membership and going to all the away games i can, im a pretty vocal person at Arsenal and just love going to away games, I almost feel you get looked down upon at home games by the snobby stuck up prawn sandwchich eating tossers that fill up our stadium each week and leave after 75 minutes making our support look sh!te which if you go to away games you can see that we have the best support in the prem.

Ted B · Post by **Ted B** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:55 pm

stearmaster, i did it for the fulham game already.

if you want it, it's yours. (only to use)

family anclosure first though, sit elswhere thereafter

DutchMaestro · Post by **DutchMaestro** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:32 pm

Gooner Whitey wrote:I agree, i'm a red member but joining the travel club next season and getting my loyalty points transferred onto my TC membership and going to all the away games i can, im a pretty vocal person at Arsenal and just love going to away games, I almost feel you get looked down upon at home games by the snobby stuck up prawn sandwchich eating tossers that fill up our stadium each week and leave after 75 minutes making our support look sh!te which if you go to away games you can see that we have the best support in the prem.

Here here...

I'm Red and have been to around 50 games in the last 2 seasons - only about 6 of those have been Away but all have been far more lively than the homes. Fulham this season, for instance, was awesome. It really does make us seem like a library at home sometimes (esp when the away fans are reminding us of it too!). We are being priced out!

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:18 pm

I ditched going regularly to home games years ago. (Have only been To The Grove once!) Away games is where its at. Joined the Travel Club around 2002 / 2003, have 24 credits and now go to pretty much any away game I like (except f*cking Liverpool In The Champs League!!) I would certainly recommend it.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:29 pm

THAT'S OKAY UNTIL THE AWAY SCHEME HAS SO MANY MEMBERS THAT SOME CAN'T GET TICKETS (LIKE YOU AT LIVERPOOL). THEN WHAT WOULD ONE DO?

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:36 pm

Thats why you need to build your credits. I missed out on Liverpool by one, I currently have 24, If I had 25 I would have been fine. I refuse to pay the amount at The Grove to be surrounded by Prawn Sandwich brigade who look at me as If I've got 2 heads If I start chanting! Roll on The Reebok!

Gooner Whitey · Post by **Gooner Whitey** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:40 pm

Where are all the noisy gooners going to be having pre match drinks to on Saturday? Never been to the reebok before...sounds likes it in the middle of nowhere aswell!!

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:48 pm

GOOD ON YOU MIKE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. IF THERE IS A FINATE AMOUNT OF AWAY TICKETS TO BE PURCHASED, HOW CAN YOU BE GUARANTEED TO BUILD UP YOUR CREDITS TO A SUFFICIENT LEVEL IF YOU'RE ALWAYS STRUGGLING TO GET ONE?

YOU ALSO HAVE TO BEAR IN MIND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE BUYING TICKETS AND THEN SELLING THEM ON IN ORDER TO BUILD UP THEIR CREDITS - THUS LIMITING STILL FURTHER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER SUPPORTERS TO GET A GOOD FOOTHOLD ON THE LIST. I DON'T EXPECT THAT PROCEDURE WILL SUDDENLY STOP HAPPENING - AND I PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT EITHER WAY - SO WHERE ARE FANS TO GET THEIR CREDITS FROM?

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:50 pm

It is a bit mate yeah, Its one of them grounds where Its just kinda straight off the motorway, Its just in the middle of like a retail park If I remember rightly. I would say the best bet is to have a booze in the concourse.

mike · Post by **mike** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:54 pm

By going to the smaller games that don't require any credits to apply. I built mine up by going to The Boltons, Wigans, West Broms, Birminghams. I can't really comment on anyone else, just saying what I did and what I prefer. Unless given to me as a freebie, I can't Imagine I'll ever pay to go To The Grove again....