Train strikes ! 
 

This season is cursed ! 

Driving via Cambridgeshire. Feels like one of those convoluted Euro routes to save a fiver.  

1 minute ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Driving via Cambridgeshire. Feels like one of those convoluted Euro routes to save a fiver.  

If that puts you on the A11/M11 be prepared to dive off ... & head through Bury St. Edmunds or similar. Those roads can snarl up horribly. Especially on a school holiday Saturday, even more so as the Unions are intent on a national strike.

If free running then off at Stortford, East toward Stanstead, Colchester, Ipswich is a good drive.

Roads will be a nightmare tomorrow 

2 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

If that puts you on the A11/M11 be prepared to dive off ... & head through Bury St. Edmunds or similar. Those roads can snarl up horribly. Especially on a school holiday Saturday, even more so as the Unions are intent on a national strike.

If free running then off at Stortford, East toward Stanstead, Colchester, Ipswich is a good drive.

Vale away thread, not Ipswich. Cambridgeshire would actually have made some sense for tomorrow! 🤣

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Vale away thread, not Ipswich. Cambridgeshire would actually have made some sense for tomorrow! 🤣

Bugger 😂😂😂

Well, go the scenic route. There's nowt in Burslem to rush for.

Anyone know when tickets on sale

Dunno but they're cutting in fine.

 

Makes you wonder if the police say leave late so it reduces our numbers 

Theres a postal strike imminent too...

33 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Dunno but they're cutting in fine.

 

I know there's a lot of online sales, but ticket office is going to be busy for about 2 and a half weeks once Vale goes on sale.  Shifting 4k-ish of them, plus Wycombe, Salford, Morecambe and Sheff Wed at home in such a short period, hope none of them have gone on hols!

14 hours ago, roybarker said:

Anyone know when tickets on sale

First batch printed had league 2 on them.

Hopefully will be on sale before Friday 

Anybody  know how many tickets we are getting for this ?

Would appear the fixture has fallen kindly in one respect 

They are having a lot of Health & Safety issues at Vale Park and are planning on permanently relocating visiting fans to the smaller end opposite later in the season

For now though 2 of their stands are open with reduced capacities - suggesting home crowd is likely to be only 8k-9k ?

 

 

Edited August 2, 20223 yr by Benny The Ball

Reading a few articles online it seems a little sketchy as we’re the first club to visit with big numbers, with the reduction 4k is being mentioned 

Would we take 4k though??

 

Doubt it myself - the promotion season I think we only sold out a couple of days before the game ??

Don't think wed far short tbh.

Possible fuckin train strikes still.

Won’t be far off

plus no localish cheap to get too games for a while 

Don’t think we would shift 4,000 tbh. Would expect north of 2,500 though, even with train strikes given how many made it to Ipswich 

Edited August 2, 20223 yr by Leyther_Matt

for many, this would be the only away til november

its gonna be one of my 2 and ive already done one

id go 4k sell out

25 minutes ago, Casino said:

for many, this would be the only away til november

its gonna be one of my 2 and ive already done one

id go 4k sell out

I agree.  Fixture stands out for being not only "local" but a big away end, if its not changed.  I tend to get tickets at my own pace and not the minute they go on sale so I'm unlikely to make any of the local tiny grounds, this is the main local game for me followed by the Yorkshire one's.

52 minutes ago, Casino said:

for many, this would be the only away til november

its gonna be one of my 2 and ive already done one

id go 4k sell out

Just looked after vale

plymouth/Cheltenham/Mk/Portsmouth & FGR next local game is end October accy

every man and his dog will be on this 

4 hours ago, Casino said:

for many, this would be the only away til november

its gonna be one of my 2 and ive already done one

id go 4k sell out

Will also be the first away game too…

3 hours ago, radcliffe white said:

Just looked after vale

plymouth/Cheltenham/Mk/Portsmouth & FGR next local game is end October accy

every man and his dog will be on this 

I’ve been asked by a few folk already for my client reference's as I’ll not be able to make it. 

17 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I’ve been asked by a few folk already for my client reference's as I’ll not be able to make it. 

I personally think the lateness of the ticket announcement is down to police & port vale

i remember reading an article that the policing bill last time we played them was sky high, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a delaying tactic to put us off and they may cut our allocation using the grounds capacity reduction as a reason