The Rolling Football Thread: Season 2025/26 - thread 3

[DuncinToffee]

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it’s a premier league problem - Barcelona tickets are easy to get friends have been to Real Madrid and PSG matches much easier than getting premier league tickets

in Germany getting tickets varies from club to club. Mine, for eg, have a 54,024 capacity. 30k are season tickets, 4-5k go to away fans (typically here they get 5-10ish % of capacity allocated to the away "end" "corner" wherever) then about 4k are VIP/sponsor tickets. That leaves 11k for the open market.

Season ticket holders get first dibs, then members, then the general public. Depending on who they are playing - the allocation of 11k-ish tickets might not even make it as far as being sold to members. Other times it is easy to get tickets (so no chance against Bayern, Dortmund, Cologne, Werder) very easy against Hoffenheim and Heidenheim. AFAIK all clubs operate ticket sales this way.

In england with an afternoon free in Wolverhampton - my DH couldn't go up and buy a ticket for Wolves because no account, no points, and it had to be online anyway. And they had a stadium that was around 3/4 full. It makes no sense. That is not being run like a business, surely?

After our draw last night, results gone out way today. Bet you're happy @DuncinToffee

Sigh. Another away loss and now we are all the way down to 9th.

Another season in league 1 awaits.

Congrats @DuncinToffee

This thread def makes me watch neutral games with this thread in mind-straight away I thought "oooh @DuncinToffee will be happy" 😂

You def wanted it more. Is there time for another Chelsea manager this season?

What an exciting match. We won but oh my what a dreadful ref.

I am buzzing, what a great game!

Gladbach's big deal derby today (away) ended 3-3 which DH said was how it should have ended.

Wednesday lost away to Hull. Ho. Hum.

Brilliant result for Brighton today. Welbeck now on his best season ever for the 2nd season in a row!
I think we have left the resurgence to late for a European place now but I guess you never know

However after this massive break (what’s that all about?!) we will have 2 games minus our manager and our captain as both suspended

Why do they make us play away? 😢

Wish we had a break. Our schedule from now til the end of the season is crazy.

Tues 24th March Doncaster away
Sat 28th March Wycombe away
Sat 4th Apr Chelsea away
Tues 7th Apr Rotherham
Tues 14th Apr Barnsley
Thurs 16th Apr Peterborough away
Sun 19th Apr Wigan
Wed 22nd Apr Cardiff away
Sat 25th Apr Plymouth away
Tues 28th Apr Stockport away
Sat 2nd May Lincoln

the week of 14th - 19th is particularly brutal

That is full on Comefromaway

It looks like is is going to be a real battle for European places

Tues, Thurs, Sun, Weds is brutal. If this was a PL team, Slot or Guardiola would totally lose their shit.

Is it literally just the FA Cup that's caused this?

No, the FA cup has caused 2 matches over Easter to be rearranged but we had a few issues in Dec/Jan with snow, frozen pitch then a waterlogged pitch. Plus Stockport getting to the finals of the Vertu has rearranged our game against them.

I know. 😓Though we haven't helped ourselves, especially loaning out Joe Taylor who is now banging them in for Wigan.

I think Bradford will definitely finish in the play offs but I think my dreams of a Bradford vs Huddersfield play off final have gone up in smoke now! 😂

We will also be players missing over the International break

Joe Taylor scored against us last week - I was fuming 😂
We'd have to win an away game to get to the final, so we'll just let Bolton go up and be done. 😅
Ah, that's tough luck @Comefromaway

To be fair, I feel like right now, only Plymouth want to go up via the playoffs. Other teams around that area of the table seem to be just as inconsistent as each other 😂

Taylor is scoring every bloody where except for when he was with us. I don't know how we do it but we seem to break strikers with good reputations from previous clubs. Joe Taylor, Alfie May, Dion Charles.

I'm waiting for Ryan Hardie to turn rubbish too! 😂

We do the same to strikers. It must be the West Yorkshire air or something.

😂😂😂

Must be!

Never heard of Chappel Roan, but well done Jorginho in calling her out.

I love her music but I don’t think she comes across as very nice. Fancy treating a child like that.

Why isn’t Welbeck in the England Squad? Surely bringing him in over well half of forwards would make sense!

Absolutely no idea. However I’m pleased in a
way as he probably could do with the rest and no risk they will injure him but it would have been nice for him.