The Robins Nest Forum

Fgr90 wrote:

RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:

Robin wrote:Seems pretty obvious we will be taking more than 1000 even if they only give us the 892. Really cannot understand why FGR cannot simply give us an extra 300 in their stand surely that would suffice and stop more CTFC fans going in the home ends.

Non-league side who don't know what to do when the big boys come to town.

Just cause your an ex league club you think you have a right of passage, to get what you want, clubs give you what they want to give you, you have no choice

Jesus get off your high horse pal. I think most posters are simply being sensible we will sell out the away end and consequently there will very likely be a few hundred away fans in the home areas. Now if you club gave us a better allocation it would be sensibly managed and segregated. Of course the chances of trouble are relatively low but if something does kick off I bet your fans will start moaning and slating us for it when the real fault would be with your club for not being able to handle the visit of a bigger club coming to town.

The West Terrace is the (open) one where you have to go past the away end entrance so, assuming it's open and available I'd encourage our fans to use that terrace meaning we can congregate and make noise together

Non-league side who don't know what to do when the big boys come to town.[/quote]
Just cause your an ex league club you think you have a right of passage, to get what you want, clubs give you what they want to give you, you have no choice[/quote]

Jesus get off your high horse pal. I think most posters are simply being sensible we will sell out the away end and consequently there will very likely be a few hundred away fans in the home areas. Now if you club gave us a better allocation it would be sensibly managed and segregated. Of course the chances of trouble are relatively low but if something does kick off I bet your fans will start moaning and slating us for it when the real fault would be with your club for not being able to handle the visit of a bigger club coming to town.[/quote]

unfortunalty with you brining large numbers and coming in home fans this increases our attendance and he will claim we out outgrowing TNL, we aren't,but this will give him proof we need to move, we've handled bigger than you before, Bristol rovers and derby county, both handelled extremely well IMO and any Rovers fans in our end in the play offs were swiftly moved on so I presume this will be the case, like I've posted before though, the best place for you to go is the west terrace the rules will be more relaxed there I'm sure. And what I said about ex league clubs is all true, every year they come down and think they will walk the league and how they were wrong

Ben2 wrote:This has all the makings of a non league farce.

I checked Cheltenham's website - no news at all on tickets.

So I checked FGR's website - you cannot buy tickets apart from in the home end. They have no stadium plan apart from the "buy tickets" page.

The only option for Cheltenham fans who miss out on tickets is to go in the home end because, for some reason that is unclear, FGR will not free up a few more of the 1000's of empty spaces. I guess we'll all have to stand as near as possible to the CTFC end due to this series of cock ups. But of course if it we will have to walk through and past all the FGR fans to get there. Its almost as if CTFC and FGR directors have got their heads together to see how they could make this as difficult as possible for what should be a friendly, mid/top of the league game between two local sides.

The best place to go is the west terrace few fgr fans go there and you should be able to go as close as possible to the away end

Fgr90 wrote:

Ben2 wrote:This has all the makings of a non league farce.

I checked Cheltenham's website - no news at all on tickets.

So I checked FGR's website - you cannot buy tickets apart from in the home end. They have no stadium plan apart from the "buy tickets" page.

The only option for Cheltenham fans who miss out on tickets is to go in the home end because, for some reason that is unclear, FGR will not free up a few more of the 1000's of empty spaces. I guess we'll all have to stand as near as possible to the CTFC end due to this series of cock ups. But of course if it we will have to walk through and past all the FGR fans to get there. Its almost as if CTFC and FGR directors have got their heads together to see how they could make this as difficult as possible for what should be a friendly, mid/top of the league game between two local sides.

The best place to go is the west terrace few fgr fans go there and you should be able to go as close as possible to the away end

Since when did we have 1000s of extra spaces we did but we applied for a license which reduced our attendence years ago, and haven't applied for it back I don't think, although we got a temp one for the Bristol rovers game

Ben2 wrote:Fgr90 is the West terrace covered?

It is not, but it's probably your best chance

Ben2 wrote:Best chance of what?

Getting in the home end.

This shouldn't really be plastered all over a public forum. The Gloucestershire police are always viewing.

Fgr90 wrote:

Fgr90 wrote:

Ben2 wrote:This has all the makings of a non league farce.

I checked Cheltenham's website - no news at all on tickets.

So I checked FGR's website - you cannot buy tickets apart from in the home end. They have no stadium plan apart from the "buy tickets" page.

The only option for Cheltenham fans who miss out on tickets is to go in the home end because, for some reason that is unclear, FGR will not free up a few more of the 1000's of empty spaces. I guess we'll all have to stand as near as possible to the CTFC end due to this series of cock ups. But of course if it we will have to walk through and past all the FGR fans to get there. Its almost as if CTFC and FGR directors have got their heads together to see how they could make this as difficult as possible for what should be a friendly, mid/top of the league game between two local sides.

The best place to go is the west terrace few fgr fans go there and you should be able to go as close as possible to the away end

Since when did we have 1000s of extra spaces we did but we applied for a license which reduced our attendence years ago, and haven't applied for it back I don't think, although we got a temp one for the Bristol rovers game

Licence or no licence the seats and terraces are still there and empty.

The physical capacity of The New Lawn is 5,032. Your last home attendance was 1,535. That is 3,497 empty spaces. So to answer your question - since Saturday.

Friends and colleagues who support Conference sides often talk about FGR being a weird club, not not a proper club, and I defend them out of Gloucestershire pride, etc. However, after witnessing the shambles surrounding this fixture I may have to move my stance.

The simple answer is FGR want to restrict us to as little fans as possible with it being such a big game. It's not like us where we would need the money an extra 300 tickets sales for them is peanuts. Even with only around 900 in the away end I would still expect us to out sing them and make it like a home game. Lets be honest if you were really desperate to go there was plenty of time to get a ticket.

As for some of the comments in this thread they are pretty embarrassing. Yes we are a bigger club than FGR but some of the comments are disrespectful after all were in the same league for a reason. If we are beat when we play them a few people may look a bit silly.

Sorry Ben what is disrespectful? I have no problem with FGR fans they are a very friendly bunch however the people running the club are clueless it seems as they cannot cater for a big club coming to town and consequently are forcing CTFC fans in the home areas.

What's this bigger club robin
Only 400 more fans watched last weeks games
Cheltenham are where we are because last year we were dreadful
Just because we have been in higher league does not give us rights to bounce back
Even if we beat FGR they will still finish above us due to strength in depth
My mates a season ticket holder up there and they have ex league players on trial so there strengthening all the time

Big Eck - look at the handling of the ticket situation for this game. Yes they have money and can attract players with that money, but money doesn't make your off-the-pitch management of professional and league quality.

Any club that is small enough they'd rather create a potential health and safety incident or scenes of confusion and chaos because they don't want a bigger club to out number their fans is farcical.

The 'postcode' verification is a joke too. Any decent club in Gloucestershire will have fans throughout the county - Cheltenham fans will be buying home tickets who have Stroud post-codes, Gloucester post-codes and Cirencester post-codes. If FGR have ambition to become a proper club then they can't restrict their home attendees to just those with a Stroud post-code.

Big eck wrote:What's this bigger club robin
Only 400 more fans watched last weeks games
Cheltenham are where we are because last year we were dreadful
Just because we have been in higher league does not give us rights to bounce back
Even if we beat FGR they will still finish above us due to strength in depth
My mates a season ticket holder up there and they have ex league players on trial so there strengthening all the time

Oh please we are a much bigger club than FGR will ever be, our natural attendances are almost double theirs for starters.

We are here because we had two nightmare seasons under Y@tes and Chuckle, we deserve to be here because of that but we are clearly playing below our natural level now and should return at some point with decent leadership in the dug out and board room. Clearly we have no divine right to bounce back but we do have the best manager, one of the best budgets and a squad the envy of most in this league.

I'll still predict we finish above FGR this season and you can quote me.

London Exile wrote:The West Terrace is the (open) one where you have to go past the away end entrance so, assuming it's open and available I'd encourage our fans to use that terrace meaning we can congregate and make noise together

Thats your best bet, but i would leave it a bit longer just to make sure they don't release more away tickets.

Shacks wrote:

London Exile wrote:The West Terrace is the (open) one where you have to go past the away end entrance so, assuming it's open and available I'd encourage our fans to use that terrace meaning we can congregate and make noise together

Thats your best bet, but i would leave it a bit longer just to make sure they don't release more away tickets.

Unfortunately we have to wait regardless - FGR on-line ticket sales says "the area is not available" when trying to select to purchase West Stand Tickets. Other sections are available to buy:

Get your home-end tickets here:

https://shop.forestgreenroversfc.com/fo ... Spectators" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm actually looking forward to going to forest green will be the first time i been to there ground and everyone going on about tickets i know it's annoying that they have only gave us just under 900 but there's a reason for that as we could most likely match the home support on the night even with just under 900 fans i still expect us to make a hell of a racket at forest green let's do our talking on the pitch and sing all game for the players !

Good link RCS, it also confirms the North Stand is sold out and block A of the seating area to our left is not available. Hopefully that either means they are giving us those sections or they are using them as segregation.

For anyone who didn't manage to get a ticket in the away end if you use the link RCS has provided you can pay and print your ticket online. Their ground does not have turnstile operators it all electronic so you should have no worries getting in the home areas.

Its a bit embarrassing on their part. I had no ill feeling at all towards FGR, but this is all abit pathetic.

Hopefully a few ill get in the West End, there's less chance of their being any issues in there opposed to being behind the goal with their singing support.

Robin wrote:For anyone who didn't manage to get a ticket in the away end if you use the link RCS has provided you can pay and print your ticket online. Their ground does not have turnstile operators it all electronic so you should have no worries getting in the home areas.

Indeed, as you say block A might in fact be the seating for away fans - the Football Ground Guide states:

"Away fans are mostly housed in the Nympsfield Road End or North Stand to give its official name. This covered terrace holds around 900 fans. In addition, around 250 seats are made available to visiting fans in the Main Stand (located towards the North End). Entrance to the ground is via electronic turnstiles, meaning that you need to scan your ticket to gain admittance. This is somewhat of a novelty at this level. "

Block B of the East Stand has plenty of seats available still, so if you want to sit under cover then that block will be close to other CTFC fans.

If there is segregation between Block's A and B then that is a prime spot for the CTFC flags etc.

You can see the green netting in Block A here, separating it from Block B to the right of the picture:



Make B Block CTFC!!!

Just can't understand all this bickering
If FGR only give us 800 tickets so be it
It's same through all leagues
Can't see Bournemouth giving Chelsea fans 6000 seats because there a bigger team
So if 800 is the limit so be
Let's enjoy the game

Big eck wrote:Just can't understand all this bickering
If FGR only give us 800 tickets so be it
It's same through all leagues
Can't see Bournemouth giving Chelsea fans 6000 seats because there a bigger team
So if 800 is the limit so be
Let's enjoy the game

That is because Bournemouth will sell-out the home end and would five times over. Completely different reasons than FGR.

I too hope all CTFC fans enjoy the game, no matter which stand or terrace they are in.

Big eck wrote:Just can't understand all this bickering
If FGR only give us 800 tickets so be it
It's same through all leagues
Can't see Bournemouth giving Chelsea fans 6000 seats because there a bigger team
So if 800 is the limit so be
Let's enjoy the game

FGR gave us 892 tickets they were sold within a week. Consequently there will very likely be 300 or so CTFC fans in the home areas which could easily be accommodated in the rest of the ground given that FGR typically get around 1000 fans.

To use your analogy I am sure most clubs would give the bigger one more tickets knowing demand is exceeding supply when they know they have zero chance of selling out probably half the home allocation.

We can all go and join the game but if we see FGR stewards kicking our fans out of the home terraces I hope we give them plenty of stick for failing to deal with a decent away support.

If you watch their highlights on youtube you can clearly see the segregation and that away fans are usually given a couple hundred seating tickets in the main stand. We have been given less than 50

Click on this link and fast forward to 50 seconds in and see the 3 away fans in the stand plus the rest of the Southport fans behind the goal in the terrace, why cant we get a section of similar size?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAz9EUONTS8

It's because the FGR owner does not want us outnumbering the home fans, simple as that.

Robin wrote:It's because the FGR owner does not want us outnumbering the home fans, simple as that.

Exactly - don't want to be shown up as being the smaller side in the county. Plus, probably scared if we outnumber them it might tempt a few floating locals who want to be part of a bigger and better atmosphere to come to Cheltenham instead of FGR.

To me it shows a lack of sensible ambition - yes they are pumping in cash to get players in, but in terms of embracing the big games and ambition to grow the club's status and atmosphere this shambles shows they have a small-time attitude.

I can see Cheltenham winning this tie, powered on by the energy and confidence of a big away contingent and the ticket hype.

If the norm is 200+ seating where did all our seating tickets go? Made available to WAGS and sponsors or some one else?

I'll throw this one out there and suggest Dale Vince and our board possibly are not on the best of terms. They are clearly messing us about and giving us the absolute minimum, hardly a friendly welcome. Also when was the last time we played them in a friendly despite the two clubs historically getting on extremely well?

And I don't blame FGR and dale vince if I'm honest
Why should they give us more
It's simple no ticket don't go
FGR average is around 1400 home fans
This game I expect 1800-2000
I just don't see what right we have to demand tickets
They may well sell out that end who knows
Let have a good game and hope the weather gets better

Big eck wrote:Let have a good game and hope the weather gets better

The forum will be periodically updated prior to the match.

Robin wrote:It's because the FGR owner does not want us outnumbering the home fans, simple as that.

Certainly looks that way. And I thought they were trying to be sustainable...

From a few comments that PB has made in the past, I'd be surprised if him and Vince were matey

Big eck wrote:And I don't blame FGR and dale vince if I'm honest
Why should they give us more
It's simple no ticket don't go
FGR average is around 1400 home fans
This game I expect 1800-2000
I just don't see what right we have to demand tickets
They may well sell out that end who knows
Let have a good game and hope the weather gets better

Sorry if it feels like I am picking in you but FGR do not average 1400 home fans . For the Lincoln game they have just a handful over 1000 home fans, which by their standards is pretty damn good considering there hard core support is around 800.

What will happen in reality is Cheltenham fans will go in the home areas simply because FGR board are being childish with us. Also a combined crowd of 1800-2000 seems low, I would expect around 1200 away fans and a similar number of home fans so a total attendance around 2500 is probable.

I take back my earlier comment if it is true we were only given 42 seating tickets that is a disgrace at this level of football especially as it sounds other teams are given a whole block usually. How about when they visit Whaddon Road we give them an allocation of 300 and let their fans scurry around to get tickets and have to go in the home end.

I would not expect FGR to sell more than 500 tickets (they only managed 150 up to Kiddy!!), 300 sounds about right for them to be honest but why punish their fans who are a decent friendly bunch when it's clear the problem is in the boardroom only.