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Middlesbrough are charging their fans the same as us for the home leg, £22, they based it on the average price of a game per season ticket. I suspect if given the choice they'd have charged us more but under EFL rules they can't for the same section of the stadium. The £30 for Boro fans at our place is the same as we're being charged in home sections, so anyone attending both games will pay the same in terms of ticket prices for a main adult ticket. Maybe we could've done what Boro did and set the ticket prices at the average cost of a game in a season ticket... something for the FAB to take up with the club perhaps if they're not focusing on extra perks for those who travel on the official club coaches.

Not just the Greens. We’ve had Tory MP’s talking about “punishment”, a Lib Dem saying that “decent people” will fight this, and of course the Labour Party. Even on here posters have said they’re “punishing” non reform voters. It’s a fucking great big elephant trap and the “migrants welcome” mob have fallen right into it. Great move the week of local elections.

if you have a spare 10 mins recommend trying to get in early to book the home leg as there might be a waiting room/queue system again

We've already beaten the same number of PL teams this season in the FA Cup as we did last year and given Man City a scare at Wembley. Compare with the eventually-routine drubbing Liverpool gave us as a Championship side and the writing was on the wall before last season began. It will be a tough season but if we can build on what we've got and not bring in dross like Fraser and Lallana, there are reasons to be optimistic about next season if Tonda can do the business in the playoffs.

Agree we should be only charging same amount for tickets

It's a tough one this season and that makes a nice difference from last. Right now I'd jointly give it to Peretz and Larin, one has been transformational at the back and the other has been transformational at the front. Could change though post playoffs....

With the old setup though we could sell block 43 to home fans. Pretty sure we did that for the WBA play off two years ago.

Scienza 100% for me

In reality, it wasn't better with the old setup. There was always an empty block behind the goal in the Northam, and that empty area just extended even more when the away team didn't sell their allocation. In the video clips and online photos of our goals at that end, it always used to look like the stadium was half empty. Attacking a goal with only empty seats behind it can't have been very inspirational for the players.

Glad we've only given them £2k tickets, assume a bit more segregation to do this. Really need to have a flexible structure for the away fans to suit how many tickets are sold rather than fixed.

The smell after it’s rained in spring or summer.

Good that we’ve reciprocated with ticket numbers but a bit crap for boro fans we couldn’t have agreed on pricing. Expecting a raucous start to the game, they’ll have it in for Azaz, dog’s abuse from the crowd and maybe a few edgy challenges flying in. If no more than a narrow defeat I still fancy us at home. Draw would be fine up there.

It's in the corner, which is better than that empty block there used to be behind the goal in the Northam.

Scrabble

Really poor planning that but I’d rather empty seats in the away end than more Boro fans helping their team in this big game.

Interesting. No question that Manning's goals and delivery have been important. He's had a number of excellent defensive moments too. Like a lot of the team, I think there are factors that give everyone a boost. Larin, and LND's return, giving us a different option up front Tonda tactics, with clarity, and directness Still struggled with. Peretz making us a lot more confident at the back. For Manning, Bree's return really helps our defense as a unit. It allows Manning to finally have that more forward role he had at Swansea. KWP stopped him having it here. And as mentioned, Welington being fit enough to challenge, but not fit enough to keep a place. Good to see so many different players getting plaudits.

I didn’t say it should extend to housing benefits, I said the welfare budget should be cut generally. You started the conversation about housing. I also said all people should be housed in an ideal world (twice) So that’s a misquote. Again you have great aspirations that any normal person would support on paper (including me) but no idea how to fund it other than increasing the welfare budget associated with housing delivery. You haven’t answered my question still…..My solution would be temporary housing pods to address the issue at least in the short to medium term.

I don’t believe so. Assume it’ll be an empty block either side of the home fans.

So can we actually use those seats for home fans or not?

So we give them 200 less tickets and charge them £11 more 😂

We’ve only given Boro 2k https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2026/may/05/ticket-info-for-play-off-semi-final-away-leg/

My wife and daughter were two of those (I was working away) - Although like others have freely admitted they were partly waiting in hope that the heavy rain might ease up for the walk back to the car 😁 Back in 2003 when Graham Hiley (ex Echo) was editing the matchday programme, I had a full page piece printed in the v Chelsea programme inspired by the 85 minute exodus in the game at the end of August against Man Utd when it was 0-0, and we scored a glorious winner in the 88th minute. Under WGS the amount of goals we scored from 80 minutes was notable. Watching City fans leaving at 3-1 was amusing, seeing them all trotting back in and being caught on Sky should see them in the stocks outside the Etihad next game and have rotten fruit and veg thrown at them. 🤪

It's not even for an upgrade that I want promotion now it looks close. I really don't fancy the PL. Far fewer games for a start, and constantly messed about by TV and other clubs' european games. Plus bloody VAR. But it's more that if we don't go up, we'll probably lose some of our best players. And gradually go into decline to become a mid-table so-so club. What's better .... a so-so championship club or a yo-yo PL/championship one? 😒

Managers and tactics dont matter pal

to where? That's the issue.