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The amount blocked out is a joke. Must be close to a quarter of the allocation.

The only way a boycott would work is if people bought then didn't go, otherwise other people would just buy the seats. Lots of people travelling down to watch it in pubs down there is the better option. Seems little more than a club lackey these days sadly.

100% up this. Advertise it very publicly on social media etc beforehand and it'll force the OB to spread resources around the city rather than just focus on the ground and bus routes.

It's a complete pisstake. I'd love to see a large boycott of it but we're not that organised and not enough people would be willing to lose the £50ish.

Reckon it'll probably make general sale. It's a shit midweek trip and in the same month as Lincoln and Wrexham which lots of people will prioritise. Will be interesting to see how low Lincoln goes. Annoying that there's more midweek games this season. None of the away ones look massively appealing either. Also typical that the one season we get Bristol City on a Saturday there's a good chance it'll get moved due to being on 4th round weekend.

Yes but the FA can only legislate for England and Wales and would have no authority over a pre season match abroad. Unless working with us still counts. All guesswork anyway and we'll know early next week I reckon.

Not a friendly which is nothing to do with the FA it wouldn't.

The fact they've publicly said he will be suggests to me that either they expect news (maybe already know?) early next week or he's requested a hearing which is scheduled after that.

So we didn't admit everything as soon as we were reported to the EFL then. Glad we cleared that one up.

Can't imagine we'll be appointing an interim in the event of a long ban. Makes no sense on multiple levels. We'll almost certainly sack Tonda if he's banned for months.

No we didn't. We lied in our initial response to the EFL and later had to backtrack on it.

Much more than 3 went to all season ticket holders in Prem season. Pretty sure most did towards the end of the season. Leicester was on general sale for over a week and the last tickets (of a reduced allocation due to lack of interest) only went after the West Ham game.

Said it before but imo the new EFL rule is still relevant to the FA side because breaking a known rule is a 'worse' case of misconduct than doing something which isn't against any explicit rules but is culturally frowned upon.

Pretty sure Biesla wasn't charged.

Yeah I think they've done a temporary extension of sorts to allow them to split the away end and give the minimum instead of what they gave last season. Means some of the away tickets are in a temporary stand. Speaking of away allocations and Millwall will be smaller this season as they're splitting that end with home fans now.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's not inconceivable that FIFA could yet get involved. If the FA impose a complete football ban in England/Wales they can make a request to FIFA to extend it worldwide if they wish. Your speeding analogy is complete horseshit btw.

For 70% of the crowd/stadium.

They definitely seemed to increase that allocation last season. Was bad throughout but Wrexham especially was a pisstake given how small the whole allocation was, felt like there was loads of unfamiliar faces there who were at their first away of the season. Hopefully Lincoln in September is slightly less appealing than Wrexham at the business end of the season but we'll have to wait and see. Skates was dreadful too if I remember rightly.

There's already plenty of opportunity to go, away tickets were actually pretty easy to get last season outside of the smallest allocations. There are ways round it anyway. I know a few people who have bought a cheap smartphone to log into the app and will pass that among friends.

Oh I just assumed because digital wasn't mentioned on the details page like it was for Watford. I'm not going so hadn't seen that on the ticket site.

Lincoln will sell out to high numbers regardless I reckon. New ground for most and the smallest allocation in the league.

Paper tickets for Birmingham.

They may well have done but people there would have known it was prohibited so that would make it even more farfetched that they wouldn't tell him it wasn't allowed?

Personally I'd find it more believable that he didn't know if this was his first job here but he's spent 2 years working in England for 2 different clubs so incredibly unlikely imo.

Ummmm no? I don't particularly dislike Boro at all, just another club to me. I definitely don't dislike them more than the charity thieving inbreds down the road. Some people have lost the plot over this just as much as some Boro fans did early on when talking about getting the police involved and us being expelled from the EFL. I find it odd that people even dislike them but different opinions and all that. Disliking them more than the skates though I genuinely find incredible.