Saints vs West Ham - CC - 1945 25th August

[Cuddles]

On 11/08/2026 at 13:32, Sheaf Saint said:

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you.

The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. 

This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

Late reply alert 😂 Get what you're saying, and I am only talking about this season as it's so critical. There's 6 playoff places up for grabs this time round and will be many more teams genuinely fighting for a playoff place come the tail end of the season. Easier games will be scarce.

There's definitely an argument for momentum, but a game every three days is tough...will our squad this season be as resilient / versatile? Genuinely hope so.

[Mboto Gorge]

2 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

Ludicrous pricing, especially as the game is being shown live on Sky.

As a comparison, last season I’m almost certain I paid £25 for the Arsenal cup quarter final game, the same price as they’re charging for the carabao cup second round this season. Fucking laughable really. Yet another commercial cluster fuck 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Fuck me, thought this would be, at a push, £20 top whack. So, as a member, if I was to do all 3 home games that week that's getting on for a ton for tickets alone.

Easy decision to make, no midweek turnout from me.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Ridiculous pricing. Massive own goal by all concerned. A tenner and a fiver for concessions would have seen a far better attendance.

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, Mboto Gorge said:

As a comparison, last season I’m almost certain I paid £25 for the Arsenal cup quarter final game, the same price as they’re charging for the carabao cup second round this season. Fucking laughable really. Yet another commercial cluster fuck 

What was the price for Leicester home 4th round of the FA Cup? I'm sure that was considerably cheaper 

[Nordic Saint]

13 minutes ago, Football Special said:

What was the price for Leicester home 4th round of the FA Cup? I'm sure that was considerably cheaper 

£10

[Football Special]

On 13/08/2026 at 21:09, Nordic Saint said:

£10

Wow that makes no sense at all, FA Cup (better competition) on a Saturday 3pm and we charged a great price to get families in

Now Carabao Cup 2nd round and they're treating it like the Arsenal game. 

Just had a quick look and ticket sales are unsurprisingly incredibly low for West Ham, could be a 10k crowd including 3k Hammers 

[Football Special]

Same competition,  Bradford City are charging £5!!!!! 

Can someone pass this on to FAB 

[Eric The Red]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Wow that makes no sense at all, FA Cup (better competition) on a Saturday 3pm and we charged a great price to get families in

Now Carabao Cup 2nd round and they're treating it like the Arsenal game. 

Just had a quick look and ticket sales are unsurprisingly incredibly low for West Ham, could be a 10k crowd including 3k Hammers 

I may be completely wrong here but don't prices for cup matches have to be agreed by both teams. Do WHU get a share of the gate receipts, if so perhaps £25 was as low as they would go?

[Football Special]

29 minutes ago, Eric The Red said:

I may be completely wrong here but don't prices for cup matches have to be agreed by both teams. Do WHU get a share of the gate receipts, if so perhaps £25 was as low as they would go?

Not any more, and for the first round West Ham charged £10 adults and kids for a quid and were rewarded with a huge crowd vs Pompey 

[IFHP]

7 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Not any more, and for the first round West Ham charged £10 adults and kids for a quid and were rewarded with a huge crowd vs Pompey 

But you forget, the only reason West Ham got 60,000 was to see the biggest club in the world. Let’s face it it’s not often West Ham fans get to see giants like Portsmouth. 

[SouthWalesSaints]

Just buy a ticket and stop this becoming the biggest embarrassment of our fan base for a number of years. 
 

It’s £10 more than you would’ve been prepared to pay for.  Yes, a bit to much but what can you do for £25 these days. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

Anyone else want to predict the attendance? Charging £25 as they have done, it will be a struggle to sell more than 15k tickets, or they could have priced tickets around £15 and got around 25k bums on seats.

Either way, takings would be about the same, but the bigger stadium crowd would make for a far more positive experience... assuming the result doesn't upset the fans even further. I don't begrudge the club on trying to maximise revenue but everyone knows this competition doesn't matter this season and the crowds aren't going to be up for this one with ticket prices that high.

[Jack]

Yeah the club really haven’t read the room with this. ST price rises I can accept, but surely just get bums on seats in a cup competition that nobody really cares about. Especially with three home games in a week

[LGTL]

The club would rather sell 10,000 at £25 than 30,000 at £5. It’s just basic maths unfortunately. 

The sweet spot would have been around £15-£18 IMO. 

Edited 4 hours ago by LGTL