JPT Final 2015 - Bristol City vs Walsall

[Saddlerrad]

Hopefully that's an omen! I'm not that fussed if we win or lose and I expect to get a national hammering on TV...BUT...I would like to score at an important point in the game. Just to celebrate a Walsall goal with 30,000 other people as it probably won't happen ever again, like ever.

 

[TomPNE94]

Hopefully that's an omen! I'm not that fussed if we win or lose and I expect to get a national hammering on TV...BUT...I would like to score at an important point in the game. Just to celebrate a Walsall goal with 30,000 other people as it probably won't happen ever again, like ever.

This is all I wanted from the United game! Just the chance to actually celebrate a huge goal with a sold out Deepdale. Hope Walsall can win it, purely cos they knocked us out

 

[Agombar stool]

Think Southampton did it maybe?

Nope. When they won it they finished outside the play-offs (we lost in the play-off final to Millwall).

 

[Ciderhead]

Yeah this came up on our forum a while back, Birmingham are the only ones to do it back in the early 90s. Grimsby did the Cup/Playoff final double one year as well

 

[TomPNE94]

MK Dons won L2 and the JPT, which is impressive.

 

[Busterrimes]

Quite impressively Wolves won the old 4th Division and Trophy double in 1988. Steve Bull got close to 50 goals that season.

 

[JonBCFC]

Just been announced that we've received an extra 4000 tickets, not sure what that takes our allocation to now

 

[JJH]

Just been announced that we've received an extra 4000 tickets, not sure what that takes our allocation to now

From 39k to 43k.

 

[Geosaddler]

Fair play Bristol City that's impressive. All gone a bit quiet updating our numbers now. I suspect we may level out at approx 28k. Even so we are looking at a minimum 71k attendance which is bonkers for the JPT final!

 

[Agombar stool]

More importantly, who has been 'given' what pubs?

 

[Cashis]

You shouldn't get given pubs imo, you should have to fight for them.

 

[blademan89]

Fair play Bristol City that's impressive. All gone a bit quiet updating our numbers now. I suspect we may level out at approx 28k. Even so we are looking at a minimum 71k attendance which is bonkers for the JPT final!

28k wow thats more than we would take

 

[Saddlerrad]

28k wow thats more than we would take

Yes the local community has come together well for this, really nice to see. It's a shame even 10% more of them don't come down the Bescot on a Saturday, with a town our size we should average 7-8k. But that's what you get when half the community doesn't speak English or support Villa/Albion/Wolves/Blues instead.

 

[JJH]

Tickets came in the post today - ticking off the days

 

[SirTomFinney]

Is it looking at over 71,000 for the JPT final?! Every credit

 

[Saddlerrad]

Is it looking at over 71,000 for the JPT final?! Every credit

Should max out at around 71,000 - maybe a few more with the prawn sandwhich brigade. Not sure how many tickets get handed out to them though. It's a good effort either way.

 

[Big Bird]

Good stuff. It's a shit competition but it's worth it if you make the final.

 

[Ciderup]

Fair play to the Saddlers, 28K is a cracking effort!

 

[JJH]

40,000 sold as of yesterday.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Over 29,000 sold as of this morning. Tickets stop selling on Thursday afternoon, hope we can just nudge 30k. What an achievement that would be for us.

 

[TomPNE94]

Excited Chris?

 

[BCFC Jordan]

Final day of sales for us.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Excited Chris?

A little bit, just because it's probably the only time I will ever see 30,000 'Walsall' fans sat all together at once in a stadium. I think the atmosphere will be poor, there will be proper fans split all over the place and loads of prawn sandwhich daytrippers, we will also get battered on international television. I'm looking forward to getting pissed and as I said, if we can score a goal then I'll be happy.

 

[JJH]

40,000 sold, and it's done now.

Good effort all round, should be a cracking day.

 

[Scumarmy.]

MK Dons won L2 and the JPT, which is impressive.

Yep, 2007/2008 under Paul Ince - we do have some history!
We beat Swansea City on penalties in the area final before beating Grimsby Town 2-0 in the final. Seems weird now considering where both clubs are today.

We took 33,000 fans to the final too and it was an awesome day out regardless of it 'only being the JPT' !

 

[SaddlerJonny]

Someone on our board has said that Wembley responded to an email he sent them saying the attendance will be 78,000!!

Not bad for a final where one team is little old Smallsall. 2nd highest JPT attendance at the new Wembley.

 

[BCFC Jordan]

Someone on our board has said that Wembley responded to an email he sent them saying the attendance will be 78,000!!

Not bad for a final where one team is little old Smallsall. 2nd highest JPT attendance at the new Wembley.

If it actually is 78,000, it would be the highest. At least that's what Wiki says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Football_League_Trophy_winners

 

[SaddlerJonny]

If it actually is 78,000, it would be the highest. At least that's what Wiki says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Football_League_Trophy_winners

Even better then

 

[Saddlerrad]

Someone on our board has said that Wembley responded to an email he sent them saying the attendance will be 78,000!!

Not bad for a final where one team is little old Smallsall. 2nd highest JPT attendance at the new Wembley.

Problem is, only about 5,000 of them are active supporters.

 

[JJH]

Renamed the thread seeing as we've already been discussing details of the game on here.