Will we sell out?

[mattbianco1]

So after 59 pages and1768 post Sky Sport confirm the answer to the thread is YES!

Cmon Blades. Let's have it.

Hmmm. SKY, as in the sponsors of the EFL are claiming it's a full sell out. Call me sceptical.

 

[mattbianco1]

Kaz's it is

Time they setting off from there?

 

[mattbianco1]

Narrative change to “we only sold out because the touts bought em all”

UTGSB !!

(Up the General Sale Blades!)

 

[Selly]

Northampton, Gillingham, and Millwall to name but three, have all taken bigger followings to Wembley than we will be.

Who were they playing? Were they allocated 35k tickets first and then more or were they allocated more in the first place?

If we (or Sunderland) had been offered more than 35k tickets we could have tweaked the criteria for selling them - and selling tickets early is a big thing when you need to organise travel and accomodation.

I would also note that travel and accommodation is a lot easier from those three areas

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Northampton, Gillingham, and Millwall to name but three, have all taken bigger followings to Wembley than we will be.

Not sure what that proves though. Those clubs can only dream of our home attendances.

We'll be taking around 7,000 more fans to Wembley than have watched us at home this season.

I'm not sure what the prize is for finding more people to turn up for your big day out once every so many years.

I'd much rather have more turning up every other week.

As much as I'd like to see as many there supporting us tomorrow as possible, anything north of 30,000 is good enough for me.

Loads of other teams seem to have way more day-trippers than us, doesn't bother me.

And to be fair we have done Wembley and big one off games a ton over the last 3 decades, so it's not exactly a novelty, plus the horrendous record doesn't help, I know quite a few who aren't doing it this time because of that.

Between 1993 and 2025 this will be our 9th such one off (4 fa cup semis and now 5 play off finals) that's like one of these games every 3 and a bit seasons. I doubt anyone else outside the top 10 in the prem have similar, and no-one will have without winning one.

 

[Working Class Hero]

Loads of other teams seem to have way more day-trippers than us, doesn't bother me.

And to be fair we have done Wembley and big one off games a ton over the last 3 decades, so it's not exactly a novelty, plus the horrendous record doesn't help, I know quite a few who aren't doing it this time because of that.

Between 1993 and 2025 this will be our 9th such one off (4 fa cup semis and now 5 play off finals) that's like one of these games every 3 and a bit seasons. I doubt anyone else outside the top 10 in the prem have similar, and no-one will have without winning one.

I think it's 5 FA Cup Semi Finals in that time, isn't it?

A couple of League Cup semis as well, although they're not strictly "one-offs".

 

[haich1889]

Loads of other teams seem to have way more day-trippers than us, doesn't bother me.

And to be fair we have done Wembley and big one off games a ton over the last 3 decades, so it's not exactly a novelty, plus the horrendous record doesn't help, I know quite a few who aren't doing it this time because of that.

Between 1993 and 2025 this will be our 9th such one off (4 fa cup semis and now 5 play off finals) that's like one of these games every 3 and a bit seasons. I doubt anyone else outside the top 10 in the prem have similar, and no-one will have without winning one.

5 semi-finals (Pigs, Newcastle, Arsenal, Hull, Man City) + 2 league cup semi-finals.
Regarding one offs, I worked out after Corky scored at Old Wembley, we went over 13 hours without scoring. That's tough, no wonder we went berserk v Hull.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

I think it's 5 FA Cup Semi Finals in that time, isn't it?

A couple of League Cup semis as well, although they're not strictly "one-offs".

Yep you're right, forgot Newcastle!

 

[mattbianco1]

I think it's 5 FA Cup Semi Finals in that time, isn't it?

If you count the pigs yeah:

FA Cup

1. 1993 - Pigs
2. 1998 - Newcastle
3. 2003 - Arsenal
4. 2014 - Hull
5. 2023 - Man City

Play Offs

1. 1997 - Palace
2. 2003 - Wolves
3. 2009 - Burnley
4. 2012 - Huddersfield
5. 2025 - Sunderland

 

[tyke1889]

Time they setting off from there?

We're going from Cherry St, think it's 7

 

[Bill puntin]

Piggies saying they would have sold Wembley out if they could have all the tickets and wouldn’t go on general sale

 

[Freddie]

We are taking the people that actually go to our games (and more).

Not 10,000 - 15,000 more who go for one off big games and at no other time. Simple.

 

[Woodys Thunderbolt]

Sky just announced we have sold out our ticket allocation! Wonder if there's any truth in this?

Where did you see that? Not seen anything official on this.

 

[Dkc]

Where did you see that? Not seen anything official on this.

Tale of the tape - the key info heading into the final​

• Both teams have sold out their ticket allocation of 35,531 - Sheffield United in the east end and Sunderland in the west end.

Sheffield United vs Sunderland: Championship play-off final showdown awaits but who needs promotion to Premier League more?

Sheffield United meet Sunderland in the Championship play-off final at Wembley, but who needs promotion to the Premier League more?; watch the Championship play-off final live on Sky Sports Football from 2pm on Saturday; kick-off 3.01pm

www.skysports.com

 

[Sheffsteel]

If you count the pigs yeah:

FA Cup

1. 1993 - Pigs
2. 1998 - Newcastle
3. 2003 - Arsenal
4. 2014 - Hull
5. 2023 - Man City

Play Offs

1. 1997 - Palace
2. 2003 - Wolves
3. 2009 - Burnley
4. 2012 - Huddersfield
5. 2025 - Sunderland

I’ve been to 7 of the 10.

Crystal Palace- missed it as couldn’t go.

Huddersfield - is the only match I deliberately missed, was so down after being pipped to promotion with such a good side. Also I did wonder if I was the bad luck omen. Watched it on TV and when we were 2-0 up on pens it was a strange feeling because I thought we’ve finally going to win at Wembley and I wasn’t there.

Man City - part deliberate because, especially without Doyle and McAtee, we had no chance of winning. Also planned to take the family but due to the restrictions couldn’t get tickets.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Piggies saying they would have sold Wembley out if they could have all the tickets and wouldn’t go on general sale

Any team can say that.

Millwall did hold the Wembley record at 50K
And then Portsmouth went and beat it with just over 50K.

However both clubs were playing small teams, so had the rare opportunity to take many more than their allocation.

 

[Gimli]

Add to that, the tickets look to be a decent percentage cheaper (aware Charlton seem to have 6 categories to our 5, but wonder if they have added a extra cat for standing area).

Nothing is comparable.

I’m staying over Saturday night and I’ve been really tempted to to get a ticket for Sunday in the Leyton Orient end - £31 for a ‘category 6’ which clearly we didn’t have

 

[mattbianco1]

Huddersfield - is the only match I deliberately missed, was so down after being pipped to promotion with such a good side. Also I did wonder if I was the bad luck omen. Watched it on TV and when we were 2-0 up on pens it was a strange feeling because I thought we’ve finally going to win at Wembley and I wasn’t there.

We were only ever 1 in front.
Huddersfield missed their first 3 penalties and we still didn't make it

• Hudds
  
  • Williamson
• Hudds
  
  • Collins
• Hudds
  
  • Lowton
• Hudds
  
  • Taylor
• Hudds
  
  • Porter
• Hudds
  
  • Quinn
• Hudds
  
  • Maguire
• Hudds
  
  • Doyle
• Hudds
  
  • O'Halloran
• Hudds
  
  • Hill
• Hudds GK
  
  • Simonsen

 

[Sheffsteel]

We were only ever 1 in front.
Huddersfield missed their first 3 penalties and we still didn't make it

• Hudds
  
  • Williamson
• Hudds
  
  • Collins
• Hudds
  
  • Lowton
• Hudds
  
  • Taylor
• Hudds
  
  • Porter
• Hudds
  
  • Quinn
• Hudds
  
  • Maguire
• Hudds
  
  • Doyle
• Hudds
  
  • O'Halloran
• Hudds
  
  • Hill
• Hudds GK
  
  • Simonsen

It was the Lowton pen….remember thinking score this and surely we can’t mess up from here

But he missed.

 

[SRBlade]

I had the chance to get some spares but I couldn't give them away, because while the tickets were free it doesn't make the day trip any cheaper.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Piggies saying they would have sold Wembley out if they could have all the tickets and wouldn’t go on general sale

Its all a bit tiring what the pigs say tbh, this is all they've got to pretend to be relevant, which clearly they arn't!

 

[tyke1889]

Time they setting off from there?

Just checked, it's 7.15

 

[Sheffsteel]

Its all a bit tiring what the pigs say tbh, this is all they've got to pretend to be relevant, which clearly they arn't!

Their main boost revolves around that word called “potential”

But a few clubs can say the same.

I have relatives in Plymouth and my uncle always used to say
‘Cornwall and Devon has a population of 1 million and has just 1 significant football team, so if Argyle ever become an established Premier League team we could easily average 40K”.

Bristol City are probably similar, small club with big potential.
Even Milton Keynes has big potential, another little club with small support but of MKD were in the PL they would average 30K.

Sheff Wed have shown through out history that once the novelty of success wears off the support that attends matches is always very average.

 

[Camden Blade]

Any team can say that.

Millwall did hold the Wembley record at 50K
And then Portsmouth went and beat it with just over 50K.

However both clubs were playing small teams, so had the rare opportunity to take many more than their allocation.

I'm surprised both those teams could shift 50,000 tickets each especially Millwall. They used to struggle to break 10,000 home gates.

 

[Camden Blade]

I had the chance to get some spares but I couldn't give them away, because while the tickets were free it doesn't make the day trip any cheaper.

Maybe we have a poorer fan base than other clubs?

 

[Sheffsteel]

I'm surprised both those teams could shift 50,000 tickets each especially Millwall. They used to struggle to break 10,000 home gates.

Common sense really , no restriction on tickets….a free for all.

It’s London….so loads of friends/ family/ neutrals / day trippers will have gone. Also I think the tickets were quite cheap.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

With the largest stadium capacity in England,
how many trophies have Manchester United won
on the basis that they have a larger numerical
support over their city rivals, compared to what
Manchester City have achieved?

Time to start ignoring their nonsense about
attendances, ticket sales, blah blah blah.

It's on the pitch that matters, nothing else.

 

[Frankie as in Howard]

Maybe we have a poorer fan base than other clubs?

We have a more negative, I heard that boring guy off podcast 4 blades in a pub other day whining about how his heart and head can't handle going to the game, what a poor, poor supporter.

 

[Nick Jansky]

We have a more negative, I heard that boring guy off podcast 4 blades in a pub other day whining about how his heart and head can't handle going to the game, what a poor, poor supporter.

Compared to the past we seem to have many more fans who lack a bit of spine but I think that’s society as a whole rather than just us.

 

[Gimli]

I had the chance to get some spares but I couldn't give them away, because while the tickets were free it doesn't make the day trip any cheaper.

The ticket is probably going to end up being the ‘cheapest’ part of my weekend