| NL playoff final 11:32 - May 24 with 1897 views | EllDale |
From what I can gather neither Oldham nor Southend have received their tickets yet.
Apparently there is no tube service covering Wembley a week tomorrow so the authorities want to restrict each club to 17500 tickets due to anticipated travel difficulties although they may be allowed additional tickets if they can prove that the extra fans are travelling by coach and so won’t be using public transport.
Sounds a right mess created by the NL, Wembley and Transport for London between them.
Southend are claiming that they could have sold 30000 tickets. |  | | |  |
| NL playoff final on 11:48 - May 24 with 1847 views | TVOS1907 |
The clubs won't receive tickets per se. They are sold via a tickets portal.
https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2025/may/23/tickets--vanarama-national-lea
The issue over allocations is ridiculous, considering the works on the underground had to be booked in at least 6 months ago when it was known there was an event at Wembley. |  |
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| NL playoff final on 12:05 - May 24 with 1785 views | EllDale |
I suppose it hasn’t helped matters that two clubs with a broad fan base have qualified.
FGR versus Gateshead might not have created the same issues.
I believe the record attendance for the final is 47000 when Bristol Rovers played Grimsby a few years ago. | | | |
| NL playoff final on 12:18 - May 24 with 1753 views | NorthernDale |
It is about time the playoff final was played at a neutral venue, like Villa Park for example. The atmosphere in a half or third full stadium like Wembley, compared to the stadium mentioned above would be totally different.
You have to feel for the Southend and even the Biffo fans for the chaos caused to them. [Post edited 24 May 12:22]
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| NL playoff final on 12:27 - May 24 with 1734 views | TVOS1907 |
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I suppose it hasn’t helped matters that two clubs with a broad fan base have qualified.
FGR versus Gateshead might not have created the same issues.
I believe the record attendance for the final is 47000 when Bristol Rovers played Grimsby a few years ago. |
It shouldn't matter who's qualified; all clubs have to be treated equally. | |
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| NL playoff final on 12:50 - May 24 with 1692 views | dingdangblue |
Even with the tube station shut it shouldn't alter the allocation. Just travel by coach/bus/car - the majority of Oldham fans would be travelling this way anyway. There are hundreds of football grounds around the country that have to make do without a tube facility. |  |
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| NL playoff final on 13:34 - May 24 with 1645 views | diplodocus |
Isn't it strange that Genghis Khan's tfl can ship 50,000 pro-Hamas followers to central London, inconveniencing thousands of Londoners, tourists etc, but on the day 50,000 footy supporters want to go about their legal and lawful business (I'm giving 'Owdam fans the benefit of the doubt here) that tfL NEED to 'work' urgently on a specific stretch of line. it stinks.  | | | |
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| NL playoff final on 19:23 - May 24 with 1169 views | EllDale |
Apparently the NL have known about this for some time but hadn’t advised member clubs. | | | |
| NL playoff final on 20:57 - May 24 with 1040 views | jonahwhereru |
| NL playoff final on 17:14 - May 24 by diplodocus |
'The Mayor of London is chair of tfl who are responsible for implementing the Mayor's Transport Strategy, and for he day to day operational running of transport services in London'
That is from Cit hall's own website, which covers all aspects of THE MAYOR'S duties and responsibilities.  |
Correct, unlike the 50k Hamas supports comment. | | | |
| NL playoff final (n/t) on 08:11 - May 25 with 654 views | meeee |
On the first day of sales Oldham have sold 10,500 and Southend have sold 12,500. Great effort all around, they go on general sale tomorrow [Post edited 25 May 8:17]
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| NL playoff final on 13:50 - May 25 with 297 views | Dalenet |
Its not the end of the world. Owdum have been given an extra 9,000 tickets if they are sold with a coach package. They have pre-booked 50 coaches so are not expecting to sell that allocation out. If they want those 9,000 seats in full they'll need to hire 180 coaches. Up to the fans if they want to go. I think we took 17,000 to our play-off game and we had 88 coaches booked.
As for the other ticket holders you can still travel to the other 2 overground/underground stations on the opposite side of Wembley. The Chiltern line from Birmingham stops at Wembley for those prepared to get to the midlands.
Southend have issued a statement today to suggest that the capacity restriction may be lifted as TFL tries to add additional services to other stations nearby.
This has been an issue for lots of Wembley events - not just the NL playoff. When Newcastle got to the League Cup final the East Coast mainline was closed and they wouldn't delay the rail works. [Post edited 25 May 13:53]
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| NL playoff final on 13:57 - May 25 with 271 views | EllDale |
As you say it’s not uncommon.
When Wigan played Warrington in the RL Challenge Cup final last year Network Rail closed the West Coast mainline on the same weekend.
I think the issue has been the short notice. Where do you source 180 coaches at this time of year?
Oldham and Southend are still shifting plenty of tickets. I believe the Boundary Park office stayed open until 10.30pm last night. | | | |
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