So Exeter vs Colchester & Cheltenham vs Northampton. I think we'll beat Colchester 2-0 at home (274 cardboard cut outs watching from the stands) and draw 1 a piece away. I'm hoping Cheltenham can beat Northampton as they are a bogey team for us. Think it'll be close that and perhaps a 2-2 finish on aggregate, with penalties going either way, hopefully in Cheltenhams favour. Just 120 cardboard cut outs in attendance at Cheltenham and 167 at Northampton. Think we will finally win the play offs after years of failure. Beat Cheltenham 3-1 at a Wembley in front of 2,400 cardboard cut outs.
We have been a bit slow and I think have only just started doing it. Weird as it was brought up on our forum months ago so I'm surprised it took us so long to go ahead
Ours are all going to be in the Paddock (behind the home team dugout) so in full view of the main camera. I don't know whether to be impressed the crowdfunder has raised a decent amount of money for charity, or embarrassed at how tinpot it's going to look.
It looks alright in the German league I think. Not fantastic but not shoddy either. Plus extra cash is always welcome in the current climate.
1st Legs Thursday, June 18 Colchester United v Exeter City – 5.15pm Northampton Town v Cheltenham Town – 7.45pm 2nd Legs Monday, June 22 Exeter City v Colchester United - 5.15pm Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town – 8.00pm Final (Wembley Stadium) Cheltenham Town v Exeter City - Monday, June 29 - 7.30pm
Colchester vs Exeter is going to break some records in terms of viewers think the whole country might suddenly be very interested in the League 2 Play Offs.
Shite fixture but seems to score quite a few. Exeter + Col surely has more viewers / attenandces each year than Northampton Cheltenham?
Colchester v Exeter on Dec 29th the attendance was 4,799 Northampton v Cheltenham on the same day (nice coincidence that) was 5,090. That doesn't take into account, of course, that Northampton-Cheltenham is a relatively local fixture to the cross country trek Exeter have to make to Colchester.
But combined shows a different story as less than 3,000 were at Cheltenham for the home match against Northampton whereas there was 4,700+ at our home match against Colchester so the combined interest/attendees is more than in your fixture
Latest odds from Bet365 on who's going to win the play offs: Exeter 2/1, Cheltenham & Colchester both 11/4 and Northampton 10/3 https://www.bet365.com/#/AC/B1/C172/D1/E41932778/F2/
Why bother playing the final at Wembley if there are no fans? Surely better just to play at a neutral venue midway between the two towns concerned.
Apparently we have 335 cardboard attendees at the moment for our home tie against Colchester, given they've only been on sale for like 3 days isn't too bad
Less Than 24 Hours To Go! This press release from Colchester a few houes ago shows they've only sold 70.. and I'm pretty sure quite a few of those orders are from our fans, who want to be at the away game! How many have Cheltenham and Northampton sold? Any idea anyone?
More than I thought you'd have tbh, fair play. Good effort Do we know if they're going to play crowd noise when the games are on TV like they're now doing in Germany?
We've ended up with 1,119. I can't see crowd noise being pumped in - our PA system isn't good enough anyway.
I guess this was inevitable. If this happens then what happens with the League Two Play Off's? Will they still happen? What if a team wins the play offs, costs them over £100,000 and then they are denied entry into League One? Mark Palios says Tranmere Rovers considering legal action over relegation from League One
