Using past references: Carling Cup - Chelsea - 2008 - 126 loyalty points needed. Carling Cup - Manchester United - 2009 - 151 loyalty points needed. F.A Cup - Pompey - 2010 - 130 loyalty points needed. Last FA Cup semi, 2 years ago, was 130 - but for Chelsea expect higher than that. Plus the fact that over those 2 years, everybody will have been collecting more loyalty points, so the threshold will rise anyway. I'd expect 175/180 as an minimum. Probably looking nearer 200.
I had 125 or so points for the Portsmouth semi and got lucky because a ticket was returned and then offered to me. As SL says it may be a bit higher for Chelsea. Our Attendences for FA Cup games haven't been great though this season so it may be around that figure again.
I'm sure that's mainly because of the opposition. Chelsea are a bit more of an attraction than Cheltenham, Stevenage and Bolton!
True, I thought we sold out Bolton in the semi final run of two years ago but I've just checked and it was a similar attendance although I do remember us selling out Fulham, a bloke next to me paid nearly £60 off a tout for a ticket in South Lower for the game.
As SpursLegend said, the threshold is bound to be higher since the last time vs Portsmouth and I'd agree with saying that it'll like be around the 180 mark. Happy days for me as I currently have 569! WOOP WOOP! Spurs really need to offer me a season ticket in Park Lane, been offered East twice and once in Paxton, had to respectfully decline but my heart is with Park Lane Should be a great game though, a shame it's not the final really. The atmosphere for the Carling Cup final against them was unreal.
The second tier around Wembley is supposedly neutral and you can buy a ticket if you have a Club Wembley membership, I believe. No idea how much it all costs to do that but I think some of our fans did it last time and ended up in the Chelsea end of the ground.
cheers YV that would be perfect as my brother is a chelski fan so could all be together and me and my dad can take the p*** out of him when we are in the final