Blues Game (3 Viewers)

[Grendel]

Not unreasonable to think that attendances would have been pushing that given this season’s performances.

As an average there’s not a chance

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

I’m going for my 1st game at St Andrews, been to quite a few away, bring on the abuse ....

Welcome!!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

10000 sky blues fans not unreasonable

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Maybe for 1 or 2 games but not as an average - I think it’d be around 12,000 like it has been for every other season we’ve done well in L1

Only the Mowbray season then and that for only half a season.we had gates over 16k in that part season. I’m pretty sure with a sustained promotion push gates would be well over 12k. We averaged that last season and were never once in the play off places.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

As an average there’s not a chance

Disagree.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

We would have 7,000 ST holders so that would take 9,000 paying every game

 

[shmmeee]

Maybe for 1 or 2 games but not as an average - I think it’d be around 12,000 like it has been for every other season we’ve done well in L1

Nah. We are doing far better than any previous season in L1 and playing far more attractive football. They were 12k last season, youve have seen an increase this. Maybe 13-14k, probably not 16

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

We would have 7,000 ST holders so that would take 9,000 paying every game

Why not more ST holders? No away support? Our potential fan base for a successful team is way above 16k.

 

[Grendel]

Only the Mowbray season then and that for only half a season.we had gates over 16k in that part season. I’m pretty sure with a sustained promotion push gates would be well over 12k. We averaged that last season and were never once in the play off places.

We had 2

 

[cc84cov]

Win our game in hand we will be top,will we see crowds grow then at that point if we went top ? Surely top of the league would gather higher attendance over a 4th round cup tie ?

I don’t get it ?

 

[shmmeee]

Win our game in hand we will be top,will we see crowds grow then at that point if we went top ? Surely top of the league would gather higher attendance over a 4th round cup tie ?

I don’t get it ?

Fewer people care about a league game than a novelty one off. Why do Christmas specials get more viewers than random episodes in a series?

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

We had 2

Our first season in this divisiontailed off when Robins left. Again, I don’t think we were ever in the PO places and there was certainly no sustained promotion push. When was there another League One season with promotion on the cards?

 

[Grendel]

Our first season in this divisiontailed off when Robins left. Again, I don’t think we were ever in the PO places and there was certainly no sustained promotion push. When was there another League One season with promotion on the cards?

Il talking the Mowbray season. The average also under Robins is distorted by the community game

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Il talking the Mowbray season. The average also under Robins is distorted by the community game

Doesn’t add that much when the extra is divided by 26 games.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Doesn’t add that much when the extra is divided by 26 games.

26 games?

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

I just can’t see how a 16,000 average would be possible with 7,000 ST holders

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Yes that’s what he thinks we’d be getting

It’s what we would be getting. If you can’t see that you have no clue about the club. Wouldn’t be 16k every week but on average all it takes is a couple of big gates to push it up.

Give this club some success and before you know where you are we’re all complaining about fair weather fans as we can’t get tickets.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

I just can’t see how a 16,000 average would be possible with 7,000 ST holders

In 2005/2006 we had 8,000 season ticket holders and averaged 21,000. As a club we don’t ‘do’ season tickets, too many letdowns, we are historically a big walk up club. Makes sense, if you’re not a dyed in the wool, more of a fair weather (not meant disrespectfully) Coventry City supporter, who would you spend all that cash to be inevitably disappointed? The bulk of our fans now wait & see, pick games, see how things are going.

 

[Grendel]

Doesn’t add that much when the extra is divided by 26 games.

Eh?

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Only the Mowbray season then and that for only half a season.we had gates over 16k in that part season. I’m pretty sure with a sustained promotion push gates would be well over 12k. We averaged that last season and were never once in the play off places.

They would be WELL over 12k. Keep moving forward, keep Robins, keep the mouths of Fisher & co shut and watch this club fly.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Maybe for 1 or 2 games but not as an average - I think it’d be around 12,000 like it has been for every other season we’ve done well in L1

It hasn’t been 12k every season we’ve done well? You know this club has existed for more than 20 years right? We get 10k at our lowest ever ebb as a football club, give us some success and watch that bandwagon roll.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

26 games?

23 games, sorry

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Il talking the Mowbray season. The average also under Robins is distorted by the community game

Everything is distorted by the fact we are coming out of the bleakest few years in our entire history and yet still we got 10k. So to say that there are only 2,000 more fans out there that would come onboard with some success is a stupid.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

It hasn’t been 12k every season we’ve done well? You know this club has existed for more than 20 years right? We get 10k at our lowest ever ebb as a football club, give us some success and watch that bandwagon roll.

I said every season in L1

 

[Ring Of Steel]

And you’re still wrong. Last time we were in league one before the late 2010s we averaged almost 30k. We went from 9k to 30k in about 3 years thanks to success, good owners and optimism.

Nothing has changed- get those things right and we’ll be having the usual “where did all these fair weather fans come from?” debates. Your argument is wrong. Not saying we’d be getting 30k obviously but you’re talking way more than 10k- 12k. The Brum game shows that on its own- give our lot a glimpse of something to be excited about and we suddenly find thousands of fans who happily drop their principles and become lifelong CCFC fans.
And that’s a good thing, surely?

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

And you’re still wrong. Last time we were in league one before the late 2010s we averaged almost 30k. We went from 9k to 30k in about 3 years thanks to success, good owners and optimism.

Nothing has changed- get those things right and we’ll be having the usual “where did all these fair weather fans come from?” debates. Your argument is wrong.

I am not sure what relevance 1963 has with 2020 - clearly we wouldn’t be able to attract 30,000 in the Championship never mind L1

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Like I said, not 30,000 but you massively underestimate how many are there waiting for a reason to come again. We did not go from a club the size of Stoke, Derby, Southampton, Brighton etc to nothing overnight, but if you give people no reason to support you and they’re not the good no matter what’ type then they will not support you, it’s not rocket science. We have a lot of fans, trouble is that many have been utterly disenfranchised and are waiting to see what happens before coming back.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Well Neil White as well as he keeps saying 10,000 are boycotting St Andrews

Hoisted by his own petard, the SBT press release should use this as a contemporary example of how out of touch the trust leadership is

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Hoisted by his own petard, the SBT press release should use this as a contemporary example of how out of touch the trust leadership is

Is it really so hard to agree with this? We get 5,500 or so at St Andrews and it’s not unreasonable to assume we’d get 15k or so in Cov playing how we are and where we are in the league?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Is it really so hard to agree with this? We get 5,500 or so at St Andrews and it’s not unreasonable to assume we’d get 15k or so in Cov playing how we are and where we are in the league?

I find that very hard to believe I think double is sensible

 

[Grendel]

Is it really so hard to agree with this? We get 5,500 or so at St Andrews and it’s not unreasonable to assume we’d get 15k or so in Cov playing how we are and where we are in the league?

If we played Birmingham in the cup at the Ricoh we wouldn’t get anywhere near another 10,000 and total attendance would be around 14,000

 

[Ring Of Steel]

I find that very hard to believe I think double is sensible

So you think we’d be getting league two crowds while playing great football pushing for promotion to the championship :wacky:

 

[Ring Of Steel]

If we played Birmingham in the cup at the Ricoh we wouldn’t get anywhere near another 10,000 and total attendance would be around 14,000

Right you are

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

So you think we’d be getting league two crowds while playing great football pushing for promotion to the championship :wacky:

12000 home fans plus away fans yep that’s what I think.

 

[Grendel]

In 2005/2006 we had 8,000 season ticket holders and averaged 21,000. As a club we don’t ‘do’ season tickets, too many letdowns, we are historically a big walk up club. Makes sense, if you’re not a dyed in the wool, more of a fair weather (not meant disrespectfully) Coventry City supporter, who would you spend all that cash to be inevitably disappointed? The bulk of our fans now wait & see, pick games, see how things are going.

The average ticket prices were around £12 and and we had a lot of deal games to inflate the crowd. Basically we did the Wasps strategy

We were averaging 14,000 at highfield road in the championship and at the Ricoh after the new stadium effect it as heading that way again even with subsided tickets