Hull crowd (8 Viewers)

[edgy]

"im not going to go the City match today because its a bit cold"

are there really people like this?

Yeah families and elder folk.

Anyway. Just been to ticket office and there's guys clearing the snow around the ground. It does look like Cov has had a little less than Nuneaton.

 

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[alexccfc99]

Why do you call people who can only get to a few games a season, and choose the bigger games, 'so-called fans'?

That’s not really what he’s said - Think he means there’s people who claim to be city fans but would only bother to get themselves to a game for a Wembley trip or if they pulled Man Utd or Liverpool in the FA Cup

 

[Ashdown]

But there are indeed thousands of City fans who can only make so many games for a variety of reasons……they still root for the side every game. Not so long ago the club had a database of 250,000 +…..folk who had either been to a match or bought from the shop.

 

[clint van damme]

"im not going to go the City match today because its a bit cold"

are there really people like this?

Yes, except for when it's too hot.

 

[shmmeee]

If people are on the fence about say taking the kids out weather definitely impacts.

 

[mmttww]

Looks like it'll be similar to Sunderland.

Just bought mine and still think this.

 

[mmttww]

"im not going to go the City match today because its a bit cold"

are there really people like this?

Yeah. Funnily enough, dragging young kids out to a freezing concrete bowl where they have to sit still for two hours while it's close to zero and raining before and after the game, it crosses your mind. Tw*t.

 

[Ashdown]

It’s character building for them….they’re getting nearly as mollycoddled as their idle teachers these days

 

[mmttww]

It’s character building for them….they’re getting nearly as mollycoddled as their idle teachers these days

Yeah, but it's sh*t for me listening to them whine like d*ckheads while I'm trying to watch the game. Gotta think selfishly.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Why do you call people who can only get to a few games a season, and choose the bigger games, 'so-called fans'?

Is it just a coincidence that we only get large crowds when the glamour clubs visit ?

Yeah. Funnily enough, dragging young kids out to a freezing concrete bowl where they have to sit still for two hours while it's close to zero and raining before and after the game, it crosses your mind. Tw*t.

Well I am taking four, and I know who is doing the dragging.

 

[Johhny Blue]

"im not going to go the City match today because its a bit cold"

are there really people like this?

Ben Stevenson for one

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

24k people willing to go to every game

We would never get 24k season ticket holders, even in our first season in the premier League. Perhaps 21-22 tops. If we struggled it would drop the following season.
We aren't Leicester. We haven't got that kind of support that can sustain over an indifferent period.
I'm not saying we can't fill the stadium in the premier League but no way can we get the kind of levels of season ticket sales that guarantees 30k plus at home week in week out.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It’s gonna be more than 21000 isn’t it??

 

[pusbccfc]

We would never get 24k season ticket holders, even in our first season in the premier League. Perhaps 21-22 tops. If we struggled it would drop the following season.
We aren't Leicester. We haven't got that kind of support that can sustain over an indifferent period.
I'm not saying we can't fill the stadium in the premier League but no way can we get the kind of levels of season ticket sales that guarantees 30k plus at home week in week out.

We aren't Leicester?? Before our move to Northampton, our historical average attendance was higher.

Laughable that anyone thinks a city of 360,000 and a CV postcode of 850,000 wouldn't sell 24,000 season tickets.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

We would never get 24k season ticket holders, even in our first season in the premier League. Perhaps 21-22 tops. If we struggled it would drop the following season.
We aren't Leicester. We haven't got that kind of support that can sustain over an indifferent period.
I'm not saying we can't fill the stadium in the premier League but no way can we get the kind of levels of season ticket sales that guarantees 30k plus at home week in week out.

I'd take an indifferent period that involved winning the PL a few years ago!

 

[Greggs]

Do they still sing this?

 

[edgy]

Looks like the family zone ticket offer was taken up well.

Looks a decent crowd to me. 22k on the cards.

 

[mmttww]

Lots sold last night and this morning.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Do they still sing this?

Grown men doing a Tiger….. I really don’t want to see that today.

 

[theferret]

Looking very healthy now, as it should be tbh, huge game this. Dhillons busy from midday. Sense a big walk up too.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Looks like 23000 is low balling

 

[Tommo1993]

46 massive games in a season. Not a believer in that “free hit” loser mentality bollocks.

11 cup finals starting now.

 

[Johhny Blue]

46 massive games in a season. Not a believer in that “free hit” loser mentality bollocks.

11 cup finals starting now.

We’re gonna win the cups

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

But there are indeed thousands of City fans who can only make so many games for a variety of reasons……they still root for the side every game. Not so long ago the club had a database of 250,000 +…..folk who had either been to a match or bought from the shop.

That probably equates to about 25k fans that have forgotten their log in details 10x and created a new account.

 

[chiefdave]

Just on my way for the first time in a while, life getting in the way. There's a noticeable sense of excitement about the place these days. Very welcome change.

 

[Johhny Blue]

Just on my way for the first time in a while, life getting in the way. There's a noticeable sense of excitement about the place these days. Very welcome change.

Get in there

 

[pusbccfc]

Concourse is heaving

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

Looks good behind the goal

 

[SheafIsGod]

Hull were really the worst, most embarrassing type of away support today. Deathly silence for the entire first half. Score early second half and then they find their voices and reel off their pathetic songbook for 20 minutes until they concede - then it’s back to deathly silence.

Tinpot. Hope they enjoyed their big day out.

 

[pusbccfc]

Hull were really the worst, most embarrassing type of away support today. Deathly silence for the entire first half. Score early second half and then they find their voices and reel off their pathetic songbook for 20 minutes until they concede - then it’s back to deathly silence.

Tinpot. Hope they enjoyed their big day out.

Not the worst because we've had some stinkers but silent first half and gave it a little go after the goal.

Generally poor though. Their own fans are having a go at each other because the free coaches attract day trippers who don't get involved in the atmosphere, apparently.

 

[Evo1883]

Looked a bit more than the official , not sure there is 10,000 empty seats in that stadium today

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

We aren't Leicester?? Before our move to Northampton, our historical average attendance was higher.

Laughable that anyone thinks a city of 360,000 and a CV postcode of 850,000 wouldn't sell 24,000 season tickets.

You may be right about our historic average being favourable over Leicester, but the fact is when Leicester dropped into league 1 briefly not so long ago their crowds held up extremely well, higher in fact than what we are getting now.
In 2001/2 their average attendance in the championship was just over 19000. Since then they've never had less than 20,000 on average per season and regularly bettered it in the championship before selling out year after year in the Premier League .

It isnt necessarily the case that having a CV postcode of 850,000 should guarantee 24k season tickets . The reality is that outside of Coventry many CV postcodes are not necessarily swarming with Coventry fans. They should be but they're not.

 

[Travs]

Hull were really the worst, most embarrassing type of away support today. Deathly silence for the entire first half. Score early second half and then they find their voices and reel off their pathetic songbook for 20 minutes until they concede - then it’s back to deathly silence.

Tinpot. Hope they enjoyed their big day out.

Claiming that Coventry is everybody's "big day out" makes us sound like clowns (and is pretty inaccurate.... i'd say the only real draw we have as an away trip is the large allocation available).

 

[pusbccfc]

Claiming that Coventry is everybody's "big day out" makes us sound like clowns (and is pretty inaccurate.... i'd say the only real draw we have as an away trip is the large allocation available).

Which is exactly why it's the big day out

 

[pusbccfc]

You may be right about our historic average being favourable over Leicester, but the fact is when Leicester dropped into league 1 briefly not so long ago their crowds held up extremely well, higher in fact than what we are getting now.
In 2001/2 their average attendance in the championship was just over 19000. Since then they've never had less than 20,000 on average per season and regularly bettered it in the championship before selling out year after year in the Premier League .

It isnt necessarily the case that having a CV postcode of 850,000 should guarantee 24k season tickets . The reality is that outside of Coventry many CV postcodes are not necessarily swarming with Coventry fans. They should be but they're not.

The reason being is because Leicester built their fan base moving to a new stadium and having time in the top flight. They developed a 20,000 core.

It's something we e never had chance to since moving to the Ricoh.