Birmingham attendance (5 Viewers)

[M&B Stand]

Have they moved the Boyles sports banners on seats next to the dugouts?

 

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[clint van damme]

Lots of clubs who sell out each week do ST buy back schemes, but too short notice to make this work I think.

Think sell out every week is the key part of the sentence. Not really worth implementing for a club that has 10k empty seats most weeks.

 

[Fysnkysc]

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Excuse the photo! but here is the segregation fence and blocked seats separating the Cov fans from the Boro fans.

Coventry City vs Middlesbrough. The FA Cup Fourth Round.
Saturday 28th January 2006.
Attendance 28,120

2006?

 

[clint van damme]

If we get promoted we could get Praia da Luz away in the Europa League?

To the inappropriate jokes thread!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

General admission tickets for Coventry City’s game against Birmingham City are currently sold-out.

A total of 28,500 tickets have been sold currently for the game, using all areas that are available to sell currently. This includes 4,500 away allocation, provided to Birmingham City several weeks ago.

The Club is working with Safety authorities and the Arena to maximise any possible other areas for sale for home supporters, bearing in mind areas of segregation required, and will provide updates to supporters as soon as we are able to do so.

Few hours of work to make £100k get it done Doug

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

That's the "General Admission" sales, so I assume that excludes Corporate??

Maybe

 

[Alkhen]

2006?

https://www.11v11.com/matches/coventry-city-v-middlesbrough-28-january-2006-222354/

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

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Anyone fancy a go at caption contest??

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[Calista]

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I thought I spotted a single available seat in Block 32, but it turned out to be a speck of gravy on my monitor.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Not seen the map on the ccfc article before

suggests 10-13 are unavailable - that is silly

TICKETS: Coventry City host Birmingham City in final home league game of 22/23

With the Play-Off race going right to the wire, Coventry City host Birmingham City in the Sky Blues' final home game of the league campaign.

www.ccfc.co.uk

 

[bigfatronssba]

Have they moved the Boyles sports banners on seats next to the dugouts?

Those are corporate seats so wouldn't be released to general sale anyway

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Those are corporate seats so wouldn't be released to general sale anyway

Yep I’m with whoever said over 30000 already sold including corporate

anyone know how many people were sent away from ticket office without a ticket

 

[clint van damme]

anyone know how many people were sent away from ticket office without a ticket

Maybe someone could make a graphic of the queue made out of dots so we can count them?

 

[Sick Boy]

Seemed Doug and Dave didn’t know this last week so maybe that’s why

We have been around the playoffs for a while, so it’s not as though it’s come from nowhere.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

That takes you back to beating Huddersfield 4-0 on 4th March. If you take it from after that result we were 8th, 3 points of 6th. Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt and go before that result we were 10th, 5 points off 6th.

They definitely could have seen this coming.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Be nice to know which blocks the blues fans are in

 

[bigfatronssba]

Be nice to know which blocks the blues fans are in

The picture of the 4500 West Brom fans earlier in this thread shows them in blocks 6-10. I would imagine Brum will be the same

 

[SkyBlueMatt]

I gave up my ST's in 15 and moved them over to the family stand but I can't miss this game now. So I've bought a couple singles in the north stand and will sit in my usual seats.

 

[theferret]

I gave up my ST's in 15 and moved them over to the family stand but I can't miss this game now. So I've bought a couple singles in the north stand and will sit in my usual seats.

If you moved your st thought the ticket office, they have likely resold your seat.

 

[shmmeee]

if we do get through to the play offs, they need to learn from this, and push the away fans into the corner

It just makes sense anyway, the bigger that section by the away fans the better the atmosphere and the more people want to go, charge a premium for halfway line tickets, then mostly keep behind the goal closed (or at least the back half of it) unless attendances require it. I’m convinced you’d end up with bigger crowds just by doing that. I wouldn’t be surprised to see us sell even more season tickets next year and have crowds around 20k as a baseline.

Not seen the map on the ccfc article before

suggests 10-13 are unavailable - that is silly

TICKETS: Coventry City host Birmingham City in final home league game of 22/23

With the Play-Off race going right to the wire, Coventry City host Birmingham City in the Sky Blues' final home game of the league campaign.

www.ccfc.co.uk

10 is away fans, which means 11 and 12 can’t be used for home fans. Any decision on 10 should be taken as late as possible considering it knocks 3k home fans off the board.

 

[The Philosopher]

That takes you back to beating Huddersfield 4-0 on 4th March. If you take it from after that result we were 8th, 3 points of 6th. Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt and go before that result we were 10th, 5 points off 6th.

They definitely could have seen this coming.

Will we get more money for away seats than home seats? Are we charging £30 odd quid like Sunderland? I guess charging Brum full money for 2000 extra seats is better than us low selling the 2000 - some to kids and JSB etc.

 

[fernandopartridge]

We have been around the playoffs for a while, so it’s not as though it’s come from nowhere.

Dave Boddy didn't anticipate damage to the pitch from the rugby

 

[The Philosopher]

Whatever the outcome we need to get our act together for the play off first leg.

Huge potential income (are ST’s valid)?

 

[bigfatronssba]

Whatever the outcome we need to get our act together for the play off first leg.

Huge potential income (are ST’s valid)?

Its the disorganised nature of it that I find most disappointing.

The fact that they're only now looking to see if they can open up more blocks is a joke. Why wasn't this looked into last week?

 

[robbiethemole]

Maybe someone could make a graphic of the queue made out of dots so we can count them?

Where's that bloke from Oxford when you need him????

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Probably what Dave Boddy says as well

He said that in 2021

 

[SheafIsGod]

Another problem with selling blocks 10-13 now is that you will have a lot of families and once-a-season fans between a rowdy Birmingham contingent and a rowdy Coventry contingent in the corner.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Another problem with selling blocks 10-13 now is that you will have a lot of families and once-a-season fans between a rowdy Birmingham contingent and a rowdy Coventry contingent in the corner.

Surely that helps?

If the reason for not selling them is concerns about trouble, then a load of families next to the away fans aren't going to cause a problem

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

It will be pathetic if they can't sell the few hundred in the corner and block 13 as a minimum. Are the safety authorities really publicly admitting they are THAT incompetent, that they need to have 5 blocks of segregation to make up for their inability to manage a crowd with just a few rows of segregation like every other 'bitter' derby in the country.

It's Cov vs Blues in the Championship, not Boca Juniors vs River Plate at La Bombonera for fuck sake.

We’ve got the same segregation as they have for Red Star Belgrade v Partizan if you don’t believe me watch the videos on YouTube we have the same issues

 

[CovInEssex]

Surely that helps?

If the reason for not selling them is concerns about trouble, then a load of families next to the away fans aren't going to cause a problem

At United there's a large disabled area next to the away fans and they are constantly abused and hit with coins - I wouldn't want to put any one off coming again. Especially kids.

 

[Bennosdancingfeet]

But if we score….the 17 year old clone island brigade will charge towards the netting like they always do potentially hurting young family people.

 

[M&B Stand]

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Those are corporate seats so wouldn't be released to general sale anyway

Not bothered whether they are normal seats or corporate.
Just wondered if they had been sold/used

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Pity this, I thought the days of being rank amateurs off the pitch were over, clearly not. A chance to make serious extra cash and also boost the team on the pitch and we aren’t taking it.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Nipped into the club shop earlier to get a few bits for the kids - was in there 10 minutes max and probably at least 10 different people came in to ask for tickets.

And that’s even with the car parking stewards telling you tickets are sold out as you drive into the arena.

Side note - thanks to this thread I was able to get a ticket for my mate. After reading this last night, it forced me into action and I purchased one then rather than waiting for this AM!

Side side note; it’s the Man U fan I’ve referenced before and has been to numerous Cov games the last few years including L2 days = he’s definitely a Cov fan at this point.

 

[oscillatewildly]

To quote half man half biscuit - They are the Commodores - Once, Twice, Three times a season and the people you usually see feeding sugar lumps to police horses at cup finals.

It's never a bad thing when someone drops a random HMHB quote into any thread.
Talking of which - Four of us are heading up to Hull this Friday for the rearranged gig cancelled at short notice from last December.
I've never been a fan of needlessly revving a car engine but that's what's gonna happen 9.30 Saturday morning if the others are still fannying around with their breakfast.