pusbccfc
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Yeah about that, very impressive following that night.
Didn't they have 700 in the first game back and that was on a week night and on TV. Although I suspect there was a few Cov fans in there and a few just interested in the spectacle
... I think we are looking at 17k+ for this one.
Well isn't he right?Mr Suicidal (Nigel) on radio now saying he can't go because he is frightened of being disappointed. FFS
Funny that we had hundreds of those excuses why people couldn't make it to the council house to picket against the Wasps?No silly excuses not to be there is there? It's not too expensive and it's very entertaining
If I was the club I would do 2 things on Monday:
1. Open the 2 blocks in North stand behind the goal from rows A to Z only. Makes a statement that the club is open for business and expects and is prepared for a 15k gate. Get a second member of staff to the shop to help with the ticket sales.
2. Learn from last year - instead of £10 do a BOGOF deal with the Doncaster game the next Saturday. (Bradford away mid-week so another big week coming up!)
Would do something similar. Gillingham and Donny for £30
Not sure about opening the North Stand unless sure you can fill it or part fill. Atmosphere so much better with everybody together. Plus saves stewarding and retail costs.
Ah bless. Still the victim. I think you forgot that people actually work.Funny that we had hundreds of those excuses why people couldn't make it to the council house to picket against the Wasps?
But now none of them count.
Fair enough. You're talking apples I'm talking oranges.
Last year was also poor due to the season away at Sixfields. Depressingly our current average attendance is only 900 more than the 2012/13 season, despite being in the top 6, averaging 2.1 points per game over the last 10, playing some of the most exciting football since the Robbie Keane days and having cheaper ST's, matchday tickets and matchday packages.
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Stu, history shows that all else being equal an unsuccessful season takes 5-10% off the crowd. By rights we should be down near 6-7k. We just don't maintain support finishing near the bottom of any league. Pulling in 12k, especially considering the crap around our owners, is actually pretty good considering we've not actually had any success beforehand. If we keep this up I expect a final average of around 13-14k, which would be nearly double what we should've expected for this season and a fantastic effort. It would also mean we could expect 20k after promotion based on previous promotions. Which again is fantastic.
Just because we all bleed Sky Blue and think nothing is different, doesn't mean we are the norm. We shouldn't hold your average fan to the same expectations as us nutters. Most people are just looking for some entertainment in a Saturday, we are like those guys who went to the opening of LOTR dressed as Gandalf and clapped at the end.
I think you also have to consider massively discounted ST and matchday ticket packages and also The positive of Mowbray signing for 2 years as one of the biggest reasons higher attendances than last season.
I'm not even having a pop at fans, some are predicting 17k+ or it's a failure, I'm saying around 13k with the reasons I think that and getting pulled up on it. If we're top 2 going towards the end of Feb - early March then I think crowds will start to swell significantly. I'm not sure I'm as optimistic as you on what our championship crowds will be if we do get promoted. I think the rhetoric of the financial model won't work will put many off from the start.
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Anything less than 15k including 1.5-2k Gills fans would be rather embarassing.
Funny that we had hundreds of those excuses why people couldn't make it to the council house to picket against the Wasps?
But now none of them count.
And it was changed at short notice, there is no pointI was a work as it was during the week.
Not seeing your point here.
Do Gillingham travel in those numbers?
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Anything less than 15k including 1.5-2k Gills fans would be rather embarassing.
So now it's not about the lack of a top 6 finish it's about the opposition. Funny that Gillingham were worthy of 27k last season but aren't this?
Take your point but It wasn't because of Gillingham was It?
I was a work as it was during the week.
Not seeing your point here.
Getting less than 15k for a division 3 game is embarrassing? We used to get much less in the top flight. And count me out. Not there yesterday and not going again for about a month.
Not sure I can go, though desperately want to.There you go you got it isnt a saturday just a normal working day for a lot of people.
I know at least 4 who cant make every game.
I've been to loads of top of the table clashes shame the last proper one was I 1967
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