30,000 fans v Bristol City.

[SwindonBladeJnr]

For £80 you can get tickets for the last four matches. That should encourage a few.

Not ashamed to say that got my attention today. It's a 350 mile round trip for a game at the Lane for me (so I prioritise away games in the south/midlands), but given what's at stake I'm planning on taking the club up on this (and cancelling a few prior commitments in the process which may or may not see me single by seasons end).

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Think its time for the steel and concreate

 

[nopigfansintown]

Membership card holders can get a free ticket for the Bristol game if they've attended 5 home games. It's probably the last time to do it this season, unless the Forest or Ipswich games are category B.

 

[JordoBlade]

Got a voucher from school £10 a ticket on family stand, £5 kids. It could be used for 4 fixtures, City is the final ticket promotion. Should've done it in all the stands.

 

[Kryten]

 

[Houston_Blade]

Should be very near home end sell outs for the remaining home games now. If the fans don't vote with their feet now then they never will (unless we're in the PL of course and they'll all be there).

 

[grafikhaus]

25k on Tuesday night in middle of storm gareth, where it was cold wet & windy. was pretty good, lets not for it wasnt that long since we were getting 15/16k midweek

Plus before the Brentford game, we had this thread. ('Is tonight's match on the red button?'). The days of big crowds - apart from the odd game - are behind football. Daft ticket prices/kick-off times/game on telly etc. make our crowds remarkably good.

Imagine if we were on a long, unbeaten run, closing in on the play-offs and a 3.00 KO Saturday game against a fairly-nearby team and only got 24,608? Like Wednesday yesterday.

Similarly Watford v Palace, 6th round of the FA Cup. 18,104. Or Bournemouth v Newcastle in the PL yesterday. Small stadium, yes. But lots of empty seats. 10,625.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Next game in a fortnights time. If the attendance is any less than 30,000, it is quite insulting to Wilder and the players for all the effort and commitment they have put in throughout this season.
4 home games left. Let’s make it fortress Bramall Lane. ️

I'll be surprised if it's much over 30,000. We only just scraped that for the Sheffield derby at Bramall lane this season.

The problem is that it's just too easy to get live football piped into your living room or even into the palm of your hand. For some folks, the prospect of shelling out serious money (especially if they have dependants to take to the game), in awful weather, versus staying home, or in the pub, where it's nice and warm and you can watch football for free, is just not attractive.

The more easy the TV companies make it to watch football, the less folks will actually bother going to watch it in person. And, as you know, the TV companies are not just content to put big money behind it and televise one or two games. They have seen the commercial opportunity in making just about all games available and so even more fans have less incentive to go to the game in person. And even worse, they want their "technology" to take out the human elements of applying the rules.

In years to come my friend, you and I, and others like us, won't even be welcome to go and watch our teams play football. Fans will be considered an unnecessary expense, because of all the policing charges and the traffic congestion they cause. What's more important, is that the clubs won't need the fans there in person, because they can make all the money they need to make through the TV companies and merchandising. Even now, half the teams in the Premiership don't need fans to attend games - they make their money elsewhere. This is how it is going to be for most clubs in the top 2 divisions in a few years.

The plan is for all football to be televised so they can charge us to watch it at home. And for those that can't afford to pay to watch it live on TV, there'll be pre-recorded and edited highlights to watch on box sets on Christmas Day.

We will be able to sit back in our armchairs, by the fire, with a few tins and play back the games from a whole season. And as we do that, we can stare at the completely empty terraces and tell our grandchildren that when we were young, people actually used to go and watch the game live. And they'll laugh at us and go..."oh Grandad! Don't be silly!".

 

[Sheffsteel]

As already said it’s virtually impossibke to get over 30K.

The Sheffield derby was a sell out but it was still only 30,261
Bristol City will only bring 1000, so if we sell all our tickets it’ll be 28,500 ish.

Remaining matches will be 27K to 29k.

 

[Gerritforud]

I'll be surprised if it's much over 30,000. We only just scraped that for the Sheffield derby at Bramall lane this season.

The problem is that it's just too easy to get live football piped into your living room or even into the palm of your hand. For some folks, the prospect of shelling out serious money (especially if they have dependants to take to the game), in awful weather, versus staying home, or in the pub, where it's nice and warm and you can watch football for free, is just not attractive.

The more easy the TV companies make it to watch football, the less folks will actually bother going to watch it in person. And, as you know, the TV companies are not just content to put big money behind it and televise one or two games. They have seen the commercial opportunity in making just about all games available and so even more fans have less incentive to go to the game in person. And even worse, they want their "technology" to take out the human elements of applying the rules.

In years to come my friend, you and I, and others like us, won't even be welcome to go and watch our teams play football. Fans will be considered an unnecessary expense, because of all the policing charges and the traffic congestion they cause. What's more important, is that the clubs won't need the fans there in person, because they can make all the money they need to make through the TV companies and merchandising. Even now, half the teams in the Premiership don't need fans to attend games - they make their money elsewhere. This is how it is going to be for most clubs in the top 2 divisions in a few years.

The plan is for all football to be televised so they can charge us to watch it at home. And for those that can't afford to pay to watch it live on TV, there'll be pre-recorded and edited highlights to watch on box sets on Christmas Day.

We will be able to sit back in our armchairs, by the fire, with a few tins and play back the games from a whole season. And as we do that, we can stare at the completely empty terraces and tell our grandchildren that when we were young, people actually used to go and watch the game live. And they'll laugh at us and go..."oh Grandad! Don't be silly!".

Nice theory, just one fact you missed. The crowd at a match it what makes the atmosphere.
Have you ever seen a televised game with no crowd? it's like watching paint dry.
The simple answer is to stop charging stupid money to go to the game, like you say, they don't need the money.
But they do need the crowd.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

I touched on this last night in the ale house. If we don’t sell out the rest of our home games we ought to be ashamed of ourselves. That team of heroes deserve the maximum we can give them

 

[Seanshoreham]

Agree if we could only sell out every home game like the pigs

Well they had a go yesterday £15 adult plus free kids ticket - and they got a pitiful 24k
MASSIVEEEE
Strange there was no comment from the Pitsmoor Pig

 

[georgethecat]

I have flights booked for the forest game. Hopefully getting tickets won't be a problem.

 

[YES Blade]

I'll be surprised if it's much over 30,000. We only just scraped that for the Sheffield derby at Bramall lane this season.

The problem is that it's just too easy to get live football piped into your living room or even into the palm of your hand. For some folks, the prospect of shelling out serious money (especially if they have dependants to take to the game), in awful weather, versus staying home, or in the pub, where it's nice and warm and you can watch football for free, is just not attractive.

The more easy the TV companies make it to watch football, the less folks will actually bother going to watch it in person. And, as you know, the TV companies are not just content to put big money behind it and televise one or two games. They have seen the commercial opportunity in making just about all games available and so even more fans have less incentive to go to the game in person. And even worse, they want their "technology" to take out the human elements of applying the rules.

In years to come my friend, you and I, and others like us, won't even be welcome to go and watch our teams play football. Fans will be considered an unnecessary expense, because of all the policing charges and the traffic congestion they cause. What's more important, is that the clubs won't need the fans there in person, because they can make all the money they need to make through the TV companies and merchandising. Even now, half the teams in the Premiership don't need fans to attend games - they make their money elsewhere. This is how it is going to be for most clubs in the top 2 divisions in a few years.

The plan is for all football to be televised so they can charge us to watch it at home. And for those that can't afford to pay to watch it live on TV, there'll be pre-recorded and edited highlights to watch on box sets on Christmas Day.

We will be able to sit back in our armchairs, by the fire, with a few tins and play back the games from a whole season. And as we do that, we can stare at the completely empty terraces and tell our grandchildren that when we were young, people actually used to go and watch the game live. And they'll laugh at us and go..."oh Grandad! Don't be silly!".

So if no one is going to watch football at the stadium anymore, why have Spurs just spent around a £1Billion on building a new one?!?

 

[Robby Blade]

I'll be surprised if it's much over 30,000. We only just scraped that for the Sheffield derby at Bramall lane this season.

The problem is that it's just too easy to get live football piped into your living room or even into the palm of your hand. For some folks, the prospect of shelling out serious money (especially if they have dependants to take to the game), in awful weather, versus staying home, or in the pub, where it's nice and warm and you can watch football for free, is just not attractive.

The more easy the TV companies make it to watch football, the less folks will actually bother going to watch it in person. And, as you know, the TV companies are not just content to put big money behind it and televise one or two games. They have seen the commercial opportunity in making just about all games available and so even more fans have less incentive to go to the game in person. And even worse, they want their "technology" to take out the human elements of applying the rules.

In years to come my friend, you and I, and others like us, won't even be welcome to go and watch our teams play football. Fans will be considered an unnecessary expense, because of all the policing charges and the traffic congestion they cause. What's more important, is that the clubs won't need the fans there in person, because they can make all the money they need to make through the TV companies and merchandising. Even now, half the teams in the Premiership don't need fans to attend games - they make their money elsewhere. This is how it is going to be for most clubs in the top 2 divisions in a few years.

The plan is for all football to be televised so they can charge us to watch it at home. And for those that can't afford to pay to watch it live on TV, there'll be pre-recorded and edited highlights to watch on box sets on Christmas Day.

We will be able to sit back in our armchairs, by the fire, with a few tins and play back the games from a whole season. And as we do that, we can stare at the completely empty terraces and tell our grandchildren that when we were young, people actually used to go and watch the game live. And they'll laugh at us and go..."oh Grandad! Don't be silly!".

Not for the first time, I think you are completely wrong.

If pricing is made a little more sensible, due to all the extra TV exposure, crowds will increase for the simple reason more folk will want to try the day out. Give them good value and they will be back for more. Might take time, but it will happen.

 

[Sean Thornton]

So if no one is going to watch football at the stadium anymore, why have Spurs just spent around a £1Billion on building a new one?!?

Their fans aren't shit like ours.......... ?

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I'm not reyt bothered about having the extra fans in,sooner have the 24k that turned up versus Brentford,they helped the team in adversity to win the game with massive vocal support.

Not a dig at any fan who could not make the Brentford game due to work,illness,no money,too wet,too windy,divorce,in court,on holiday,up Kilimanjiro.

 

[Pinchy]

Not this again..

Look, apart from the weird Rotherham game the Atmosphere has been good since Boxing Day.

Depends what sort of atmosphere you like. How dare he suggest supporters should get behind their team and absolutely raise the roof rather than sit knitting a half and half scarf or listening to The Archers podcast?

#Lanelibrary.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Laughable comment from somebody who said he was never going again after we sold Brooks.

Laughable comment from the poster who spends most of his time with his head up his arse that he's unable to see what's going on. Apart from mentioning the content of a random post from what, 8 months ago which is unrelated to my comment about the crowd figure, what's your contribution to the thread apart from an infantile comment? I was at the game, was you? If we're into digging up old posts I could have a have a look for some of yours but that would make me a sad fuck on a par with you. You're a pathetic individual if this is how you spend your time.

 

[Bert]

I was at the game, was you? If we're into digging up old posts I could have a have a look for some of yours but that would make me a sad fuck on a par with you

Bert has a season ticket, he goes to all home games.
Have a look at his old posts, see if you can find one where he's thrown his toys out of his pram because something happened that he didn't like. Take your time, dig deep.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Bert has a season ticket, he goes to all home games.
Have a look at his old posts, see if you can find one where he's thrown his toys out of his pram because something happened that he didn't like. Take your time, dig deep.

As I said in my previous post, I'll leave that kind of pervy behaviour to you. I've got better things to do.

 

[Bert]

As I said in my previous post, I'll leave that kind of pervy behaviour to you. I've got better things to do.

Now there's a surprise.

 

[Bartleby]

30,000 isn't going to happen in the Championship

Why not? We got 31000 at our last game in League 1

 

[Bartleby]

Fucking well better be. The turnout vs Brentford was disgraceful.

Was it? 24,463 and there can't have been much more than 100 in the away end

 

[BladeFisher]

Bristol City: 1,000 away fans tops, so taking into account all the usual seats have been netted off together with the seats that have restricted or no view, we're probably looking at 28,500 maximum.

Forest: Full complement of 2,200 away fans but that will necessitate swathes to be netted off in the bottom corner of H-block and John Street together with the front 6 rows of the Lane upper tier. 29,000.

Millwall: 8-900 away THUGS. Category A prices. 27,000.

Ipswich: Last away day for Town so may bring a few even if already relegated. A gradual release of tickets by permission of SAG in the week of the game, much like at the Sty, may allow us to get over 30,000.

As Tpl says, 32,609 would be available every fixture should we manage to get promoted. Different rules up there, it seems.

There edited for you.

 

[Topplayersleave]

Why not? We got 31000 at our last game in League 1

Yes, a special occasion, with about 6 weeks notice that it was obviously going to be a popular game, a game where much pissing about was done between SYP, SAG, Chesterfield Football Club as well as ourselves and we had plenty of time to do it.
Most big games we don't have the time after everybody has finished fucking about and having their say

Just hope we get to the Premier League where every seat in the house can be sold

 

[snootyfenooty]

Was it? 24,463 and there can't have been much more than 100 in the away end

Given the amount of empty seats around me in the SS usually taken by ST holders, plus rows of empty seats elsewhere which are usually occupied, I'd estimate there was only about 22-23k at the Brentford game. Even the official attendance was disgraceful, let alone the actual figure, given the position we are in and the style of football we are playing.

 

[Bartleby]

Yes, a special occasion, with about 6 weeks notice that it was obviously going to be a popular game, a game where much pissing about was done between SYP, SAG, Chesterfield Football Club as well as ourselves and we had plenty of time to do it.
Most big games we don't have the time after everybody has finished fucking about and having their say

Just hope we get to the Premier League where every seat in the house can be sold

Fair enough, have to admit I hadn't researched the topic as thoroughly as I usually do before chipping in

 

[Topplayersleave]

Fair enough, have to admit I hadn't researched the topic as thoroughly as I usually do before chipping in

For all the slagging that people like snooty are giving the fans, the restrictions placed on our fans in particular for home games is having a detrimental affect on attendances.
We'll get our 25,000 ish regardless, but to bring that up to 30,000 it has to be made easier for the 5,000 floating fans

They are floating fans for a reason, they are not as keen as the die hards. It doesn't take too much to put them off

 

[Yewsman]

I am season ticket holder. My daughter is a Blade but only attends irregularly. Her husband and his family are big Newcastle fans but it was in the pre-nuptial agreement when they got married that SUFC were to be his second team and he now follows us and has been with me a few times. He and my daughter plus his parents have already got tickets for the Bristol game (there wasn’t much choice of tickets left) so that’s an extra 4 in the crowd. If that’s typical then we should have a sell out.
If we get promoted then next season will be interesting when we play the Toon!