Attendance prediction v Derby

[Woodthorpe blade]

27252 + a dog & budgeriegar

That'd be a great name for a pub.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

That'd be a great name for a pub.

Hmmm ... might be onto summer there WB .. I'll cut you in on the brand & logo rights .. but not on the beer

 

[gavtheblade]

28,048.

 

[Jonboy60]

27,353 Checkmate

27,351, now he's got to be spot on.

 

[Rob86]

But that's totally illogical.
Each and every club has a totally different set of circumstances.
Different finances, different stadium capacities, different safety restrictions, different ambitions etc etc

Last season we only allowed MK Dons a max of 2,200 for their game at Bramall Lane.

So using your logic, even though there would have been over 20,000 EMPTY seats at the MK Dons stadium for our match last season they should only have given us 2,200 seats too when demand was over 10K.

Ipswich Town have this season tried a reciprocal agreement regards away pricing.
They emailed all Champiomship clubs to explain they'll charge away fans £25 at their ground if other clubs do the same for their fans.
I believe 15 clubs have agreed the arrangement, that's probably more fair.

I like the Ipswich idea. It's a case of this is what we would expect our fans to pay so we'll charge your fans the same. When the pork come we should charge them the same as what they charge us which is expected to be £49, if it's less for us then it'll be less for them. The onus then really is on the first club to host the game between the two clubs to set the price.

As for allocations, that should still be down to the home club. Some grounds you'll get a big allocation and some you won't. As already said this depends on several factors.

 

[1973Blade]

26,041

 

[Hblockblade]

30.666

 

[Isar]

I'll go 26,202

 

[I should coco]

I'll go 26,202

The only thing about today that was a bit disappointing.

What a match! Anyone who thinks they didn't get their 'money's worth' wants their bumps feeling.

UTVeryMightyB

 

[robbiez666]

The only thing about today that was a bit disappointing.

What a match! Anyone who thinks they didn't get their 'money's worth' wants their bumps feeling.

UTVeryMightyB

Bank Holiday weekend in the school holidays plus it's wedding season. Not overly surprising to get a few thousand less than expected.

 

[I should coco]

Bank Holiday weekend in the school holidays plus it's wedding season

We're on holiday in Costa del Whitby but I still made it. Part timers! There are planes from Spain/Turkey/Oz etc.....

As for weddings, there's the whole summer up to 8/8 to pick. A good wife would understand......

 

[Inter_blade83]

I don't understand why people moan about only getting 26,000 for a home game. It wasn't long ago we were barely hitting 20k in this division.

At the end of the day it's 30 quid for a walk in to pay for each game. That's gonna take its toll.

 

[Seanshoreham]

Agree with previous post, I consider myself lucky that I can afford to go, quite a few fans, both Blades and Pigs who I know struggle to afford it

26k (2k away fans), is excellent. keep it up

 

[LS16Blade]

United had the 3rd highest gate in the country yesterday. Only Man U and Newcastle had higher.

Already averaging 26,000, with 2 out of 3 of the games having been against 2 of the most unfashionable clubs in the division in Brentford and Barnsley (irrespective of geographical proximity, Barnsley is simply not an attractive fixture and it was a misjudgement by the club to make it a Category A* match).

It appears that we'll have have a solid base of 23-24,000 Blades plus whatever the away team bring for the majority of games this season, and then there is a run of 5 consecutive home games starting on Boxing Day that will push 30,000 (or whatever SYP/SAG determine our capacity to be).

 

[Yewsman]

United had the 3rd highest gate in the country yesterday. Only Man U and Newcastle had higher.

Already averaging 26,000, with 2 out of 3 of the games having been against 2 of the most unfashionable clubs in the division in Brentford and Barnsley (irrespective of geographical proximity, Barnsley is simply not an attractive fixture and it was a misjudgement by the club to make it a Category A* match).

It appears that we'll have have a solid base of 23-24,000 Blades plus whatever the away team bring for the majority of games this season, and then there is a run of 5 consecutive home games starting on Boxing Day that will push 30,000 (or whatever SYP/SAG determine our capacity to be).

Yes so highest in the Championship and that includes the 2 Friday night games at Bristol City v. Villa (21,542) and Hull v. Bolton (16,207). Looking good.