Close to home sellout today

[Ecco1889]

Just looked online,limited tickets in all areas,the only thing stopping our first 30k crowd will be how many Reading bring
Sensible ticket prices….great effort

 

[Bladeloyal]

Just looked online,limited tickets in all areas,the only thing stopping our first 30k crowd will be how many Reading bring
Sensible ticket prices….great effort

The have sold 850 so crowd will be about 29k

 

[SRA76]

The have sold 850 so crowd will be about 29k

Great effort at home again. Shame about our away support !! Got our Bristol tickets yesterday morning. Over a thousand left Bank holiday Monday in playoffs! Cum on blades ffs

 

[1066blade]

Could be BH travel constraints might have put some off.

 

[Brewster Cost £70 million]

Should stick em in the family corner and give us the lower tier only an extra 1k or so for us but that could make the difference and reading are hardly known in hooligan terms so them walking amongst home fans shouldn't cause problems.

 

[Longtimesupporter]

Great effort at home again. Shame about our away support !! Got our Bristol tickets yesterday morning. Over a thousand left Bank holiday Monday in playoffs! Cum on blades ffs

Travelling away is not a pleasure anymore. Until we are able to choose our away seats (away from the 'mob'), I will only to to grounds that I know have good views despite the unruly gang.

 

[Davalon]

The have sold 850 so crowd will be about 29k

Yeah surprised we've not shifted at least 2k but our away numbers this season have been very good over all.

 

[Dkc]

Should stick em in the family corner and give us the lower tier only an extra 1k or so for us but that could make the difference and reading are hardly known in hooligan terms so them walking amongst home fans shouldn't cause problems.

I think it would really add to the atmosphere to have away fans up there instead of the BL lower, but I doubt the capacity is high enough, and there are probably season ticket holders up there. Plus the BL lower probably has the shittest view in the entire stadium.

 

[JJBlade]

Great effort at home again. Shame about our away support !! Got our Bristol tickets yesterday morning. Over a thousand left Bank holiday Monday in playoffs! Cum on blades ffs

Our away support will never be the same again until they review the ridiculous loyalty points system.

It has been proven to reduce our away followings in the way that it is administered more so than the scheme itself

If we get to Wembley in the play off final, our opponent will sell the tickets, ask for more, receive them, sell them too, ask for more, sell them.

And we'll still be fucking about with those who have 40,000 + loyalty points when almost double our average attendance is available

Bleeding stupid

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

Just looked online,limited tickets in all areas,the only thing stopping our first 30k crowd will be how many Reading bring
Sensible ticket prices….great effort

This brings up the flawed argument that we never sell out and don’t need a bigger capacity. Some just can’t get their head round the fact that we can sell out the home seats but if the away support don’t sell theirs we will end up with a average of about 29000, and therefore the ground is big enough in their heads.

We could do with another 5000 home seats.

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

Should stick em in the family corner and give us the lower tier only an extra 1k or so for us but that could make the difference and reading are hardly known in hooligan terms so them walking amongst home fans shouldn't cause problems.

It’s our dickheads that are the problem.

 

[Digs blade]

On the ticket site anyone know why some areas are shaded in pink (sold out) and some in dark red (locked). Any difference?

I know Reading don’t have the biggest support but 800 is disappointing. Easter Bank Holiday, cheap prices, couple of hours drive. I thought they might have shifted around 1300

 

[bakeblade]

This brings up the flawed argument that we never sell out and don’t need a bigger capacity. Some just can’t get their head round the fact that we can sell out the home seats but if the away support don’t sell theirs we will end up with a average of about 29000, and therefore the ground is big enough in their heads.

We could do with another 5000 home seats.

I reckon the main reasons for just about selling out are - reduced pricing, not on main sky channel and 3.00 kick off.
With the increase of games shown on Sky/other platforms and the constant changing of kick off times and days, I can only see attendances gradually reducing, particularly with the usually high match day prices.
Whether it's due to covid I'm not sure, but this season I've noticed a lot of season ticket holders missing games.
Season ticket pricing and sales will be very interesting for next season.

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

I reckon the main reasons for just about selling out are - reduced pricing, not on main sky channel and 3.00 kick off.
With the increase of games shown on Sky/other platforms and the constant changing of kick off times and days, I can only see attendances gradually reducing, particularly with the usually high match day prices.
Whether it's due to covid I'm not sure, but this season I've noticed a lot of season ticket holders missing games.
Season ticket pricing and sales will be very interesting for next season.

If we’re in the top league we need more home seats.
…and away seats come to that.

 

[Ecco1889]

On the ticket site anyone know why some areas are shaded in pink (sold out) and some in dark red (locked). Any difference?

I know Reading don’t have the biggest support but 800 is disappointing. Easter Bank Holiday, cheap prices, couple of hours drive. I thought they might have shifted around 1300

Not sure,I’m assuming sold out Digs
south stand 7 singles remaining
family stand 7 singles remaining
kop app 250 tickets remaining,mainly singles and restricted view
bramall lane upper approx 100 left
kop corner only restricted view

 

[JJBlade]

This brings up the flawed argument that we never sell out and don’t need a bigger capacity. Some just can’t get their head round the fact that we can sell out the home seats but if the away support don’t sell theirs we will end up with a average of about 29000, and therefore the ground is big enough in their heads.

We could do with another 5000 home seats.

Yes, it's almost as though Bramall Lane Lower Tier is away fans only, full stop.
Any other club on the planet if demand was high amongst home fans, but not so high amongst away fans would have well organised contingency plans in place to cater for more home fans.

The Ipswich promotion celebration,
And the Chesterfield promotion celebration are two that immediately come to mind.

If you have a stadium that holds 32500 or even 50,000 but is at capacity at 29000 because of the archaic segregation rules in Sheffield, your support will always be a maximum of 29000

Celtic and Rangers fans were banned from each others stadiums, and even now only a minimal amount of 700 away fans are allowed.

Is a quarter of the stadium left empty because of this ?

Of course not, the thought of it is bleeding stupid,

But absolutely normal in this backward fucking place

 

[jt64]

Our away support will never be the same again until they review the ridiculous loyalty points system.

It'll have nothing to do with Bristol City away though, which is everything to do with long journey + bank holiday comedy travel + stupid kick off time

 

[Dkc]

It will be the SY safety group or whatever they're called, not wanting two sets of fans exiting onto Bramall Lane (even though BL itself could be segregated)

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Yes, it's almost as though Bramall Lane Lower Tier is away fans only, full stop.
Any other club on the planet if demand was high amongst home fans, but not so high amongst away fans would have well organised contingency plans in place to cater for more home fans.

The Ipswich promotion celebration,
And the Chesterfield promotion celebration are two that immediately come to mind.

If you have a stadium that holds 32500 or even 50,000 but is at capacity at 29000 because of the archaic segregation rules in Sheffield, your support will always be a maximum of 29000

Celtic and Rangers fans were banned from each others stadiums, and even now only a minimal amount of 700 away fans are allowed.

Is a quarter of the stadium left empty because of this ?

Of course not, the thought of it is bleeding stupid,

But absolutely normal in this backward fucking place

Other clubs would put a line of stewards and a few empty seats between fans.

 

[JJBlade]

It'll have nothing to do with Bristol City away though, which is everything to do with long journey + bank holiday comedy travel + stupid kick off time

And yet, I've been there three times in the past, and on all three occasions there will be more there than what we will take this time, one of them was a Sunday tea time kick off as well