"Disappointing" attendances

[jrb]

The agenda has moved on.

waiting with baited breath for the next attack in the club and the fans.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

When we were shit, our attendances were praised. It was a sign of us being a big club, proper fans who stick with their team through thick and thin.

Now we are good, we get more fans than we used to get. Yet now we are not a big club apparently, our attendances are criticised, we got called plastics and other fans ask where we were when we were shit.

I must be missing something. The fans have gone from being pretty much universally lauded to being ridiculed, just because the team got good.

And in that time we have added 25000 to the attendance !

 

[HarrytheBlue]

We have a better attendance to capacity ratio than Liverpool - they have 1,200 empty seats a game and we have 500/600. The problem is the design of our ground - built for all day comfort watching athletics. Ten empty seats and it stands out a mile. West Ham are getting 57/58,000 - massive crowds, but you see a handful of empty seats and they jump out of the tv screen at you. Again, a stadium built for athletics. West Ham have the same problem as us. At Anfield the seating is compact and you don't notice the empty seats.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

We have a better attendance to capacity ratio than Liverpool - they have 1,200 empty seats a game and we have 500/600. The problem is the design of our ground - built for all day comfort watching athletics. Ten empty seats and it stands out a mile. West Ham are getting 57/58,000 - massive crowds, but you see a handful of empty seats and they jump out of the tv screen at you. Again, a stadium built for athletics. West Ham have the same problem as us. At Anfield the seating is compact and you don't notice the empty seats.

That’s a good post mate but IMHO the main problem is the bedwetters who come on forums like this saying sales are terrible etc. They give the lazy journos ammunition to slate the Club. A lot of the negativity is self inflicted.

 

[oakiecokie]

That’s a good post mate but IMHO the main problem is the bedwetters who come on forums like this saying sales are terrible etc. They give the lazy journos ammunition to skate the Club. A lot of the negativity is self inflicted.

Spot on Tim.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Things I'm not worrying about today:
1. What the BBC think about our attendances.
2. What other fans think about our attendances.
3. What Shaun Custis is having for his tea.

Shaun is the more reasonable Custis. Jabba is Neil of Didsbury.

 

[Rolee]

Was there an official attendance announced for Wednesday's game?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Looked like a few empty space in the United L1 block.

That had nothing to do with the smashed up seats. ;-)

Took a few pics of their end, had empties all 3 tiers.

 

[BlueKolarovWorker]

Shaun is the more reasonable Custis. Jabba is Neil of Didsbury.

Correct mate.

Apologies to Shaun, if he's reading, it was your fat brother I meant!!

 

[jrb]

That’s a good post mate but IMHO the main problem is the bedwetters who come on forums like this saying sales are terrible etc. They give the lazy journos ammunition to slate the Club. A lot of the negativity is self inflicted.

I don’t think people are saying sales are terrible. People on here for whatever reason, including me, like to follow seat sales. Unfortunately the way the club shows available tickets on the seat planner is an absolute lottery. V Fulham all L1 was greyed out. There was no way all those empty seats on L1 for the Fulham game were no shows who had bought tickets. I’ve posted this on numerous occasions. The club should put every seat that is for sale on the seat planner from day 1 and leave the seat planner alone until it’s too late to buy seats. That way everyone who views the seat planner knows exactly which seats are for sale.

Here’s Another idea. Why not have a pop up mini seat planner window on the main OS page showing which seats are still for sale, with a direct click link to the ticket purchase page. That way everyone who goes on to the main OS page knows what seats are still available for a match.

Why not give a 5% discount for fans who pay for a ticket with their debit or credit card, which might stop fans ringing the ticket office to buy a ticket, and in the process, making waiting times shorter for fans who want to speak to the ticket office about something else.

There are loads of things the club and the ticket office could be doing to increase ticket sales and to make buying tickets a lot more easier. As a club we always talk about firsts, improving the match day experience, etc, but when it comes to buying tickets easier and more pleasurable, we’ve not moved forward in that aspect.