Don’t Blame Fans For The Empty Seats

worsleyweb said:
I agree - just woke up and knackered.Not sure mid weeks are worth it. Could have have saved myself a good few hours and watched on tv. It is a real chore midweek.
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Alarm went off at 5:40, felt like id been hit by a bus and I didnt even have a drink last night.

Yesterday I worked in Preston until 4:30, coached my lads team 6 til 7, missed kick off and got my tea at 10:45, chore is the kindest thing ill say about it mate!
 
There you go, people saying it was that bad last night they might not make the effort for a midweek game again, when as a kid the thing you notice first at a match is the atmosphere, that's what makes you want to go back again.
 
aguerooooo said:
Dont go to the games because of disability but pay for my two lads to have season tickets tonight i sat at home watching a poor game with little excitement. Revved up with a half filled stadium CONSIDERING we were sending out a message of defiance the half empty stadium made us a laughing stock and left me defenceless with my four Red mates who watched with me Seriously we have one of the worlds best managers what was he thinking about playing in front of a half empty ground?
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It was half term - people looked in advance and thought no fixtures that week I will go away. Or (in my case) said to the wife, yes you can be in London Wed/Thur cos there is no football and then a game appears at the last minute so what do i do? Go and leave my kid on his own and get social services after me or take him out of school (not half term) and get the school after me? The simple facts are before last Sunday there were less than 200 tickets available but for the rearrangement thousand couldn’t make it for various reasons. Nothing to do with where we aRe in the league or UEFA or anything else
 
RibboCop said:
We have a 35 k fan base end of. But what a family to be part of
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Disagree I bet most of the travelling blues didn't go. Why do you thing alot of people want to know hours before ko on that Saturday because we travel ! I guess alot of blues from kent and Essex etc couldnt make, everytime we come up from kent we see a coach load from chelmsford. WHU didnt have many there and a fair few City fans are based beyond London !!
 
I know it does not suit many but the 7.30 kick off suited me. Left at normal time, got normal train, rushed my second pint but for the main thing for me was getting the 2201 train for the first time for years and that meant getting home nearly two hours earlier instead of waiting at Piccadilly Station.

Roads are crap with train services not much better.
 
Brendan110_0 said:
thats bollocks.
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We obviously have more as our gates prove but in terms of a genuine hardcore who will go no matter what I’d say that’s about right. Most clubs gates are inflated now since it became cool and it’s actually as atmospheres in England have died.
 
People going on about not doing the north stand, make it £100 season ticket and you will fill it, years ago there was not much to do as a kid but go to football or play it, the amount of stuff available for kids now is unreal, my daughter does gymnastics cheerleading and ju jitsu that every week night taken up with an activity all after 5pm. It costs us around £110 a month to do all that, plus travelling etc. Football just isn’t life anymore for a lot of people.
 
give it to gordon said:
Disagree I bet most of the travelling blues didn't go. Why do you thing alot of people want to know hours before ko on that Saturday because we travel ! I guess alot of blues from kent and Essex etc couldnt make, everytime we come up from kent we see a coach load from chelmsford. WHU didnt have many there and a fair few City fans are based beyond London !!
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Not having a go, just genuinely interested; what made last nights game so difficult? Plenty of notice I would’ve thought? Will Madrid be as difficult, is it just midweek games?
 
It normally takes me roughly 35 mins from near Hope Hospital to get the game.

Last night 2 hours; Trinity Way was gridlocked all the way up to the MEN arena, then Angel Street past the Co-Op Building was one lane and partly closed.

Everything nearly conspired to stop me and I nearly gave up, but thankfully just got in the ground on time.

Every sympathy with those who struggled.
 
WesthoughtonJohn said:
Well said that.
I was there, but living where I do that wasn't a stretch
If we'd been able to accommodate a rearrangement later in the season the attendance would have been better - oh for the days when our season was over by now and we could have picked any week we wanted
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There is another reason and the club really need to work this one out. I put my ticket on the exchange and it was up for sale for FIFTY-THREE pounds. West Ham, managed by David Moyes, midweek, rearranged and they think £53 is the right price point? Ideal opportunity to get some young blood in. It’s no wonder we have some empty spaces....
 
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Blue Maverick said:
People going on about not doing the north stand, make it £100 season ticket and you will fill it, years ago there was not much to do as a kid but go to football or play it, the amount of stuff available for kids now is unreal, my daughter does gymnastics cheerleading and ju jitsu that every week night taken up with an activity all after 5pm. It costs us around £110 a month to do all that, plus travelling etc. Football just isn’t life anymore for a lot of people.
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Yeah won’t happen but that is the way to go if we wanted to increase the fan base long term and involve more of our working class fans. Lots of whom are having to stop going or are really struggling to justify the spiralling cost of a season ticket. Not like they couldn’t afford it and it would help build some sort of rapport between the club and fans which has sadly been disappearing for a few years. Doubt it would do the atmosphere any harm either has they could finally have an end where they could plan for all the one’s who want to sing to be together.
 
Blue Maverick said:
People going on about not doing the north stand, make it £100 season ticket and you will fill it
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Trouble is you will be filling it with Blues that currently have a season ticket in other parts of the ground who currently pay a lot more for a ST. Who is going to take their more expensive seats up once they have moved to the North Stand? It really wouldn't solve the problem at all.
 
Mike Cledford said:
I know it does not suit many but the 7.30 kick off suited me. Left at normal time, got normal train, rushed my second pint but for the main thing for me was getting the 2201 train for the first time for years and that meant getting home nearly two hours earlier instead of waiting at Piccadilly Station.

Roads are crap with train services not much better.
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Where do you live, mate, just out of interest?
The one and only time I left a few minutes before the final whistle, I absolutely had to, because I had only one possible train to catch from Piccadilly down to London, and then a flight the next morning. (I always walk back down Ashton New Road to the station, if you queue for the tram, you're talking about a twenty minute wait right there, that's after you've fought your way through the crowds to get to the north end of the stadium).
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
Trouble is you will be filling it with Blues that currently have a season ticket in other parts of the ground who currently pay a lot more for a ST. Who is going to take their more expensive seats up once they have moved to the North Stand? It really wouldn't solve the problem at all.
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Maybe have a certain amount that they sell at that price for each match rather than as season tickets in a big section. I doubt people would all suddenly give up their season tickets for tickets that aren’t sat with their mates or even certain they’d be able to get one for the big games. Providing they stop taking the piss with needles price increases every year on current season tickets.
 
Craig said:
Maybe have a certain amount that they sell at that price for each match rather than as season tickets in a big section. I doubt people would all suddenly give up their season tickets for tickets that aren’t sat with their mates or even certain they’d be able to get one for the big games. Providing they stop taking the piss with needles price increases every year on current season tickets.
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The poster I replied to was suggesting £100 season tickets which obviously wouldn't work for the reason I pointed out. If you made it a no season ticket stand with just match day tickets, you still have the problem that people who currently buy match day tickets in other parts of the ground will just buy in the new, cheap stand and there will be no one to take up the tickets elsewhere. It would certainly boost overall attendances but wouldn't solve the empty seat dilemma.
 
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