GStar
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I've not been able to catch up on the last 15 pages or so, where has this figure of 8,000 unhappy supporters come from?
Eds said:Lisa Eaton - top lady FACT! This debate should have ended a long time ago. When 15k season card holders haven't purchased a ticket for a home quarter final (yes I know some will be upset with the relocation problems etc and some will have work commitments etc) then the club have done everything right. I wonder how many of those 15k will want a semi final or final ticket should we get there??
hisroyalblueness said:Didsbury Dave said:What implication does having people at the front have on revenue?
I'd argue that clogging up the phone system like they have, and only offering poor seats at times, has lost them revenue
The effect of having the lower areas brim full and with a good atmosphere is that it generates a better experience for the fans - especially fans attending for the first time - and it presents a better image for TV. The ground will have say 40k inside it but millions will watch it on TV and it's their support that we need to encourage because top level clubs can't survive on attendances alone . . We need the merchandising success that other top clubs have if we're to compete at the top level in future years . . I don't like all the effing about that this last little exercise have produced but I do recognise that it's very important to the club and to the fans who want success.
The phone system and ticket sale issues are another matter altogether. Not managed as well as it could have been and I'm sure that they'll learn from it.
Couldn't agree more Dave, and you know all those parents bringing kids along would be putting money behind the bars for food and drink, or even spending in the club shop.Didsbury Dave said:Hmm. If it's about atmosphere and encouragement of new fans, then surely "Kids for a Quid" should have been the way forward. I bet it would be sold out by now if they'd done that.
Didsbury Dave said:hisroyalblueness said:The effect of having the lower areas brim full and with a good atmosphere is that it generates a better experience for the fans - especially fans attending for the first time - and it presents a better image for TV. The ground will have say 40k inside it but millions will watch it on TV and it's their support that we need to encourage because top level clubs can't survive on attendances alone . . We need the merchandising success that other top clubs have if we're to compete at the top level in future years . . I don't like all the effing about that this last little exercise have produced but I do recognise that it's very important to the club and to the fans who want success.
The phone system and ticket sale issues are another matter altogether. Not managed as well as it could have been and I'm sure that they'll learn from it.
Hmm. If it's about atmosphere and encouragement of new fans, then surely "Kids for a Quid" should have been the way forward. I bet it would be sold out by now if they'd done that.
cinnamon blue said:i agree that the kids get pampered already ........ i remember snowy days on the open ends at york city, (lost 2-1 ) and Wrexham in the depths of the third division (in old money) ..................... and some fans cant get up for quarter final of the fa cup ffs !
Didsbury Dave said:cinnamon blue said:i agree that the kids get pampered already ........ i remember snowy days on the open ends at york city, (lost 2-1 ) and Wrexham in the depths of the third division (in old money) ..................... and some fans cant get up for quarter final of the fa cup ffs !
It isn't about "pampering" it's about getting people in the ground who wouldn't be there otherwise.
Whenever this has been done in the past it's boosted the gate significantly. Obviously it has an effect on revenue, but I'm saying it could be a case of speculating to accumulate.
If you let a load of kids in for Norwich at home in the 3rd round of the league cup, they're invariably sat in a silent stadium , bored, watching our second string.
Do it for a game like this and they will hopefully go home with "the bug". And the ground is full.