Home sweet Home : Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:15 pm  

Back at Plough lane now after the summer tour of other grounds, so hopefully we will see some 4 figure gates, but currently we have had 7,127 announced for 6 games with the crowd against Barrow in May still unreported. That's 1,187 as a reported average for those 6 games so about £4,000 per match on ticket revenue more than we were getting at trailfinders pre C19 or Plough Lane/Ebbsfleet last year.

The desired 65,000 over 13 home games a season is someway off but it is tracking up some 24% on last season and hopefully the discounted gold lounge is helping pay the rent as well.

I'm often the first and most vocal to bash the club but I feel this boost in games as well as the performance of the squad are deserving of some praise although there's part of me that think both upturn have more to do with luck than careful planning
Widnes and Bradford usually travel in good numbers so let's hope we can maintain the growth through to hopefully the play offs

Re: Home sweet Home : Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:15 pm  

Fax lost tonight. A top six spot up for grabs - a least for a week. Surprised that that hasn't already been commented on.

Strange, lots of our forums only get busy in adversity. They then go quiet as things improve.

There's tumbleweed on The Leopards' forum and was a stampede on The Scousers' forum earlier this week.

Explain! Limit 3,000 words.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:53 am  

Bent&Bongser wrote:

Fax lost tonight. A top six spot up for grabs - a least for a week. Surprised that that hasn't already been commented on.

Strange, lots of our forums only get busy in adversity. They then go quiet as things improve.

There's tumbleweed on The Leopards' forum and was a stampede on The Scousers' forum earlier this week.

Explain! Limit 3,000 words.

I think we are all a bit deflated after last week's semi-final defeat to Fax.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:39 pm  

orangeman wrote:

Back at Plough lane now after the summer tour of other grounds, so hopefully we will see some 4 figure gates, but currently we have had 7,127 announced for 6 games with the crowd against Barrow in May still unreported. That's 1,187 as a reported average for those 6 games so about £4,000 per match on ticket revenue more than we were getting at trailfinders pre C19 or Plough Lane/Ebbsfleet last year.

The desired 65,000 over 13 home games a season is someway off but it is tracking up some 24% on last season and hopefully the discounted gold lounge is helping pay the rent as well.

I'm often the first and most vocal to bash the club but I feel this boost in games as well as the performance of the squad are deserving of some praise although there's part of me that think both upturn have more to do with luck than careful planning
Widnes and Bradford usually travel in good numbers so let's hope we can maintain the growth through to hopefully the play offs

Interesting analysis, it has been hard to gauge any uptick in supporters numbers this season.

As you say, some improved performances and a little bit of a cup run may have helped. I am actually looking forward to heading back to PL tomorrow, as much as it is a double edged sword in many ways.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:53 pm  

Knocker_White wrote:

Interesting analysis, it has been hard to gauge any uptick in supporters numbers this season.

As you say, some improved performances and a little bit of a cup run may have helped. I am actually looking forward to heading back to PL tomorrow, as much as it is a double edged sword in many ways.

Yeah, despite it being a much bigger faff for me to get to PL than Ebbsfleet I’m looking forward to us being back at ‘home’

Re: Home sweet Home : Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:54 am  

Lefevbre wrote:

I think we are all a bit deflated after last week's semi-final defeat to Fax.

I agree. The result was right but when you get to a home semi final and lose, that’s a massive missed opportunity. For me coming sixth not seventh doesn’t really mitigate. Anyway another hour and a half journey should get me to the Cherry Red where hopefully we beat York and put in a good performance. In all the misery I forgot to say how well Walker played against Fax. Very confident under the high ball and more positive in his running.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:56 am  

RfE wrote:

Yeah, despite it being a much bigger faff for me to get to PL than Ebbsfleet I’m looking forward to us being back at ‘home’

I think it was Johnson who said anyone who is tired of Tooting Broadway is tired of life. Or something like that.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:00 am  

Knocker_White wrote:

Interesting analysis, it has been hard to gauge any uptick in supporters numbers this season.

As you say, some improved performances and a little bit of a cup run may have helped. I am actually looking forward to heading back to PL tomorrow, as much as it is a double edged sword in many ways.

I agree I can’t tell whether we have more support than last year. I think the move to the East? Stand has worked and atmosphere is better and the ‘fan zone’ if not a roaring success looks less thrown together and chaotic than last year where they basically just opened the gates. I remain unconvinced by the merits of the move though. A three quarters empty ground will always lack atmosphere to some degree.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:55 pm  

Nice ground but difficult to get to , as York have discovered this afternoon.

Re: Home sweet Home : Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:04 pm  

Well, that was rubbish.

Even Wakefield and Cornwall managed to win this afternoon.