Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:55 pm  

thanks to the increase in gate prices hope it is 6. IF you look at the graph when it was franchise year and tickets were cheaper we got our biggest gates we have had in 20 years now prices are up the last 2 years attendences have decreased. SO what do we do put them up £££££££ again great business I call it stupid!

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:07 pm  

Hopefully we can improve on last years attendance which was 4807.

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:42 pm  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

IF you look at the graph when it was franchise year and tickets were cheaper we got our biggest gates we have had in 20 years now prices are up the last 2 years attendences have decreased. SO what do we do put them up £££££££ again great business I call it stupid!

Franchise year was 2008, only one season has been played since so how crowds have decreased in the 2 years after only someone earning 40K a year knows.

Not to say the £20 on the day price tag won't be a put off for supporters without a season ticket. Still i think there should be more emphasis in encouraging supporters to buy the cheaper pre match tickets with additional offers.

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:07 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Not to say the £20 on the day price tag won't be a put off for supporters without a season ticket. Still i think there should be more emphasis in encouraging supporters to buy the cheaper pre match tickets with additional offers.

That's the crux of the matter.

Is there anywhere in town you can buy match tickets these days, because I can't imagine people with just a casual interest heading down Donny Road to pick up a ticket in advance just to save a couple of quid. They'll more than likely not bother at all.

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:11 pm  

RebelRebel wrote:

That's the crux of the matter.

Is there anywhere in town you can buy match tickets these days, because I can't imagine people with just a casual interest heading down Donny Road to pick up a ticket in advance just to save a couple of quid. They'll more than likely not bother at all.

I'm with you on this one. The only people who will make the special trip to the club shop are the same people who would pay £20 to get in on match day. So you end up with the same fans getting in cheaper and the on-the-day price putting off everyone else.

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:17 pm  

5180 Wakey fans,20 from catalan including players and staff so my prediction is 5200.

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:01 pm  

chissitt wrote:

You have either misread it or you you've started on the pop already

bad influence he is

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:20 am  

snowie wrote:

:oops: bad influence he is

Thats funny, he blames you for his problems

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:57 am  

Jake The Dog wrote:

5180 Wakey fans,20 from catalan including players and staff so my prediction is 5200.

You are carol vorderman, I claim my £2 x £10 / 4!

Re: Crowd prediction for Sundays game : Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:10 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

RebelRebel wrote:

That's the crux of the matter.

Is there anywhere in town you can buy match tickets these days, because I can't imagine people with just a casual interest heading down Donny Road to pick up a ticket in advance just to save a couple of quid. They'll more than likely not bother at all.

I'm with you on this one. The only people who will make the special trip to the club shop are the same people who would pay £20 to get in on match day. So you end up with the same fans getting in cheaper and the on-the-day price putting off everyone else.

It's not so much having a casual interest - I've been a supporter for 45 years and I go to as many games as I can. But, living in the midlands means that a) I can't nip down to the club shop and b) I don't always know that I can make it to a match until that weekend. £20 is a stupid price to ask people to pay and, much as I hate to say it, I think I'll go to more away games than home ones this season.