Arthur Bach Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, horny owl said: When we were in the top flight we were near the top in attendances in English football In today's Premier league we'd need to increase the capacity of Hillsborough to cope As I've said many times 37K capacity for a club this size in the modern top flight would be a joke. For the first game maybe. Then the seats would be the wrong shade of blue or the pies the wrong flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 45 minutes ago, Arthur Bach said: You mean like how it only used to cost about £15.00 on the gate over 20 years ago and we still couldn't average over 30,000. That? No not that. I mean back then a lot of fans were disinterested. Not just at Hillsborough. THAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) From 1946 up to the 70/71 season (Div 2 seasons) (Div 1 17 seasnos) our average attendance for the entire period was 30,160. We wouldn't have managed that figure without the odd gatebuster match ! Put simply 38K is not big enough. Edited October 25, 2016 by nevthelodgemoorowl ommision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Arthur Bach said: You mean like how it only used to cost about £15.00 on the gate over 20 years ago and we still couldn't average over 30,000. That? This bloke knows it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geedee Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Arthur Bach said: You mean like how it only used to cost about £15.00 on the gate over 20 years ago and we still couldn't average over 30,000. That? In 90/91 it cost £5 on the gate, it did not treble by 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Geedee said: In 90/91 it cost £5 on the gate, it did not treble by 1996 I used to pay £5.50 for B games and £6.50 for A games as a junior on the gate. This was 92/93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, Arthur Bach said: I used to pay £5.50 for B games and £6.50 for A games as a junior on the gate. This was 92/93. Give over, I've got you pictured as an old pensioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Plonk Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 12 hours ago, kristmace said: We're averaging 26,714 so far this season. We had 8 years in the Premier League, and only beat this average in 4 of them. 12 hours ago, kristmace said: We're averaging 26,714 so far this season. We had 8 years in the Premier League, and only beat this average in 4 of them. Thats very impressive for the most expensive club in the league with a team that's not hit top form yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggowl Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) While I can never agree with £36 to watch Wednesday (North Stand price) being anywhere near reasonable, you have to applaud the strategy to force season ticket sales which will see our average attendance increase by 6,000. I think that is to be celebrated and I'm sure if we can have a good run of form up to Christmas could see another 2/3K in half season tickets. Very impressed with our fans. My first Wednesday game v Wimbledon 1988 was £3 for my dad and £2 for me. We didn't go much cos it was so expensive!!!!! D'oh!!!!! Edited October 26, 2016 by briggowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 So we added an average of 6000 on the gate at the moment, added roughly 4000 new season ticket holders from last season. You can kind of see Chansiri's way now. If the 6000 average really buy into his season they can either become half season ticket holders or new season ticket holders next season. This would take season ticket holders up to roughly 24000 next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 It's important we keep the momentum going, exploring every possible avenue to attract new fans. We do seem to have reversed a trend, but we still have a way to go if we want to recover our big club status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 2 hours ago, briggowl said: While I can never agree with £36 to watch Wednesday (North Stand price) being anywhere near reasonable, you have to applaud the strategy to force season ticket sales which will see our average attendance increase by 6,000. I think that is to be celebrated and I'm sure if we can have a good run of form up to Christmas could see another 2/3K in half season tickets. Very impressed with our fans. My first Wednesday game v Wimbledon 1988 was £3 for my dad and £2 for me. We didn't go much cos it was so expensive!!!!! D'oh!!!!! and if my memory serves me well there was 13/14K in the ground in a top-flight game. Until recently and a couple of seasons in the early 90s, its always been the same at hillsborough, one week mid teens against unattractive opposition, then 35K for Man U/Liverpool the following week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristmace Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 We averaged 22,641 last season so at the moment it's almost exactly 4000 added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cersei Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 3 hours ago, kristmace said: We averaged 22,641 last season so at the moment it's almost exactly 4000 added. Because DC said pay up for ST's or I'm going in dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Yeah, he made the fans buy the tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cersei Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Well it was buy an ST or pay 35-45 a game. Some might call that blackmail and exploiting the loyalty and wage brackets of the good folk in our fan base - but that's not for me to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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