Burnley @ home tickets

On course to beat the 30,300 against Sunderland - considering the number of barriers to reduce demand thats very good going.

Restricting sales to fans with a purchase history
SKY Live game
8pm Kick off (which makes its very difficult on public transport)
Limiting Burnley to just over 2,000.
 
Redwurzel said:
On course to beat the 30,300 against Sunderland - considering the number of barriers to reduce demand thats very good going.

Restricting sales to fans with a purchase history
SKY Live game
8pm Kick off (which makes its very difficult on public transport)
Limiting Burnley to just over 2,000.
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Purchase history plus 2 loyalty points
 
Borokian1876 said:
We have much more potential than Burnley will ever have but the reality is there too and deserve to be there sadly
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Burnley is a small town with limited population and the club punches above its weight, fair play to them, I think they have done particularly well in recent years after spending 40 odd years outside of the top division.

Potential these days is a factor of how rich the club ownership is, sadly.
 
To be fair to Burnley they have a lot of competition including Blackburn, Preston, Accrington, Rochdale all within 25 miles then just beyond that Wigan, Bolton and Blackpool and the big Manchester clubs - the population of Burnley is around 96,000 about 60% of the size of the Boro. Like the Boro they have a significant number of fans from a quite close catchment area beyond the Town. What used to surprise me was when I used to see reports of Burnley games in the Yorkshire Post when they were a lower league side, but then I was told there are quite a few Burnley fans in places like Skipton. a bit of a legacy from whenb Burnley were the equivalent of a Champions League team of today say aroudn 1961.

I always think the millworkers and owners of Blackburn, Preston and Burnley as the cradle of professional football in the 1880s for the World. Setting up the Football League in 1888.

Middlesbrough first profesional club with Middlesbrough Ironopolis FC formed in 1889 but disbanded in 1894.

Middlesbrough FC didn't turn professional till 1899.
 
Redwurzel said:
To be fair to Burnley they have a lot of competition including Blackburn, Preston, Accrington, Rochdale all within 25 miles then just beyond that Wigan, Bolton and Blackpool and the big Manchester clubs - the population of Burnley is around 96,000 about 60% of the size of the Boro. Like the Boro they have a significant number of fans from a quite close catchment area beyond the Town. What used to surprise me was when I used to see reports of Burnley games in the Yorkshire Post when they were a lower league side, but then I was told there are quite a few Burnley fans in places like Skipton. a bit of a legacy from whenb Burnley were the equivalent of a Champions League team of today say aroudn 1961.

I always think the millworkers and owners of Blackburn, Preston and Burnley as the cradle of professional football in the 1880s for the World. Setting up the Football League in 1888.

Middlesbrough first profesional club with Middlesbrough Ironopolis FC formed in 1889 but disbanded in 1894.

Middlesbrough FC didn't turn professional till 1899.
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Our catchment area is 5 times the size of there’s tbf.
 
Redwurzel said:
To be fair to Burnley they have a lot of competition including Blackburn, Preston, Accrington, Rochdale all within 25 miles then just beyond that Wigan, Bolton and Blackpool and the big Manchester clubs - the population of Burnley is around 96,000 about 60% of the size of the Boro. Like the Boro they have a significant number of fans from a quite close catchment area beyond the Town. What used to surprise me was when I used to see reports of Burnley games in the Yorkshire Post when they were a lower league side, but then I was told there are quite a few Burnley fans in places like Skipton. a bit of a legacy from whenb Burnley were the equivalent of a Champions League team of today say aroudn 1961.

I always think the millworkers and owners of Blackburn, Preston and Burnley as the cradle of professional football in the 1880s for the World. Setting up the Football League in 1888.

Middlesbrough first profesional club with Middlesbrough Ironopolis FC formed in 1889 but disbanded in 1894.

Middlesbrough FC didn't turn professional till 1899.
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Good point about that general area of east Lancashire, it has a great football tradition with some truly historic clubs.
 
Borokian 1876

Boro's catchment area is about 410,000 (old County Cleveland, take off Hartlepool area and add on Cleveland Hills villages, Stokesley, Great Ayton, Hutton Rudby.

Burnley's is about 210,000 - there are places like Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe, Barnoldswick, Todmorden with quite heavy Burnley support, outside the town of Burnley plus bits of Yorkshire Pennines and other bit of central Lancashire.

So I would say Boro's catchment area is nearly double Burnley's. The density of their support is probably the highest in England. Burnley have averaged 19,790 at home this season.
 
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The South Stand was completely sold out yesterday. I would imagine the Club are trying to get another 130 in by adding 2 seats from the top of the stand to the bottom from the segregated area. In effect increasing the capacity of the stadium very close to 32,000. We are now above the Sunderland match crowd as we are now at 30,500 - and just above 1,400 tickets still available.

Next target is the Boxing Day crowd against Wigan which was 31,048.
 
Redwurzel said:
The South Stand was completely sold out yesterday. I would imagine the Club are trying to get another 130 in by adding 2 seats from the top of the stand to the bottom from the segregated area. In effect increasing the capacity of the stadium very close to 32,000. We are now above the Sunderland match crowd as we are now at 30,500 - and just above 1,400 tickets still available.

Next target is the Boxing Day crowd against Wigan which was 31,048.
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They also fully opened block 55 (below block 54), earlier today.
 
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Just noticed its 6 columns of seats in Block 55 not 2 columns as was the csse in the Block above. My guess is more than 130 were added possible 180 to the South Stand this afternoon. They will probably all sell on Good Friday because that area is popular.

In the late Ali Brownlee's words the South Stand is now "The New Holgate". (idea for a T shirt) with Steve Gibson shaking hands v R/F comrade, sort of May 1945 Soviet/USA troops style).

Thinking back a little group of 30? Boro fans in tiny Block 53a in the very dark days of the 2009 relegation season (Red Faction) have now helped to create/bred a whole stand of 5,000? Boro Ultras. Its almost biblical with the 30 feeding the 5,000.
 
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