Redwurzel
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I do remember the 20k to 22k predictions for live TV games - some of our board posters really cheer me up at times when they talk about the Club.
Is Swansea heading for a sell out?
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Ex Footy Legs
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It’s fantastic, what an awesome atmosphere there is going to be!
Birmingham
A lot kicking off over the Price Hike
Very few signings so far and around 28,000 for a home game against Swansea with less than 1k away fans.
Unreal support
Not sure what it is down to.
If we get these 2 players over the line it will only add to the belief ..
Good times indeed to be a Boro fan.
We could actually start the season with no new signings in the first 11, and still the crowd is huge
Up The Mighty Boro
Boro 3 Swansea 0
Very few signings so far and around 28,000 for a home game against Swansea with less than 1k away fans.
Unreal support
Not sure what it is down to.
If we get these 2 players over the line it will only add to the belief ..
Good times indeed to be a Boro fan.
We could actually start the season with no new signings in the first 11, and still the crowd is huge
Up The Mighty Boro
Boro 3 Swansea 0
Colgates_shaving_foam
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I think it's the strong finish to last season. We haven't had the deflation of losing one of our top players and the main one is that you know we will play on the front foot.
The football under Carrick is certainly the best that I have ever seen us play.
Humpty
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It's not going to sell out. Still far from it.
Humpty
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First game of the season.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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It's usually a very good gate
When I talked to people about the upcoming season, there is a lot of excitement.
For the first time in god knows how long the entire club are pulling in the same direction. Management, recruitment and ownership. It feels like the fans have really bought into it as well and fully trust what is going on.
Lets hope we can ride that wave of enthusiasm and momentum (a bit like Ipswich last season, nowhere the best squad but had the momentum from the previous season)
For the first time in god knows how long the entire club are pulling in the same direction. Management, recruitment and ownership. It feels like the fans have really bought into it as well and fully trust what is going on.
Lets hope we can ride that wave of enthusiasm and momentum (a bit like Ipswich last season, nowhere the best squad but had the momentum from the previous season)
Colgates_shaving_foam
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To paraphrase someone from this board who I can't quite remember.
The impact of ticket price upon attendance is at best overstated.
Now I in no way think that as an impoverished part of the country we should have some of, if not the highest prices in the league.
That said, if we are playing well and winning a lot then people will stump up and attendances will be healthy.
If we are playing crap and losing a lot then you could offer tickets for next to nothing or even free and attendances would be in the 15-20k bracket.
In my opinion.
The impact of ticket price upon attendance is at best overstated.
Now I in no way think that as an impoverished part of the country we should have some of, if not the highest prices in the league.
That said, if we are playing well and winning a lot then people will stump up and attendances will be healthy.
If we are playing crap and losing a lot then you could offer tickets for next to nothing or even free and attendances would be in the 15-20k bracket.
In my opinion.
Humpty
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Agreed. A football club is quite unique in that sense. It's very inelastic. That doesn't mean it's right or that i'm happy about the ridiculous pricing structure.
Redwurzel
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Come on Humpty, its 90% of a sell out - 28k would actually sell out matches @ Hull, Preston, Blackburn, Stoke, WBA, Norwich, Oxford, Millwall, Watford, QPR, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol City, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Burnley, Luton i.e. 70% of the Championship.
Frozen Horse
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I'm not happy with the overall prices (I do see the club's point regarding the gap between ST prices and walk ups). Without defending the price of tickets, I do believe the club are in much better touch with what people can afford and will pay than this board believes. That doesn't make charging those prices for 2nd tier football ok though.
In our first home match after AK's play off defeat, the gate was 23333. We were heavily tipped for promotion, rightly as it turned out, and had an exciting Summer including the return of Downing. That was considered decent, well above the 19.5k we averaged during the play off season.
I can't be at all disappointed with a gate of 27-28k given our recent history.
In our first home match after AK's play off defeat, the gate was 23333. We were heavily tipped for promotion, rightly as it turned out, and had an exciting Summer including the return of Downing. That was considered decent, well above the 19.5k we averaged during the play off season.
I can't be at all disappointed with a gate of 27-28k given our recent history.
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Redwurzel
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Division 1 now.
Redwurzel
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Not just heavily tipped - we were second favs - seem to remember we were 6/4 for promotion - today 7/2 in % terms that 40% against 22%
northriding
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We shifted 28.5k home tickets for the opening game against Millwall last season. Assuming the online seating plan hasn't changed, home seats sold for tomorrow stands at 26k approx.
Nobody would expect Swansea's travelling contingent to hit the 953 Millwall brought, so we'll probably be a few thousand down on the opening day attendance from last season.
Nobody would expect Swansea's travelling contingent to hit the 953 Millwall brought, so we'll probably be a few thousand down on the opening day attendance from last season.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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But not the Riverside. A 10,000 gate would sell out many stadia, the Riverside would look empty.
28k is about 83% full and a very good gate. Nowhere near a sell out though.
I heard it from commentators last season, despite seeing swathes of empty seats.
Frozen Horse
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Sell outs are overrated in my experience.
Yes, there have been some sell outs with great atmospheres, but they weren't great atmospheres because they were sold out. It was because the fans were really in to what was happening on the pitch.
Likewise, some of the worst RS atmospheres have been sell outs, during the ST only era, dead rubbers Vs Brighton and Coventry, that genial boxing day stroll Vs Wigan.
And we've had some rocking atmospheres with about 13k too.
Filling the ground won't create an atmosphere if the crowd isn't really into the match on the pitch.
Yes, there have been some sell outs with great atmospheres, but they weren't great atmospheres because they were sold out. It was because the fans were really in to what was happening on the pitch.
Likewise, some of the worst RS atmospheres have been sell outs, during the ST only era, dead rubbers Vs Brighton and Coventry, that genial boxing day stroll Vs Wigan.
And we've had some rocking atmospheres with about 13k too.
Filling the ground won't create an atmosphere if the crowd isn't really into the match on the pitch.
Colgates_shaving_foam
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If you are filling 80% of your seats in the champo then there is probably an argument to expand the stadium as you wouldn't meet demand for seats in the prem.