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But people don't compare like with like. The rent paid at HR is the final few seasons enabled the club to operate the stadium 365 days a year. There were not a huge amount of facilities at HR, but there were bars, restaurants, function rooms and conference facilties. The club could profit from...

I know that's what you meant, but don't think it happens much anymore with computerised ticketing systems and the fact most people pay in advance. Might happen a bit in lower leagues where there are still cash turnstiles, but the taxman has long been wise to it.

There is a long history of gate fiddling in football, it was rife in the 80s, but I don't think it happens now. If anything, we have always overstated our attendances in recent years by counting ST holders even if they don't turn up. Most notably last season against Oldham after all that snow...

I'm sure they'll get a little creative with the numbers if they think they can get away with it.

2K. About 1K from each club.

Crap response. That heads of terms were agreed on a deal for SISU to buy the RIcoh has never been denied by anyone, and it was reported in the media at the time. That the council were uncomfortable with the deal is perhaps understandable, but by going back on that agreement it set in motion a...

It never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people are willing to defend the interests of the city council and a stadium management company over that of the football club. Several months ago, SISU had agreed a deal to buy the Ricoh (or at least the company that operate it). Had that gone...

No Bristol City fan in their right mind would choose to watch an exhibition game involving ex-players of clubs they have no affiliation to rather than cheer on their own team in a league fixture. We must get away from this idea that the wider football public give a toss about our current...

I'd argue it wasn't in the interest of the city either. It isn't clear what we are talking about here - is it the sale of the freehold or management company? There is a case for the council retaining ownership of the freehold, however the management of a leisure facility like the Ricoh should...

People should know better than to put any faith in this city's political leadership. Lucas is just the latest in a long line of low-calibre council leaders. Not that we can complain too much, we had a chance to go for an elected mayor, but we chose to keep the current set up. That elected...

People are talking up the numbers too much, surely the aim is to simply get more than attend the game in Northampton - talk of 20K is silly, and it will be a massive anti-climax if only 5000 turn up. Comparisons with the Dave Busst game (where over half the 23K crowd were United fans) and...

That's wishful thinking. I suspect they are simply releasing tickets for sale in stages. I doubt very much there are more than a couple of thousand tickets sold. Even if it is 10K, which I very much doubt, most of those people will pay on the gate.

It's not sold out, but not many left. The 'one block out of 5' is just a silly internet rumour.

Not sure why reciting the Crawley away tickets policy is relevant to the amount of tickets sold. The last update I had was that there are about 300 left out of 1700.

You were lucky if they slashed your tyres and not your face!

I'm trying to look beyond the hyperbole to see what your solution is. What is your road-map to a better future? The reply, 'SHITZU OUT' probably won't cover it (just saying).

On the 9% figure, it remains to be seen the extent to which the Olympics inflated turnover, so I take your point, but then of course how do you quantify how much CCFC contributed to turnover? There are monies that are directly attributable (that is payments made directly from CCFC to ACL), and...

Why? A truce: An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time. Seems reasonable enough. No harm in trying to engage in dialogue.

Is there a history of players shirking challenges when they are trying to engineer a move away? From my experience, players tend to up their game when they're in the shop window. Footballers, in the main, care little about the off the field stuff, but are not too stupid to wheel it out as an...

They have proven it how? We won't see published accounts that show the success (or otherwise) of the business since SISU withheld payments for some time. We do know that they were under pressure from the bank before the council stepped in. Turnover is very important - because of cashflow...