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Very good point . Given their situation and the division they are in , their support is outstanding. Somehow it defies gravity !

.....but then we are in division 3.

I that case our support is poor : forget years of struggle, relegation, SISU, Sixfields. etc. Yes, we have barely 5,000 season ticket holders and yet won the F.A. Cup in 1987. Yes, our support is awful.

Leicester had fairly recently been in 2 league cup finals. They believed they would get promotion back at the first opportunity and they were right. It's simply about fans' optimism and expectation. They had and still have it in abundance while our fans have been ground down for year after year...

Our fan's aren't much different to others, we need a sustained period of success or relative success and interest will increase.

Lets not forget either that Bradford City had a good cup run last season and with it a huger amount of publicity and T.V. coverage. That will surely impact on demand for tickets.

That's the same for all clubs Nick, but the main difference is that the majority of other clubs have a period in the last 40 years of some success. What have we had? What were Chelsea's crowds in the 1980's . What would they be getting if they spent the next 30 years in the bottom 8 of the...

I think we should turn this around and say we have massive potential.

There is no doubt a link between ticket sales and prices, but there is nothing to suggest, for example, that slashing ticket prices by 50% will result in a 50% increase in sales UNLESS there is with that an increase of optimism and expectation amongst supporters. Look at Leicester City - down...

I think that expectation is so low, and with good reason, that if we ever scraped our way into the Championship it would be an achievement of huge proportions. Would supporters simply say "we'll go straight down again so I won't bother" of would they simply be euphoric just to be there ? I...

Not at the moment TGP. All the more reason to assume that if we did there would be a surge in interest, albeit shortlived if it came to nothing after a couple of years.

You're not with me Nick. Where are we now ? I doubt anyone thinks "we need to get back to the Prem but only if we get into the top six" We are so far from that point that to even contemplate any return to the top division would be a huge achievement.

My crystal ball predicts we could shift 20,000 season tickets if we got back to back promotions. We'll have to wait two years to find out , but I'm confident.

Do you recall how many times we finished in the top 6 in the premier since the 1960's? That's why we never got massive support. The momentum was never there.

Do you ?

You have absolutely no evidence to suggest we couldn't sell 20,000 season tickets upon a return to the premiership. We are not languishing in the bottom half of that league year after year as we did at Highfield Road during which time support dwindled. We are miles away right now and so a return...

Chiefdave is spot on - if the Wednesday supporters still turn up in numbers then the owners will feel justified. Would we be back at the Ricoh if city fans had packed out Sixfields week in week out ? Much as these prices are ridiculous to most of us it simply is going to depend on whether they...

It IS all about affordability . If they were charging £25 flat rate this thread wouldn't be here.

Yes Nick. No response as yet.

I've got form for talking bollocks about EVERYTHING, whereas you are the font of all knowledge . :D