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  • Start date Aug 10, 2021
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #106
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
They’ve been on sale to ST holders since Friday last week, so almost a week now.

In 2019, Bolton Away tickets didn’t go on sale until the day before the game because of their issues at the time and we took 1800-2000, to a similar distance ground, so not sure it’s down to that either.

Has anyone used the NOPM line yet?
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People haven't been used to going to games for a year and a half. At the end of the day it is a product and people get out of the habit. I have no doubts there are some wet excuses, but the club needs to do their bit to get people interested and at the same time make the process painless. So far this season it has been laboured to say the least.
 
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PurpleBin

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #107
Barnsley said:
Fuck the premier league we’re talking about championship teams. Mark my words everyone on here will watch the match Saturday but they’ll not all travel to Oakwell.
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You're going the right way for a dry slap on Saturday if you carry on with this attitude young man.
 
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Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #108
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
People haven't been used to going to games for a year and a half. At the end of the day it is a product and people get out of the habit. I have no doubts there are some wet excuses, but the club needs to do their bit to get people interested and at the same time make the process painless. So far this season it has been laboured to say the least.
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@Earlsdon_Skyblue1, we meet again.

The excuses are coming in thick and fast, so far we’re up to:
- the new away kit hasn’t been released
- fans are at breaking point over season cards. (Ridiculous)
- the club shop was shut
- people want to use their garden BBQs
- the tickets are too expensive
- it’s too far a journey
- you’re only allowed one ticket per account number
- wary of Covid
- the Stone Island brigade are still in Magaluf
- out of habit
- School summer holidays

Surely some of them are getting a bit far fetched by now!? Either way, looking forward to Saturday and hope we can sell a couple more hundred tomorrow.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #109
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1, we meet again.

The excuses are coming in thick and fast, so far we’re up to:
- the new away kit hasn’t been released
- fans are at breaking point over season cards. (Ridiculous)
- the club shop was shut
- people want to use their garden BBQs
- the tickets are too expensive
- it’s too far a journey
- you’re only allowed one ticket per account number
- wary of Covid
- the Stone Island brigade are still in Magaluf
- out of habit
- School summer holidays

Surely some of them are getting a bit far fetched by now!? Either way, looking forward to Saturday and hope we can sell a couple more hundred tomorrow.
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I think we are overlooking the biggest reason of them all my old mucker.

The granny (sorry, elderly lady) at Nottingham Forest home game who got pushed down the hill. It's left the fans feeling scared about what might be waiting for them up at Barnsley. The average age of the Grandmother up there is significantly lower than many other places in the country. Who knows what they might be capable of.
 
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pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #110
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1, we meet again.

The excuses are coming in thick and fast, so far we’re up to:
- the new away kit hasn’t been released
- fans are at breaking point over season cards. (Ridiculous)
- the club shop was shut
- people want to use their garden BBQs
- the tickets are too expensive
- it’s too far a journey
- you’re only allowed one ticket per account number
- wary of Covid
- the Stone Island brigade are still in Magaluf
- out of habit
- School summer holidays

Surely some of them are getting a bit far fetched by now!? Either way, looking forward to Saturday and hope we can sell a couple more hundred tomorrow.
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Love it haha
 
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CV22SBA

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #111
We’ll still take 2K on Sat which is great support.
Blimey back in the premier league days we rarely took big numbers. I remember going to West Ham late 90s on a sunny Saturday afternoon and had less than 800 travel.

Our away followings have increased massively over the years.
 
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Dog

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #112
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1, we meet again.

The excuses are coming in thick and fast, so far we’re up to:
- the new away kit hasn’t been released
- fans are at breaking point over season cards. (Ridiculous)
- the club shop was shut
- people want to use their garden BBQs
- the tickets are too expensive
- it’s too far a journey
- you’re only allowed one ticket per account number
- wary of Covid
- the Stone Island brigade are still in Magaluf
- out of habit
- School summer holidays

Surely some of them are getting a bit far fetched by now!? Either way, looking forward to Saturday and hope we can sell a couple more hundred tomorrow.
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So is there only supposed to be a single reason?
 

Tommo72

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #113
CV22SBA said:
We’ll still take 2K on Sat which is great support.
Blimey back in the premier league days we rarely took big numbers. I remember going to West Ham late 90s on a sunny Saturday afternoon and had less than 800 travel.

Our away followings have increased massively over the years.
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I think that is possible if they do pay on the day. If not we are on for 1800 I’d say. Not bad at all, twice as many as Barnsley took to Cardiff last Saturday for example.

I did expect 2500 minimum though.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #114
Tommo72 said:
I think that is possible if they do pay on the day. If not we are on for 1800 I’d say. Not bad at all, twice as many as Barnsley took to Cardiff last Saturday for example.

I did expect 2500 minimum though.
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It's also half the distance
 
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Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #115
My excuse is I’m rather poor this month, so prioritising QPR game. As I’ve been to Oakwell for what feels like half a million times to see City. Never been Loftus Road.
 

Marty

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #116
clint van damme said:
It's also half the distance
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Bet it's an absolute ball ache of a journey too. M1, M42, M5, that's just to get the otherside of brum.
 

Barnsley

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #117
Tommo72 said:
I think that is possible if they do pay on the day. If not we are on for 1800 I’d say. Not bad at all, twice as many as Barnsley took to Cardiff last Saturday for example.

I did expect 2500 minimum though.
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It’s an all ticket game.
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #118
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
In League 1 pre Covid we could comfortably take 2000-3000 fans most places depending on allocation. Here we have a nice 4000 odd capacity stand at Barnsley and we’ve sold 1500?! Excuses about prices, summer holidays, the new away kit not being out(!) or post-Covid worries would take a few hundred off the following, not several thousand. Come on lads, get buying!
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Our average in our last League One season was below 2000, and I'm guessing it was even smaller in the years before that. First away game or otherwise, 1500 for Barnsley seems a reasonable turnout to me. There are plenty of away days I'm looking forward to this year, but Barnsley isn't one of them.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #119
All ticket match now ffs

No pay on the day

Off sale midday tomorrow
 

pusbccfc

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #120
SBT said:
Our average in our last League One season was below 2000, and I'm guessing it was even smaller in the years before that. First away game or otherwise, 1500 for Barnsley seems a reasonable turnout to me. There are plenty of away days I'm looking forward to this year, but Barnsley isn't one of them.
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Will be the lowest we've take there on a Saturday for a long time.
 
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CV22SBA

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #121
Tommo1993 said:
My excuse is I’m rather poor this month, so prioritising QPR game. As I’ve been to Oakwell for what feels like half a million times to see City. Never been Loftus Road.
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Looking forward to QPR great ground and always reminds me of how Highfield road could have looked. Last time I went there it was some sort of legion reunion and they had to open up the bottom tier as so many turned up to pay on the day.
 
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COV

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #122
pusbccfc said:
Will be the lowest we've take there on a Saturday for a long time.
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We took 1,853 there in 2019 on a Saturday when we were pushing for the L1 playoffs.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #123
pusbccfc said:
Will be the lowest we've take there on a Saturday for a long time.
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does the fact a fair few Fans claimed they would only go to away games before have any impact as now they can go to home games?
 
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COV

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #124
Grendel said:
does the fact a fair few Fans claimed they would only go to away games before have any impact as now they can go to home games?
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that’s actually a good point.
 
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theferret

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #125
Game was very nearly called off. Police didn't want it to go ahead. Serious safety concerns apparently. This is some sort of compromise. I'm sure people will call bullshit, but this came from somebody senior at Barnsley. They hadn't even told CCFC the game was in doubt.
 

COV

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #126
theferret said:
Game was very nearly called off. Police didn't want it to go ahead. Serious safety concerns apparently. This is some sort of compromise. I'm sure people will call bullshit, but this came from somebody senior at Barnsley. They hadn't even told CCFC the game was in doubt.
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really? What were the concerns about?
 
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Covkid1968#

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #127
Barnsley said:
They’re not avoiding it, their watching it the way they’ve got used to watching it. And saving a fair few quid doing so.
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Spoken like a true Yorkshire gent
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #128
theferret said:
Game was very nearly called off. Police didn't want it to go ahead. Serious safety concerns apparently. This is some sort of compromise. I'm sure people will call bullshit, but this came from somebody senior at Barnsley. They hadn't even told CCFC the game was in doubt.
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Grannies on the rampage?
 
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pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #129
Grendel said:
does the fact a fair few Fans claimed they would only go to away games before have any impact as now they can go to home games?
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Don't think so. There weren't that many who were doing just away games. At Sixfields that was the case, but at St Andrews most went at least once.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #130
COV said:
We took 1,853 there in 2019 on a Saturday when we were pushing for the L1 playoffs.
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Doesn't look like we'll match that and we certainly weren't pushing. We had a very minor chance of making it at that point.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #131
CV22SBA said:
We’ll still take 2K on Sat which is great support.
Blimey back in the premier league days we rarely took big numbers. I remember going to West Ham late 90s on a sunny Saturday afternoon and had less than 800 travel.

Our away followings have increased massively over the years.
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Spot on
 

COV

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #132
pusbccfc said:
Doesn't look like we'll match that and we certainly weren't pushing. We had a very minor chance of making it at that point.
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I don’t see why it matters so much?
 

Hobo

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #133
theferret said:
Game was very nearly called off. Police didn't want it to go ahead. Serious safety concerns apparently. This is some sort of compromise. I'm sure people will call bullshit, but this came from somebody senior at Barnsley. They hadn't even told CCFC the game was in doubt.
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They can cope with City's 1,500 travelling fans, but worried about Brights travelling entourage
 
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theferret

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #134
COV said:
really? What were the concerns about?
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Serious structural issues in one of the stands I was told.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #135
COV said:
I don’t see why it matters so much?
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Me neither. There are no obligations.
 
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COV

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #136
theferret said:
Serious structural issues in one of the stands I was told.
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would assume it’s their old main stand
 

tskezz

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #137
Barnsley said:
It’s an all ticket game.
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We do what we want
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #138

[Official Site] ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY

ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY Fixture News The Reds’ first home game of the 21/22 Sky Bet Championship campaign has now been...
barnsleyfc.org.uk

Seems to be something going on.
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #139
pusbccfc said:

[Official Site] ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY

ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY Fixture News The Reds’ first home game of the 21/22 Sky Bet Championship campaign has now been...
barnsleyfc.org.uk

Seems to be something going on.
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Ticket office open Saturday but not to sell tickets for the game taking place!
 

COV

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • #140
pusbccfc said:

[Official Site] ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY

ALL-TICKET CLASH THIS SATURDAY AGAINST COVENTRY CITY Fixture News The Reds’ first home game of the 21/22 Sky Bet Championship campaign has now been...
barnsleyfc.org.uk

Seems to be something going on.
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one of their stands has been deemed too dangerous
 
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