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COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #281
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Maybe a few more but not substantial. I’m sure even the Leeds game about 2010 when we had 28k with 6k Leeds fans they had to put an offer on
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There was no offer that day
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #282
COV said:
There was no offer that day
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They did an offer for 2 adults and 2 kids I’m sure
 

COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #283
Don’t be too confident about the walk up either

2011/2012 we had 9,600 season ticket holders, and I’d say we had an average of 2.5k away fans.

We only averaged 15k meaning that there was minuscule walkup, hardly any for some matches.

Walkups are generated by something worth watching, so they’ll climb on board after a few games if we do ok

The number of season tickets gives you a guaranteed minimum, it’s what happens on the pitch that gets the crowds up beyond that
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #284
Coventry City have announced that they are putting on sale family tickets for the City versus Leeds game on Saturday November 6th.

The family ticket applies to two adults and two children and costs £45.

Any families interested in this offer have until 10/10/10 to get their tickets which are only available via the phone or by visiting one of the two ticket offices at the Ricoh Arena or City Central in Town.
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Don’t know what the saving was?
 
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theferret

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #285
COV said:
Don’t be too confident about the walk up either

2011/2012 we had 9,600 season ticket holders, and I’d say we had an average of 2.5k away fans.

We only averaged 15k meaning that there was minuscule walkup, hardly any for some matches.

Walkups are generated by something worth watching, so they’ll climb on board after a few games if we do ok

The number of season tickets gives you a guaranteed minimum, it’s what happens on the pitch that gets the crowds up beyond that
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The flipside to that, in 2005/6 and 2006/7 we had just under 10K season ticket holders yet averaged 21K and 20K.

Cannot see an average of 2.5K away fans across the season also, in 2019/20, only 2 clubs in the entire championship averaged more than 2.5K (Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday). They'll be plenty of teams who bring sub 1K this season.
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #286
theferret said:
The flipside to that, in 2005/6 and 2006/7 we had just under 10K season ticket holders yet averaged 21K and 20K.

Cannot see an average of 2.5K away fans across the season also, in 2019/20, only 2 clubs in the entire championship averaged more than 2.5K (Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday). They'll be plenty of teams who bring sub 1K this season.
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It actually highlights the errors of pricing strategy in the 2011 season
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #287
2011/12 was the finale of several dogshit seasons .. can't take too much away from attendances that year ..apart from they were dire because we'd been dire for years and we finally got relegated
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #288
The years leading upto 2011/12 , after our 8th placed finish

Fuck me we were good for so long
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #289
Evo1883 said:
2011/12 was the finale of several dogshit seasons .. can't take too much away from attendances that year ..apart from they were dire because we'd been dire for years and we finally got relegated
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I’m sure that year we massively reduced season ticket prices by making it sane price wherever you actually sat. Also big concession reductions. We ended up with the biggest season ticket sales and the lowest per person revenue in our championship decade

Disaster
 
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theferret

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #290
matesx said:
Looks like the 10K season tickets sold with very few additional.....im sure it will fill up


10-12K at a guess
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It's more than that I think. If you compare the ground plan for Forest and Northampton you can see a fair few have been shifted over and above season tickets.
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #291
I think we will hit 20k Sunday with forest included .. feel quite confident about that
 
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ccfcmad1

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #292
To be honest I will be disappointed if we don't hit 20k city fans let alone with forest included......
 
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lordy_87

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #293
ccfcmad1 said:
To be honest I will be disappointed if we don't hit 20k city fans let alone with forest included......
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Be prepared to be disappointed then
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #294
ccfcmad1 said:
To be honest I will be disappointed if we don't hit 20k city fans let alone with forest included......
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Be surprised if we have 20k of our fans anytime this season, well at full price anyway
 

COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #295
theferret said:
The flipside to that, in 2005/6 and 2006/7 we had just under 10K season ticket holders yet averaged 21K and 20K.

Cannot see an average of 2.5K away fans across the season also, in 2019/20, only 2 clubs in the entire championship averaged more than 2.5K (Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday). They'll be plenty of teams who bring sub 1K this season.
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you may be right, I was factoring in the 6ks from a few clubs bumping it up.
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #296
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Be surprised if we have 20k of our fans anytime this season, well at full price anyway
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I think we’ll do that if we’re competitive at all at the right end of the league post Christmas. That’s one hell of an if though.
 
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ccfcmad1

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #297
Sky tv £30 etc, Not being able to attend live football for so long and being back in cov for the first game of the season, If we can't muster 20k city fans it's embarrassing no two ways about it.
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #298
ccfcmad1 said:
Sky tv £30 etc, No being able to attend live football for so long and being back in cov for the first game of the season, If we can't muster 20k city fans it's embarrassing no two ways about it.
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I disagree, how many times have we had 20k home fans at full price in the last 20 years? Even under Mowbray when we were flying playing great football we had 15k
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #299
ccfcmad1 said:
Sky tv £30 etc, Not being able to attend live football for so long and being back in cov for the first game of the season, If we can't muster 20k city fans it's embarrassing no two ways about it.
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We also now have the added situation where we have to remortgage just to buy 2 pints and some cheesy chips at the ground
 
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ccfcmad1

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #300
SlowerThanPlatt said:
I disagree, how many times have we had 20k home fans at full price in the last 20 years? Even under Mowbray when we were flying playing great football we had 15k
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Come on you can't compare a league one fixture under mowbray to a opening day fixture in the championship a first for the club in what eight years? After playing away from the city for two seasons and with covid stopping fans attending......
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #301
Top Ricoh attendances:

Crewe JPT £5 (Wembley tickets)
Chelsea FA Cup
Gillingham Ricoh return £10
Accrington family/community day free tickets
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #302
ccfcmad1 said:
Come on you can't compare a league one fixture under mowbary to a opening day fixture in the championship a first for the club in what eight years? After playing away from the city for two seasons
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CCFC have very rarely had 20k home fans at full price in my time following them, the Gillingham and Crewe games makes people’s expectations unrealistic, the truth is half of them wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t £5
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #303
SlowerThanPlatt said:
CCFC have very rarely had 20k home fans at full price in my time following them, the Gillingham and Crewe games makes people’s expectations unrealistic, the truth is half of them wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t £5
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Agreed. We were generally getting around 16 tp 18k home fans in the late 90s, not sure why people expect better than that

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theferret

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #304
SlowerThanPlatt said:
I disagree, how many times have we had 20k home fans at full price in the last 20 years? Even under Mowbray when we were flying playing great football we had 15k
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In the latter years at HR that was impossible, the home capacity was only 18,500.

At the Ricoh, between 2005 and 2012, I'd say only 15-20 times 20K+ home fans. After relegation it was never going to happen outside of special occasions.
 
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COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #305
theferret said:
In the latter years at HR that was impossible, the home capacity was only 18,500.

At the Ricoh, between 2005 and 2012, I'd say only 15-20 times 20K+ home fans. After relegation it was never going to happen outside of special occasions.
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I don't think you can't judge it by what was happening 20 years ago, the game itself is virtually unrecognisable now, crowds up everywhere... except us... and no prizes for guessing why- whoever you want to blame we have been one of the most catastrophically managed clubs in the entire league. Yet we get more following us away now than we did most weeks in the top division.

If we were in the Premier League we'd be pushing 30k most weeks, if we have a similar season to last season we'll average about 20k, and thats ok. For the 'casual' supporter what is there to be that excited about? Its another season in the Championship where we'll probably be just above the relegation zone.

There's no doubt there are many thousands of CCFC "fans" out there waiting for an excuse to get on a bandwagon (or failing that a ticket deal), its just shit that our best run in so many years happened in the backdrop of more off-the-field dramas meaning hardly anyone got to see it and "catch the bug".
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #306
Someone else mentioned it earlier in the thread but fuck me behind the goal is barren.

Doesnt seem like hardly any tickets been sold for the forest game bar ST's.

I dont think we will hit 20k city fans. Really think the Wolves friendly knocked a few hundred off
 
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COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #307
Saddlebrains said:
Someone else mentioned it earlier in the thread but fuck me behind the goal is barren.

Doesnt seem like hardly any tickets been sold for the forest game bar ST's.

I dont think we will hit 20k city fans. Really think the Wolves friendly knocked a few hundred off
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We were never going to get 20k cov fans in there at full price with the match on TV on a Sunday, never going to happen.

I don't see what the Wolves game has to do with it?
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #308
Persuading a fairweather fan to come along to see us play at home to Shrewsbury, Gillingham, Swindon etc is a much harder sell than a raucous game against Blues, West Brom, Sheff Utd etc where there will be a completely different matchday atmosphere. I also think it is easier to persuade said supporters to return. A bit like having had a good experience at a restaurant. More likely to return.
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #309
COV said:
We were never going to get 20k cov fans in there at full price with the match on TV on a Sunday, never going to happen.

I don't see what the Wolves game has to do with it?
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Just takes the shine off Sunday lets be honest
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #310
Saddlebrains said:
Someone else mentioned it earlier in the thread but fuck me behind the goal is barren.

Doesnt seem like hardly any tickets been sold for the forest game bar ST's.

I dont think we will hit 20k city fans. Really think the Wolves friendly knocked a few hundred off
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Why would the Wolves friendly reduce the Forest attendance? No comprendez.
 
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COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #311
Saddlebrains said:
Just takes the shine off Sunday lets be honest
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I doubt it will have made any difference whatsoever, it was a meaningless friendly, what were people expecting?
 

COV

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #312
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Why would the Wolves friendly reduce the Forest attendance? No comprendez.
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Its just something else to complain about
 

matesx

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #313
Having suffered watching soulless league 2 dross with around 6000 other hardy souls I will enjoy a 20k crowd v Forest in the Championship.
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #314
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Why would the Wolves friendly reduce the Forest attendance? No comprendez.
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Say a fairweather was thinking of going just to see us back in cov.

£12 for a nice sunday lunchtime kick off or £30 for a shit kick off time on a Sunday evening that's on sky.

Not the majority on here of course but i reckon there will be a few that did that
 
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Saddlebrains

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  • Aug 2, 2021
  • #315
COV said:
I doubt it will have made any difference whatsoever, it was a meaningless friendly, what were people expecting?
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I made this pointon twitter and it garnered almost 100 likes so theres a fair few who must have thought the same
 
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