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[shmmeee]

The important thing certainly initially was to get people back in the habit and to maintain and build momentum. we will have to wait see if the price structure has added to that or not - I have some doubts that it has. The biggest effect on crowds though is going to be success on the pitch not price of tickets

mmm.

I've been looking at a few bits of research. One around college football (american) in the States, one around the NHL and the NFL and one around the EPL. The biggest impacts seem to be 1) how well are the team doing 2) the quality of players on offer 3) the pricing 4) if it's a special game day (family day, bat day (whatever that is), whatever) though funnily enough the seem to move around depending on the sport and the researcher's methodology. The EPL research was all based around asking fans questions and they claimed price was by far the biggest factor.

So either fans don't know what makes them go to a game (quite possible) or it's different for different types of fans (also possible).

I know for a fact that if the monthly Direct Debit was about, I'd be a season ticket holder right now. I'm not about to go and get a credit card (I'm trying to reduce my debt levels and I don't trust myself to not use it). However, I'd be going on Saturday if my usual match partner was there whatever the cost. However, I also know a lot of people on lower incomes than me and almost to a man they would only go on a free ticket or cheap deal (especially those with kids).

Personally, I'd scrap the free tickets for schools and instead have more offers around full paying adults taking 3-5 U11s to the game. Then deals like "Buy 5 get one free" for the adults to encourage them to bring someone along. Some other deals for students and U18s. Though I'd be tempted to charge full price above about 14 just to stop the numerous chancers we have buying child tickets for adults.

Even better, I'd be refocussing the finances of the club so that we don't have to rely so much on ticket revenue.

 

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[skybluericoh]

mmm.

Even better, I'd be refocussing the finances of the club so that we don't have to rely so much on ticket revenue.

F&B for example???

 

[bigfatronssba]

I said earlier in the week that this game will have a massive walk up ratio.

No one has really had a chance to buy tickets yet.

 

[shmmeee]

F&B for example???

Not really no. F&B profits are peanuts. Commercial sponsorship is where the real money is. I'd wager you make more from merchandise than F&B as well.

If the club really wanted to improve income, I still don't see what's stopping them hiring out space somewhere and doing whatever it is they think they can do. Owning a supporters social club near the ground would be a good start.

 

[Grendel]

I said earlier in the week that this game will have a massive walk up ratio.

No one has really had a chance to buy tickets yet.

If you are right it proves all this talk about price being so important is nonsense as they will all pay an extra. £2

 

[Como]

TV money in the US is I think 60% of turnover for the NFL, pays the wages.

 

[ccfc1234]

13500 maximum

I think that is a very pessimistic statement to make. However even if there is only 15k there how sad that 12k+ fans after a great evening at the Ricoh can drift away so quickly.

 

[AndreasB]

Ticket prices were never such an issue in the season before last when were at the Ricoh - there were some crazy low prices that year as well and it didnt really send the attendances up by much (except for JPT)

I agree if English football wants to break out of this current pricing structure someone needs to "Dortmund" and prove it can work but with our precarious position I wouldnt advocate that is us!

However, if its under 11,000 on Saturday that's pretty worrying. Perhaps if some of those moaning about "cant afford the prices" should not have being queuing up for a £4.50 pint and getting shitfaced in the casino then they may have been able to afford a ticket for this week instead.

 

[edgy]

Piss poor effort so far. So disappointed to hear all the tired old excuses after one game.

 

[Otis]

Piss poor effort so far. So disappointed to hear all the tired old excuses after one game.

Yup! Don't get it.

People have been crying out in desperation for us to come home. We came home, we won. Are people now simply going to revert to type after one single game back at the Ricoh and stop going up?

 

[Macca]

10k is our hardcore and has been since I started in 1979

 

[MichaelCCFC]

Yup! Don't get it.

People have been crying out in desperation for us to come home. We came home, we won. Are people now simply going to revert to type after one single game back at the Ricoh and stop going up?

There's a lot of guessing about what the crowd will be on Saturday and it may well be higher than some of the very pessimistic forecasts, but even if it is only 10-12k that's a lot more than there would have been at sixfields and gets us back to where we were in 2012/13 so fears of dipping lower than the last season at the Ricoh will be avoided. I may be wrong, but I got some sense that some people need to be persuaded things are going to get better rather than it's just a return to how things were in 2012/13 which was not all that great. Friday was a brilliant night and it's great news about SP's new contract but...the squad still looks thin - is there going to be investment in the team now we're back at the Ricoh; the ticketing problems for last week felt like same old, same old - surely the IT system and shop can work better; it still gets me that from lots of points outside the Ricoh you can't see anything that says CCFC so why not get some more CCFC crests etc up; ridiculously over priced beer inside and long queues for pies; casino is ok but not everyone's choice of venue and not being able to take kids is a big problem; I like the idea of the Trust's gazebo and if they stopped at Byatt's on the way for a few supplies it'd be even better; Labovitch has gone which is good but TF is still there spouting the new stadium nonsense - is it time for TF to go and Seppala to say clearly the Ricoh is our home and we're staying; and the price of tickets is important too, although not the only factor that affects whether people go or not. Talk of peace and reconciliation is all well and good but be needs to be backed up by some practical actions to show we're really moving forward not just returning to how things were pre sixfields

 

[cov4theprem]

I was there and have attended half a dozen a year (except when at Sixfields) for the last 2 decades. The Gillingham game was great because of the occasion and the atmosphere, but lets face it the game was pretty dull. I can wait until later in year to get my next fix.

 

[Nick]

How many people aren't going to go because of ticket prices? Would be interesting to see!

 

[cov4theprem]

Its logical that our fan base diminished during the time at Sixfields, therefore why are we all surprised by the predicted attendance? Also 2 home games in a week does not help.

 

[Otis]

10k is our hardcore and has been since I started in 1979

And the bottom line is we can't survive on that at the Ricoh and we all know we can't. There needs to be a concerted effort from fans to back the club and at the end of the day that means bums on seats.

We keep getting 10,000 and this club is just going to continue on the neverending downward spiral we have found oursleves in.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

And the bottom line is we can't survive on that at the Ricoh and we all know we can't. There needs to be a concerted effort from fans to back the club and at the end of the day that means bums on seats.

We keep getting 10,000 and this club is just going to continue on the neverending downward spiral we have found oursleves in.

Do you mean that we could survive somewhere else other than the Ricoh, or that we can't survive anywhere?

 

[Grendel]

Do you mean that we could survive somewhere else other than the Ricoh, or that we can't survive anywhere?

Certainly not at the Ricoh where the revenue streams are not all ours.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Its logical that our fan base diminished during the time at Sixfields, therefore why are we all surprised by the predicted attendance? Also 2 home games in a week does not help.

Think of it as 2 home games in 18 months and it doesn't seem that bad, and one of them was dirt cheap.

 

[Macca]

And the bottom line is we can't survive on that at the Ricoh and we all know we can't. There needs to be a concerted effort from fans to back the club and at the end of the day that means bums on seats.

We keep getting 10,000 and this club is just going to continue on the neverending downward spiral we have found oursleves in.

Which is why it was such a daft move in the first place

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Certainly not at the Ricoh where the revenue streams are not all ours.

You don't think we'd survive if a new ground is built outside Cov though, so we need to market the club more and get people interested.

If the rent is cheap at the Ricoh then even 10,000 attendances should see us compete in League 1, and it would seem that some of the match day income is now given to the club.

 

[Nick]

Think of it as 2 home games in 18 months and it doesn't seem that bad, and one of them was dirt cheap.

Good way of thinking of it! As said though, the football wasn't that good so people won't bother.

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Good way of thinking of it! As said though, the football wasn't that good so people won't bother.

Sorry if I've missed a joke here, you're not really saying the football wasn't good?

 

[Otis]

Which is why it was such a daft move in the first place

But we're there now and we have to make the most of it. We know the fanbase IS there in this city for CCFC. We just need to get people going up to games.

I do find it very frustrating. People moaning like hell cos they couldn't get a ticket last week and now people can't be bothered to go at all to the second game home.

We want this club to be successful we need to get fans into the ground.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Don't worry attendance will go up I will be buying 2 tomorrow.

And he never went to the Gills game as he was working. So does that count as one extra?

 

[pusbccfc]

If there's 12,000 there Saturday (which I still think is unlikely), 15,000 people should hang their heads in shame.

Embarrassing.

 

[Otis]

We filled the place pretty much full last week, it was one of the best atmospheres in living memory and we won.

What more incentive do people need to go?

 

[AndreasB]

I was there and have attended half a dozen a year (except when at Sixfields) for the last 2 decades. The Gillingham game was great because of the occasion and the atmosphere, but lets face it the game was pretty dull. I can wait until later in year to get my next fix.

"Pretty dull" fucking hell. There's no hope for some of you.


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[Nick]

I was there and have attended half a dozen a year (except when at Sixfields) for the last 2 decades. The Gillingham game was great because of the occasion and the atmosphere, but lets face it the game was pretty dull. I can wait until later in year to get my next fix.

Welcome to being a city fan.

 

[Nick]

We filled the place pretty much full last week, it was one of the best atmospheres in living memory and we won.

What more incentive do people need to go?

A rolling bandwagon!

 

[Otis]

A rolling bandwagon!

Or a Wallace and Gromit style recreation of whereby the half hearted City fan gets woken up, tipped out of his bed, sliding directly in his clothing and then is walked to the ground in robot trousers.

 

[Nick]

Sorry if I've missed a joke here, you're not really saying the football wasn't good?

Sorry, sarcasm about a post from another thread where somebody said they wont go back for a while as the football wasnt that good.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

But that's his right isn't it?

Come on Nick us diehards are used to watching some dire football, I will go regardless.
I have been to 3 games this season and Friday was by far the best we have played this season, but it wasn't fantastic football if you are honest.

Too many poor teams in this league some really poor football being played out there.

Sorry, sarcasm about a post from another thread where somebody said they wont go back for a while as the football wasnt that good.

 

[Limey]

I now live in Portsmouth, where they are getting minimum home gates of 15K. League 2 football is shite but they nearly lost their team to the abyss.

As for Friday, I've seen many more boring games in the Premier League on TV. I thought it was edge of the seat stuff (baring the obvious quality compared to higher divisions).

 

[Kingokings204]

I now live in Portsmouth, where they are getting minimum home gates of 15K. League 2 football is shite but they nearly lost their team to the abyss.

As for Friday, I've seen many more boring games in the Premier League on TV. I thought it was edge of the seat stuff (baring the obvious quality compared to higher divisions).

The game Friday was awesome for the result and atmosphere and the homecoming. We were lucky to win make no mistake, a better team would of scored 2 maybe 3 IMO. £10 I don't care what anyone says definitely helps. If every league game was £10 then a load more fans would turn up of this I have no doubts so yes ticket price does matter.