Not sure fickleness can be used as an excuse when you have spent most of the season on or around second place.
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This season's average is skewed somewhat by the alleged 27,000+ attendance for the early-season game against Leeds. I'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been any similarly large attendances brought about by cheap/free tickets in the other three seasons you mentioned.
The comparison with other clubs in those seasons is interesting. In 1970/71, City had the 4th highest average in the division. In 2010/11 it was the 6th highest. In 2012/13 it was the 5th highest. As you say, this season Cardiff are currently 14th in the Championship attendance rankings. Whisper it quietly, but even Bristol City's average is almost 2,000 higher.
If you had to name the five main factors in this season's low attendances, what would they be?
Toshack being sold
Moving 200 yards across Sloper road
Liverpool are on the telly
My cat was ill
The rebrand
Please do, I’m sure it will be a non sexist joke.
How though? What if Tan stays for 10 or 20 more years. You could be pushing 60 by then and have wasted years of your life.
I gave my ticket back so I could make my own mind up without feeling like I was forced to going. It cost me £30 and got the rest of my money back. I went to my first game after about 6/7 games as one of the boys wasn't going. I decided I could cope, although I didn't go to the Brighton game which would probably have turned me off for life.
I started this thread and at the outset I said it wasn't about us (and I meant it). I was genuinely amazed at how low the crowds were at Burton and Reading last night. I'm all for the underdog, but surely Burton deserve a bigger support playing at the level they are. It must be a concern across the board.
It was also related to a recent story about Sky TV televising all midweek lower-league games. To me you can't beat watching sport live - there's no comparison. I have an almost irrational hatred of Sky TV and the generation of armchair fans its generated through its hype and blanket coverage of sport. I appreciate not everyone can make it to games and that's fine, but I will always argue that being at the game is so much better; what you see (Warnock going nuts at the fourth official), what you hear (the "Where's your Thatcher gone?" from the Ninian Stand towards the Forest fans in April 2013 is still my all-time favourite) and what you smell (the half-time Bovril). You get none of that at home.
Sat in the Family Stand, I'm quite near the away fans and always look over to see how many turn up, especially for midweek games. My son regularly asks me when they'd have started out and when they'll get home. I have admiration for fans like those from Barnsley last night. Same for when we played Ipswich, and of course for our fans who made the exact same reverse trips this season. They are the lifeblood of the game and it worries me when Sky are proposing more TV coverage, which could kill attendances and atmospheres even more.
I do, I think quite a few tolerated it for a while with the lure of seeing their team playing in the top division in their lifetime, for some possibly old fans the last chance ever. After a shocking season in the sunshine I reckon many never came back, Russell slades football, political infighting....life’s too short
They are but you are either missing it or deliberatly ignoring it. They have been on local radio and tv stations pushing season tickets recently and had coverage in the local press and online as well. They have many initiatives in the area in schools and clubs and hold special events at the ground on match days. Season ticket prices have not increased for a number of years and they have a number of games each season with special prices for kids and extra adults. Stating they are 'abysmal' is out of order.
I state once again that our average home gate this season is just under 19000 and last season was 16500 - an increase of over 20%. Certain people just totally refuse to acknowledge this on this forum and spend their time trying to put a negative spin on everything. Luckily the people who run the club do see the wider picture, as do the majority of posters. Watching Slade and then Trollopes efforts at producing a successful team was enough to drive even the most ardent supporter to despair and the nearest tv screen.
Ah, so your boycott was over before Christmas? Fair play, you have a brass neck to pour any scorn on my decision to wait to see how the crowd responded to the rebrand. I got stung, I couldn't get a refund because I watched that Huddersfield game - and that game wasn't worth £399 so I continued watching games. As did you - just as soon as the PL became a reality :hehe: - For the record, I saw 0 Cardiff games in the Premier League. How many did you see?
More likely, Ken, you got a refund because the team weren't in the Premier League like you had hoped. Others were getting a refund because they felt strongly (more strongly than you or I) about the rebrand. You took the chance to join them because you couldn't stomach another season in the Championship.
Then, the team started winning. Premier League football was looking likely. So you ended your 5 game boycott and have been going ever since. You're a glory hunter...
If you clearly feel that disenfranchised with Cardiff City F.C why do you still post on this board then ?
Why don’t you post on a forum that you are passionate about, whether it be another sport, a swimming forum, Rugby....
Can you explain why you continue to post on here ?