21,200 season tickets sold so far.

[ccfcwelshlad]

When you add in the corporate and away fans; suggest we're on about 27,000 a game already guaranteed.

https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC/st...46688660492290

[adamm92]

Pay day Round the corner for most people so definitely expect that figure to rise by at least 4000

[BR1 Bluebird]

Pay day Round the corner for most people so definitely expect that figure to rise by at least 4000

4,000 seems like a lot more to be sold.

[Barry Shitpeas]

4,000 seems like a lot more to be sold.

I reckon we’ll flog a few more when the fixtures come out in a months time.

[BR1 Bluebird]

I reckon we’ll flog a few more when the fixtures come out in a months time.

As many as 4,000? I’m sceptical on that personally. Don’t get me wrong, the current total is superb and I’m sure it will go up further but I think almost everyone who wants/can get one will already have one.

Unless there’s some out of character transfer that everyone goes mental over.

[NYCBlue]

I reckon we’ll flog a few more when the fixtures come out in a months time.

I wonder who we'll be playing.

[Penarth Blues]

Pay day Round the corner for most people so definitely expect that figure to rise by at least 4000

If we have to keep 3000 tickets for on the day sales then it suggests we have less than 3000 ST left for sale

[CardiffIrish2]

Plastic Kents.


😂😂

[blue matt]

the answer is some " sell back " type of deal

your ticket is worth £25, you sell it back to the club and get £20 back, they sell it again for £30

you get close to your ST seat purchase price, the club make a 10'er per ticket

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

the answer is some " sell back " type of deal

your ticket is worth £25, you sell it back to the club and get £20 back, they sell it again for £30

you get close to your ST seat purchase price, the club make a 10'er per ticket

makes sense.
Spedger

[Louth]

Slightly concerned here - a lot of people cant always get to games - so just buy tickets to the games they can get to.
A strange problem to have - but do we want too many season ticket holders ?

I go with my to every home game. For just about every other home game last year - I took 2 of his mates , we all sat together etc. Unfortunately this wont be the case next season - as all the seats around me were taken up.

I hope the club manage to keep some tickets back and dont sell them all as season tickets.

I hope so too. I get to three games a season, I'd hate to miss out.

I'll have to settle for Watford Brighton and Huddersfield.

[Father Dougal]

When you add in the corporate and away fans; suggest we're on about 27,000 a game already guaranteed.

https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC/st...46688660492290

The way this mb works as this is good news it will likely get very little attention.

Was only a few weeks ago a few people were arguing our crowds were low- and this was due to the style of football and the rebrand. They genuinely believed it aswell.

That was about 10 pages mind.

[the other bob wilson]

The way this mb works as this is good news it will likely get very little attention.

Was only a few weeks ago a few people were arguing our crowds were low- and this was due to the style of football and the rebrand. They genuinely believed it aswell.

That was about 10 pages mind.

I think 21,000 in our penultimate home game in a season where we got promoted to the Premier League is low.

[Superdad]

I think 21,000 in our penultimate home game in a season where we got promoted to the Premier League is low.

Usually I would say Forest game was a poor crowd, however , it was live on Sky with a 7.45 kick off on a Saturday night.

This probably affected Forest support (say 800) and about 2,000 home fans.

I think taking into account the above, it wasn’t too bad at attendance.

[The Lone Gunman]

Was only a few weeks ago a few people were arguing our crowds were low - and this was due to the style of football and the rebrand. They genuinely believed it aswell.

For a team going for automatic promotion from the Championship, I'd regard crowds of 15,951 (Ipswich), 16,335 (Brentford), 17,033 (Norwich), 16,013 (Bolton) and 16,176 (Barnsley) as being low, especially there were reported to be far fewer people actually in the ground on each occasion.

I'd also argue that an average Championship attendance of 20,164 for a team in City's position was low, especially as 12 other clubs achieved a higher average (and in all but two cases a significantly higher average) and the club's own average has been higher for the majority of the seasons since it moved to the CCS.

I genuinely believe that as well, but the fact that the Premier League bandwagon is well and truly rolling once more and 21,000+ have suddenly become diehard supporters obviously invalidates any argument over the level of City's Championship crowds.

[Cozoni Wam]

For a team going for automatic promotion from the Championship, I'd regard crowds of 15,951 (Ipswich), 16,335 (Brentford), 17,033 (Norwich), 16,013 (Bolton) and 16,176 (Barnsley) as being low, especially there were reported to be far fewer people actually in the ground on each occasion.

I'd also argue that an average Championship attendance of 20,164 for a team in City's position was low, especially as 12 other clubs achieved a higher average (and in all but two cases a significantly higher average) and the club's own average has been higher for the majority of the seasons since it moved to the CCS.

I genuinely believe that as well, but the fact that the Premier League bandwagon is well and truly rolling once more and 21,000+ have suddenly become diehard supporters obviously invalidates any argument over the level of City's Championship crowds.

Ok i'll bite.

Sub-20k crowds were inevitable this season with only 12-14k season ticket holders, especially for evening fixtures (Bolton, Barnsley, Norwich). The Brentford match kicked off at the same time as a Wales international Rugby match which again will have affected the attendance.

There are always fewer people in the ground than announced as season ticket holders are counted whether they turn up or not. Sunderland for example have averaged over 27000 this season, despite the fact there have been reportedly fewer than 15000 in the ground for some of their matches.

Of the 12 clubs you mention, 10 had an average attendance greater than our ALL TIME HIGH average attendance at this level since moving to the CCS (23k, 2011). The majority of them have also spent many years at the highest level and generally speaking the best supported clubs are the ones that have spent the most time at the highest level.

As for your last comment, we had already sold 16k season tickets as of the beginning of April (according to Neil Warnock) and that figure had risen quite sharply by the time we played Reading. So even if we had remained in the championship, we would have been looking at much higher crowds next season regardless of performance. So the bandwagon was already chugging along quite nicely even before the club had clinched promotion to the Premier League.

I know I am going to regret this but what the hell....

[Penarth Blues]

Ok i'll bite.

Sub-20k crowds were inevitable this season with only 12-14k season ticket holders, especially for evening fixtures (Bolton, Barnsley, Norwich). The Brentford match kicked off at the same time as a Wales international Rugby match which again will have affected the attendance.

There are always fewer people in the ground than announced as season ticket holders are counted whether they turn up or not. Sunderland for example have averaged over 27000 this season, despite the fact there have been reportedly fewer than 15000 in the ground for some of their matches.

Of the 12 clubs you mention, 10 had an average attendance greater than our ALL TIME HIGH average attendance at this level since moving to the CCS (23k, 2011). The majority of them have also spent many years at the highest level and generally speaking the best supported clubs are the ones that have spent the most time at the highest level.

As for your last comment, we had already sold 16k season tickets as of the beginning of April (according to Neil Warnock) and that figure had risen quite sharply by the time we played Reading. So even if we had remained in the championship, we would have been looking at much higher crowds next season regardless of performance. So the bandwagon was already chugging along quite nicely even before the club had clinched promotion to the Premier League.

I know I am going to regret this but what the hell....

- sits back and waits for pages to rack up...

[BR1 Bluebird]

For a team going for automatic promotion from the Championship, I'd regard crowds of 15,951 (Ipswich), 16,335 (Brentford), 17,033 (Norwich), 16,013 (Bolton) and 16,176 (Barnsley) as being low, especially there were reported to be far fewer people actually in the ground on each occasion.

I'd also argue that an average Championship attendance of 20,164 for a team in City's position was low, especially as 12 other clubs achieved a higher average (and in all but two cases a significantly higher average) and the club's own average has been higher for the majority of the seasons since it moved to the CCS.

I genuinely believe that as well, but the fact that the Premier League bandwagon is well and truly rolling once more and 21,000+ have suddenly become diehard supporters obviously invalidates any argument over the level of City's Championship crowds.

I'd agree they were low, although I'd say that most of the time (because of the way that season tickets are sold), average attendance over a course of the season is connected more closely to the fortunes of the team in the previous two seasons.

For example, Swansea's average next season will be higher than it was than the season they got promoted.
If City go straight back down and finish mid table in the Championship the crowds will still be higher than this season.

Considering CCFC has more internal critics than equivalent clubs and there are still some people alienated by the effects of the rebrand, not to mention the Slade/Trollope era, I'd say this season's average is exactly what I'd expect

[The Lone Gunman]

Considering CCFC has more internal critics than equivalent clubs and there are still some people alienated by the effects of the rebrand, not to mention the Slade/Trollope era, I'd say this season's average is exactly what I'd expect

Personally, I'd have expected it to be a little higher, even given the historical background. Having said that, I genuinely believe there was a significant percentage of people who did attend the occasional game but would have attended at least a few more had the football itself been of a better quality and more entertaining. Indeed, I've actually spoken to several people who fall into that particular bracket and I'm one of them myself (although I wouldn't have paid for a ticket anyway, so I don't really count towards the average).

[BR1 Bluebird]

Personally, I'd have expected it to be a little higher, even given the historical background. Having said that, I genuinely believe there was a significant percentage of people who did attend the occasional game but would have attended at least a few more had the football itself been of a better quality and more entertaining. Indeed, I've actually spoken to several people who fall into that particular bracket and I'm one of them myself (although I wouldn't have paid for a ticket anyway, so I don't really count towards the average).

Possibly, yes. Although a winning team generally attracts more fans than an average team with more exciting football. The ideal would of course be to win and be consistently beautiful to watch.

[celticknight]

Ah well, looks like me and the missus won't be going any more.

[Louth]

Don't tell TLG - he and his friends had banked on 14k ST's.

[Father Dougal]

Don't tell TLG - he and his friends had banked on 14k ST's.

Like I say if sales were poor this would be a 10 pager by now. As it’s going well it won’t get onto the 2nd page.

[The Lone Gunman]

Like I say if sales were poor this would be a 10 pager by now. As it’s going well it won’t get onto the 2nd page.

It will now.

[Penarth Blues]

It will now.

Stirrer!