Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Just looking some random thing up earlier I started to look at our season 2015/16 and was puzzled by something which struck me re. our attendances. Throughout the season we hovered on the edge of the play offs, usually 3 or 4 points off 6th place. We averaged around 15,000 for home games - this varied slightly, a thousand more, a thousand less at most.
On 12th March we beat Ipswich 1-0 at home in front of 15,175, and drew the next Saturday at Reading. The next game on 2nd April the attendance was 28,680. That's an increase of 14,000 on the previous gate ! The next 2 games[away] we lost and drew, yet.. the attendance for the next home game v QPR was nearly 28,000 ! We were never in the top 6 and lost the next game away at Burnley yet our last but one game at home to Bolton, when we really were out of it, drew 24,000.

There's no way that our attendances would have shot up just like that - am I missing something ??

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

Just looking some random thing up earlier I started to look at our season 2015/16 and was puzzled by something which struck me re. our attendances. Throughout the season we hovered on the edge of the play offs, usually 3 or 4 points off 6th place. We averaged around 15,000 for home games - this varied slightly, a thousand more, a thousand less at most.
On 12th March we beat Ipswich 1-0 at home in front of 15,175, and drew the next Saturday at Reading. The next game on 2nd April the attendance was 28,680. That's an increase of 14,000 on the previous gate ! The next 2 games[away] we lost and drew, yet.. the attendance for the next home game v QPR was nearly 28,000 ! We were never in the top 6 and lost the next game away at Burnley yet our last but one game at home to Bolton, when we really were out of it, drew 24,000.

There's no way that our attendances would have shot up just like that - am I missing something ??

I think the club gave free tickets to people buying season tickets. It was a big game, we had to win it. The attendance was genuine though, I remember it. We had to beat them to make the playoffs realistic, and we did. We were dire for the rest of the season though :hehe:

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

I think the club gave free tickets to people buying season tickets. It was a big game, we had to win it. The attendance was genuine though, I remember it. We had to beat them to make the playoffs realistic, and we did. We were dire for the rest of the season though :hehe:

I can’t remember the exact details, but you’re right, I remember there was some sort of incentive like you describe to get more people in . Our home record in 15/16 was very good, just two defeats I believe, but, generally speaking, the entertainment value at Cardiff City Stadium was very low under Russell Slade.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

generally speaking, the entertainment value at Cardiff City Stadium was very low under Russell Slade.

Funny how most of us were bored stiff watching Russell Slade's side at the time, yet those days seem almost halyconic compared with the garbage we've had in the last few years! If you asked if you'd prefer Slade to Hudson or Bulut, Slade would be the winner virtually every time!

[Tuerto]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

Just looking some random thing up earlier I started to look at our season 2015/16 and was puzzled by something which struck me re. our attendances. Throughout the season we hovered on the edge of the play offs, usually 3 or 4 points off 6th place. We averaged around 15,000 for home games - this varied slightly, a thousand more, a thousand less at most.
On 12th March we beat Ipswich 1-0 at home in front of 15,175, and drew the next Saturday at Reading. The next game on 2nd April the attendance was 28,680. That's an increase of 14,000 on the previous gate ! The next 2 games[away] we lost and drew, yet.. the attendance for the next home game v QPR was nearly 28,000 ! We were never in the top 6 and lost the next game away at Burnley yet our last but one game at home to Bolton, when we really were out of it, drew 24,000.

There's no way that our attendances would have shot up just like that - am I missing something ??

One of those of those games was (I think) against Derby, sure Manga headed home a winner.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

One of those of those games was (I think) against Derby, sure Manga headed home a winner.

The 28,680 was - a header from a corner

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

I think the club gave free tickets to people buying season tickets. It was a big game, we had to win it. The attendance was genuine though, I remember it. We had to beat them to make the playoffs realistic, and we did. We were dire for the rest of the season though :hehe:

Thought it might have been something like that, however it was incredibly successful. Attendances at some games dipped below 14,000 quite often - strange I never recall then being that low at the CCS.

[Tuerto]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

Thought it might have been something like that, however it was incredibly successful. Attendances at some games dipped below 14,000 quite often - strange I never recall then being that low at the CCS.

That was under Slade. We hadn't long been relegated, the football was so bloody boring, slow etc, and we had lost all of our premier league fans, and some regulars, plus the red thing.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

That was under Slade. We hadn't long been relegated, the football was so bloody boring, slow etc, and we had lost all of our premier league fans, and some regulars, plus the red thing.

Slade was dealt a crap hand, he had loads of players who didn't want to be here and had to get rid of them. We've had far worse managers than Slade (and far better).

[The Bloop]

Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

Here you go - the BBC reports says you got some free tickets for getting a season ticket.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35902254

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Re: Cardiff City, season 2015/16. A puzzle.

Slade was dealt a crap hand, he had loads of players who didn't want to be here and had to get rid of them. We've had far worse managers than Slade (and far better).

In that interview with Sean Morrison he spoke about how the squad was a mess and full of bad characters but Slade sorted it all out, he spoke really highly of him

Here if anyone missed it at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKv1iXDqfsk interviewer's a bit of a clown but it's a good listen