Fair play not bad for a Sunday midday on TV.
Let's hope not another performance full of damp squids......
I'll be on tender hooks.
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Fair play not bad for a Sunday midday on TV.
Let's hope not another performance full of damp squids......
I'll be on tender hooks.
That's very goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
Bluebirds !
Huddersfield have sold 1,900 apparently, which is very good indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Red seats open?
If there'a any escaped goats running around, there'll be a human cry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
24993, I know 7 people who are not going (all season ticket holders)
Free travel for first 1500 I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
I don't think our away support is anything like it used to be numbers wise
I couldn't see us taking 2000 up there personally
Which is a shame
Those that go are fantastic supporters
I think if we had free coach travel and cheap tickets I think we would probably sell 2,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I went up last year on a Tuesday night and we took over 1,000.
Great crowd that is. Really good initiative by the club and no bad thing to build some goodwill when you are trying to flog season tickets!
Maybe but I just think in general we are not talking the numbers we used to takeQuote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
I went to Huddersfield on a Tuesday night when lennie Lawrence was in charge
We went two up with goals from Thorney and Leo but they pulled it back
2500 at least , midweek
Birmingham recently less than 1000 , we have always taken double that Saturday or midweek
It is indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Young kid goes with his dad or mum
City win
He will want to come back
The 2,500 was great support but it was a new ground for most , plus the Rams were taking loads , great times with them at away games.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I was at Huddersfield a few weeks before that for the game that was called off when we were all outside. That was a night game also.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I see Sunderland have sold 45,000 today v Watfraud (1,000 away)
Coventry have sold over 30,000 v Birmingham (4,500 away)
Championship football is very well supported
Our away support is bigger than some home crowds we got “back in the day”Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
In the last 10 years our away support has come on leaps and bounds. In 2015 or so we took about 200 to Derby for a midweek game. We took over 2000 to Coventry this year for a midweek game.
If I recall that Derby game was Valentines. This year on the same date we took close to 1000 to Birmingham.
If you want a comparison to Huddersfield, we’ve recently had a crucial relegation match on a bank holiday weekend against Blackpool. 1900 fans travelled up for that without free coaches.
If roles were reversed I’m sure we’d match or beat what they bring to us tomorrow.
If the young kid misbehaves, threaten him with a trip to watch the City at the Lego Stadium. Believe me, he’ll behave himself !!!!’!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Tender hooks.... always amazes me the difference between a tender hooks and tenterhooksQuote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
Our away support before we got into the championship was amazingQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
It was very good when we got here too
It's not been on that level since
I went to wolves when we beat them u der warnock on the way to going up
We were given 2500 tickets but we only took 1500
Less than 1000 to Birmingham this season was our lowest for years
Swansea City took more fans than us to Blackpool this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
That sort of thing used to be un heard of
And we took more to Middlesbrough for a midweek game than Swansea took on a Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Swansea aren't our little insignificant neighbours anymore. They've won a major trophy, played in Europe and spent nearly a decade in the Premier League.
Their crowds increasing to be closer to ours doesn't mean our crowds our bad.
Our support away from home certainly isn't buildingQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
If you seek you shall find
Except it has for the most part over the last decade or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
There’s a big crowd of youngsters, teens and people in their 20’s that make up a not insignificant chunk of our away support.
We are not taking away the large support we didQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
Look in the history books
Warnock woke this club up again but even so we didn't sell out nearby away trips to places like wolves and Birmingham like we did
More youngsters following city away is great but our away support is down
What’s your evidence to back that up?? I’ve averaged 5/6 away games a year for 25 years, and there is a significant number of youngsters travelling every other week, on top of the old heads. I’d say our away crowds are looking pretty strong to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
This preoccupation that some people have with dissing our support and doing the club down at every opportunity is embarrassing. Our home and away support is excellent. And on the rise. Since you embarrassed yourself by predicting we were going down, you have now switched your attention to attendances. You will be on to something else as soon as that idea goes down the pan.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
The figures showing our away supportQuote:
Originally Posted by stevebrickman
They show we are averaging about 1100
We had a really important game against Birmingham which in previous seasons has sold out and this year we took half of what we usually do
The fans who go are amazing
But our away following is not what it used to be
Our away support is not on the riseQuote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
It's not what it was
I think the plan to sell half price tickets for Sundays game is excellent
I don't know how old you are but our last away of the season was always a huge turnout
I doubt very much that thousands will go up to Burnley
What was our away support like when we were promoted under Warnock? Thing is sludge, we've been on the slide ever since we were relegated from the Premier League, ad it's not like we have had any players to shout about. It does make a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I appreciate thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Maybe the last few crap years have killed the enthusiasm and some have lost their mojo
Enthusiasm is a key word.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Why is 1 midweek game against Brum your benchmark for if our away support is doing well?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
You complain we only took 900 but ignore the fact 2200 went to Coventry.
Huddersfield get praise for bringing 1900 on a bank holiday and then when it’s mentioned we took 1900 on a bank holiday to Blackpool, you dismiss it because Swansea took more.
You’re also wrong btw. I’ve been to Birmingham 5 times. 2 of them were midweek games and neither were close to a sellout, both had around 1000 City fans. The Saturday games however are always well supported and we continue to take big crowds despite us playing in Birmingham pretty much every year for 15 years.
I generally only do city away games since moving away from Cardiff in 1979 and now live in Stockport. Bar the premier league or promotion seasons we are taking much higher numbers to distant northern away games these days with a much younger following as well
25,000? Nonsense.
Nowhere near. If that’s the announced number it makes me think there’s a need to make it seem there is more revenue coming in than is actually the caseQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Where was the 25k when we needed them?
26,804
Bigger than 19 other Championship teams' highest attendance this season. And it wasn't even our biggest crowd of the campaign.
Not bad for a club with a poor support at this level...
This is what I have been trying to tell youQuote:
Originally Posted by Canton Kev
Big crowds now and then but not the consistent support that's needed
Today was typical ccfc
Plenty of families there today but they won't be first in line for a ticket after that garbage
No one is denying that we get bigger crowds for bigger games. Every club does.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
You constantly say we’re a poorly supported club, with todays crowd we’ll finish the season as the club with the 10th highest average attendance. Despite this being our worst season in 20 years, following on from our second worst season in 20 years.
HmmmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Doing other things with their cash and who can blame them? Every time we get a big crowd we are usually terrible. I’m amazed they bother to come back…..Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars