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I think the hardcore who follow us away are fantastic
Those days are not for me now but I do think our numbers seem to be low ?
If cost , poor transport , covid etc are a reason then why are a lot of teams in the Championship taking large followings away from home and we are not ?
300 at Sunderland?
250 at Middlesborough ?
That's not like Cardiff City
Carlisle United took 4500 to Bolton at the weekend , in league one
It’s not to say people can’t afford it, let’s be honest a big cup game and we would sell out, I just think people at the moment are being careful with money (well I am) and picking and choosing what they want to spend money on, what’s value, what gives the most enjoyment etc. I don’t think I could afford an away game these days.
J33 waste ground ? If going to build houses eventually but in the meantime Turn that into a free P+R
Kids for a quid , student deals , cheap burgers
It's messing about really
In terms of prices to watch us you could let people in for free and they wouldn't turn up , especially if Man United are playing on TV
Of course if we get a decent team then the gates would increase and these sort of fans would complain they couldn't get a seat with a decent view for the 2 or 3 games a season they can be bothered to come
I think concentrating on continuing to offer regular fans decent prices to watch city is the key , the club can hit the occasional fan with incentives when the time is right
I don’t know, maybe we just don’t have the hard core following anymore. Maybe our fans have been to most these grounds several times now and don’t want to go again. I don’t think there are many I haven’t done in the championship now, I think just Preston and Rotherham. Who knows.
Trip to Millwall not really the same as boro or Sunderland is it.
I think this is more about home attendance tho.
Well that arguement can be made by lots of clubs fans , it's not particular to us
We will be very lucky to take 1000 to Millwall
Swansea City took more fans to Sunderland last season than we did
Our home and away support is not what it should be and that's the point of the thread
Well there aren't any really apart from those mentioned
Maybe a change around of the family stand to improve the atmosphere
Apart from the team higher in the table and realistic prices .....we can't be certain of the first but we already have the second .....can you think of any ?
Our family stand is very sparsely populated. We need to get the kids early so they become fans for life. We should also be targeting under represented groups to grow our fan base.
Whatever happened to the community area where community groups used to get discounted/free tickets?
As others have mentioned a discount after buying x number of matches may help. I also don't get the dynamic pricing, I think QPR were in the top tier this season despite being near certs for relegation.
Finally, I know some have said pricing is fair but is it really when compared to competing forms of entertainment? For match day pricing £20s plenty as it isn't about finances with the bulk of club incoming coming from other sources and they should also do away with the extra pricing charges when buying digital tickets.
The Community Group many years ago tried to work with the local communities through the trust to increase local people attending games
But as is typical with these sort of ideas some fans moaned we were favouring minority groups which was complete nonsense however it was such a pain in the arse that the volunteers thought they couldn't be dealing with the hassle of people moaning and whingeing
If the club offered cheaper tickets somebody would moan , it's what some people do instead of actually doing something
I think the club is spot on with ticket prices , we seem to be settling on around 18000 home fans on average and unless we are pushing the top two that's going to be the way it is
Maybe tinkering around with student deals , free transport , better food , free beer etc etc may help but not much
The club have to become more active in the community and wider areas. I don't think that they understand that if they want people to support the club then they have to go out and work their nuts off in order to get more people watching, and more importantly, getting the bug that has the side affect of ruining or making your Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
It would have to be a sustained effort, over a long period of time, they have to understand that it's up to the club to entice people, offer incentives, sell the bloody product. There are plenty of boys and girls junior leagues where the club could get involved in coaching, putting things on that aren't directly involved in football. We have NHS workers, Council Workers, Shop Workers etc. Surely the club could offer incentives for people who work in these places to get cheap tickets, bring family members, friends etc. The club could do deals with shops, so if someone buys a product over a certain amount then they can get a Ticket half price.
Leaflet the City centre, or atleast have a presence in the centre of the city with amusement type things that attract kids and parents, where they can speak to people who work for the club. Make the kids feel special, wanted, be interested in them, then sell their parents a ticket or two at a reduced price. There's loads of events in South Wales where the club could have a presence. This would take years to work, but it's the only way to get people involved. Make them feel wanted and offer incentives.
If you remember Corky , some years ago when you were involved the Trust invited 9with the club`s consent and support) groups of local communities to attend games by giving them a relatively small number of free tickets to attend under the supervision of their community leaders. At the time it was to demonstrate to them that the club was not the racist, nasty experience that they had been led to believe it was. As a result a small number of them returned as regular fans.
Worth repeating now to fill some of the empty spaces in the Family Stand?
Keith