Never to the dark side Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 https://safc.com/news/ticket-news/2022/july/bristol-city-away-tickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said: https://safc.com/news/ticket-news/2022/july/bristol-city-away-tickets That's an unusual amount, they will sell all of them I reckon, going to be a big crowd that day, pushing 25k possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Yes, id have thought they would sell out. They have always brought a good following here tbf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Good for club finances and big match feel.. but allowing them that many tickets and an entire end of the ground needlessly hands them a marginal advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 I did think we had capped away ticket sales and it was lower then that unless I imagined it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Club and Country said: I did think we had capped away ticket sales and it was lower then that unless I imagined it? With the mates rates codes and huge away following the club are clearly going for an opening day sellout. Hopefully we get off to a good start, a great atmosphere and people in the home ends on discounted tickets are inspired to return. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Club and Country said: I did think we had capped away ticket sales and it was lower then that unless I imagined it? They were definitely capped, I thought it was approximately 2500, big away followings used to moan about all the empty seats in that end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Club and Country said: I did think we had capped away ticket sales and it was lower then that unless I imagined it? No cap per say, but they normally send tickets out in 1250 blocks, once sold out the away team can request more, I very much suspect that's what Sunderland did being it's their first away game back in the championship and all, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Monkeh said: No cap per say, but they normally send tickets out in 1250 blocks, once sold out the away team can request more, I very much suspect that's what Sunderland did being it's their first away game back in the championship and all, They are not on sale at Sunderland yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Club and Country said: I did think we had capped away ticket sales and it was lower then that unless I imagined it? Thought the reduced away allocation was to deter pitch encroachment, so this could be interesting, unless a few rows will still be netted off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bar BS3 Posted July 20, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: Good for club finances and big match feel.. but allowing them that many tickets and an entire end of the ground needlessly hands them a marginal advantage. If 3.5k allocation hands them an advantage over our 20k home support, then that's nobody's fault other than our own supporters..! Yes, I know away days are different to home games, but if we sing as much as they do, then there is no advantage to them whatsoever. I always prefer a big away following & it usually gets everyone up for it. Man Utd & Man City games showed us what it can be like & it's down to us to make our advantage prominent. 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, East End Old Boy said: Thought the reduced away allocation was to deter pitch encroachment, so this could be interesting, unless a few rows will still be netted off? The atyeo holds around 4200 I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on I know it's 'only' rugby but they put about 600 Harlequins supporters in the upper Lansdown for the Premiership Semi final (segregated due to covid). The noise was impressive and there is no way they would've come back to win that game had their supporters not been in one place as is usual in rugby. Keep away fans in th he Atyeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on It means we couldn't use most of that stand for home fans as well as extensive modifications required for that to be feasible, In other words it will never happen Edited July 20, 2022 by Monkeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Sunderland will sell out the Atyeo easily. Big club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 20, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on Is there any real benefit until we have demand for the extra seats? We would just be moving supporters from other parts of the ground thus lowering the numbers etc from those sections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 20, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, East End Old Boy said: Thought the reduced away allocation was to deter pitch encroachment, so this could be interesting, unless a few rows will still be netted off? Correct the club did come out and say the allocations would be less, mainly following Cardiff / Swansea Maybe a new season so trying again? Does seems sensible to sell them though if the demand is there - no doubt the overflow will end up in E34 as usual 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on Would have thought most away fans at most other clubs are usually housed in an 'end', and the amount of time Sunderland have spent trying to recover a Championship/top flight status indicates that whilst strong, vocal support probably makes a bit of difference, it's the players on the pitch that win games, not the location of the away fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, East End Old Boy said: Thought the reduced away allocation was to deter pitch encroachment, so this could be interesting, unless a few rows will still be netted off? Still around 1,000 seats vacant, which will no doubt be netted. Edited July 20, 2022 by bcfc01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 32 minutes ago, Tin Soldier said: Sunderland will sell out the Atyeo easily. Big club. Precisely.... Theyd bring 5 thousand if they could minimum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUTOR Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, phantom said: Correct the club did come out and say the allocations would be less, mainly following Cardiff / Swansea Maybe a new season so trying again? Does seems sensible to sell them though if the demand is there - no doubt the overflow will end up in E34 as usual And they will get sent flying down the stairs as usual 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, archie andrews said: Precisely.... Theyd bring 5 thousand if they could minimum.... From memory, I think they brought around1500 last time they were here (allocated 4,200), but hundreds left at half time.. Still a great effort given the ticket prices, distance, and travel costs, plus the fact that their team was shite at the time. I'd expect them to sell 2k-3k though as its their first away day back in the Championship and plenty will be making a weekend of it. As an aside, they've sold 31k season cards, great support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Rocking Red Cyril said: Sorry I will say it again We should have both ends for home fans. Stuff the away allocation back of Lansdown. More important than new players . It makes a massive home advantage . Expensive yes but our owners is a billionaire and will take disruptive intial group redesign work for away and home fan access. But having both ends home is massive. We do not owe the away fans there own end. Sits with tin hat on I'm not really sure where you see there being this big advantage in where each set of supporters sit. Care to elaborate & back it up with evidence..? Most clubs house away fans behind the goal & I'd imagine has any direct relation to their home results. I don't think professional footballers are effected too much by where who's fans are sat & I'm struggling to think of any examples of where it makes any notable difference to a teams advantage. Big followings, big home crowds etc, position of supporters etc - rarely makes any difference to how the team end up performing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Should be a decent crowd for this then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 59 minutes ago, archie andrews said: Precisely.... Theyd bring 5 thousand if they could minimum.... Indeed. No need for any "levelling up" in that part of the North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebounder Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: I'm not really sure where you see there being this big advantage in where each set of supporters sit. Care to elaborate & back it up with evidence..? Most clubs house away fans behind the goal & I'd imagine has any direct relation to their home results. I don't think professional footballers are effected too much by where who's fans are sat & I'm struggling to think of any examples of where it makes any notable difference to a teams advantage. Big followings, big home crowds etc, position of supporters etc - rarely makes any difference to how the team end up performing. Inclined to agree, but do many clubs give teams a whole end? I watched Rangers Vs West Ham last night as I was near by and they had the 2.5k West Ham fans in the corner. I thought they gave them the upper tier too at first, but they hadn't. Rangers also had their noisy fans in the same stand so it made for a good atmosphere for a friendly. Appreciate this might be harder to recreate at Ashton Gate. Edited July 20, 2022 by Rebounder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Newcastle fans not impressed, Google Sunderlands a Massive Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, bcfc01 said: As an aside, they've sold 31k season cards, great support. Nearly 10% of the population of Sunderland have a season ticket. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Nearly 10% of the population of Sunderland have a season ticket. It's a stunning stat. 50k equivalent down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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