balhambcfc Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Back to the original post, ban Downs football on a Saturday and attendances could rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 As long as the walk-in price at Ashton Gate is £25-30 you can forget it ... Have to agree. If the price was more realistic then more people would go. If you applied the same logic as say Ryanair they offer cheap seats and make their money out of the add ons. Why can this logic not be used in football. An extra 5000 people will inevitably buy from the Club shop, catering outlets etc on match day and add to revenue. Of course then there is money to be made out of people arriving with a bag over a certain size...............£30 a go, thank you very much !! Seriously, if prices were cheaper, catering etc vastly improved then I reckon more bums will end up on more seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebristolred Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 If you could watch City for a tenner, attendances would soar imo. A tenner is a decent enough figure for students, OAPs, everyone to get in for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 If you could watch City for a tenner, attendances would soar imo. A tenner is a decent enough figure for students, OAPs, everyone to get in for. I personally know of several people who would watch City regularly if it was less expensive. Perhaps we all do? Therein, along with a bit of success, and a good chance of witnessing entertaining football, lies the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebirds Boyo Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Bristol has an estimated population of over 433,000 yet our average gate for last season was 14597 and the Gas was 6253. Thats pretty poor im sure you agree, especially when you compare it to smaller cities: CARDIFF 310000 ave gate 23194 COVENTRY 305000 ave gate 16310 (50% of their stadium capacity) NOTTINGHAM 285000 ave gate 23275 LEICESTER 280000 ave gate 23666 SUNDERLAND 280000 ave gate 40011 NEWCASTLE 259000 ave gate 47720 HULL 240000 ave gate 21169 STOKE 239000 ave gate 26858 WOLVERHAMPTON 239000 ave gate 27696 DERBY 230000 ave gate 26623 SWANSEA 225000 ave gate 15507 SOUTHAMPTON 220000 ave gate 22101 PORTSMOUTH 186000 ave gate 15751 NORWICH 125000 ave gate 25386 Those figures are a little disingenuous though, aren't they? Half of those clubs have huge populations based outside the town / city limits - Newcastle in particular - which Bristol, besides Bath and the Super-Mare, doesn't really have. You don't do badly once you add you lot, Rovers, the rugby and Gloucestershire cricket together, that neither you or Rovers play in the newest of stadiums or had the best of seasons and you don't give away season tickets when signing up to a phone contract like Daaarby or 3,000 average away supports that Cov get at the Ricoh. Par for the course in the south-west of GB, just look at Plymouth's god-away support (4,960 v. Dag and Red) or Bournemouth's 7,103 average in an urban area of nigh-on 400,000 people. Pro football began oop north and success breeds success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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