Can we sell it out ?

[shelts]

Can we get our first sell out against Stoke at the revamped Ashton Gate ?

[RumRed]

No

[DaveF]

It's hardly an inspiring fixture is it?

[RumRed]

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

It's hardly an inspiring fixture is it?

Be lower attendance than a league game by a couple of 1000 I should think.

[Club and Country]

Absolutely no chance 

[Portland Bill]

Just as appealing as Watford, no chance.

[Up The City!]

15 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Tenner a ticket I reckon, and will be pretty packed 

Even at that price I'd be surprised if there was anymore than 15k there.

[Red Army 75]

No I don't think it will sell out. But 10 and 5 pound a ticket will guarantee a decent crowd. Stoke are an established premiership side . And will be excellent chance for our younger players to showcase their abilities at Ashton gate. Also could have a chance of being on tv . Looking forward to this 

[BCFC1512]

6 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

No I don't think it will sell out. But 10 and 5 pound a ticket will guarantee a decent crowd. Stoke are an established premiership side . And will be excellent chance for our younger players to showcase their abilities at Ashton gate. Also could have a chance of being on tv . Looking forward to this 

Leicester v Liverpool and West Brom v Man City absoulty no chance sky will pick our gam

[Super]

24 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Actually you might be right. I was thinking back to wba game 2 seasons ago and how packed it was. But not sure if the Lansdown stand was up then. 

Was that the west brom game where it was bloody freezing?!

[Tinmans Love Child]

22 minutes ago, Super said:

Was that the west brom game where it was bloody freezing?!

Yes that's the one,  no Lansdown at that point, got s feeling SC had just left?

[Always Believesham]

44 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Actually you might be right. I was thinking back to wba game 2 seasons ago and how packed it was. But not sure if the Lansdown stand was up then. 

Don't know about anyone else but I was surrounded by rugby fans shouting 'come on bristol' - no thanks

but yes, the lansdown was not open for this game, forever bristol members all got cheap tickets

[CotswoldRed]

15k roughly.

Season ticket holders won't be included by default. 

[Monkeh]

2 hours ago, shelts said:

Can we get our first sell out against Stoke at the revamped Ashton Gate ?

no we'll be lucky to get 13k

[steviestevieneville]

Not exactly a massive draw , bloody stoke  13.000 maybe 

[Kodjias Wrist]

If we can get 16k for hull we can surely match that for Stoke. Depending on how good our league form is at the time.

[Cider-Head23]

14-16k.. Would be more but Stoke will only bring about 500. 

 

[fanjita]

The attendance will be governed by the price

[Northern Red]

Surely it'll be less than we got for Hull, given the number of people who saw their arse at that one and said they'd never go to a cup tie again? 

[Kodjias Wrist]

22 minutes ago, Cider-Head23 said:

14-16k.. Would be more but Stoke will only bring about 500. 

 

If its a tenner I think stoke would take double that. They are used to the same away days every season.

[shelts]

Ticket price are crucial here. I'd expect more than the Hull game but as pointed out it will depend on league form . Maybe this time LJ will put out his strongest team as some fans will be once bitten twice shy.  Stoke are well beatable and we have a decent chance to keep the cup run going 

[Mr Popodopolous]

Fairly dull and uninspiring tie.

Low price will help bolster a bit, but little chance tbh.

[Cider-Head23]

5 minutes ago, shelts said:

Ticket price are crucial here. I'd expect more than the Hull game but as pointed out it will depend on league form . Maybe this time LJ will put out his strongest team as some fans will be once bitten twice shy.  Stoke are well beatable and we have a decent chance to keep the cup run going 

I imagine LJ will go with a similar side to that who beat Watford on tuesday night. Those players got us to the third round so imo they deserve to play in the third round. 

You can win as a football manager, if we play are so called stronger side and lose it'll be why did we not blood the hungry, energetic youngsters and vice versa if we field a so called weakened team. 

That side on tuesday night had the perfect balance of experience & youth for a cup tie.. roll on Stoke in the third round. 

[City fan 1982]

Tenner an adult , quid a kid would be good.  Lame draw stoke , knowing city it will be a commercial 15adult. 5er A kid.   Come on city let's fill up the ground , an uninspiring tie. Price it sensibly.  ?

[handsofclay]

The transfer window hasn't ended yet. There might be a chance Stoke will buy the best three players from each of the big six in the prem. Then the ticket prices will be increased not slashed and it will be a sell out within an hour of tickets going on sale.

[RedM]

5 minutes ago, Cider-Head23 said:

I imagine LJ will go with a similar side to that who beat Watford on tuesday night. Those players got us to the third round so imo they deserve to play in the third round. 

 

Agreed, although we will be without Flint who will have been sold by then. He will be there though, watching his new team play his old team. You heard it here first Ha ha.

[sglosbcfc]

At full price the crowd will be 10,500 with 750 from Stoke, if there is attractive pricing then I can see a crowd in excess of 15,000 with 1,500 from Stoke. Stoke are an established Premier League team now with some quality players so it will be a real test for us. I'm looking forward to it as we will be the underdogs and the pressure on them to progress.

[Calculus]

42 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Surely it'll be less than we got for Hull, given the number of people who saw their arse at that one and said they'd never go to a cup tie again? 

.. and I'm.one of them. Would need a lot of convincing after last year's Hull experience. IIRC the bad run started after that. Can understand why the big Prem clubs put out weak sides, but it's a good chance to get a long way in a major comp for us.

[RedM]

Just a thought, isn't it Stoke who give their fans free away travel? So they might travel for this game even if they have to pay as it's not like they are shelling out every other week for travel and can't afford it, or they might miss it if they can't get their subsidised travel like usual. Or I might have this totally wrong, I'm used to that so be gentle in letting me down ha ha

[RedM]

Last round Soke were at home and beat Rochdale 4-0. They charged them adults £15, concessions £10 and u17 £5. I can't see them agreeing to us charging anything less. I thought this was expensive compared to Watford being £10/£1 plus £1 fee on each ticket.

[BigTone]

4 hours ago, DaveF said:

It's hardly an inspiring fixture is it?

Maybe not but always nice to take on a Premiership side and if we squeeze a win then it adds to the confidence and feel good factor around the club just as we have seen with Watford this week.

[wendyredredrobin]

Best way to fill the ground is to give as a freebee to sc holders and charge £10 per game for others.  With a bit of pre match hype and publicity plus a small away following, that should just fill the ground and create a winning atmosphere.

Not sure if this is financially feasible though.

[Inactive user]

4 hours ago, shelts said:

Can we get our first sell out against Stoke at the revamped Ashton Gate ?

Hope so but can't see it against Stoke.

[Kibs]

Last season against Hull in the same competition we had a fairly decent 16,000. If it's priced right, we should be able to beat that.

[RUSSEL85]

37 minutes ago, kivsy said:

Tenner an adult , quid a kid would be good.  Lame draw stoke , knowing city it will be a commercial 15adult. 5er A kid.   Come on city let's fill up the ground , an uninspiring tie. Price it sensibly.  ?

Agreed. Would love to fill the ground up. Atyeo will look awful as they wont bring many down.

[shelts]

41 minutes ago, Cider-Head23 said:

I imagine LJ will go with a similar side to that who beat Watford on tuesday night. Those players got us to the third round so imo they deserve to play in the third round. 

You can win as a football manager, if we play are so called stronger side and lose it'll be why did we not blood the hungry, energetic youngsters and vice versa if we field a so called weakened team. 

That side on tuesday night had the perfect balance of experience & youth for a cup tie.. roll on Stoke in the third round. 

More or less the same same would do me . A massive chance for us to progress 

[shelts]

13 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said:

Hope so but can't see it against Stoke.

Think it will be hard for the club to sell it out . 17-000 would be good numbers 

[Bar BS3]

So Watford was uninspiring, Stoke is dull... yet people see getting to the Premier league as all important. 

They will love paying £30/40 a game to watch regular games against this this of opposition, with the odd glamorous game thrown in.

[Bar BS3]

44 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Best way to fill the ground is to give as a freebee to sc holders and charge £10 per game for others.  With a bit of pre match hype and publicity plus a small away following, that should just fill the ground and create a winning atmosphere.

Not sure if this is financially feasible though.

Like Stoke would agree to that..!

[shelts]

44 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

So Watford was uninspiring, Stoke is dull... yet people see getting to the Premier league as all important. 

They will love paying £30/40 a game to watch regular games against this this of opposition, with the odd glamorous game thrown in.

Great point . Half the prem teams don't excite me, as we wouldn't them, pay loads more for a ticket...promise land ?!!!!

[Bris Red]

Even though they are a so called 'established' premier league outfit I still look at Stoke as a tier 2/3 club.. must just be age but I'd imagine many will still have the some outlook on them. 15 k att max I reckon and that's with cheaper ticket prices.

[Bris Red]

1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said:

So Watford was uninspiring, Stoke is dull... yet people see getting to the Premier league as all important. 

They will love paying £30/40 a game to watch regular games against this this of opposition, with the odd glamorous game thrown in.

Spot on for me. The Prem ain't all that, we have gone toe to toe for years with many clubs up there in the second and third tier and we would be paying through the nose to watch them. No thanks.

[shelts]

Not a glam tie for us or them . Quite a lot of recent history between the two clubs and maybe a similar club and a model for us ?

[BigTone]

36 minutes ago, bris red said:

Spot on for me. The Prem ain't all that, we have gone toe to toe for years with many clubs up there in the second and third tier and we would be paying through the nose to watch them. No thanks.

My worry is that should we ever get to the Premier League that we will end up having to pay stupid fees, wages etc and will end up living beyond our means which will be detrimental to the clubs long term viability.  In saying that I don't want to see us being a Championship / League 1 yoyo club either which is pretty much what we are. The sooner the better that a European Super League is introduced and the big clubs disappear off into that. Only then will some normality return to British football. A lot of us on here have lived through the times that BCFC almost ceased to exist. I for one don't want to see that happen again.

[shelts]

5 minutes ago, BigTone said:

My worry is that should we ever get to the Premier League that we will end up having to pay stupid fees, wages etc and will end up living beyond our means which will be detrimental to the clubs long term viability.  In saying that I don't want to see us being a Championship / League 1 yoyo club either which is pretty much what we are. The sooner the better that a European Super League is introduced and the big clubs disappear off into that. Only then will some normality return to British football. A lot of us on here have lived through the times that BCFC almost ceased to exist. I for one don't want to see that happen again.

To some big T they will say that's a lack of ambition. For me the big tv bubble will burst and we will then see who are the big clubs as it can't last for ever and those clubs that keep the books tidy will benefit 

[Big C]

15K for a reserve fixture would be some achievement

[BigTone]

2 minutes ago, shelts said:

To some big T they will say that's a lack of ambition. For me the big tv bubble will burst and we will then see who are the big clubs as it can't last for ever and those clubs that keep the books tidy will benefit 

I'm not advocating that we don't strive to get there but just saying it worry's me. In that respect it's one reason I am very happy that we have someone like SL at the helm. I agree with you about the bubble as it must burst at some point and will take a lot of clubs with it unless they have their wits about them.

[shelts]

Obviously SL could throw more money at it but you have no guarantee of success .   Look at Blackburn and Bolton , not good models 

[City Cat]

8 minutes ago, BigTone said:

I'm not advocating that we don't strive to get there but just saying it worry's me. In that respect it's one reason I am very happy that we have someone like SL at the helm. I agree with you about the bubble as it must burst at some point and will take a lot of clubs with it unless they have their wits about them.

Totally agree with this reasoning. Bubble will eventually burst, creating the next GFC (global football crisis) Grass routes clubs like us will do better than most of this happens. It would still be nice if we won something in the meantime though.

[BigTone]

2 minutes ago, City Cat said:

Totally agree with this reasoning. Bubble will eventually burst, creating the next GFC (global football crisis) Grass routes clubs like us will do better than most of this happens. It would still be nice if we won something in the meantime though.

We won the Johnson Cup against Cheltenham !!

[City Cat]

1 minute ago, BigTone said:

We won the Johnson Cup against Cheltenham !!

That's Ok then

[pillred]

2 hours ago, Bar BS3 said:

So Watford was uninspiring, Stoke is dull... yet people see getting to the Premier league as all important. 

They will love paying £30/40 a game to watch regular games against this this of opposition, with the odd glamorous game thrown in.

good point, but it's the same in the championship burton one week aston villa the next.

[WhistleHappy]

43 minutes ago, City Cat said:

Totally agree with this reasoning. Bubble will eventually burst, creating the next GFC (global football crisis) Grass routes clubs like us will do better than most of this happens. It would still be nice if we won something in the meantime though.

*Grass routes clubs like us?

I'd just like to point out to any potential visiting supporters reading this . 

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need 4x4 off-roaders  or horse drawn carriages to come to our place in the West Country backwaters....

You may well be surprised to hear that we've actually got tarmac and everything here in Bristol nowadays, the old farmer stereotype is grossly unfair...  awlroit me ol' babbers just sayin'   

(that goes for potential footballers contemplating a move to The Gate too, although obviously you can bring your 4x4 Chelsea tractors with you if you really must... no need to though a state of the art off-road MetroBus will be along in a minute or two!)

Grass routes my arse

[City Cat]

3 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said:

*Grass routes clubs like us?

I'd just like to point out to any potential visiting supporters reading this . 

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need 4x4 off-readers or horse drawn carriages to come to our place in the West Country backwaters....

You may well be surprised to hear that we've actually got tarmac and everything here in Bristol nowadays, the old farmer stereotype is grossly unfair...  awlroit me ol' babbers just sayin'   

(that goes for potential footballers contemplating a move to The Gate too, although obviously you can bring your 4x4 Chelsea tractors with you if you really must... no need to though a state of the art MetroBus will be along in a minute or two!)

Grass routes my arse

OK..OK......Grass roots. Careless could do better as my English teacher frequently pointed out.

Funny rant though...you missed traveling to AG on a Routemaster bus in the old days though (poor grammar)

[BigTone]

7 minutes ago, City Cat said:

OK..OK......Grass roots. Careless could do better as my English teacher frequently pointed out.

Funny rant though...you missed traveling to AG on a Routemaster bus in the old days though (poor grammar)

Or on the old Nailsea Flyer

[City Cat]

2 minutes ago, BigTone said:

Or on the old Nailsea Flyer

That's it.....no. 354, or is it an old 25 to Clevedon via Long Ashton?

[JasonM88]

Are people forgetting that the Birmingham game was a sell out? 

[Floatn Over]

We could, with some positivity....

No wait !

Personally I'm pleased to be seeing a Prem club, just don't get the disappointment of some.

[WhistleHappy]

12 minutes ago, City Cat said:

OK..OK......Grass roots. Careless could do better as my English teacher frequently pointed out.

Funny rant though...you missed traveling to AG on a Routemaster bus in the old days though (poor grammar)

 Loved catching the No 9 bus from Hanham Bus Depot (Tollgate now) to the Gate in the dim and distant past of my youth... (quite a walk from Gas country Cadbury Heath where I grew up, along roads, lanes and across fields full of cows (Longwell Green ASDA/ B&Q/ Home base etc now btw ) to Stone Hill and onto Hanham.  The old green Bristol Omnibus (sometimes even had the old hop on hop off platform types) I can still smell the distinctive smell of them old leather seats now if I think of them.

Happy days indeed slowly making our way through the huge crowds thronging the streets of Bemmy on their red and white army march towards the Gate... wonderful when we had a big game on. 

The rossett and program sellers greeting us at the park end entrance.. great days, all building up to cheering on the lads and the game itself, Gibbo, Garland, Galley, Parr, Wimshurst, Taunton, Sharpe, Skirton etc... then the rush back to get a seat on the No 9 from across the road near the bogs by the park.. for a steamy hot ride back to Hanham and a walk across the cow pat covered fields home (was like dodging landmines sometimes and we didn't always succeed! :laugh:) picking up a Green Un along the way.. loved it all... and those green bus journeys were very much part of most match day experiences back then too.

Back then, for us, I guess come to think about it, it was tarmac roads a truly grass routes football.  

[BigTone]

1 hour ago, City Cat said:

That's it.....no. 354, or is it an old 25 to Clevedon via Long Ashton?

Wasn't a 354 back the. Can't remember the number but used to leave from the village green beside the Queens Head and went via Backwell. The Big Boy bus (double decker) picked up on the High St outside Holders and went via LA (Long Ashton).

[Dolman Block B]

Just had a quick tot up and the website saying 1070 left for sale in home seats.

Villa have sold out.

Only 3 blocks for sale at the moment in the Lansdown upper.

[elhombrecito]

35 minutes ago, Dolman Block B said:

Just had a quick tot up and the website saying 1070 left for sale in home seats.

Villa have sold out.

Only 3 blocks for sale at the moment in the Lansdown upper.

That's lovely, but we're talking about the Stoke game here 

[BigTone]

1 hour ago, WhistleHappy said:

 Loved catching the No 9 bus from Hanham Bus Depot (Tollgate now) to the Gate in the dim and distant past of my youth... (quite a walk from Gas country Cadbury Heath where I grew up, along roads, lanes and across fields full of cows (Longwell Green ASDA/ B&Q/ Home base etc now btw ) to Stone Hill and onto Hanham.  The old green Bristol Omnibus (sometimes even had the old hop on hop off platform types) I can still smell the distinctive smell of them old leather seats now if I think of them.

Happy days indeed slowly making our way through the huge crowds thronging the streets of Bemmy on their red and white army march towards the Gate... wonderful when we had a big game on. 

The rossett and program sellers greeting us at the park end entrance.. great days, all building up to cheering on the lads and the game itself, Gibbo, Garland, Galley, Parr, Wimshurst, Taunton, Sharpe, Skirton etc... then the rush back to get a seat on the No 9 from across the road near the bogs by the park.. for a steamy hot ride back to Hanham and a walk across the cow pat covered fields home (was like dodging landmines sometimes and we didn't always succeed! :laugh:) picking up a Green Un along the way.. loved it all... and those green bus journeys were very much part of most match day experiences back then too.

Back then, for us, I guess come to think about it, it was tarmac roads a truly grass routes football.  

I'm getting all teary here with nostalgia. Similar scenario to us coming in from Nailsea.  When we got home it was time for tea and then wait for the Saturday Western to start on TV normally after Pops made us endure The Black & White Minstrel Show. Mind you as we got older there was normally a party on and the lure of shagging Denise, Lesley, Linda, Marcia, Lizzie or Jane made for a good conclusion to the day especially after a win.

[Major Isewater]

3 hours ago, BigTone said:

I'm not advocating that we don't strive to get there but just saying it worry's me. In that respect it's one reason I am very happy that we have someone like SL at the helm. I agree with you about the bubble as it must burst at some point and will take a lot of clubs with it unless they have their wits about them.

I can't wait for the day that the ' bubble ' bursts.

All those foreign owners trying to buy personal glory at the expense of ordinary fans and football clubs will be weeping in their champagne. 

I cannot stand clubs who have cheated their way to the trough. 

How can any club survive paying more than it earns only on player's wages ? 

 

[BigTone]

1 minute ago, Major Isewater said:

I can't wait for the day that the ' bubble ' bursts.

All those foreign owners trying to buy personal glory at the expense of ordinary fans and football clubs will be weeping in their champagne. 

I cannot stand clubs who have cheated their way to the trough. 

How can any club survive paying more than it earns only on player's wages ? 

 

I read somewhere that when the Venky's bought Blackburn they didn't realise that there was such a thing as relegation.  Their chickens have come home to roost now !!

[BigTone]

5 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

 

How can any club survive paying more than it earns only on player's wages ? 

 

I know the feeling. Every week the Wife spends more than I earn !!

[shelts]

9 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

I can't wait for the day that the ' bubble ' bursts.

All those foreign owners trying to buy personal glory at the expense of ordinary fans and football clubs will be weeping in their champagne. 

I cannot stand clubs who have cheated their way to the trough. 

How can any club survive paying more than it earns only on player's wages ? 

 

It's coming trust . How does any club afford £198 million for a player with a rich normally foreign owner ?

[BigTone]

7 minutes ago, shelts said:

It's coming trust . How does any club afford £198 million for a player with a rich normally foreign owner ?

Apparently his deal includes a percentage of the profits from the owners Hotel portfolio ................ FFS !!

[shelts]

2 minutes ago, BigTone said:

Apparently his deal includes a percentage of the profits from the owners Hotel portfolio ................ FFS !!

U can make it up. Did the Venkys pay in chicken ?

[BigTone]

8 minutes ago, shelts said:

U can make it up. Did the Venkys pay in chicken ?

I'm talking Neymar and PSG.  Is there that much chicken in India that the Venky's could use as hard currency if they wanted to buy someone like him?

How many breasts & thighs would Messi cost I wonder ?