Andy082005 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I said on the way to the ground it was going to be a low crowd. I cannot recall a time where there was so little traffic. I drove from Hengrove all the way through to the Ground (came out by the Miners Arms) and did not hit any traffic at all. I’ve not seen the Gate as empty as that for a long time. Reminded me of a FA Cup game against someone like Shrewsbury I commented in previous games how many empty seats in the South Stand to. I thought that stand had pretty much sold out!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 40 minutes ago, Magger1 said: Not necessarily pod tickets you have weeks to buy these tickets on line When Is ay POTD I mean any ticket not bought as a season ticket, so yeh online sales as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) We all know how the attendance is calculated, so that’s a moot point. What is clear is that midweek kick-offs on an evening (19:45 / 20:00) are less well supported than weekend kickoffs (typically 15:00 but the odd midday too). Ave midweek: 17848 Ave weekend: 22619 Thats almost 5000 different. Obviously away following will account for some of that lower amount, but still a number of supporters not going midweek. Traffic, kids, parking, red button, streams etc are all in the mix. edit: the Saturday 12:00 v Cardiff was on Sky or else I think that would’ve been 23/24k I suspect. Edited October 13, 2022 by Davefevs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Davefevs said: We all know how the attendance is calculated, so that’s a moot point. What is clear is that midweek kick-offs on an evening (19:45 / 20:00) are less well supported than weekend kickoffs (typically 15:00 but the odd midday too). Ave midweek: 17848 Ave weekend: 22619 Thats almost 5000 different. Obviously away following will account for some of that lower amount, but still a number of supporters not going midweek. Traffic, kids, parking, red button, streams etc are all in the mix. edit: the Saturday 12:00 v Cardiff was on Sky or else I think that would’ve been 23/24k I suspect. Given how bad it is getting to anywhere in Bristol these days is there any reason why our games can't be 8pm ko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Just now, Super said: Given how bad it is getting to anywhere in Bristol these days is there any reason why our games can't be 8pm ko? I dunno….I think it would help the traffic situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Super said: Given how bad it is getting to anywhere in Bristol these days is there any reason why our games can't be 8pm ko? Sheff Utd in a few weeks is 8pm, moved back 15 mins because Sky are showing it. Be interesting to see if it has any effect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: I'd imagine it was more than 10k. I didn't go tonight because meed week games are too late for my son on a school night (primary school age) I'd imagine plenty had the same situation, plus others working/unwell/away. I like the sound of meed week, well done you, brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: We all know how the attendance is calculated, so that’s a moot point. What is clear is that midweek kick-offs on an evening (19:45 / 20:00) are less well supported than weekend kickoffs (typically 15:00 but the odd midday too). Ave midweek: 17848 Ave weekend: 22619 Thats almost 5000 different. Obviously away following will account for some of that lower amount, but still a number of supporters not going midweek. Traffic, kids, parking, red button, streams etc are all in the mix. edit: the Saturday 12:00 v Cardiff was on Sky or else I think that would’ve been 23/24k I suspect. Point of order Fevs you don't need "PM" if you are going to say 15:00. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Some season ticket holders such as my dad live far from Bristol and don’t generally go to midweek games, but would there really have been 7000 of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbespm Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 hours ago, pillred said: I think outside the premier league football is due a reality check but until they make parachute payments fairer clubs such as ourselves will be almost forced to pay wages that we can't really afford hence the stupid ticket prices for pay on the day, what the answer is I'm not sure maybe a few clubs going bankrupt like has happened in the rugby premiership maybe the start of sanity breaking out as far as living within their means is concerned. I once worked out that if ticket prices had followed inflation from 1971 a pay on the day price on the south stand would be about a tenner. an adult ticket was about 50p when I first paid adult prices in the open-end in 1972, prices are far higher than they should be. And only 70p to get in the East end when I was a schoolboy,I used my paperound money to follow city! I was working nightshift last night but was keen to watch city until I saw the £35 ticket price. As another poster said,no way am I paying that kind of money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 hours ago, slartibartfast said: The same for EVERY club....................just think how few the Fewers actually get ! You mean the 100k locked out of every game is actually only 99k? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I've only seen Sky highlights, but Dolman didn't look particularly sparse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I've only seen Sky highlights, but Dolman didn't look particularly sparse. I refer you to my pictures earlier on the thread. Very sparse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Harry said: I refer you to my pictures earlier on the thread. Very sparse It seems there were more in the Upper Lansdown than usual though? I hate those empty corporate blocks in the middle of the Lower Lansdown. Empty whether there are 17,000 or 23,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 By the way, this fixture would have attracted 20k+ if it was played on it’s original date. Are the FA going to compensate us for the loss of gate receipts caused by them and their decision to postpone the fixture? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, CiderJar said: It seems there were more in the Upper Lansdown than usual though? I hate those empty corporate blocks in the middle of the Lower Lansdown. Empty whether there are 17,000 or 23,000. As per the pic from Dave earlier, again this is a deceptive picture, because we’ve just scored and everyone is standing. Because they are standing you can’t see the extent of the empty seats. Prime example - I can see the area in this picture where I was sat. It appears on this picture that the area is quite well populated. But I can assure you, there were the 12 people I was sat with and then there was only 1 person in the 5 rows behind us. This doesn’t show up on this picture. Because everyone is standing it’s deceptive and you can’t see the red empty seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterstoke toad Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Like many others have said the pay on the day prices put me off. You can pay around £25 at all other clubs in the championship for pay on the day. I don’t understand why we have the most expensive home tickets by a fairly big margin. Is it so we can charge away fans more ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Dunno what the problem is Our average is 6th or 7th in the league and that's with the majority of our home games so far being on weekdays Wonder what the actual attendance is at 'big' clubs like Blackburn, QPR that can only muster low teens in number of tickets sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: We all know how the attendance is calculated, so that’s a moot point. What is clear is that midweek kick-offs on an evening (19:45 / 20:00) are less well supported than weekend kickoffs (typically 15:00 but the odd midday too). Ave midweek: 17848 Ave weekend: 22619 Thats almost 5000 different. Obviously away following will account for some of that lower amount, but still a number of supporters not going midweek. Traffic, kids, parking, red button, streams etc are all in the mix. edit: the Saturday 12:00 v Cardiff was on Sky or else I think that would’ve been 23/24k I suspect. Cardiff was a Sunday. Astounded that we have only had two Saturday games out of seven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 15 hours ago, Out of his pie crust said: I’d had a few beers and could see at least 22000 From home looked circa 14000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, Winterstoke toad said: Like many others have said the pay on the day prices put me off. You can pay around £25 at all other clubs in the championship for pay on the day. I don’t understand why we have the most expensive home tickets by a fairly big margin. Is it so we can charge away fans more ? Yes charge away fans for unsold seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Park Reds Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I only go to a night game with my 2 boys if it’s in the school holidays.The same with the 2 family groups that I go with. Marvellous Marvin and his gas head crony in chief have introduced the dopey parking zone so it’s a right nause to find parking for some as well. We had a shocker at brum Saturday as well so I’m not surprised that is was a low crowd. I love the night games usually and I’m sure until recently (parking zone) the crowds weren’t particularly lower? Perhaps some stato on here can correct me. Anyway a much needed win last night and looking forward to Saturday with our good friends from South London. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, CiderJar said: Point of order Fevs you don't need "PM" if you are going to say 15:00. You do when excel wants to play sill buggers with time values when you want them to appear as a string in Tableau! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just like watching brazil Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 What happens when you charge £35+ for a midweek fixture on TV.make it £25 I would've probably gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, just like watching brazil said: What happens when you charge £35+ for a midweek fixture on TV.make it £25 I would've probably gone. Nearly 4,000 paid the price we sell at though. For some games it's 6,000 or so that do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 The trouble with rearranged fixtures is you might have booked something else that day thinking there was no football, as was the case with us so 2 more season ticket holders not attending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, The turtle said: Now that's how you manufacture figures Some American sports fans are complete morons. If the team cared that much they could've donated them to a local school or hospital. 5 hours ago, Super said: Given how bad it is getting to anywhere in Bristol these days is there any reason why our games can't be 8pm ko? 8PM would be worse for me. Already don't get home until 11PM as it is. Edited October 13, 2022 by TBW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Unusually for me I didn't take many photos last night but these a couple if people want to discuss the view from the Dolman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 4 hours ago, CiderJar said: I like the sound of meed week, well done you, brilliant. Or even better, mead week (or honeymoon as it's sometimes referred to as) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Guess the attendance. I like this thread. Is it for charity? Is there a prize? Maybe a raffle? We could get LJ back to present the tombola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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