Quote from: lovejoy on October 03, 2010, 02:10:06 PMAren't they bundling the attractive fixtures (Chelsea, MU, Arse) with the less so ones to up the attendance of the lesser ones rather than because they're struggling on the attractive ones?The problem is this 5 match offer is Chelsea, Blues, Blackpool, Manu and Arsenal. So we are bundling 4 games that in previous seasons were gauranteed sell outs with 1 , Blackpool, weak attendance game.Quote from: PeterWithesShin on October 03, 2010, 02:29:09 PMJust about every club is noticing a drop in attendances this season. I'm sure I read that even man ure struggled to sell all their season tickets this year.As for ambition, my ambition for Villa is the same every season (expectations are a different matter) so why should I ever change it? And I would hope that the board never lowers its ambitions.I agree that most teams are suffering and as others pointed out I also noted an almost empty upper tier in the main stand at WH Lane.My ambition comment was about capacity not aims for the team on the pitch.
Aren't they bundling the attractive fixtures (Chelsea, MU, Arse) with the less so ones to up the attendance of the lesser ones rather than because they're struggling on the attractive ones?
Just about every club is noticing a drop in attendances this season. I'm sure I read that even man ure struggled to sell all their season tickets this year.As for ambition, my ambition for Villa is the same every season (expectations are a different matter) so why should I ever change it? And I would hope that the board never lowers its ambitions.
End of the day the matchday prices have been pitched too high this year.The club has I think approx. 25k season ticket holders? So with 3 away fans that leaves almost 15k tickets to sell for fans on a match by match basis.Now it seems to me we have a lot of Category AA games coming up.That means a ticket for the upper Witton and Upper trinity is I think 43 quid and in the Holte it's 36 quid.Given you can sit in the north stand for 25 or 30 quid then I really don't see the motivation to spend an extra tenner elsewhere.And that's just for one individual for just the match ticket without taking into account getting to and from the game, food etc. It's just too expensive.I took up the 5 game multipackage deal as it saves me 43 quid so it had to be done really.
The Rovers? Who do that be - Bromsgrove, Melchester?
I wonder how much clubs are bothered about matchday attendances now, with the amount of TV money they get.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on October 04, 2010, 01:12:33 AMI wonder how much clubs are bothered about matchday attendances now, with the amount of TV money they get. I would have thought most clubs are still bothered. I doubt gate money matters in the slightest at man city, but if you take a 40,000 gate at say, £30 a head on average, I can't see any other club not being interested in £1.2mill 19+ times a season.