Guest BooBoo Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 As this is an attendance thread, just as a side thought: If we go down, will our attendance fall to 30k(ish)? Presumably ticket prices will fall and there's always been the theory that the majority of fans will always turn up for league games no matter what. I reckon we'd probably still get near enough 40,000. If we go down, we will be getting 15-25000 next season. Dont be ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Only a handful of clubs in the country better our attendances. Given the shite football, the recession, poor away followings and people saving a few pennies before Xmas I'd say our attendances are pretty fucking good actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yup - present economic climate is affecting most clubs attendances, not just ours. Thought we did very well yesterday to get 47000, all things considered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 What's Pompey's away following usually like? They must have brought less than 50 fans when they played the Mackems recently. Its decent. I wouldnt consider it as one of the better followings who make their way to SJP, but their OK. Average numbers and decent noise. I think they brought 1,000 or so to the mackems. 320 odd they took to sunlun, they will bring 400 here at most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The average attendance from our 7 home league games this season, the highest being 50,242 against Hull & the lowest being 44,567 against Villa. The next home game is 3 weeks today & we have 3 home games next month, we could finish the year with an average attendance under 47k. Considering we normally average 50k a season roughly. Things do look bleak. pathetic. Just think about all those poor little 2nd rate clubs that all get sub-20,000 crowds. Terrible. I bet they wish they had someone who would create a club that attracted 52,000 crowds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Only a handful of clubs in the country better our attendances. Given the shite football, the recession, poor away followings and people saving a few pennies before Xmas I'd say our attendances are pretty fucking good actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Only a handful of clubs in the country better our attendances. Given the s**** football, the recession, poor away followings and people saving a few pennies before Xmas I'd say our attendances are pretty f***ing good actually. Ive always thought this and have laughed when Sky point out the fact its dropped. Sorry like but its double what someteams are getting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 No no no no. Remember, Newcastle's attendance going down 3-4% = CRISIS!!! DOOM!!! Always need to keep that in mind, folks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NufcSteven90 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 our highest home attendace was against hull? surely thats wrong seeing as all the talk of protests and boycotting the game, and obviously the fact that its hull? They brought the full 3 thousand away fans though. We'd hit 50,000 every game if they were some decent away supports but this season I can only see Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, mackems and Boro selling the full allocation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 you always know that things are sinking on the pitch when people hide behind the crowd figures. The shame is, the club has a core fanbase of about 20-25000. This has always been the case and upwards of that reflects how the team are doing and how optimistic people feel. Nothing more. The old board filled the stadium, the new board are slowly emptying it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 As this is an attendance thread, just as a side thought: If we go down, will our attendance fall to 30k(ish)? Presumably ticket prices will fall and there's always been the theory that the majority of fans will always turn up for league games no matter what. I reckon we'd probably still get near enough 40,000. If we go down, we will be getting 15-25000 next season. Dont be ridiculous. How many times, have you seen us relegated? ive seen it happen twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 As this is an attendance thread, just as a side thought: If we go down, will our attendance fall to 30k(ish)? Presumably ticket prices will fall and there's always been the theory that the majority of fans will always turn up for league games no matter what. I reckon we'd probably still get near enough 40,000. If we go down, we will be getting 15-25000 next season. Dont be ridiculous. How many times, have you seen us relegated? ive seen it happen twice. Just the once, but even if we were to go down, the attendances would still be 30,000+. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The shame is, the club has a core fanbase of about 20-25000. This has always been the case and upwards of that reflects how the team are doing and how optimistic people feel. Nothing more. The old board filled the stadium, the new board are slowly emptying it again. Every thread... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 you always know that things are sinking on the pitch when people hide behind the crowd figures. The shame is, the club has a core fanbase of about 20-25000. This has always been the case and upwards of that reflects how the team are doing and how optimistic people feel. Nothing more. The old board filled the stadium, the new board are slowly emptying it again. and yet ironically,out of my mates who still go. at least half only renewed because fred left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The shame is, the club has a core fanbase of about 20-25000. This has always been the case and upwards of that reflects how the team are doing and how optimistic people feel. Nothing more. The old board filled the stadium, the new board are slowly emptying it again. Every thread... pronounced, every FRED Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The shame is, the club has a core fanbase of about 20-25000. This has always been the case and upwards of that reflects how the team are doing and how optimistic people feel. Nothing more. The old board filled the stadium, the new board are slowly emptying it again. Every thread... is full of denial of the state the club is in now ? Aye, thats right. Shame one or two of us have to point out hometruths, much to your annoyance. Meanwhile, is this thread about falling crowds or not ? Why do you think they are falling ? Do you think its because we are winning every game 3-0, entertaining crowds, scoring great goals and buying top footballers that the other trophy winning clubs themselves buy ? You've just dragged yourself down massively here mel lad. Do you only want to post on message boards where people agree with you ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Man City and Aston Villa have been approximately as full as us this season. Everton less so. Sunderland spent a shitload and aren't as full. Do you think there might be slightly more to the attendance dropping than you say, NE5? Btw, before you try and accuse me of it, I am not saying the current state the club is in has nothing to do with the current falling attendances, I am saying it doesn't tell the full story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Man City and Aston Villa have been approximately as full as us this season. Everton less so. Sunderland spent a shitload and aren't as full. Do you think there might be slightly more to the attendance dropping than you say, NE5? Btw, before you try and accuse me of it, I am not saying the current state the club is in has nothing to do with the current falling attendances, I am saying it doesn't tell the full story. no, I don't. I think if Keegan was still manager, or/and if the team was winning games and doing better, the crowds would be better. I find this an amazing comment from someone ie yourself, who - I think - has witnessed the shit crowds and level of rebellion and apathy that existed before 1992 and hasn't surfaced in all this time until now. If I am wrong about your age, then your reply doesn't surprise me. The comment above by cp40 is spot on by the way, as was my earlier post along the same lines. The crowds will continue to go down if we keep losing, so what will you think is the reason for that ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My age has nothing to do with it. Why did we get a shit crowd against Bolton? Who was in charge then? Did we look like we were going to have our best season (at least) since we finished 7th under Roeder/Shearer? For what it's worth, I agree that our crowds would be better if we were doing better and KK was still around. I don't think they'd sell out every game though, because of other factors that are particularly prevalent at the moment (and reflected in dropping attendances around the country - even in clubs on the up like MCity and Villa). The board and situation are a factor in decreasing crowds, but not the only one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Teed Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 What's Pompey's away following usually like? They must have brought less than 50 fans when they played the Mackems recently. Its decent. I wouldnt consider it as one of the better followings who make their way to SJP, but their OK. Average numbers and decent noise. I think they brought 1,000 or so to the mackems. 450.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc_kev Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 If we still had 36k and 10,000+ waiting to come in most would be jizzing over it. It's funny how having the nicest stadium in the country (and I honestly believe that) can make people have a pop at you. Pure jealousy tbh. Teams like Villa, City, Everton and even Spurs can only dream of selling 52,000 tickets for a match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 If we still had 36k and 10,000+ waiting to come in most would be jizzing over it. It's funny how having the nicest stadium in the country (and I honestly believe that) can make people have a pop at you. Pure jealousy tbh. Teams like Villa, City, Everton and even Spurs can only dream of selling 52,000 tickets for a match. its just a dream for us at the mo, and as for the nicest stadium, ...half of it maybe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My age has nothing to do with it. Why did we get a shit crowd against Bolton? Who was in charge then? Did we look like we were going to have our best season (at least) since we finished 7th under Roeder/Shearer? For what it's worth, I agree that our crowds would be better if we were doing better and KK was still around. I don't think they'd sell out every game though, because of other factors that are particularly prevalent at the moment (and reflected in dropping attendances around the country - even in clubs on the up like MCity and Villa). The board and situation are a factor in decreasing crowds, but not the only one. the crowd against Bolton was more indicative of the fact that people were not so happy with soopa mike as what it appears to be in comparison to a few hundred people who post on a message board. I have no doubt whatsoever that if we were now in among the top clubs, or looking like we were going there, the entire allocation of NUFC seats would be sold out virtually every home game. Ashley has not shown the ambition to cultivate that. That is why they are now going down, and they will continue to go down until supporters see grounds for new optimism. My reference to your age was because I thought initially you were maybe a longer term supporter, but as is already obvious, that guarantees nothing anyway in the knowledge/denial stakes, and you could also be telling porkies even if you said you were. Not that I'm bothered either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc_kev Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 If we still had 36k and 10,000+ waiting to come in most would be jizzing over it. It's funny how having the nicest stadium in the country (and I honestly believe that) can make people have a pop at you. Pure jealousy tbh. Teams like Villa, City, Everton and even Spurs can only dream of selling 52,000 tickets for a match. its just a dream for us at the mo, and as for the nicest stadium, ...half of it maybe. Man U, Liverpool and the Mackems will all sell out comfortably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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