willsasaint Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Really hoping to build on the support at then end of last season both home and away. Anybody know how many tickets sold so far for Saturday, I understand Leeds have sold their full allocation of 3000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 just saw on another thread that the club are expecting 22k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I dont know exactly but when i was down the TO saturday they said Itchen North is still closed and it's no where close to selling out. Very disapointing really, i'd hazard a guess and say i'd be surprised if it's anymore than 25k, probably around 22k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEADAMS Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Get to St Marys and let's have a strong start and show them the Saints are back. Wish I could be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsasaint Posted 1 August, 2011 Author Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Thanks Guys, think thats a real shame . I guess the game being on Sky probably doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 28k would be nice. Doesn't sound as if that's going to be likely. 22k if true is shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Possibly 22K +3,200 Leeds fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Last season against Plymouth was nearly 22k. And it was on Sky. I hope Mr. Cortese's got his sums right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Rhetorical question alert.... What percentage of Saints fan will be on their annual family holiday on Saturday? HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints_is_the_south Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Surprising, given that we have always sold out or been close to it for previous games against Leeds. Understand it's on TV but didn't expect it to have such a big impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is very, very poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is very, very poor. Or, from the glass half full camp, 2/3rds full during the most popular period for going on holiday is pretty good going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is very, very poor. Can only assume there will be an 8k walk up on the day. After all, we are the best supported club outside of London and Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_TOAST Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I expect alot of people haven't got their tickets yet. I know people from work who still need to get theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Or, from the glass half full camp, 2/3rds full during the most popular period for going on holiday is pretty good going.... Considering we usually sell out against Leeds, the crowd will include 3,000 leeds fans, so only 19,000 Saints fans and it's our first game back in the championship it's difficult to positively spin such a low crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I think there'll be more than 22k. I wish I could be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Can only assume there will be an 8k walk up on the day. After all, we are the best supported club outside of London and Manchester. Indeed, wonder where the other 23,000 regulars are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 when games are on sky why not reduce the price of tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat from Poole Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 when games are on sky why not reduce the price of tickets? We have never done this whoever has been in charge of the club, to the best of my memory. Guess it doesn't help when non-PL clubs only get a small fee from SKY for live games (is it £60K?) , doesn't give much scope to reduce prices really. FWIW I was expecting the attendance to be about 21,000. The club could barely have done less in the last two months to try and capitalise on the feelgood factor from promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is really, really poor. I mean, we've just been promoted to the Championship, and less people turn up than when we played Brighton on a dark midweek evening in November?? Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is very, very poor. If that is indeed the gate then it would be very, very poor!!!! We got a similar gate last year against Plymouth for the opener (21,700), with 2,000 away fans. I would have thought a couple of thousand extra home fans and another thousand from Yorkshire, would mean a gate of 25,000. Season tickets will be underpinning our attendances so it will be interesting to see how many we have shifted come Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 i'd go but im working, i was really up for this too... grrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Considering we usually sell out against Leeds, the crowd will include 3,000 leeds fans, so only 19,000 Saints fans and it's our first game back in the championship it's difficult to positively spin such a low crowd. How can stating that a fair percentage of Saints fans will be on holiday on 6th August 2011 be described as "spin"? Isn't that just a matter of fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Ha ha someone half mentions 22k and every takes it as read. Its only monday, I got tickets this morning and there were only singles left in the Itchen North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 It'll be a massive shame if this proves to be true. Hopefully purely down to the Sky and 'end of holiday' reasoning, but we'll see in the coming weeks. Would be shocked if we end up averaging lower than a 25k gate at home as that was achieved most weeks in League One wasn't it? Still, there's sometimes a better, louder atmosphere with fewer people in the ground (the 'hardcore' influence?) so you can chalk up another mark against optimism. I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 How can stating that a fair percentage of Saints fans will be on holiday on 6th August 2011 be described as "spin"? Isn't that just a matter of fact? Do you really believe that all the 8,000 or so fans who went to the league game against Leeds in March 2010 are all on holiday, have surprise birthday parties or christenings to attend? What about the 28,000 extras that went to the JPT final? Where are they? It was only a couple of weeks ago people were saying we could get 45,000 every week. It seems we cant even get half that for our first game back in the championship against a club which is usually one of our biggest gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 It's on Sky. No surprise less tickets sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Just bought mine in my lunch hour along with a few other games. Wanted to get my mate one next to my ticket(Northam/Kingsland corner), and wasn't available, the nearest one was 4 rows and 15 seats sideways away. She said they're going quickly, and that if its not a sellout it'll be very close to one. Sure this is more likely than 22k. I'll have a guess at 28,372. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I would go but I have to work on Saturdays, and taking Monday-Wednesday off this week so no chance of getting Saturday off as well! I'm sure we'll get at least 22-25k. Lots of people are on holiday/working overtime/skint at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 If 22k is proven to be correct, I think some people previously saying we could get 40k need to get a reality check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OurClaus Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Just bought mine in my lunch hour along with a few other games. Wanted to get my mate one next to my ticket(Northam/Kingsland corner), and wasn't available, the nearest one was 4 rows and 15 seats sideways away. She said they're going quickly, and that if its not a sellout it'll be very close to one. Sure this is more likely than 22k. I'll have a guess at 28,372. I just picked up 5 tickets all sat together in block 38....we're towards the back but i was expecting to be told that northam / Kingsland corner was unavailable. How wrong i was. I reckon a poor 24,312 will be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Well, I'll be 1,000 miles away watching in some hot bar, one with not too many leeds in it hopefully. The 2 guys I go with are also both away - all gutted to miss this one. It's only Monday, best part of a week to the match, sales will pick up as the week goes on. My prediction, 25k inside the ground at kick-off, another 5k season ticket holders queueing at the box office complaining of missing tickets. Why the f*ck the club haven't aknowledged this yet is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Do you really believe that all the 8,000 or so fans who went to the league game against Leeds in March 2010 are all on holiday, have surprise birthday parties or christenings to attend? What about the 28,000 extras that went to the JPT final? Where are they? It was only a couple of weeks ago people were saying we could get 45,000 every week. It seems we cant even get half that for our first game back in the championship against a club which is usually one of our biggest gates. Do you really think there are not more people on holiday in August then there are in March. Leeds is a big draw, as the home games either side of it prove (20k and 21k) however it ain't big enough to get people to change their holiday plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepgar Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Just a thought but it is still only Monday! If it is nice weather on Saturday I would expect a healthy walk up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samski saint Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Naa it will be 25k+ next saturday and being a late kick-off there will be a decent walk-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 (edited) Do you really believe that all the 8,000 or so fans who went to the league game against Leeds in March 2010 are all on holiday, have surprise birthday parties or christenings to attend? I've absolutely no idea. I was just putting it out there as a theory..... I know, I know....it's a very foolhardy move in SaintsWeb Forum land to put out a theory without first donning a heavy flax jacket and titanium crash helmet. Those 8,000 "missing" fans is roughly 30%. As a benchmark, take my office, for example. At the moment 3 out of 5 are on holiday, i.e. 60% (twice as many "missing" Saints fans). As it happens, a similar proportion of our customers are on holiday, thus we are able to operate with a skeleton staff. I therefore bravely/foolishly suggest that 30% of Saints fans (who went to the league game against Leeds on March 2010) not being able to go on Saturday due to holidays is not beyond the realms of possibility. I could be wrong. I could be right. Hey ho. Edited 1 August, 2011 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Do you really think there are not more people on holiday in August then there are in March. Leeds is a big draw, as the home games either side of it prove (20k and 21k) however it ain't big enough to get people to change their holiday plans. To be fair, it's quite a difficult concept to grasp.... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Here's an idea - let's wait and see what the actual crowd is before we come to conclusions about the support being crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I know, I know....it's a very foolhardy move in SaintsWeb Forum land to put out a theory without first donning a heavy flax jacket and titanium crash helmet. You must be of the Horsey persuasion and should have got a Flak jacket as it has better protection for the Knives that will be out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteforpedro Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Even with holidays etc 22k would be really poor. I reckon we'll get more than that though... tickets have only been on sale a week, we'll shift far more this week and walk up on the day. I reckon 25,500 would be likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFSFC Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Anything less than 25000 is poor anything above is very good, leeds only averaged 27000 last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Just a thought but it is still only Monday! If it is nice weather on Saturday I would expect a healthy walk up. If the weatehr is good it's likely to affect the gate adversely. On a hot day in August, guys will be under pressure from families to make one last trip to the beach for the summer. Pray for rain, and a dull day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22k is very, very poor. Increase prices, remove concessions, impose ticket tax so what do you expect? Add to that the game on television at silly kick-off times and in the middle of the school holidays and it's no surpise, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Anything less than 25000 is poor anything above is very good, leeds only averaged 27000 last season. Is that the official guideline for judging attendances at SMS? I really hope we get 25001 rather than 24999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 I can't see it being anywhere near 22'000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFSFC Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Is that the official guideline for judging attendances at SMS? I really hope we get 25001 rather than 24999 Fair point on reflection i should have worded it better. 22 would be poor 24/5 average and above 27 would be good... is that better ff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 22,000 is very poor considering over 3,000 Leeds fans will be in attendance. It shouldn't matter if its on Tele, the kick off time is decent and could have been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 Fair point on reflection i should have worded it better. 22 would be poor 24/5 average and above 27 would be good... is that better ff? Much better, thanks for sorting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 i reckon quite a few tickets will be shifted as the week goes on, and on the day of the game, quite a few fans realise that with no chance of a sell out they can leave their decision until nearer the day of the game and make more of a spur of the moment decision, weather etc. being on sky does mean some will decide to keep their £27 in their pockets for another game. i am surprised saints don't make a bit more of an effort to drum up support and fill the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 1 August, 2011 Share Posted 1 August, 2011 average in our playoff season was 23500. The Leeds game was over 30k, but it was a decisive match. Its holiday time, prices have gone up, and championship football just isn't a huge draw. If you want big gates every week, sell lots of STs..ask Norwich or Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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