only about 5000 tonight ???

[paulwantsapint]

No booking fee at ticket office tonight

 

Can't wait to see James ward prowse Luke shaw & Ben reeves make debuts just so that when they become superstars can say I saw them make 1st appearance

[Fan The Flames]

Yeh there'l probs be around 5-10,000 fans

 

You've hedged your bets between 5 and 10000 fans.

[Nexstar]

Kris Temple reckons about 8,000

[stevegrant]

Mebbe Preston know not many of their fans will make it, so its in their intrests to keep the ticket price high, and play in a quiet mostly empty stadium than a full one full of Saints fans.

Prices for this one would have been agreed with both Preston and Charlton because their second round tie only took place last week and we had the tickets on sale before that.

[dune]

We always used to attract really good crowds (compared to other clubs) or cup games. The decline is yet another example of the ticket tax and matchday premium putting people off.

[Kingsland Red]

7,414 according to the BBC

[Benj]

I would have gone but have to work on a Tuesday night, unfortunately anything outside of Saturday 3pm at home or Wednesday nights is a no go for me, sure many others are in a similar position.

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

We always used to attract really good crowds (compared to other clubs) or cup games. The decline is yet another example of the ticket tax and matchday premium putting people off.

 

Attendance decline for cup games can be tracked before the so-called 'tax'.

[Golden Balls]

We always used to attract really good crowds (compared to other clubs) or cup games. The decline is yet another example of the ticket tax and matchday premium putting people off.

 

I'm not 100% sure of this as I couldn't go regardless, but wasn't there no booking fees for this game?

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

I would have gone but have to work on a Tuesday night, unfortunately anything outside of Saturday 3pm at home or Wednesday nights is a no go for me, sure many others are in a similar position.

 

Err, it's Wednesday today...

 

 

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[Saint_clark]

I would have gone but have to work on a Tuesday night, unfortunately anything outside of Saturday 3pm at home or Wednesday nights is a no go for me, sure many others are in a similar position.

 

You do know it is a wednesday night don't you?

[dune]

Attendance decline for cup games can be tracked before the so-called 'tax'.

 

I remember being at the Dell when we played crewe in a round before this (league cup) and it was reduced admission and not all ticket. We'll never know the real attendance (as the club fiddled the fugure because they broke ground capacity regulations) but it was the highest gate we had at an all seater Dell because all the seats were full and people were standing in the aisles before the turnstiles were eventually closed. As a club we have always been able to attract fans to cup games, but those days seem to be over now Cortese has got greedy and he's shooting himself in the foot because all the fans (particularly our sizeable support base outside a 20 mile radius) are getting out of the habit of attending regularly. He's f/cking up big time by steadily turning off fans from attending. Clubs such as Watford recognise the extra burden non local fans have and they offer reduced st prices for those who have extra fuel costs, Cortese does the opposite. This just shows what he thinks of fans that have the extra expense of not living locally.

[Benj]

You do know it is a wednesday night don't you?

Haha, yeah. Was on O/T tonight agreed ages ago, obviously been working too much!

[Chez]

I remember being at the Dell when we played crewe in a round before this (league cup) and it was reduced admission and not all ticket. We'll never know the real attendance (as the club fiddled the fugure because they broke ground capacity regulations) but it was the highest gate we had at an all seater Dell because all the seats were full and people were standing in the aisles before the turnstiles were eventually closed. As a club we have always been able to attract fans to cup games, but those days seem to be over now Cortese has got greedy and he's shooting himself in the foot because all the fans (particularly our sizeable support base outside a 20 mile radius) are getting out of the habit of attending regularly. He's f/cking up big time by steadily turning off fans from attending. Clubs such as Watford recognise the extra burden non local fans have and they offer reduced st prices for those who have extra fuel costs, Cortese does the opposite. This just shows what he thinks of fans that have the extra expense of not living locally.

 

I agree with you on a lot of this, but I have to say the Carling Cup has just got a bad rep these days which has put off a lot fans.

[Greenridge]

I agree with you on a lot of this, but I have to say the Carling Cup has just got a bad rep these days which has put off a lot fans.

 

Judging by the teams that the vast majority of managers put out for CC games they hardly see it as a priority and most fans appear to feel the same.

[Kingsland Red]

Football has a very strange marketing technique.

You would never get other forms of entertainment giving prior warning that the leading roles are being played by a team of understudies before the performance.

Both Preston and Saints made it clear that they were fielding reserves, or squad players as NA refers to them.

Hence the game has little appeal.

[Daren W]

I agree with you on a lot of this, but I have to say the Carling Cup has just got a bad rep these days which has put off a lot fans.

 

Agree... and it's a real shame.

But as said above, it's the managers who devalue the tournament, Wenger being the worst culprit. I'd hazard a guess and say he'll take it a wee bit more seriously this year as it's the only thing he's likely to win...

Championship clubs should be up for the Carling cup, it;s the only tournament they can really stand a chance at winning...

That said, it was a shame the club couldn't put out cheaper tickets, it would have been ideal to get free tickets for local children....

[Trader]

Agree... and it's a real shame.

But as said above, it's the managers who devalue the tournament, Wenger being the worst culprit. I'd hazard a guess and say he'll take it a wee bit more seriously this year as it's the only thing he's likely to win...

Championship clubs should be up for the Carling cup, it;s the only tournament they can really stand a chance at winning...

That said, it was a shame the club couldn't put out cheaper tickets, it would have been ideal to get free tickets for local children....

 

Arsenal got 46,000 in against Shrewsbury - so Arsenal fans don't seem to mind too much.

 

Was only a tenner though - the Shrews seemed to have learned their lesson and not insisted on higher prices.

[dune]

That said, it was a shame the club couldn't put out cheaper tickets, it would have been ideal to get free tickets for local children....

 

And once these kids had been they'd have pestered their dad to take them to another game. Whoever is responsible for the ticket prices and policies is very thick. This aspect of how the club is run is nowhere near as good as under Lowe. For all his faults Lowe was very shrewd when it came to ticket policies which is reflected in the fact that during his tenure we proportionally had the highest home support base from outside a 20 miles radius. These fans (of which i'm one) have been kicked in the teeth by the current regime and imo it's very short sighted. Basicly I feel like the club are swindling me now and that's why I rarely bother any more.

[Window Cleaner]

Arsenal got 46,000 in against Shrewsbury - so Arsenal fans don't seem to mind too much.

 

Was only a tenner though - the Shrews seemed to have learned their lesson and not insisted on higher prices.

 

Arsenal is different, I think they sell out most home games with 60000 or so. The LC and the qualifying rounds of the CL are probably the few occasions many of their lesser supporters get to see them.

[oldsarum]

We always used to attract really good crowds (compared to other clubs) or cup games. The decline is yet another example of the ticket tax and matchday premium putting people off.

 

incorrect its another example of people with no wage rises in the past few years cutting back and missing what in effect was a reserve game

[JRM]

so now we have had 3 home wins in the space of 12 days will everyone now be rushing down for their watford at home tickets?

 

it would be interesting to know how sales are going for that one and the west ham game as no other home games are on sale after those.

 

home games are quite nicely spread out over the next month with games on the 1st, 18th and 29th October.

[JRM]

incorrect its another example of people with no wage rises in the past few years cutting back and missing what in effect was a reserve game

 

But do you not think the more people get ripped off for league games and the "added extras" the club squeeze out of people it will make them more likely to start giving games a swerve whereas previously they'd have gone along?

and the lack of ticket deals to incentive fans?

Arsenal even take out a small advert in the sports section of the evening standard to advertise they had cheap tickets, when was the last time saints did that in the echo?

[Pedro]

Apart from winning it, the match was only worth a tenner. The main thing I witnessed is that our squad players aren't good enough to press the first team, time to let some go in January. Shows how far NA has come, last night's attendance would have been a regular size at his old club, even with so few there (compared to normal) still long queues for food and drink, pathetic.

[saints_is_the_south]

£5 for adults & a kid for a quid is the way to go for these sort of games. We did something similar for Yeovil in the 1st round at SMS a few seasons ago and there was over 20k in the ground. The money you lose in the lower ticket price you make up in more people being in the ground, so more beers, food sold...etc and you get a better atmosphere too.

[Chez]

And once these kids had been they'd have pestered their dad to take them to another game. Whoever is responsible for the ticket prices and policies is very thick. This aspect of how the club is run is nowhere near as good as under Lowe. For all his faults Lowe was very shrewd when it came to ticket policies which is reflected in the fact that during his tenure we proportionally had the highest home support base from outside a 20 miles radius. These fans (of which i'm one) have been kicked in the teeth by the current regime and imo it's very short sighted. Basicly I feel like the club are swindling me now and that's why I rarely bother any more.

 

again I agree with all of this, the only difference being I have a ST so the taxes don't affect me apart from cup game sand away games.