The Kraken Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 Great result today, but a real disappointment with the attendance. Lots of people pre-game saying "it'll sell out no problem", yet we quite clearly didn't (again). Villa games in the Premier League have been very well supported in past, so what a shame to see so many empty seats again today. Hopefully the result today will get the crowds enthused for the Fulham game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 I'm starting to think live streaming on the internet might now be a factor in the attendances, people got used to not going and can watch us for nothing online... either that or the recession (again). It may be plastics being put off by us losing, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 North of 30,000 with people still paying for summer holidays and having lost the first 4 games. A few none ST holders probably went to the Villa and Man Utd games and maybe an away game so cant afford this one. No shame in any of that IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latheal Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 To be fair, we've gained 4k on last season which is not to be sniffed at. Empty seats seem to be in the same place each week (Itchen centre). Pricing problem you reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 22 September, 2012 Share Posted 22 September, 2012 North of 30,000 with people still paying for summer holidays and having lost the first 4 games. A few non ST holders probably went to the (Wigan?) and Man Utd games and maybe an away game so cant afford this one. No shame in any of that IMO. There are LOADS of former casual match attendees not turning up, for whatever reason. We had 100,000+ people on the database before this summer (albeit some duplicates, no doubt). I think a lot of people have just found other things to do in the last 7 years, and others just can't afford to go that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 A load of my mates who before would have gone are turning their noses up at the extra cost of attending and watching "every" game in the West End Brewery. Id imagne this is the same for quite a few people, through pubs all over town... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 We're slightly below half way in the attendance table - above Norwich, Stoke and Fulham but behind Everton, Villa and West Ham. Pretty much where you'd expect tbh. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/eng.1/barclays-premier-league?cc=5739# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Wasn't there a post in the pre-match thread there were 500 something tickets left? How many of the ca. 1900 were actually available to Saints fans yesterday? Did Villa sell-out their allocation? 500 empty seats is a good turnout for match against Villa after we got thumped 6-1 the previous week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I think I have a missing gene. The one that triggers concern about not selling every ticket in a sports arena. I'm going for DNA tests on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Get a grip. In this economic climate yesterday's attendance was fantastic. Stop moaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Well it looked pretty full from were I was sat. TBH I prefer it a bit emptier more room to spread out also if we don't fill SMS maybe the club will lower the prices to get more people in:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 The prices of tickets has become ridiculous IMO, so I'm not surprised we are not selling out. That said, most of missing bums on seats are from the empty boxes and corporate seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 The prices of tickets has become ridiculous IMO, so I'm not surprised we are not selling out. That said, most of missing bums on seats are from the empty boxes and corporate seats. It is a lot of money for a couple of hours entertaiment even more so with travel costs (and the obligtory half time drink:)) as a one off event that's not to bad but being football you might have to shell out 2-3 times a month (if you want to go to lots of matches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Feels like our stadium is kinda the right size, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 good turnout, if you take into account seats lost to segregate fans, main gaps were in Corporate and half the boxes were empty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Decent attendance, some people get far too hung up on attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Sad I know but I counted 10 empty corporate boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Sad I know but I counted 10 empty corporate boxes. You sat and counted 10 empty boxes .....why??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 If we crack 30,000 for every home match then I consider that as a pretty respectable turnout ! Twelfth in the attendance league behind only the traditional top clubs is as good as we can expect ! I just wish we could get to twelfth in the actual league table sooner rather than later !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 You sat and counted 10 empty boxes .....why??? Everyone needs a hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Feels like our stadium is kinda the right size, doesn't it? Yes it does. Certainly no waiting list or selling out weeks in advance. I've been to wigan and arsenal, was on holiday for united and have watched city and villa on the TV. I won't be going to quite a few games simply because I can watch them on TV and so there is no reason for me to pay thirty quid plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 He counted empty boxes prob because it was so damned obvious that there were empty ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 What has been noticeable in The Black Country is that more & more people are watching home games in the pubs & that both WBA & Wolves are starting to offer more inventive ticketing pricing to combat it. In response the pubs are offer better deals. A pub near my main base offers a free beer & then a 1/2 beer for every WBA goal and it's rammed to the rafters on match days, so much so that the landlord, ironically, now charges £1 to get in! When Wolves are playing it offers a 1/2 beer for every goal the opposition scores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Sad I know but I counted 10 empty corporate boxes. Not that sad. I did the same. I suspect they are over priced but over a season that is a lot of revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 If I remember rightly, our first year at SMS we got 26500 for it. We have made qwuite a lot of progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I think I have a missing gene. The one that triggers concern about not selling every ticket in a sports arena. I'm going for DNA tests on Tuesday. Its not a gene you are missing, you just don't have to compulsion to say 'I told you so' every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I'm starting to think live streaming on the internet might now be a factor in the attendances, people got used to not going and can watch us for nothing online... either that or the recession (again). It may be plastics being put off by us losing, of course. Nonsense. We were told 'there will be a real scramble for tickets this season' I'm not sure what factors prevented people from going this week as everything seemed perfect. Weather wasnt too hot or cold, it wasnt school holidays or a bank holiday weekehere decent opposition, here were no road works, it wasnt on The telly, its our only home game in 4 weeks so people wont have to choose between games, christ, even our rcord signing was making his full debut. Perhaps some that didn't bother going can explain why they didn't, I'm confused as to why the mad scramble for tickets we were promised is failing to materialise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Sad I know but I counted 10 empty corporate boxes. I made it five completely empty (10 seats) and five half empty, or should that be half full? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 If we crack 30,000 for every home match then I consider that as a pretty respectable turnout ! Twelfth in the attendance league behind only the traditional top clubs is as good as we can expect ! I just wish we could get to twelfth in the actual league table sooner rather than later !! But but but but, Chelsea only used to get 13,000 in 1984 and look at them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 30,713 is just about as near to full as you're ever going to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I suspect they are over priced ...over a season that is a lot of revenue. not huge amounts of marketing money swilling around at the moment either. Tickets are very expensive too, but club would argue they got prices spot on so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 The executive boxes were hardly used and are clearly over priced so that accounts for a lot of it. I went down the ground at midday to get a ticket for a mate , cheapest in chapel is £37 on match day with £1.50 fee for paying with a debit card! (Not credit ) so £38.50 in total that is a lot for villa at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 /\ good to see the dynamic pricing that was lauded as the future of ticket sales on here is working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 /\ good to see the dynamic pricing that was lauded as the future of ticket sales on here is working well. the pricing is horrific IMO and we are averagely priced, aren't we..? and you can watch it for free on the web too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 the pricing is horrific IMO and we are averagely priced, aren't we..? and you can watch it for free on the web too lol Yep,about the middle. But if people want to watch £12m players then they should be prepared to pay for it, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypie Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 It drives me mad. had to queue up to get in, queue up for a wee, queue up to get out. I spent so much time looking for empty seats i missed the goals whereas in league one they were obvious. cant wait to go back to playing barnsley so i can get 5 pints down at half time and only miss 20 minutes of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 23 September, 2012 Author Share Posted 23 September, 2012 30,713 is just about as near to full as you're ever going to get. You're probably correct. Apart from the figure of 31,888 we got against Villa in 2002-03. Also apart from the figure of 32,054 we got against Villa in 2003-04. Oh, and also the figure of 31,826 we got against Villa in 2004-05. It would certainly seem like the dynamics of football have changed somewhat since out last stint in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 You're probably correct. Apart from the figure of 31,888 we got against Villa in 2002-03. Also apart from the figure of 32,054 we got against Villa in 2003-04. Oh, and also the figure of 31,826 we got against Villa in 2004-05. It would certainly seem like the dynamics of football have changed somewhat since out last stint in the PL. And that was when we were crap and had no investment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 23 September, 2012 Author Share Posted 23 September, 2012 And I'm not surprised the corporate areas are empty, its a complete rip off. I met up with 2 mates after the game yesterday who took a couple of clients in the Mick Channon suite; they said it was embarrassingly bad. Awful service, enormously slow to buy drinks from the bar, and the only food on sale were hot dogs, croque monsieurs and chicken caesar wraps. Said they'd have been much, much better off going for a meal in town and just having regular seats for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 When we were last in this league, the economy was bouyant and the media were not hell-bent on demoralising the country with their misery and gloom. 30,000 people shelling out £35 to watch a football match is a fecking miracle with wage inflation at zero and real price inflation at about 5% when you factor in fuel. It cost me £1.51 per litre to fill up my car to get there! What do you want? Blood?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Feels like our stadium is kinda the right size, doesn't it? Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 You're probably correct. Apart from the figure of 31,888 we got against Villa in 2002-03. Also apart from the figure of 32,054 we got against Villa in 2003-04. Oh, and also the figure of 31,826 we got against Villa in 2004-05. It would certainly seem like the dynamics of football have changed somewhat since out last stint in the PL. What's a thousand or so bums between friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 I thought our online ticket booking system was fooked? Certainly confuses me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMEONYOUREDS Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 clearly the empt seats were in the corporate areas, maybe a few in the normal. who actually cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 What's a thousand or so bums between friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Nonsense. We were told 'there will be a real scramble for tickets this season' I'm not sure what factors prevented people from going this week as everything seemed perfect. Weather wasnt too hot or cold, it wasnt school holidays or a bank holiday weekehere decent opposition, here were no road works, it wasnt on The telly, its our only home game in 4 weeks so people wont have to choose between games, christ, even our rcord signing was making his full debut. Perhaps some that didn't bother going can explain why they didn't, I'm confused as to why the mad scramble for tickets we were promised is failing to materialise. Come on, you forgot about the Boat Show...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Wonder if MLG still thinks we need a 45,000 seater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 Feels like our stadium is kinda the right size, doesn't it? No. We need a 50,000 seater. There were probably just a lot of weddings yesterday, hence why there weren't 20,000 locked out the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 September, 2012 Share Posted 23 September, 2012 No. We need a 50,000 seater. There were probably just a lot of weddings yesterday, hence why there weren't 20,000 locked out the ground. Having checked on wiki and google it seems the 22nd of September is traditionally the popular date in the calendar for surprise great aunties birthday parties so that might explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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