Very reasonable prices this summer yet clearly not reasonable enough as only 11/12,000 took the club up on the offer.
What can the club do to entice a large half arsed section of the fanbase back. Free season tickets? Free beer? Pay actors to fill the seats?
It can’t be good for those new would be sponsors to see thousands and thousands of empty seats. Can’t think Knighthead are happy.
Sadly mate it’s going to take time to bring some back, no matter what deals or promotions you throw at them and you can’t really blame them imo.
Sad to see so many empty seats on telly but factors like sky Monday game, close to Christmas, cost of living and blues being absolutely dire for a decade is just too much to expect bigger gates right now.
Fans aren’t disillusioned they practically were broken by BSHL.
The sponsors aren't too worried about empty seats, its how many times we will be on TV or the social media spread that gets them excited.
Some people say that an ST is too expensive and others claim they would happily pay more for the product, on offer.
Put the prices on a sliding scale.
e.g. In the Tilton we could do the following:
Golden ST £500 + free programme & bovril
Silver ST ££350 + a bovril
Bronze ST £250 + no perks
Dads and lads(under 12s) £100
The super fans can subsidize the less affluent followers and they get to laud it over everyone, because they've paid for the privilege.
20,334 last night, which given the price and being on tv on a Monday night the week before Christmas was not too bad.
We seem to be giving away fans a bigger allocation now.
Like others have said will take some time to bring attendances back - Hopefully we go on a bit of a run next month or so, that will bring the crowds back up for sure.
The big turning point I think will be in the summer when we can sell STs all over the stadium, and hopefully there is a huge sense of optimism come the summer too.
Over a decade of decline, poor leadership and mostly crap football/results mean the rot has set for many.
It will realistically take several years to bring back those few thousand that used to come regularly.
Next summer will be key - if people can see progress, that will entice some back.
However, in the long run, it's about creating new fans and as above, only progress and results will lead to that.
Get it right on and off the pitch and we will fill the ground - time to be a bit more patient, knighthead are a serious outfit and ready for the challenge, wether rooney is the man its not going to stop them turning this club around - give it a couple of transfwr windows and all the old guard will be gone
Just remember witton after only a couple of seasons in the championship had 24k at home, closed off parts of the ground yet now have 25k on the waiting list - not suggesting our fan base are as fickle but the last 10 years have been enough to finish off even the toughest of supporters
Good times are coming - you can either be part of the beginning or turn up late when or the hard work is done - your choice, i know that feeling when you have put the long hours in to finally reap the reward - been here a few times with blues and you cant beat it
KRO