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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 27, 2021 22:48:34 GMT
9,584🤔
They bought a decent following as well🤔
Yes it’s half term but it was only £12 and cheaper than that for kids.
Could the clubs have done anymore?
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Post by mutters on Oct 27, 2021 23:17:58 GMT
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 27, 2021 23:20:14 GMT
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Post by Ron on Oct 27, 2021 23:20:45 GMT
10 adult with 2 kids free. May as well fill the ground n sell some pies.
Lack of cash turnstiles for these games is a joke too - as is stopping online sales at 6.
Just shite at times this club of ours.
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Post by nottsover60 on Oct 27, 2021 23:28:21 GMT
How much did we charge? There just didn't seem to be any effort by Stoke to sell tickets. Didn't we only open two stands and as a season ticket holder I wasn't even notified when the tickets went on sale and was surprised to see they were already being sold when I looked without any period in which season ticket holders could reserve their own seat. I think in general people prefer to sit near people they know so can't be bothered to go if they can't. Half term should have been a great time to be offering £1 tickets to children and the atmosphere can be great when a ground is full of younger supporters who make a noise regardless of performance. It was almost as if the club didn't really want a lot of fans tonight. |
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Post by pottermouth on Oct 27, 2021 23:53:52 GMT
9,584🤔 They bought a decent following as well🤔 Yes it’s half term but it was only £12 and cheaper than that for kids. Could the clubs have done anymore? Shocking attendance and shows where the club is at following four poor defeats in a row. This season is rapidly disintegrating and falling apart like last season. I’m not sure what the answers are but getting a damn defensive midfielder or two would be a start. I’ve never understood why we didn’t get one. I’m in disbelief. |
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Post by Eggybread on Oct 28, 2021 0:23:24 GMT
It sounded as though there were a few kids there tbh.Maybe people just haven't the money. The only one to really compare to us was QPR V Sunderland. 15,500
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Oct 28, 2021 0:36:32 GMT
I'm a ST holder and would have gone if I could have just paid on the gate. Poor planning on my part but I'm an incredibly lazy / disorganised person. Half arsedly looked at getting tickets at dinnertime, but due to a combination of crap 4G and effort in getting a single matchday ticket on the website and I ended up not being arsed.
No excusing my poor outlook on life but don't know why they don't just pick a block and do unreserved seating for that block, I'm sure they'd get plenty of takers.
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Oct 28, 2021 1:31:09 GMT
Well we went so can't blame us. But I don't blame any one else who didn't go .Its a free world and Brentford are not exciting opposition and we are on a poor run.Bring on Bardiff. How do they work out 9584 any way ? Probably easier than with league games to work out .
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 28, 2021 6:06:26 GMT
9,584🤔 They bought a decent following as well🤔 Yes it’s half term but it was only £12 and cheaper than that for kids. Could the clubs have done anymore? Shocking attendance and shows where the club is at following four poor defeats in a row. This season is rapidly disintegrating and falling apart like last season. I’m not sure what the answers are but getting a damn defensive midfielder or two would be a start. I’ve never understood why we didn’t get one. I’m in disbelief. The crowd had almost nothing by do with our previous league defeats, look at our League Cup attendances over the years they are piss poor….. |
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Post by wilcopotter on Oct 28, 2021 6:21:53 GMT
Agree, also would’ve given chance to let kids see the players possibly for the first time and catch the “bug”. Club generally quite good, but short sighted on this one. Second half, if nothing else was exciting. |
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Post by Squeekster on Oct 28, 2021 6:33:06 GMT
Night matches are difficult at the best of times, I go the league games but it's a ball ache and you do well to get home for 11, I even considered not going any night matches at one point but chose to do the league matches.
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Post by Gods on Oct 28, 2021 7:06:10 GMT
9,584🤔 They bought a decent following as well🤔 Yes it’s half term but it was only £12 and cheaper than that for kids. Could the clubs have done anymore? Shocking attendance and shows where the club is at following four poor defeats in a row. This season is rapidly disintegrating and falling apart like last season. I’m not sure what the answers are but getting a damn defensive midfielder or two would be a start. I’ve never understood why we didn’t get one. I’m in disbelief. Definite deja vu with last season. We've fallen apart again. |
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Post by westlandstokie on Oct 28, 2021 7:33:06 GMT
Night matches are difficult at the best of times, I go the league games but it's a ball ache and you do well to get home for 11, I even considered not going any night matches at one point but chose to do the league matches. I didn’t bother last night and neither did the lads I usually go with. Night games are a pain in the arse…and the wait I had for a bus back to Stoke town centre after the Bournemouth game was a joke…didn’t get back home to ‘Castle until almost 11pm. |
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Post by greenman on Oct 28, 2021 8:56:31 GMT
The trouble with these games is you never know if the reserves are going to play in it or not. As it was 3 of their first team played so 10 k against Brentford reserves isn`t too bad.
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Post by werrington on Oct 28, 2021 9:01:22 GMT
The trouble with these games is you never know if the reserves are going to play in it or not. As it was 3 of their first team played so 10 k against Brentford reserves isn`t too bad. This reserves thing is an absolute myth The same way that we made changes theirs or ours weren’t reserves taking a spot in any way shape or form Every single player out there last night for both teams will play pivotal parts in their season Just because Brentford made 8 changes doesn’t mean it was their reserves as they could well make 3 or 4 for any single match ….does that make it their reserves also ? |
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Post by borges on Oct 28, 2021 9:19:37 GMT
Realistically, would we have got any more people in if the prices had been lower? That attendance seemed about right for a midweek cup games against pretty uninteresting opposition, especially given our results over the last week.
Probably more off-putting is only having 2 stands open. I know it's a sensible cost-cutting exercise given the low crowds for these types of games, but I wonder how many people can't be arsed when they realise they'll have to sit in a different stand, or that their season ticket seats have gone?
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Post by ladyinred on Oct 28, 2021 9:24:33 GMT
The club set it up for a low attendance.
How about opening all of the ground - so ST holders can sit in their usual place?
How often is there a good atmosphere with a half closed ground?
A priority period where a season ticket holder's seat is reserved - it used to be simple to buy tickets online as a ST holder, just login to the match and tick a box that you wanted your usual seat and pay. The new system is convuluted.
Pricing was fine, and better than it has been in years £4 (well actually £5 because of the mandatory £1 booking fee - another small irk) for kids.
This never had the feel of a last 16 cup-tie, because the club never marketed it as such. It was marketed like a friendly.
We never would've got a great crowd, but it was down-played from the get-go.
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Post by nottsover60 on Oct 28, 2021 9:39:58 GMT
My husband who helps with the finances at Mickleover reckons Stoke will have made a loss on last night with that attendance which makes you wonder why they didn't do more to promote it.
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Oct 28, 2021 9:45:13 GMT
I don't think the figure should be a concern, it would be more worrying if a league game at the weekend went below 18k imo.
It's a night game and they're never easy to get back from at Stoke.
And we were playing a premier league side but Brentford are an unfashionable game.
Would kids for a quid work? I like the idea but think the reality is most didn't fancy it, Stoke aren't the only thing to do especially at half term.
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Post by matelot1996 on Oct 28, 2021 9:49:30 GMT
Poor attendances for this competition are the norm for Stoke unless we play a top six side. SCFC can’t be arsed. Fans can’t be arsed.This is exacerbated when performances are also generally crap. Move on.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 28, 2021 9:51:50 GMT
Poor attendances for this competition are the norm for Stoke unless we play a top six side. SCFC can’t be arsed. Fans can’t be arsed.This is exacerbated when performances are also generally crap. Move on. We got to the last 16 this season and the last 8 in 2020/21 so I'd suggest it's the fans that can't be arsed more than the players/management team........ |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2021 9:54:43 GMT
I don't think the figure should be a concern, it would be more worrying if a league game at the weekend went below 18k imo. It's a night game and they're never easy to get back from at Stoke. And we were playing a premier league side but Brentford are an unfashionable game. Would kids for a quid work? I like the idea but think the reality is most didn't fancy it, Stoke aren't the only thing to do especially at half term. Being totally out of touch is the main factor. |
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Post by Royal Donut on Oct 28, 2021 9:56:07 GMT
My husband who helps with the finances at Mickleover reckons Stoke will have made a loss on last night with that attendance which makes you wonder why they didn't do more to promote it. Not sure how, the clubs biggest cost is the players wages which gets paid if we played or not. Can't cost that much to run a game,not like all the food outlets open, half the stewards. I know nothing about finance, just wondering how much a match day would cost. |
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Post by zerps on Oct 28, 2021 9:59:05 GMT
How many more similar performances will it take until we match last season’s attendances?
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Post by matelot1996 on Oct 28, 2021 10:00:57 GMT
Poor attendances for this competition are the norm for Stoke unless we play a top six side. SCFC can’t be arsed. Fans can’t be arsed.This is exacerbated when performances are also generally crap. Move on. We got to the last 16 this season and the last 8 in 2020/21 so I'd suggest it's the fans that can't be arsed more than the players/management team........ I meant SCFC as in the club doing NOTHING innovative to boost the crowd. Having said that the only way they may have done that last night would be to give away thousands of tickets. Last nights game was a “Hard Sell” for many reasons. I don’t know why people are surprised. |
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Post by wuzza on Oct 28, 2021 10:07:23 GMT
Attendances at clubs like Stoke depend very much on momentum - things going badly and they drop horrendously but if things are seen to be moving in a good direction the ground can fill up markedly. Sadly last night hit us on the crest (hopefully) of a slump and when you factor in the nightmare of the past few seasons it’s not surprising that many have chosen to stay away.
As and when we do get properly on track I’m sure numbers will bounce back well - the PL years did great things in sowing the seeds with a lot of youngsters we just need to reactivate the enthusiasm sooner rather than later.
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Oct 28, 2021 10:09:50 GMT
Agree with a lot of what is said here.
Can’t beat the convenience of pay at the gate.
I would have charged a fiver for everyone entering the stadium. And made it a quid for a pie!
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Post by sheds1862 on Oct 28, 2021 10:16:02 GMT
Well we went so can't blame us. But I don't blame any one else who didn't go .Its a free world and Brentford are not exciting opposition and we are on a poor run.Bring on Bardiff. How do they work out 9584 any way ? Probably easier than with league games to work out . Maybe by counting tickets sold 🤔 |
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Post by prestwichpotter on Oct 28, 2021 10:19:21 GMT
We got to the last 16 this season and the last 8 in 2020/21 so I'd suggest it's the fans that can't be arsed more than the players/management team........ I meant SCFC as in the club doing NOTHING innovative to boost the crowd. Having said that the only way they may have done that last night would be to give away thousands of tickets. Last nights game was a “Hard Sell” for many reasons. I don’t know why people are surprised. I think it's fair to say if it wasn't half term there would have been another 1000+ there last night - of the 8 of us that sit together 6 of us were away for the game - but beyond that I'm not convinced anything the club could have done would have made much of a difference save for giving tickets away which obviously can't do without the permission of the opposing club and the EFL...... |
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