I've no idea pickledseal. I guess more will follow on the official site later today. But the Chris is clear in the Echo however that Paul has been handed a rolling contract. As for Tara he admits in the paper to not enjoying the football industry and that he's dissapointed with our average attendance. Thats all I can foresee to be honest. Nothing about Luggy's contract.
The point about the attendances always bugs me. It took us years to build that fanbase last time by offering some excellent deals on a regular basis. Since then all sorts have happened at the football club and we find ourselves playing league two football at £21 in a crumbling stadium.
I think given all thats gone on we have decent attendances. You only have to look at orient and col u in the division above to realise that we actually have a decent fan base.
It wasnt that long ago that the club said they budgeted for crowds of a 6k average. We are currently averaging 5900 odd and that will increase to mayeb 6500 -7000 with the end of season run in.
Get into league one and have a good season then i think 6-8k a game will be the norm again.
What do the club expect ? 8-10k every week at this level?
Not a bad shout that. Would make for a bigger crowd on a live TV game (or persuade some who would otherwise stay at home to come down to RH). Better atmosphere would go down well on TV and maybe persuade some floating voters to come along again. We're getting £30k extra revenue on that game as well, so the opportunity cost is offset.To get our average upto 6,500 by the end of the season we would need about 7,300 for each of our remaining 10 home games. To reach 7,000 average we would need about 8,400 for every game.
I wonder if there will be another £5 game this season? One they should maybe consider is the Crawley game.
Our away average this season so far is 615 compared to only 325 last season. This seasons would also be higher had we been able to take more fans to Wimbledon and Dagenham.
I hate to talk too much about football as I am not that good at it !! But I spoke to my dad about this and he reckons that Ron Martin has alot to do about the averages, what he did to the club, the way he destroyed fans trust, the way the club treated local towns people, the way he treated player etc,my dad honestly believes that people have had there fill of him, and in his words 'As long as he is still a the helm some people will not lovingly support the club in the way that they used too. My father was one fo the fans that gave up a days money a few years ago to march to the Civic Centre to get planning etc and yes he is still quite bitter about these things.......... Obviously with Uni and things I dont go as often as I used to but Im excited we are up the top but it just doesnt fill me with such excitment as the Tilly promotions etc and that of course its just my personal opinion
Any more details? CP said yesterday on Twitter Tara was still not happy about something?
In the echo today
Tara is not happy because, despite of being to of the league, he is still getting letters / emails of complaint about the football , Also he was of the belief that success attracted people to watch and the attendances are not what he was hoping for
In the echo today
tara is not happy because, despite of being to of the league, he is still getting letters / emails of complaint about the football , Also he was of the beleif that success attracted people to watch and the attendances are not what he was hoping for
AS said this is league two, we are getting the level of attendances we are because of the division s were are in. The league position will be boosting attendancesand Im sure when it comes to the run in we will be getting a few 7000+ gates.Can't really argue with that per se.
Although attendances are down pretty much nationwide this season.
Tough times.
I hate to talk too much about football as I am not that good at it !! But I spoke to my dad about this and he reckons that Ron Martin has alot to do about the averages, what he did to the club, the way he destroyed fans trust, the way the club treated local towns people, the way he treated player etc,my dad honestly believes that people have had there fill of him, and in his words 'As long as he is still a the helm some people will not lovingly support the club in the way that they used too. My father was one fo the fans that gave up a days money a few years ago to march to the Civic Centre to get planning etc and yes he is still quite bitter about these things.......... Obviously with Uni and things I dont go as often as I used to but Im excited we are up the top but it just doesnt fill me with such excitment as the Tilly promotions etc and that of course its just my personal opinion
Avg Att 04/05 = 6077. High: 11735. Low: 3753
Avg Att 10/11 (to date) = 5895. High: 9782. Low: 4598
As long as we remain up the top, we're well placed to beat the 2004/05 average I feel.
Cheers Smiffy, thats what I found when I did the comparison before Christmas.
people seem to think that because we got 8000+ in the Championship that getting 5000 in league two is a disaster its not its people dont want to come to watch us play Burton in League Two.
The two major factors of attendances are League and League Position. Outside factors such as the scandals and style of football will affect the attendances but not anything in comparison to where we are in the league and the league itself.
Yep and our current average is also better than 15 League One sides.
When you look at it like that, we're doing ok.