Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Didn't that pretty much used to be the case back in the Goldstone days? or is my long term memory playing tricks?
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[Albion] Closing the North Stand last night was WRONG
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Didn't that pretty much used to be the case back in the Goldstone days? or is my long term memory playing tricks?
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Will Collar, Ben Barclay, and Viktor Gyokeres certainly wouldn't be expecting to be involved. To my mind, with the notable exception of Yves Bissouma, and possibly Bernardo, none of the new arrivals exactly covered them selves with glory, with both Locadia and Jahanbahksh having poor games.
I for one am not at all sorry to see us eliminated.
- Aug 8, 2005
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In a nutshell, this.
It's an other example of the club looking for a minor cost saving over the fan experience. It's akin to what they started doing on the away ticket sales before they backed down on that.
Had the North been open a few more may have gone, but even if they didn't what is the cost of opening it really? It can't be that much and would surely be covered if a few more did go. It definitely made the atmosphere worse and gave Southampton an advantage, especially in the second half.
Still think we should take a fresh look at where away fans sit as we keep giving them an advantage by sticking them right behind the goal.
BensGrandad
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Why not? and all other seats sold at normal rate. As STH wouldnt be sold Spurs would get a % of very little gate money , is that a problem?
First time in the East Stand last night. Probably the last.
Queue to get in was huge. I wondered if that was par for the course for that stand but seemed to be a lot of moaning so maybe not. Atmosphere woeful. Got to the kiosk about 3-4 minutes before KO and they had completely run of food with the exception of vegetarian which lets face it no one without a screw loose would eat.
Get me back to the WSU or open the North at least
Agree with the above except I had the vegetarian pie, which was also pretty decent. You were unfortunate to be at the wrong stand. There were pies of all types by E1F right up to kick off.
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...Worthing exile
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- May 12, 2009
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Revert back to giving them the SE Corner and a few blocks in ESL. The current arrangement of the South stand is another 'easy' option for the club.
DumLum
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I don't think the Palace cup match can be used as an excuse any longer. Some lessons should have been learnt from the Coventry game.
I disagree. If you make it clear it will be squad players and reflect this in the price there’s little room to complain.
BensGrandad
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Unfortunately the club appear to have adopted the attitude of the Big 6 in that we can treat the supporters how we like and they will still come back. irrespective because it is BHA FC.
If the club approached this game with a very different attitude, imaginative ticketing , and advertising, I reckon they could have got many more through the turnstiles. Closing the north stand sends out a very clear, and negative, message. We will have to agree to disagree.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
The flip side of the coin says, that one you start mentioning only squad players, (and last night nder 23's too), being involved, then that could stop plenty of people from going whatever the price of the ticket, with many young kids not wanting to go unless they can see the likes of Knocky, Glenn, or their other idols.
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I think 90% of fans know for sure that CH is not going to play the first team in the first/second round of the League Cup. So the team selection really shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone.
BensGrandad
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I think the problem is in the rules of the competition allowed the Big 6 to play weakened sides and every other club has followed suit but do not have a team of internationals sitting on the benches. Until the rules stop this nothing will happen.to improve the situation.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Sure. What changes would you have made to the ticketing, attitude and advertising and the strategy for opening up the ground that would have dramatically increased tickets sold ?
Yes it is a problem - it depends on the competition rules - if it's included in STH, I suspect each seat will have deemed to have been sold at the usual rate for that seat for the game, which in turn would be used to calculate the amount payable to the away club. So if we included it in STH we'd still have to pay over money based on the 'pretendance' not those actually attending - we pay 45% (less expenses) of notional gate receipts to the away club for the League Cup, so the club would end up with a significant loss in your example (essentially handing out 23,000 free tickets, then still having to pay Spurs 45% of notional gate receipts)
- Jun 27, 2012
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Albion had c£50m + worth of signings in their starting line up.
BensGrandad
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That is a pathetic argument as in seasons gone by ST always included some cup game even at Man Utd. Arsenal etc. and even us.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
How long ago was that [MENTION=451]BensGrandad[/MENTION]? Amex, Withdean, Gillingham, Goldstone? Certainly not the Amex, I don't think that was the case at Withdean. Gillingham? Probably not. I had season tickets at the Goldstone, but it's so long ago that I can't remember the cup tickets being included. If that's the case, there's little point citing stuff from ancient history to back up your point.
I obviously can’t go and do the research to answer some of these questions in an afternoon. But if you were to pay me near a million quid per annum, I’d certainly make sure I had the answers.