[Albion] Aston Villa to include women's games for loyalty points
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Greg Bobkin
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The 'imo' bit is key though. Because it WILL be seen as unfair 'iopo'*Nothing unfair about it at all imo
*in other people's opinions
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Maybe reserve judgement on them on that score until such time as there is a downturn in the fortunes of the mens team
jackalbion
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Yes they should give you points for this, and Under 21 games, and Under 21 away games actually.
Thunder Bolt
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I remember the days when we had to watch reserve games just to get a cup ticket.
I agree - they're all part of the Albion family
jackalbion
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Official Old Man
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Make a note of this.
10 May Both Men & Women play.
19 April Both Men & Women play.
2 March Both Men & Women play.
8 Feb Both Men & Women play.
8 Dec Both Men & Women play.
19 Oct Both Men & Women play.
Don't get me wrong, I've been to a few games in Crawley, free parking next to ground, £5 (oap) and some great football. But how can I get to the games when the FA insist on playing on the same day as the men?
10 May Both Men & Women play.
19 April Both Men & Women play.
2 March Both Men & Women play.
8 Feb Both Men & Women play.
8 Dec Both Men & Women play.
19 Oct Both Men & Women play.
Don't get me wrong, I've been to a few games in Crawley, free parking next to ground, £5 (oap) and some great football. But how can I get to the games when the FA insist on playing on the same day as the men?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Can't be arsed to look them all up, but the first three in your list, the Mens team were playing away while the Womens team were playing at home. Well in Crawley, anyway. Don't in all honesty see how they could make the system operate much differently than they're currently doing
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TomandJerry
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Ridiculous, to be honest. Who has the time available to watch both the Men's and Woman's team?
Most people are also cash strapped so is this aiming for the more well off portion of supporters?
Most people are also cash strapped so is this aiming for the more well off portion of supporters?
jackalbion
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Only massive losers and complete idiots I imagine.
They don't? Then why are the women only allowed to play two home games a season at the Amex (with the rest almost in a different county!) whilst Arsenal played NINE WSL games at the Emirates last season (plus all their WCL home legs)? (with average WSL attendances at the Emirates of ~34,400)
Official Old Man
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Men wereCan't be arsed to look them all up, but the first three in your list, the Mens team were playing away while the Womens team were playing at home. Well in Crawley, anyway. Don't in all honesty see how they could make the system operate much differently than they're currently doing
Wolves Away, Brentford Away & Villa Home. I was at all three games.
As I say, it's cheap to watch the ladies, indeed they run a free bus from the Amex to Crawley. Lots of food outlets and a decent bar. I'll stop at mentioning the stadium
Take the kids, they'll enjoy it as well. Plenty for them to do.
Maybe Barber should be asking his counterpart at Arsenal how they manage it!
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Milano
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And the gaslighting goes up another notch......
You're either interested or you're not, stop trying to force this 'product' onto your customers, if this was any other industry there would be an opt-out filter on communications.
You're either interested or you're not, stop trying to force this 'product' onto your customers, if this was any other industry there would be an opt-out filter on communications.
You can have different locations within the same organisation based on the needs of those sub-divisions, you know?
Besides, I was talking from a product perspective, not an operational one.
jackalbion
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There is
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"How do you sell tickets to a fanbase that you've never had to talk to before?"
Not my words, but those of Nikki Doucet, CEO of the WSL. Attendances have stagnated for some WSL clubs and fallen for others. This must change.
So would the addition of loyalty points from women's matches encourage/force the hand of supporters who predominantly attend men's matches?
Outside of those supporters who attend both, it's dubious what impact it might have. If you want to go, you'll go. If you don't, you probably won't.
But at what cost would this have to the credibility of the WSL as an independent, sustainable and financially viable league that doesn't depend on parent clubs whose profitability primarily comes from the riches available from within the men's game?
"...despite playing two more games in the 2024-25 campaign at the Emirates their average attendance was lower than the previous season.
Another four WSL teams also saw the spike in attendances tail off in 2024-25 , with Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City and Manchester United all seeing lower average crowds.
Everton announced...that their women's side are to make the 39,572 capacity Goodison Park their new home.
This comes after a season where Everton's average home crowd at Walton Hall Park was 1,956, with almost half of those games drawing in crowds of less than 1,000 people.
The club is working through plans to reduce the capacity of the stadium before the women's team move in.
Aston Villa and Leicester City are the only current WSL sides who play all of their fixtures at their club's main stadium.
Leicester have narrowly increased their average attendance from last season but are still in decline since 2022-23, while Aston Villa's average attendance has fallen this season, despite playing six more games at Villa Park than the season before.
Clearly more needs to be done to attract crowds to women's football at bigger stadia."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y66g972npo
Not my words, but those of Nikki Doucet, CEO of the WSL. Attendances have stagnated for some WSL clubs and fallen for others. This must change.
So would the addition of loyalty points from women's matches encourage/force the hand of supporters who predominantly attend men's matches?
Outside of those supporters who attend both, it's dubious what impact it might have. If you want to go, you'll go. If you don't, you probably won't.
But at what cost would this have to the credibility of the WSL as an independent, sustainable and financially viable league that doesn't depend on parent clubs whose profitability primarily comes from the riches available from within the men's game?
"...despite playing two more games in the 2024-25 campaign at the Emirates their average attendance was lower than the previous season.
Another four WSL teams also saw the spike in attendances tail off in 2024-25 , with Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester City and Manchester United all seeing lower average crowds.
Everton announced...that their women's side are to make the 39,572 capacity Goodison Park their new home.
This comes after a season where Everton's average home crowd at Walton Hall Park was 1,956, with almost half of those games drawing in crowds of less than 1,000 people.
The club is working through plans to reduce the capacity of the stadium before the women's team move in.
Aston Villa and Leicester City are the only current WSL sides who play all of their fixtures at their club's main stadium.
Leicester have narrowly increased their average attendance from last season but are still in decline since 2022-23, while Aston Villa's average attendance has fallen this season, despite playing six more games at Villa Park than the season before.
Clearly more needs to be done to attract crowds to women's football at bigger stadia."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y66g972npo