Highlight of today....

Sergei's Celebration said:

Dunk the pie in the coffee?

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AZ Gull said:

Eh? Care to explain that? Saturday's figure won't be any more accurate than the league games, as it will still be tickets sold, rather than bodies through the turnstiles.

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nwgull said:

Because you wouldn't buy a ticket for a 1-off game and then not turn up.

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Crispy Ambulance said:

Perhaps they should call it Intendance then. Attendance should mean those who have attended. By all means announce how many tickets have been sold but also tell the truth about how many are actually there. I know it's how every other club announces their attendances but it looks and sounds 2 bob.

On a related note, if I were the club, I'd want to know why people who had bought tickets did not attend. Ok, the club has banked the money but, for non-attending ST holders, there may be a risk of non-renewal and, therefore, risk of reduced income next season. They must have the data which shows which ST's were used for a particular game and which weren't. If the same ST hasn't been used for 2 or 3 consecutive games, that should generate an automatic letter/questionnaire asking why and if the ST is intending renewing next season, not in a Big Brother way but in an attempt to better understand someone's reason for not attending whilst highlighting the risk of non-renewal much earlier.

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spring hall convert said:

Strictly speaking you wouldn't be though with the difference between season ticket and match by match pricing. I haven't done the sums but off the top of my head I reckon it would be cheaper to buy a season ticket, in the knowledge that you'll miss 5 games per season rather than pay match by match, wouldn't it? Now STH's that I know tend to give/ sell their ticket to someone else and I reckon finding others to come may have been a bit tougher on New Year's Day

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Crispy Ambulance said:

Perhaps they should call it Intendance then. Attendance should mean those who have attended. By all means announce how many tickets have been sold but also tell the truth about how many are actually there. I know it's how every other club announces their attendances but it looks and sounds 2 bob.

On a related note, if I were the club, I'd want to know why people who had bought tickets did not attend. Ok, the club has banked the money but, for non-attending ST holders, there may be a risk of non-renewal and, therefore, risk of reduced income next season. They must have the data which shows which ST's were used for a particular game and which weren't. If the same ST hasn't been used for 2 or 3 consecutive games, that should generate an automatic letter/questionnaire asking why and if the ST is intending renewing next season, not in a Big Brother way but in an attempt to better understand someone's reason for not attending whilst highlighting the risk of non-renewal much earlier.

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