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So what does that mean? Over 95% have renewed this time so how many season ticket holders will we have next season? (to date)........My figure would be approx 20k.
So what does that mean? Over 95% have renewed this time so how many season ticket holders will we have next season? (to date)........My figure would be approx 20k.
Hang on, don't we only have 8k actual fans and we couldn't fill Withdean either could we? Also our away support is crap isn't it?
Well it just says that we had a few thousand plastics, one bad season and they were gone but we still have a core of around 20,000 passionate BHA fans. Quality
Hang on, don't we only have 8k actual fans and we couldn't fill Withdean either could we? Also our away support is crap isn't it?
Why would you be labelled 'plastic' if you bought a season ticket. You're putting the best part of £500 into the club's coffers. To me that shows a commitment to supporting the club in the best way possible. I know of a couple of friends who were season ticket holders but could not attend most of the games for work related reasons, and thus did not renew. They've followed the Albion for over twenty years - hardly plastic fans eh?
Yeah but it's no coincidence that a fairly big drop occurred following a bad season. Hardly die hard fans were they. Maybe a few of them were for other reasons
86.7% last year according to Paul Barber: http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?321397-86-7-season-ticket-renewals
The Football League figures for us are:
2011/12: 17,617
2012/13: 22,467
2013/14: 23,175
2014/15: 21,245
Extrapolating from the 2014/15 figure and the 86.7% renewal rate, would put us at around 18,400 at the beginning of this season, although we have the "record sales of half-season tickets" crowd to add to that.
(FL source: http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/season-ticker-holders549-2598173.pdf)
The West is the an old mans stand, the WSL is for the really old men who can't manage the stairs.I sit in WSL unfortunately, good view but it's a bit dead. I get worked up during a game sometimes because I have passion for this team and what may or may not happen. One game recently, I was ranting at the ref or a player or whatever, someone behind me chirps up, "it's only a game" No it's not just a game, it means a lot whether we can finish in the top two spots or not, it would be life changing, I would love to experience the elation of promotion to the top flight. If some people are there for the experience but when it's not going well they clear off, it's up to them but I wouldn't consider them particularly passionate fans
The West is the an old mans stand, the WSL is for the really old men who can't manage the stairs.
Yeah but it's no coincidence that a fairly big drop occurred following a bad season. Hardly die hard fans were they. Maybe a few of them were for other reasons
Maybe . . . either way we have a massive hard core following. 20,000+ season ticket holders for a Championship side is pretty impressive.
YEAH, quite agree, it's fantastic. We all deserve something great and hopefully it's coming, it should be our turn, doesn't mean it's going to happen but we bloody deserve it
86.7% last year according to Paul Barber: http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?321397-86-7-season-ticket-renewals
The Football League figures for us are:
2011/12: 17,617
2012/13: 22,467
2013/14: 23,175
2014/15: 21,245
Extrapolating from the 2014/15 figure and the 86.7% renewal rate, would put us at around 18,400 at the beginning of this season, although we have the "record sales of half-season tickets" crowd to add to that.
(FL source: http://www.football-league.co.uk/documents/season-ticker-holders549-2598173.pdf)