LamieRobertson
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I'll be there on Saturday...first game for a few weeks . Did we play well against MKD and Brum? Will I be suitably impressed or bored silly?
Read match day threads they should give u a clue
I'll be there on Saturday...first game for a few weeks . Did we play well against MKD and Brum? Will I be suitably impressed or bored silly?
Charlton also dont travel well. I reckon 1000 at best.
Another factor for Charlton is that the game is category A - Cardiff and Brum were both Category B.
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And that's ridiculous.
I don't know who sets these categories or when they are set but that is just plain wrong and based only on Charlton's geographic proximity to the Amex. Cardiff and Brum are both known to travel in numbers when they're doing well, have a small but obvious minority of trouble makers and are doing well on the pitch. In fact the latter had the best away record in the division prior to our game.
Charlton, on the other hand, are a place about relegation with dwindling numbers travelling and, historically, the two sets of fans have got on well to the point of a love-in.
I'm not necessarily arguing for Cardiff and Birmingham games to be upgraded. I'm saying if they are Cat B then so should Charlton be,
I think there are probably a few factors going on here. Perhaps the biggest one is, as alluded to by [MENTION=28546]Gary1[/MENTION], the lack of a promotional ticket offer. If you look at the number of "home" tickets we have sold for each of our games so far this season (ie total tickets sold minus away tickets), it is very noticeable that the two largest sellers are Cardiff (when the club did the two mates for a tenner each deal) and Birmingham (when there was the adult plus child for ₤15 deal).
The home ticket sales for these two games were:-
Cardiff - 25,237
Brum - 25,439
The next highest figure is 23,923 for the Hull game.
We don't know exactly how many season ticket holders we have, but the lowest number of home tickets sold so far this season was for Rotherham, where the figure was 21,232. If we assume that there were not many matchday tickets sold for that game, it would suggest that the matchday take-up for Cardiff and Brum was somewhere between 4-5,000. For five other games this season (including Rotherham), the figure is less than 2,000.
Another factor for Charlton is that the game is category A - Cardiff and Brum were both Category B.
It would certainly suggest that the "normal" matchday pricing (especially for Cat A games) is sufficient to put off hundreds (thousands?) who might be persuaded to attend when there are significant promotions and discounts available.
Given all this, let's hope that many of these supporters have been, or will be, persuaded by the value offered by the half-season ticket.
Fans vote with their feet, Charlton does not warrant a Cat A status. Saying my money for Ipswich game..
Do you know what, once a few others have posted on this thread it should be sent to Paul Barber. Not as a criticism as I think he is doing a fantastic job but more to highlight the consensus. If he can see individual fans are not attending simply due to price and not sue to Christmas/opposition/performances/atmosphere etc then it may make him reconsider a few minor price adjustments here and there.
Nicko31 - If the game was 20 notes for the south stand would you go?
What he may say is that we had the biggest crowd by 7,000 last weekend so stop being critical & let us continue do do the job we are paid for!?
Read match day threads they should give u a clue