TopGun Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalAttendance/0,,10794~200925,00.html Norwich have an amazingly good support. Fair play to them (though not on Tuesday obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Mywords Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 With a much smaller population than Southampton, Norwich's support is amazingly good with their smallest gate being bigger than our best. However, four other clubs have had their best attendance when we were the visitors and that is only bettered by Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 nothing else to do in Norwich on a Saturday tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 With a much smaller population than Southampton, Norwich's support is amazingly good with their smallest gate being bigger than our best. However, four other clubs have had their best attendance when we were the visitors and that is only bettered by Leeds. Never under estimate the pulling power of Delia's HT catering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Carrow Road's the only place big enough to hold a family get together. You're all related, you're all related, you're all related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 nothing else to do in Norwich on a Saturday tbh. True and that is why Ipswich get good gates, and do not forget both clubs lay on coaches from outlying towns to bus people in on match days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Does that mean that people from Norwich go to support Ipswich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didcot Saint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 they might get good crowds but the atmosphere at Carrow Road is terrible and their fans hardly sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWillie Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 i have a feeling we will get 25 k on boxing day. 20 k already sold. With a good performance against dirty leeds it should be on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 How on earth did we manage our highest attendance for a televised game? And surely yesterday's attendance of 19800 is pretty poor considering our recent form? I know it's 'before Chrsitmas' etc but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 How on earth did we manage our highest attendance for a televised game? And surely yesterday's attendance of 19800 is pretty poor considering our recent form? I know it's 'before Chrsitmas' etc but still. For third-tier English football that aint "pretty poor" it's a very good attendance. Dirty-Leeds last home game saw 36k for a top-of-table local derby, unusual at this level but not surprising for a big club that could get 40k in the Prem. Their home league game before that saw less than we got yesterday. And I'd guess we'll get a near full-house Boxing Day (26th Dec for 'Trousers'), particularly if we do win next Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 I would imagine we will get over 20,000 from the Exeter match until the end of the season (assuming our form doesn't go down the bog) due in part to the half-ST uptake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 For third-tier English football that aint "pretty poor" it's a very good attendance. Dirty-Leeds last home game saw 36k for a top-of-table local derby, unusual at this level but not surprising for a big club that could get 40k in the Prem. Their home league game before that saw less than we got yesterday. And I'd guess we'll get a near full-house Boxing Day (26th Dec for 'Trousers'), particularly if we do win next Saturday. It's poor in the context of our other attendances this season, that's what I was getting at. I wasn't comparing it to other teams' attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Porter Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Norwich do a lot of deals for familys and have done for the last 10-15 years, now even in league one they're seeing the benefits of those deals. We need to be more creative with our marketing and pricing like Norwich imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 How on earth did we manage our highest attendance for a televised game? And surely yesterday's attendance of 19800 is pretty poor considering our recent form? I know it's 'before Chrsitmas' etc but still. There was 3,000 away fans for that match not the 300 of yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 How on earth did we manage our highest attendance for a televised game? And surely yesterday's attendance of 19800 is pretty poor considering our recent form? I know it's 'before Chrsitmas' etc but still. as they were virtually all saints supporters, week before christmas, good turn out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jason Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 It's poor in the context of our other attendances this season, that's what I was getting at. I wasn't comparing it to other teams' attendances. Don't forget though mate Tranmere only brought 50 fans with them, so 19750 saints fans for the match ain't half bad. To be honest i though there was more than that yesterday. Going back to Norwich, their ticket prices are very fair, also the have February or march madness, so when the tickets went on sale they had every chance of still being in the Championship! It would be interesting to see how our attendances compare with previous season's best's in this division???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Don't forget though mate Tranmere only brought 50 fans with them, so 19750 saints fans for the match ain't half bad. To be honest i though there was more than that yesterday. Going back to Norwich, their ticket prices are very fair, also the have February or march madness, so when the tickets went on sale they had every chance of still being in the Championship! It would be interesting to see how our attendances compare with previous season's best's in this division???? Yes, that is a fair point which I hadn't considered. I think my disappointment at the at the size of the attendance may have been intensified by the long, long wait I had to put up with in order to buy tickets before the game. It's the first time I've ever had to buy tickets on the day and even though I got there by 2:20pm, I still just missed kickoff. After that, I was left thinking, "Surely it must be a big crowd?" but apparently not! If that's how busy / slow the ticket is processing the walk up crowd, then I wonder if something could be done. I'm not sure what, but I just had the feeling that the situation wasn't perhaps handled as well as it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La BoIS Saint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Yes, that is a fair point which I hadn't considered. I think my disappointment at the at the size of the attendance may have been intensified by the long, long wait I had to put up with in order to buy tickets before the game. It's the first time I've ever had to buy tickets on the day and even though I got there by 2:20pm, I still just missed kickoff. After that, I was left thinking, "Surely it must be a big crowd?" but apparently not! If that's how busy / slow the ticket is processing the walk up crowd, then I wonder if something could be done. I'm not sure what, but I just had the feeling that the situation wasn't perhaps handled as well as it could be. Do what they do for cup games and make it cheaper if you book in advance. Most clubs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostBoys Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 The fact that Leeds and Norwich are higher is still an embarassment. We should be at 25k and higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 It is worth pointing out that Norwich average ticket price is a lot lot less than ours, and have been for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jason Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 The fact that Leeds and Norwich are higher is still an embarassment. We should be at 25k and higher Is it really an "embarrassment lost boy?? Leeds Utd are a massive, massive club and Norwich have a really impressive price structure and their sales policy 'cheap season tickets sold early' has built up a great fan base. You also need to take in to context their location, Ipswich, Colchester, Norwich and that's it. Also not forgetting we've had 5 years of in-fighting culminating in administration, we've lost fans and it takes time to win them back, people get used to not coming anymore, but, they are coming back. I went with 9 lads yesterday, beginning of the season there was just 3 of us!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Leeds are a much bigger club in every way than Southampton. There is f*ck all else to do in Norwich on a Saturday and they have an impressive price structure on season tickets. Also, draw a circle 40 miles around Norwich, and there is fook all else around for people living in nearby towns. Norwich don't have an amazing support, they have a sensible chairman and are one of the luckiest teams geographically in terms of attracting support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 13 December, 2009 Author Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Leeds are a much bigger club in every way than Southampton. There is f*ck all else to do in Norwich on a Saturday and they have an impressive price structure on season tickets. Also, draw a circle 40 miles around Norwich, and there is fook all else around for people living in nearby towns. Norwich don't have an amazing support, they have a sensible chairman and are one of the luckiest teams geographically in terms of attracting support. You'd think so but Elland Road is a tip. Ken Bates fronts them but no one seems to be sure who actually owns them (does this sound familiar?). There is loads of derelict land around Elland Road so if they were that big/rich nowadays they would surely have announced some plans to improve or get a better stadium and surrounding facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jason Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 You'd think so but Elland Road is a tip. Ken Bates fronts them but no one seems to be sure who actually owns them (does this sound familiar?). There is loads of derelict land around Elland Road so if they were that big/rich nowadays they would surely have announced some plans to improve or get a better stadium and surrounding facilities. I love Saints, I love the form we are in, we are great, we are moving the right direction etc etc regardless of who owns LUFC and regardless of the surrounding area, Leeds are huge, something we can only dream of, BUT all dreams are achievable, and under Marcus and Pardew I do believe we can achieve it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy_Saint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Also interesting to see that many other clubs best home crowds were for matches against either us or Leeds. Shows that we are taking plenty of away support as well as home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Norwich is basically Norfolk's + the northern part of Suffolk's only club. That's a fairly big area to draw on unrivaled support. Still, I think our attendances will rise in the 2nd half of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsfannick Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 if we move into the top half and people can see evidence of our success the attendances should shoot to about 23k average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 My season ticket at St Mary's cost me £260, the equivalent at Carrow road would have cost me £150. I'm sure a lot more of my mates would have got one if they were that cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Porter Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 LOL Lol indeed. That's a terrible comb over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintkiptanui Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 How on earth did we manage our highest attendance for a televised game? And surely yesterday's attendance of 19800 is pretty poor considering our recent form? I know it's 'before Chrsitmas' etc but still. In terms of Saints fans it was probably the best this season, Tranmere had about 4 fans, compared to Brightons 3000. Great turnout yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 The fact that Leeds and Norwich are higher is still an embarassment. We should be at 25k and higher Leeds have always had a better average than us, when in same division who is embarassed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 (edited) The fact that Leeds and Norwich are higher is still an embarassment. We should be at 25k and higher Norwich and Leeds are both near the top of the league. Saints were in the bottom four for along time. Considering that Saints are doing very well attendance wise. Higher than most Championship clubs and very close to many Premiership clubs whilst still in League One. Leeds are a bigger club than Saints and always have/will be so not really a surprise. Nothing else to do in Norfolk on a Saturday other than goto the football at Carrow Road. Should Saints get close to the playoffs they will start getting bigger gates than Norwich. They have a high number of season tickets and regular match goers however they won't be able to add much on what they currently get. Edited 13 December, 2009 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 LOL Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintkiptanui Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Wasted post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonjoe Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? I hope you're taking the mickey with post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? :smt017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jason Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? That'd probably be the Sunderland fans as the pic is from the Stadium of Light!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Did you not notice how different that stadium looks to St Mary's? Lots of clues you could use. The scoreboard being one of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 13 December, 2009 Share Posted 13 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Yahoo! You can still get Plastics in the 3rd Division, that was going to be my question on the Muppet show over Christmas. We must have sold loads into the 20K's for Boxing Day I bought extra tickets for Family and they are 6 rows behind where I can normally get seats at shorter notice on the fringes of the masses in the Chapel................................ I just hope we don't get the mothers meeting conversation that was going on between a couple of chaps, who none of us had ever seen before, behind us all through the 1st half yesterday; thankfully they got lost finding their way back to their seats for the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozkeith2 Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Lol indeed. That's a terrible comb over. Sh#t - no one told me i was going bald! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durleyfos Posted 14 December, 2009 Share Posted 14 December, 2009 Is that a picture from yesterday? Who are the fans sat to the right of the line of stewards? I thought the corners were shut all the way round to the Itchen? Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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