Average Attendances in Championship - 2005/06

<u><font size="2">Top ten</font></u></p>

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Norwich City</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sheffield Wednesday</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ipswich Town</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Derby County</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sheffield United</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wolverhampton Wanderers</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Leeds United</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Leicester City</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Coventry City</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reading</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">

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Which brings me neatly to a question that's puzzled me for some time. Why was our average attendance last season so *****? The lowest it has ever been in this division. Christ knows what it would have been like if we were struggling! Even for the later games where you'd expect numbers to show it was piss poor ..and I would include the Hudders game in that.

Now I know you could argue that we still get (and always have done) bigger gates that Donny or Rotherham even though they are bigger towns, but so what , that's just always been a fact of life.

So...why so poor?

 

next year 15 k.....

thee watch

 

too expensive

tickets were around £20 to watch us playing crap teams. That's ok for the 'hardcore' fans but the casual footy fan wont pay that when they can pay less to watch other local teams or just stay in and watch another game on sky.</p>

You also have to consider that we didn't play well this season despite getting promoted. You can count on one hand the number of games where you came away really happy with not only the result but the performance, in the rest even if we won you was still left thinking 'we won but we were **** and that was like watching paint dry'. </p>

Because there has been no increase in prices I think that next season is much better value for money, the teams we will be playing are much more attractive to the casual fan and they wont mind paying the money to watch it. Especially with the introduction of the young child ticket, I think we can expect much bigger gates for the coming season.</p>

 

How could 15,000 glory hunters at Cardiff show such fanatical support?

 

I saw less home games last season

Than for any season in the last 25 years. The reason was simple. At £20 a pop for many games I couldn't afford to go to many matches. I can't have been the only one this applied to.

 

RE: I saw less home games last season

40 % increase in prices apparently over last few years.</p>

 

Apparently so

 

me 2

gettin season ticket next year though as i think the better footy will warrant the price

 

Yes. I said 'apparently'

You having a ST next season ?</p>

 

No

They're good value like, but I can't afford it.

 

RE: No

Sell some organs or summat.</p>



Mind, at least there's a few decent games this year for you to pick and choose.</p>

 

Jay why don't you get a proper job instead of your paper round.

Why don't we have a bbs whip round for Jay bless him</p>

Seriously though I worked out that a ticket for t'ponty was abart £12......</p>

I think we should double that cos we can buy better players like Peter Sand</p>