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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Park Rover on April 15, 2024, 05:20:32 pm
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Been down to the Keepmoat today to buy 2 tickets for Barrow and 2 tickets for Colchester. We usually sit in W26 but no 2 tickets were available together above Row K. Staff said it had been manic this morning with tickets for both the Barrow and Colchester games selling really fast.
Looks like we should have a good attendance on Saturday and following next Tuesday. Come on you Reds, we can be the 12th man and get us into the playoffs
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Bought mine and took a screenshot of availability in west stand about 1030 today, just looked again and sold about 270 just in west stand
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
just over 500 left in south stand, if these are correct, is that over 10k tickets gone already?
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
just over 500 left in south stand, if these are correct, is that over 10k tickets gone already?
I wouldn't have thought so as there seems be quite a big amount made unavailable for segregation.
W31, w32, w33 not available for sale
I'm guessing these would be opened up if we sell the rest.
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
just over 500 left in south stand, if these are correct, is that over 10k tickets gone already?
I wouldn't have thought so as there seems be quite a big amount made unavailable for segregation.
W31, w32, w33 not available for sale
I'm guessing these would be opened up if we sell the rest.
I think if the demand is there could they open up the away end for home fans and stick barrow in the block/s Accrington were in?
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
just over 500 left in south stand, if these are correct, is that over 10k tickets gone already?
I wouldn't have thought so as there seems be quite a big amount made unavailable for segregation.
W31, w32, w33 not available for sale
I'm guessing these would be opened up if we sell the rest.
I think if the demand is there could they open up the away end for home fans and stick barrow in the block/s Accrington were in?
Long way to go before the club would even consider this I would have thought
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This is good to hear. I think we fans need to do our bit in supporting the club if we have any genuine ambitions to grace higher leagues once more. As an owner, I would want to see my 'investment' being backed as encouragement to continue doing so.
Going forward, if we want to be signing the likes of Adelakun and other quality players, we need to show we can turn up in numbers, not necessarily because we're winning or cheap offers now and again.
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663 left in west stand
263 in family stand
515 in east stand
511 in south stand
This needs to be all over Twitter, Facebook, radio Sheffield and free press.
If people think they could miss out they may rush to buy
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Quick count before I go bed and still selling well this evening. They're going to have to open the other west stand blocks by Wednesday I reckon
639 left in west stand
245 in family stand
446 in east stand
469 in south stand
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Gonna need a daily update if we can sell out the south and family stand, will really start to see the rest of the stadium full up.
Wonder how many we have given barrow if we can stick them in the north end of the east then open up the north stand
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Gonna need a daily update if we can sell out the south and family stand, will really start to see the rest of the stadium full up.
Wonder how many we have given barrow if we can stick them in the north end of the east then open up the north stand
It was done against Crewe in the jpt northern final
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Let's hope all those who have bought STs in the east stand turn up as well this week
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There should be a more than usual smattering of walk ups too. Who will no doubt be expecting to get a ticket.
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Always misleading (the seats left. )
There is around 1/3 of the ground unavailable to rovers due to segregation and away allocation. The whole north stand plus three blocks in the west and the east stand not available (yet) No idea how many Barrow would bring to this. Probably not much.
A 10 k attendance would be great. But it could and should be much more.
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Let's hope all those who have bought STs in the east stand turn up as well this week
There will be some that can't. My lad's got something else on that he doesn't want to miss. I'm sure others are the same but i would rather we still had a season ticket. The kids have probably done about 14 this season which isn't too bad at a young age.
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I’m bringing one that probably hasn’t been for about 5 years. If everyone can try and persuade an old timer that’s lost interest, or someone that hasn’t been before then we will sell the place out
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I know of two who haven’t been for a few years who are coming on Saturday.
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Always misleading (the seats left. )
There is around 1/3 of the ground unavailable to rovers due to segregation and away allocation. The whole north stand plus three blocks in the west and the east stand not available (yet) No idea how many Barrow would bring to this. Probably not much.
A 10 k attendance would be great. But it could and should be much more.
I think it's around 8600-8700 home seats available total, when you take out the away section, segregation, mothballed blocks in West Stand.
I make it around 6600 home sales for Saturday so far (plus corporates).
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Just bought 3 tickets (ones a Leeds fan), had to wait a few minutes on the phone but nothing excessive
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Ashamed to say I haven't been to a game in more than 5 years. ST holder back in the Belle Vue days but life, work and family gets in the way, plus we don't live in Doncaster anymore.
I'll be there along with my wife (who hates football) and my 6 year old daughter who is coming along for her first ever Rovers game.
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This is all so much more positive to read.
Im absolutely buzzing for Saturday!
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Just been to get Gillingham ticket and Barrow havent advised of how many they have sold but it seems unlikely that we will open the north to rovers fans.
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Every seat near us in W24 is blacked out. I'd be very surprised if they've been sold. Potentially blocking bottom few rows off to deter a final match pitch invasion? Or leaving those seats open to a promo depending how sales go?
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Club are trying to get local business involved https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/business-appeal/
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There is some clever community strategy at play .
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The VSC have committed to buying a batch of tickets too for a sports team or school of the clubs choosing.
£100 seems great value to me for 16 junior and 4 adult tickets.
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566 left in west stand
172 n family stand
300 n east stand
336 in south stand
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Does anyone know if I can donate my ticket to someone who can’t afford one? I’m a south stand sth but can’t make saturday
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Put your thumb over the pic, I'm sure they won't notice or care.,
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Hope they have enough food outlets open to cater for the increased numbers
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They are pushing the free tickets to schools as well.
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Hope they have enough food outlets open to cater for the increased numbers
Ha,ha,ha,ha…..give over!
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Barrow’s biggest home gate this season was just less than 5,900 against Stockport.
Less than 4,500 vs Wrexham.
Their gates are ‘normally’ less than 4,000.
They’ll wonder what’s hit them come Saturday!
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I suspect they have seen big crowds at Wrexham
And Stockport
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I suspect they have seen big crowds at Wrexham
And Stockport
And Notts Co.
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Neither of which make the noise we do.
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They played at Bradford in front of 17,247 and won. The Notts County game was only 11,243 (draw) and Wrexham was 12,323 (lost).
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Blimey. A few home crowds above 6500 and a bit better atmosphere (mainly only in the second half) and we think we're massive and potentially intimidating.
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Blimey. A few home crowds above 6500 and a bit better atmosphere (mainly only in the second half) and we think we're massive and potentially intimidating.
Yeah a bit embarrassing really
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I've just checked DRFC site - in the Home areas there are now 1405 available tickets.
10,000 plus crowd nailed on for Saturday.
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I've just checked DRFC site - in the Home areas there are now 1405 available tickets.
10,000 plus crowd nailed on for Saturday.
I would say that's a definite.
Just as a note, without any extra promotion the home attendance has risen by 1300 between the Tranmere game and Accrington at the weekend.
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Is it even possible for us to have a 10k+ home crowd these days? Don’t know what the situation with opening up other areas is anymore. On the face of it, it would make sense to put barrow behind the goal and then open up the remaining east blocks and west blocks to home fans. We aren’t going to fill the north stand so this would appear to be the most obvious solution, provided demand is there at the end of the week
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Is it even possible for us to have a 10k+ home crowd these days? Don’t know what the situation with opening up other areas is anymore. On the face of it, it would make sense to put barrow behind the goal and then open up the remaining east blocks and west blocks to home fans. We aren’t going to fill the north stand so this would appear to be the most obvious solution, provided demand is there at the end of the week
Yes, it is. The club have got better over the years in managing the demand for seats. Being able to separate concourses in the North and East stands provides alot of flexibility.
As we've seen the calls have gone out from Grant, and to businesses to assist in encouraging kids to attend, so they'll be prepared for whatever take up materialises.
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They are pushing the free tickets to schools as well.
They're free to the end user, but they are mostly donations from commercial customers who haven't used up their allocations.
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Only 1315 tickets available now, in total.
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Will be there again on Saturday with the old man and potentially +1.
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Only 1315 tickets available now, in total.
Be great to see all of those sold. It’s a shame the north stand will be pretty empty. Any mention of how many away fans are expected?
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Only 1315 tickets available now, in total.
Be great to see all of those sold. It’s a shame the north stand will be pretty empty. Any mention of how many away fans are expected?
1047 available tickets left.
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Hope they have enough food outlets open to cater for the increased numbers
Sadly they NEVER do and this leads to disappointment and of course a lack of potential extra revenue for the catering side. Whenever we have gone on toa big sellout type of game we’ve always seemed to have lost the edge on the day - this CAN’T happen now we need extra bodies in the ground. The “ all round “ experience for these extra supporters cannot fail on the day.
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Do you really think the catering will make or break folks memories of the day?
Personally, although I like the odd beverage and snack, I don't give a flying **** whether I get anything at all. I think most people will adjust their expectations accordingly.
This is about a huge footy match, nothing else really matters does it?
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Only 1315 tickets available now, in total.
Be great to see all of those sold. It’s a shame the north stand will be pretty empty. Any mention of how many away fans are expected?
Most of the north stand, 4 whole blocks in the east stand and 3 blocks in the west stand will be empty.
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Do you really think the catering will make or break folks memories of the day?
Personally, although I like the odd beverage and snack, I don't give a flying **** whether I get anything at all. I think most people will adjust their expectations accordingly.
This is about a huge footy match, nothing else really matters does it?
If we’re getting a couple of thousand fans in that don’t normally come, by far the biggest factor that will get them back is what they see on the pitch but it would be really naive to disregard the impact of other areas - a bad experience with the catering or the club shop could put people off regardless of how we play.
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Do you really think the catering will make or break folks memories of the day?
Personally, although I like the odd beverage and snack, I don't give a flying **** whether I get anything at all. I think most people will adjust their expectations accordingly.
This is about a huge footy match, nothing else really matters does it?
If we’re getting a couple of thousand fans in that don’t normally come, by far the biggest factor that will get them back is what they see on the pitch but it would be really naive to disregard the impact of other areas - a bad experience with the catering or the club shop could put people off regardless of how we play.
If, after winning the game, folk don't return because they didn't get some chips at half time, then I would really question their motivation for coming to the match in the first place.
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Do you really think the catering will make or break folks memories of the day?
Personally, although I like the odd beverage and snack, I don't give a flying **** whether I get anything at all. I think most people will adjust their expectations accordingly.
This is about a huge footy match, nothing else really matters does it?
If we’re getting a couple of thousand fans in that don’t normally come, by far the biggest factor that will get them back is what they see on the pitch but it would be really naive to disregard the impact of other areas - a bad experience with the catering or the club shop could put people off regardless of how we play.
If, after winning the game, folk don't return because they didn't get some chips at half time, then I would really question their motivation for coming to the match in the first place.
The simple fact is that we’re not a particularly well supported club and stuff like this can and does make a difference to some people. We can’t afford to be indifferent and just blithely shrug our shoulders thinking it’s only the stuff on the pitch that matters to people. If we’re getting new or returning folk in at the weekend, I’d hope we’re doing everything within our power to get them back again and again and again.
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Can we have the toad brewery back please . Always liked going in there pre match
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The Toad was excellent. Barbecued burgers and sausages, great ale and just across the road from the ground. A shame it didn't work out for them.
I would hope and expect that the club will be putting the temporary bar outside the BVB and asking the outside burger van company (J&J) to bring an extra van or two if they have them. And maybe, just maybe they'll run a cloth around and fill up the soap in the BVB gents for a change. Also wouldn't go amiss if someone did the five minute job of sticking a bit of Polyfilla in the holes around the hand dryer in there and giving the surround a lick of paint. Small niggles but if I was a first time or casual customer and I encountered the state of the bogs in there it would make me reticent to go in the bar again.
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The Toad was excellent. Barbecued burgers and sausages, great ale and just across the road from the ground. A shame it didn't work out for them.
I would hope and expect that the club will be putting the temporary bar outside the BVB and asking the outside burger van company (J&J) to bring an extra van or two if they have them. And maybe, just maybe they'll run a cloth around and fill up the soap in the BVB gents for a change. Also wouldn't go amiss if someone did the five minute job of sticking a bit of Polyfilla in the holes around the hand dryer in there and giving the surround a lick of paint. Small niggles but if I was a first time or casual customer and I encountered the state of the bogs in there it would make me reticent to go in the bar again.
Easy to fix niggles like this. Just advertise for an odd job person and give them a free match day ticket for their troubles. Or pay through the nose for a contractor.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
There won’t be the demand
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I can never get my head around the who cares attitude on the catering. We all want what’s best for the club and catering is a total win win. Better experience for fans and the club gets to coin it in with massive mark ups on a captive audience.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
We do, and have.
We've all gone soft concerning ourselves about trivial things that the club can deal with.
Thank goodness we're not at Belle Vue where you were lucky to find a bucket to p*ss in. Appreciate what we have, rather than what we don't. The match day experience at the Eco is tons better than days of old.
If the catering copes reasonably well then that's a cherry on top, but let's not lose sight of the main event on the pitch and do our jobs as supporters to help the boys get over the line.
Relatively speaking, the profit from catering is small by comparison to the extra tickets sold. It's not about a who cares attitude, it's about perspective.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
There won’t be the demand
Agreed, but the sales look really strong. What's our highest league 2 home attendance?
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Baz, I absolutely appreciate the massive step-on in terms of general "match day experience" but to a first-time attendee who is used to clean and functioning toilets it's irrelevant how bad the facilities were at Belle Vue. There are simple and very cheap fixes that can be put in place to make the experience better for everyone. Are they the be all and end all? Absolutely not. The performance and result on the pitch are by far the most important things but to dismiss the peripheral components of the experience does the customers (and I use that word rather than "fans" or "supporters" who will turn up through thick and thin) a disservice.
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According to DRFC site now just 1150 tickets left for Saturday
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196 left for the black bank. Probably be gone by end of play tonight.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
There won’t be the demand
Agreed, but the sales look really strong. What's our highest league 2 home attendance?
As it stands there are 4 blocks in the east stand and three blocks in the west not even up
For sale currently. That’s just about the equivalent of the whole south stand .
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So by my maths we've probably sold just shy of 8k home tickets so far. I reckon we'll get to about 9k home tickets by Saturday then whoever rocks up on the day. Add in maybe 300 away fans. Total gate prediction 9580.
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Most significant point is thst of Mike Fellows .
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
We do, and have.
We've all gone soft concerning ourselves about trivial things that the club can deal with.
Thank goodness we're not at Belle Vue where you were lucky to find a bucket to p*ss in. Appreciate what we have, rather than what we don't. The match day experience at the Eco is tons better than days of old.
If the catering copes reasonably well then that's a cherry on top, but let's not lose sight of the main event on the pitch and do our jobs as supporters to help the boys get over the line.
Relatively speaking, the profit from catering is small by comparison to the extra tickets sold. It's not about a who cares attitude, it's about perspective.
Respectfully I couldn't disagree more with this. I think its a complacent attitude and presupposes that what is important to you when coming to a game is important to everyone else. The fact is that first impressions and appearances do matter. Added to that, the suggestions that Mike is making are very easy to do.
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I have bought into the 100 idea in favour of my old Primary school at Dunsville .It does not need to be restricted to businesses .
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I have bought into the 100 idea in favour of my old Primary school at Dunsville .It does not need to be restricted to businesses .
Nice touch matey.
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
We do, and have.
We've all gone soft concerning ourselves about trivial things that the club can deal with.
Thank goodness we're not at Belle Vue where you were lucky to find a bucket to p*ss in. Appreciate what we have, rather than what we don't. The match day experience at the Eco is tons better than days of old.
If the catering copes reasonably well then that's a cherry on top, but let's not lose sight of the main event on the pitch and do our jobs as supporters to help the boys get over the line.
Relatively speaking, the profit from catering is small by comparison to the extra tickets sold. It's not about a who cares attitude, it's about perspective.
Respectfully I couldn't disagree more with this. I think its a complacent attitude and presupposes that what is important to you when coming to a game is important to everyone else. The fact is that first impressions and appearances do matter. Added to that, the suggestions that Mike is making are very easy to do.
So easy in fact that if I still lived in Donny I'd ring the club and offer to nip down with some filler, a tin of paint and a catering pack of hand soap to do it myself!
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Baz, I absolutely appreciate the massive step-on in terms of general "match day experience" but to a first-time attendee who is used to clean and functioning toilets it's irrelevant how bad the facilities were at Belle Vue. There are simple and very cheap fixes that can be put in place to make the experience better for everyone. Are they the be all and end all? Absolutely not. The performance and result on the pitch are by far the most important things but to dismiss the peripheral components of the experience does the customers (and I use that word rather than "fans" or "supporters" who will turn up through thick and thin) a disservice.
Excellently put Mike, I agree 100%
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I have been to lots of grounds where one end has been split 50/50 with fans of both teams in there, with a small segregation area of course.
Why couldn’t we do the same if there was enough demand for tickets.
We do, and have.
We've all gone soft concerning ourselves about trivial things that the club can deal with.
Thank goodness we're not at Belle Vue where you were lucky to find a bucket to p*ss in. Appreciate what we have, rather than what we don't. The match day experience at the Eco is tons better than days of old.
If the catering copes reasonably well then that's a cherry on top, but let's not lose sight of the main event on the pitch and do our jobs as supporters to help the boys get over the line.
Relatively speaking, the profit from catering is small by comparison to the extra tickets sold. It's not about a who cares attitude, it's about perspective.
Respectfully I couldn't disagree more with this. I think its a complacent attitude and presupposes that what is important to you when coming to a game is important to everyone else. The fact is that first impressions and appearances do matter. Added to that, the suggestions that Mike is making are very easy to do.
You mistake my responses for complacency. As someone who's spent many an hour discussing the merits of the catering and facilities in meetings with Centreplate and the club in the past, I can assure you I'm accutely aware of the issues we've faced, and will continue to face as customers.
All I know is, there are good people at the club who do care and will be working on an ongoing basis to work on the priorities, including trying to do the best to accommodate as many folk as possible on Saturday. I trust them to get on with it. It's not my responsibility however, and when I go to sleep Friday night and wake up Saturday, I won't be worrying myself how many pies or pints we sell or whether I'll get one because this occasion will hopefully be remembered for other reasons which in turn, will bring more people back going forward.
If you feel inclined to bring some soap, some filler or set up a tea and coffee stand, or offer your services to the club, feel free.
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So at this moment in time, the East stand is far fuller than the West with just 140 seats left compared to 703 still available on the West and 104 left on the South.
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Looks like a chance of some sun on Saturday. These new attendees are going to have a shock in the East Stand if so.
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So at this moment in time, the East stand is far fuller than the West with just 140 seats left compared to 703 still available on the West and 104 left on the South.
Hospitality is sold out so that will account for a few seats in the East stand
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The atmosphere will be electric and I only wish I could be there. Won't get back from Lake Buena Vista, Orlando until Monday. I have faith we will win 14 in a row by the end of the playoffs.
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The atmosphere will be electric and I only wish I could be there. Won't get back from Lake Buena Vista, Orlando until Monday. I have faith we will win 14 in a row by the end of the playoffs.
Part timer
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The atmosphere at the Wrexham game was one of the best I can remember for a while and that was backed up with great support for the team last Saturday so, once the crowd get going it will indeed be Eco Electric! Even the West Stand barmy army joined in!
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The atmosphere will be electric and I only wish I could be there. Won't get back from Lake Buena Vista, Orlando until Monday. I have faith we will win 14 in a row by the end of the playoffs.
I’m gutted too. Paul Weller @ Aylesbury. Here’s hoping for a last minute sore throat
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38 tickets left in South Stand. Looking very good for a big attendance.
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Block E3 has just been opened up (260 seats) so East stand has now 314 available. Block W30 (253 left)has been opened since I bought my tickets. I didn’t realise this is how it would work so I’ve got my 4 tickets quite low down, when if I had known to wait I could have got better ones higher up.Ah well at least we will be there
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Black Bank SOLD OUT
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Block E3 has just been opened up (260 seats) so East stand has now 314 available. Block W30 (253 left)has been opened since I bought my tickets. I didn’t realise this is how it would work so I’ve got my 4 tickets quite low down, when if I had known to wait I could have got better ones higher up.Ah well at least we will be there
Contact the ticket office and see if you can change them, they are very good with that
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Looks like if we keep selling them that the barrow fans will be put in west half of the north stand and we will continue to sell to home fans in the east stand (potentially into north east corner?)until demand runs dry?
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Black Bank SOLD OUT
Website saying 62 left in S14
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Black Bank SOLD OUT
Website saying 62 left in S14
Strange, they've just gone back on then.
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Does that all the time. I really would take the web sales with a pinch of salt
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Does that all the time. I really would take the web sales with a pinch of salt
This isn't good for my ocd
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It was a bit like this for the opening game then I don't think there was even 7000 home fans despite the website showing the ground very sold out in places
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It’s been said before but I really don’t understand why the club don’t publish and push the actual ticket sales during the build up. Wrexham didn’t need it because it sold itself, this game does. Many floating supporters will be like me, they want to be a part of an occasion. There’ll hardly be any away fans so the occasion will come from the home fans. It’s not too late to publish updates 3 or 4 times a day and start to generate everyone pulling together to hit milestones- whether that be 8, 9 or 10,000
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Don't you think that any "floating fans" who are not aware this is an occasion can float away down the Don to Rotherham!
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Does that all the time. I really would take the web sales with a pinch of salt
This isn't good for my ocd
you mean cdo...... obvs
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Wasnt there a time when rovers games were posted on flyers in chippies all over town ?in the 21st c sometimes old
School PR still
Has a place .
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It’s been said before but I really don’t understand why the club don’t publish and push the actual ticket sales during the build up. Wrexham didn’t need it because it sold itself, this game does. Many floating supporters will be like me, they want to be a part of an occasion. There’ll hardly be any away fans so the occasion will come from the home fans. It’s not too late to publish updates 3 or 4 times a day and start to generate everyone pulling together to hit milestones- whether that be 8, 9 or 10,000
Mansfield did this in the summer with their season ticket sales which generated loads of interest and they had record sales.
You've got to make people think they are going to be a part of something special or, equally, miss out.
Regular updates like "Only 500 tickets left in west stand, don't miss out etc or" 7 000 tickets sold in 4 days!.
It doesn't cost them a penny to do this.
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S14 sold out, no other blocks on sale beginning with S.
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S14 sold out, no other blocks on sale beginning with a S.
1 left according to the web site but who knows could be 100 tomorrow. Must be at least 8,500 home fans now which should be applauded and hopefully come again. My worry is that when we get a big home crowd we tend to bottle it
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Like the home game against Wrexham, DVR?
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Like the home game against Wrexham, DVR?
Anomaly Alan?
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It’s been said before but I really don’t understand why the club don’t publish and push the actual ticket sales during the build up. Wrexham didn’t need it because it sold itself, this game does. Many floating supporters will be like me, they want to be a part of an occasion. There’ll hardly be any away fans so the occasion will come from the home fans. It’s not too late to publish updates 3 or 4 times a day and start to generate everyone pulling together to hit milestones- whether that be 8, 9 or 10,000
Mansfield did this in the summer with their season ticket sales which generated loads of interest and they had record sales.
You've got to make people think they are going to be a part of something special or, equally, miss out.
Regular updates like "Only 500 tickets left in west stand, don't miss out etc or" 7 000 tickets sold in 4 days!.
It doesn't cost them a penny to do this.
It’s called behavioural science, and we should be plying to it.
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Can’t help but be reminded of the notts county game with this build up. Massive crowd and we got beat 1-0
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Can’t help but be reminded of the notts county game with this build up. Massive crowd and we got beat 1-0
Stop it. You're just talking yourself into negative mindset. Just keep thinking of the recent Wrexham game, the promotion game v Grimsby when fans invaded the pitch, the wins v Rotherham, Scunny and Sheff Wednesdday when the couldn't get the ball of us....if you struggle remembering those, then think back to Southend play off semi or Crewe JPT.
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The atmosphere will be electric and I only wish I could be there. Won't get back from Lake Buena Vista, Orlando until Monday. I have faith we will win 14 in a row by the end of the playoffs.
Part timer
We were looking at the bottom of the table when the trip was booked. Will be at the playoff home game though. This is not the last home game.
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
You absolutely do not do any ticket promotions for a playoff semifinal!! That’s the time to cash in, not lose money
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Can’t help but be reminded of the notts county game with this build up. Massive crowd and we got beat 1-0
Stop it. You're just talking yourself into negative mindset. Just keep thinking of the recent Wrexham game, the promotion game v Grimsby when fans invaded the pitch, the wins v Rotherham, Scunny and Sheff Wednesdday when the couldn't get the ball of us....if you struggle remembering those, then think back to Southend play off semi or Crewe JPT.
Personally, I think that the fan invasion at the Grimsby game cost or at least stopped us winning the title that season. It was as though most fans and possibly some players thought that we would just stroll to the title. I’m sure that Grant and Cliff won’t let the players forget just what needs to be achieved, unlike Darren Ferguson who seemed to lose the plot in those last few games.
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On the subject of pitch invasions, it really isn’t needed this sat. Even with a win the job isn’t done . Far from it .
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On the subject of pitch invasions, it really isn’t needed this sat. Even with a win the job isn’t done . Far from it .
Totally agree. I hope our young fans behind the goal understand that. I'm not even sure a formal lap of honour, other than the usual appreciation from the players, is warrented. I'm sure whatever the outcome, alot of fans will stay back to applaud the players anyway. Even if we don't win, it's not over.
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Just had a quick glance at the seats available and, they're obviously releasing blocks one by one on the North side of the West stand. Probably about 750 to 800 to go before opening up blocks in the North stand. South full, although numbers held back for wriggle room.
Difficult to judge how many walk ups on the day as folk are more used to buying in advance now but sales seem to be going at about 500 per day.
Yes, all the concourse bars will be open. The prematch guide will be going out soon and be posted on the website, so I would encourage everyone to read this so we can be prepared for a brilliant day at the Eco.
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I make it just shy of 8000 home tickets sold as of this morning, plus corporates which aren't accounted for on the website.
On Tuesday it was about 6600 according to my workings, so strong sales the past couple of days.
Just over 600 unsold in the usual available home areas. We then have the north end of the West Stand to open if needed (W31, 32, 33) before getting to the North Stand. Presumably Barrow fans are going to be in the East.
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About ten rows of W33 can't be sold as they have had all the seat backs removed. Presumably for replacing broken ones here and there. Hope they sort that out in time for the challenge cup semi final. Hope the RFL are aware of that issue and it's getting sorted along with the big screen and it's inability to do replays of key moments. It's annoying why that hasn't been sorted out this season.
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About ten rows of W33 can't be sold as they have had all the seat backs removed. Presumably for replacing broken ones here and there. Hope they sort that out in time for the challenge cup semi final. Hope the RFL are aware of that issue and it's getting sorted along with the big screen and it's inability to do replays of key moments. It's annoying why that hasn't been sorted out this season.
Because the part for the screen is extortionate. I believe they did attempt to fix it preseason but it then broke down again. Stadium maintenance budget is limited and this wasn’t deemed essential.
It was my understanding the seats have now been put back to their original location?
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When I went to the Dons on Sunday the seat backs hadn't been replaced.
As for the big screen issue, it would be highly embarrassing if the BBC have to hire in another screen to be erected within the stadium which in turn would take seats away from being sold. Like I said earlier, I do hope these issues are being addressed.
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I might be wrong, but I always thought we leased the big screen and owned the little scoreboard
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I might be wrong, but I always thought we leased the big screen and owned the little scoreboard
I believe we own the screen now, but could be wrong
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The new LED scoreboard cost us £14,500.
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Total sales of all kinds home and away was this morning 8577.
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Total sales of all kinds home and away was this morning 8577.
Looking like the attendance will start with a 9 then. Decent enough.
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Total sales of all kinds home and away was this morning 8577.
Looking like the attendance will start with a 9 then. Decent enough.
9,999.
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I think by Saturday afternoon this will be in excess of 10k
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Total sales of all kinds home and away was this morning 8577.
That will be enough to take the official (which includes all STH's at each game) average home league attendance to over 7000 for the first time since COVID
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Total sales of all kinds home and away was this morning 8577.
DFP must have been listening…. Come on DFP keep us all updated over the next 48 hours…. Countdown to 10,000….
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W31 tickets now available to buy :scarf:
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W31 tickets now available to buy :scarf:
433 tickets available in W31.
Total tickets currently available is currently 976.
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357 left but the ticket site isn't showing W31.
Rovers should be updating this morning and this afternoon so as to drum up more excitement and get those last tickets shifted.
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
You absolutely do not do any ticket promotions for a playoff semifinal!! That’s the time to cash in, not lose money
No it doesn't. You work out. If we get 10k in at £15. But 7k in at £20 what's better
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
You absolutely do not do any ticket promotions for a playoff semifinal!! That’s the time to cash in, not lose money
No it doesn't. You work out. If we get 10k in at £15. But 7k in at £20 what's better
You're assuming if we discount all the time, more people will show up, making up the difference in revenue. That's a false economy.
We should not be under valuing the product. How are we going to progress if we don't bring in sufficient revenue to support League One, then maybe Championship football??
On the positive side, normally a game v Barrow wouldn't be that exciting, but at least we know the vast majority are there to support Rovers and not because it's against a more 'glamorous' opposition.
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
You absolutely do not do any ticket promotions for a playoff semifinal!! That’s the time to cash in, not lose money
No it doesn't. You work out. If we get 10k in at £15. But 7k in at £20 what's better
This is the most basic economic summary you could possibly have provided. You don’t undersell your product during the height of the most interest. You are gambling 10k on the assumption an extra 3k will turn up, if it’s a £5 less. What if they don’t? Where’s the evidence base to back this up? I don’t hear our fans complaining about ticket prices often.
The only way this would make even slight economic and financial sense would be if you could guarantee that the 10k would return week in week out. Even then, it’s a questionable model (selling something for less than your market worth)
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I make it over 8300 home tickets shifted now.
With corporates and walk-ups added on it should be our biggest home attendance (home fans only) of the season in any competition. Everton was the biggest so far with 8442 and we've already surpassed home sales for Wrexham by my reckoning.
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I make it over 8300 home tickets shifted now.
With corporates and walk-ups added on it should be our biggest home attendance (home fans only) of the season in any competition. Everton was the biggest so far with 8442 and we've already surpassed home sales for Wrexham by my reckoning.
Yes sales seem to have slowed a bit but you're right to point out the positives. This is just another step in the rebuilding process with more to come hopefully.
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Only 39 tickets left in the East Stand. Maybe start seeing the West Blocks fill up more rapidly during the day and tomorrow.
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357 left but the ticket site isn't showing W31.
Rovers should be updating this morning and this afternoon so as to drum up more excitement and get those last tickets shifted.
‘Last tickets’
720 left unless any more blocks get released.
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Popped down this morning for another Colchester ticket and was told Saturdays game almost sold out !!
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Popped down this morning for another Colchester ticket and was told Saturdays game almost sold out !!
Well the club will have to make a decision whether to open up the North stand. Which will need more staffing with councourse bars and stewarding. This might not be as easy as we think, as it might mean redeployment some staff away from other concourses, when they'll really need all hands to the pumps.
I'm sure they'll find a way.
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Block E2 in the east stand now on sale, this wasn't the case at 9 am. The majority have now sold out in this block, 148 available left to be sold.
Are we seeing a surge in ticket sales from the distribution of the corporate/kind gesture purchased tickets being handed out to schools and junior clubs??
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Not showing off but will repeat that I am not a business but have offered Rovers the 100 quid to pay for 14 kids and four adults at a game next season instead of buying a season ticket I can never use because I live abroad .You don’t have to be a business to adopt your old Primary school for the good cause .I have adopted Dunsville Primary school where I was a pupil long long ago .
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thats why i put Kind Gesture Brian. Well done Sir. :clapping:
i'm mistaken on block E2, thats the away fans who are going to be housed in there. i must say, they haven't sold very many tickets. probably no more than 250. very poor for such a big game
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thats why i put Kind Gesture Brian. Well done Sir. :clapping:
i'm mistaken on block E2, thats the away fans who are going to be housed in there. i must say, they haven't sold very many tickets. probably no more than 250. very poor for such a big game
They have just had away days at Gillingham and Crawley.
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thats why i put Kind Gesture Brian. Well done Sir. :clapping:
i'm mistaken on block E2, thats the away fans who are going to be housed in there. i must say, they haven't sold very many tickets. probably no more than 250. very poor for such a big game
E2 is usually the away bit for small followings, but that's been opened up to home sales now.
Presumably the club are putting Barrow in the North Stand and would rather sell out the north end of the East Stand to home fans rather than the other way round.
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thats why i put Kind Gesture Brian. Well done Sir. :clapping:
i'm mistaken on block E2, thats the away fans who are going to be housed in there. i must say, they haven't sold very many tickets. probably no more than 250. very poor for such a big game
E2 is usually the away bit for small followings, but that's been opened up to home sales now.
Presumably the club are putting Barrow in the North Stand and would rather sell out the north end of the East Stand to home fans rather than the other way round.
I was originally correct in thinking E2 had been opened up to home fans.
Looks like there will be 10K plus there tomorrow.
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What if we sell the remaining open blocks today? Surely the club won’t turn any walk up fans away tomorrow when we will still have 3000+ empty seats behind the goal?
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You'd think there would be a plan in place to divide the North Stand and sell tickets there if required, however we do still have a few 'overspill' blocks in the West and East that they'd surely look to fill first - W32, W33, E1, E45 and E46.
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They will only be able to sell around 2000 in the north stand. The barrow fans are going to be located in one half and with segregation and likely 2 big blocks allocated to them.
I'm sure there will be plans afoot into opening the north stand up for both sets of supporters with the dividing walls being used in the north concourse
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You'd think there would be a plan in place to divide the North Stand and sell tickets there if required, however we do still have a few 'overspill' blocks in the West and East that they'd surely look to fill first - W32, W33, E1, E45 and E46.
When I went to the Dons last Sunday about ten rows of W32 have had the seat backs removed so unless they have now been replaced they can't be sold
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I know it was touted about doing reduced tickets prices for this game and I agree we shouldn't do/have. If we make the playoffs and the game being on sky along with all ST holders having to pay I think that would be a good idea to then? Did we do anything last time v Charlton? I don't remember the ground packed out at all
You absolutely do not do any ticket promotions for a playoff semifinal!! That’s the time to cash in, not lose money
No it doesn't. You work out. If we get 10k in at £15. But 7k in at £20 what's better
If only it was that simple!
You forgot to include kids who pay a lot less and also remove the VAT from your calculations to get a more accurate figure. The average take after VAT is around the £12 mark. To start to increase your take by reducing the price means you need to have an increase, over and above what you would normally attract, by a few thousand. And judging by the sale of tickets this week, the price is not the deciding factor.
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Match Guide now out.
https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/barrow-guide/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0WhX0IQXUNndFhQprnDXFE2WZtTqaKFnxprselErMvTz3PNq0t8Q5fmbc_aem_AdmoyFtqZZwWyhPSIjlx4QFHSnLSo71g8khDtv-kUO4-aGpX8vnrtPvBzc4Jiwxwsc3Au_omj-JFuEuGzC4MSRWr
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What percentage of people buy in the day I wonder? Very likely to be less this weekend due to the demand and people buying earlier than normal.
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I dont properly understand the online ticketing but it seems to suggest a couple of hundred seats left ?
I assume the club are holding some seats back for walk ups tomorrow ?
Check - I didnt scroll down - loads left :s
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There's always some who make late decisions on attending for various reasons but generally I think people have got more used to the online ticketing system.
If there are large queues forming at the ticket office, I've seen staff walking up and down the queue to assist them in getting their tickets before they get to the door. They'll be prepared.
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3 phone lines in ticket office busy all afternoon
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Club now confirming tomorrow will be bigger gate than the Everton (11,430) and Wrexham (10,537) games.
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Club now confirming tomorrow will be bigger gate than the Everton (11,430) and Wrexham (10,537) games.
Is that home numbers or total? I think it's definitely going to be the best home turnout for a very long time. Either way, it's great to hear.
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I’ve read it as best home support not total attendance, so you can probably knock a couple of thousand off those numbers above
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South Stand fully sold out.
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DFP printed an actual figure yesterday 8,577
Why don’t they do the same today, tell us something we don’t know instead of the usual splurge of asking pointless questions with the same focussing on the next game answer.
They can help gather momentum and let the ‘not sure’ supporters see it’s going to bounce and they’ll be tempted in as to not miss out…
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Who cares, we’ve pretty much sold out the traditional home areas of the stadium. For once, the donny public have responded. Let’s hope this is the start of a renaissance with our city’s football club and it spills over into next season regardless of how things pan out over the next three games…
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Wrexham brought 2200 and Barrow estilmated below 500 .But I hope and expect to hear you all from my home viewing on I Follow from Belgium .Enjoy the stadium atmosphere guys n gals .
DROS states
This, coupled with general ticket sales, has ensured that our home attendance alone will be at least 2,500 greater than the average of our total matchday attendance for the season.
That in fact equates to a home supporters number of 9500 .
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If the home end is nearly sold out, why not open the last block of the West Stand.
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Wrexham brought 2200 and Barrow estilmated below 500 .But I hope and expect to hear you all from my home viewing on I Follow from Belgium .Enjoy the stadium atmosphere guys n gals .
DROS states
This, coupled with general ticket sales, has ensured that our home attendance alone will be at least 2,500 greater than the average of our total matchday attendance for the season.
That in fact equates to a home supporters number of 9500 .
You’ll hear us on that telly in Brussels trust me.
More importantly the team will hear & ‘feel’ the atmosphere to positive effect.
Barrow will be ‘blown away’ by the home fans & more importantly their opposition.
Nothing but good feelings here.
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Yep, gonna be good today, can’t wait.
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Just woken up in my sleeping bag outside Turnstiles 20/21.
I'm gonna be first in the queue at the beer kiosk in the West Stand concourse.
Come on you reds!!
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Well, I jokingly went for 9,999 because of the significance of the 9s, so I'm going to stick with that.
We know it's in excess of 9000 and it's a lovely day for watching football, so could it be over the 10k mark?
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How many are Barrow fetching?
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Just woken up in my sleeping bag outside Turnstiles 20/21.
I'm gonna be first in the queue at the beer kiosk in the West Stand concourse.
Come on you reds!!
Get me one in Pancho!
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Looking forward to this game. Should be a fantastic atmosphere! Come on you reds 3pts
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Very hard to work out sales, W31 has just popped up with 363 available?
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I’m not bothered what the actual number is, it’s gonna be a right atmosphere
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How many are Barrow fetching?
I don't know. I've heard quite low numbers in the 200s but that can't be right can it? I know they have a long way to travel but maybe double that would be a good effort?
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The club have already confirmed a day or so ago that the attendance would beat the Everton one, so unless Barrow are bringing over 1400, surely we must be over 10k home fans already?
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The club have already confirmed a day or so ago that the attendance would beat the Everton one, so unless Barrow are bringing over 1400, surely we must be over 10k home fans already?
They confirmed the HOME attendance would be more.
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Not showing off but will repeat that I am not a business but have offered Rovers the 100 quid to pay for 14 kids and four adults at a game next season instead of buying a season ticket I can never use because I live abroad .You don’t have to be a business to adopt your old Primary school for the good cause .I have adopted Dunsville Primary school where I was a pupil long long ago .
Well done Brian, we raised a glass to you in the Flarepath last night.
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The highest home attendance we've ever had was the Donnybob challenge 12500 v Swansea in 2010 but we've had a few around the 11k mark Inc the Leeds record attendance of 15,001 which of course can't be beaten since we reduced the seats when the big screen was installed.
As said above, we're assured of having a great atmosphere to cheer the boys on and, there's no concerns about the East Stand looking empty on TV!!!
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Empty seats in every section, even south stand. So did the club lie about sections being sold out or did people buy and no show
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Why the hell would the club lie.??
Maybe they saved some for walk ups, or st holders didn’t come.
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Are we gonna argue now? Forget about it. WE WON
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Less than 10k home fans officially
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Empty seats in every section, even south stand. So did the club lie about sections being sold out or did people buy and no show
a lot of people stand/bunch together in the South Stand and don't use their seat.
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That atmosphere was pretty good.
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10,251. About same as Wrexham. Smaller than Everton. Reckon 200-300 Barrow?
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There were 3000 Everton fans, 2200 Wrexham fans.
We're talking 10k home fans today at full price. All we need to know is the supporter base is there if the club can match it.
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10,251. About same as Wrexham. Smaller than Everton. Reckon 200-300 Barrow?
454 Barrow
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Empty seats in every section, even south stand. So did the club lie about sections being sold out or did people buy and no show
There'll always be empty seats in the South Stand for safety purposes. When we went to unallocated seating we cut the capacity by about 500 to allow for movement.
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6 of our season ticket group couldn't make it today, one of which is still mid flight and doesn't yet know the score, she'll be gutted and chuffed.