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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: dknward2 on April 20, 2025, 09:04:20 am
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As I have just had a quick add up of the tickets left for Colchester which came to just over 1500, yes more areas can be open but I doubt it now with just over 24 hours to go.
So I thought I’d do the same for the Bradford game and again for the areas that are currently available for sale we are showing 973 yes lots of areas that can be opened, however think if we win tomorrow then can see these going quickly through the week.
We really need the drfc marketing team to kick into high gear and be pushing for a sell out for the stadium for a promotion party
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How much segregation is needed for the Bradford game? Will waste a lot of space for sure.
You'd like to think we're pushing 10k tomorrow
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How much segregation is needed for the Bradford game? Will waste a lot of space for sure.
You'd like to think we're pushing 10k tomorrow
Let's hope so, although it is Easter weekend.
If all goes well then the Bradford game should be a near sell out. The club will have prepared the segregation zones for this game no doubt.
I suspect and hope, they will take extra precautions to prevent crowd invasions during the game. We'll be under scrutiny no doubt after last seasons episode.
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How much segregation is needed for the Bradford game? Will waste a lot of space for sure.
You'd like to think we're pushing 10k tomorrow
Let's hope so, although it is Easter weekend.
If all goes well then the Bradford game should be a near sell out. The club will have prepared the segregation zones for this game no doubt.
I suspect and hope, they will take extra precautions to prevent crowd invasions during the game. We'll be under scrutiny no doubt after last seasons episode.
I’m expecting a larger police and steward presence than we have had all season.
We need no reason for the efl to be looking at us for a simple pitch invasion could lead to a lot bigger fine and worse point’s deduction.
Let’s all enjoy the game celebrating in style and let the players do the lap of honour
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There is no reason or excuse whatsoever for a pitch invasion but some idiots can’t be told. How much will it cost the club if some encroach not to mention extra stewarding costs?
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Maybe a bit of self-stewarding might help, particularly in the South Stand and near the front? Some need reminding what’s at stake. It could actually prevent us getting a good signing next season, for example.
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Maybe a bit of self-stewarding might help, particularly in the South Stand and near the front? Some need reminding what’s at stake. It could actually prevent us getting a good signing next season, for example.
Yes, you wonder if one of those artificial moats would do the trick to stop the few wannabe's climbing over.
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Another quick check before going to the parents for Sunday dinner
Stands at 911 left
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Not sure I quite understand how to work out the expected attendance when we talk ‘tickets left figures’. So are we saying with 911 left we’re expecting around 14,000 working on a 15,000 capacity.( I believe it is a bit less than 15k)
Would be easier knowing home tickets actually sold would it not? Then just add in the allocation for the away fans, which we can assume are completely sold out for Bradford.
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No one actually knows the capacity anymore.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's 13.5k with all the bonkers H&S nowadays
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Is it only a fine if its during the game? Everyone pitch invades at FT and never seen a punishment
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Why take the risk.?
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No one actually knows the capacity anymore.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's 13.5k with all the bonkers H&S nowadays
yeah your deffo nearer the mark and will be even less with the segregated area
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So, as no one knows what the capacity is or how many seats are lost to segregation, stating how many ticket are left is totally useless info.
Therefore does anyone know how many tickets have actually been sold. May make this thread more informative.
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So, as no one knows what the capacity is or how many seats are lost to segregation, stating how many ticket are left is totally useless info.
Therefore does anyone know how many tickets have actually been sold. May make this thread more informative.
only the club will know the true capacity as the segregation can change game to game
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Perhaps Martin could enlighten us?
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No one actually knows the capacity anymore.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's 13.5k with all the bonkers H&S nowadays
Wasn't the Palace cup game classed as near capacity? 12,700+, what's point having 15,000 seats if someone can't argue they're following procedure and knock off a few thousand seats ?
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A few years ago the capacity was reduced due to various issues, big screen, segregation, etc so the 15,000 is wrong
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A few years ago the capacity was reduced due to various issues, big screen, segregation, etc so the 15,000 is wrong
So the seats are still there just not being used, which was is what I was getting at, love to know the criteria used that says why lots of seats are judged as unusable, Rotherham have lost about 500, from their capacity of 12,021
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No one actually knows the capacity anymore.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's 13.5k with all the bonkers H&S nowadays
yeah your deffo nearer the mark and will be even less with the segregated area
When we played Palace in 2019 the attendance was 14,010. South was unreserved seating then. When we played them earlier this season the attendance was just shy of 13000.
What we need to consider in addition to the segregation of fans, is the segregation in the split concourses and the staffing/stewarding that goes with it. The club has to balance the opening of those areas v demand.
For this seasons Palace match we were paid compensation for TV coverage and once demand drops to a trickle, it may not be worth opening additional blocks when the average income per seat is only about £8.
Over the years, I can't think of a time when the club got it way wrong.
Actual seats are 14975 I think (less any needing repair)
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Don't forget the row of broken seats too.
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I’d be surprised if the attendance tips 8500k today
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I’d be surprised if the attendance tips 8500k today
I think you’ll be surprised
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I’d be surprised if the attendance tips 8500k today
I’d also be surprised if there are 8 and a half million people there! ;)
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I’d be surprised if the attendance tips 8500k today
Only 735 left for sale on the website currently at 12:37
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Considering Colchester are fetching a decent amount it's gonna be close to 9500-10000
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Not many left, I guess they'll be opening the rest of east and north soon.
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This needs marketing the hell out of it
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Imagine having to market a potential promotion/title winning match
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This needs marketing the hell out of it
I disagree.
Anyone with a passing interest only has to look at the table - also there’s not many tickets left either.?
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Has anyone got a spare ticket for the south stand?
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I’d be surprised if the attendance tips 8500k today
Only 735 left for sale on the website currently at 12:37
Something is wrong with our capacity if this was the case. Looked a good crowd today then I saw just 8,900….really? Made a great noise though.
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Not many left at all
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Just bought 4 tickets for Bradford!!! Can not wait, main stand had a better choice.
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Will they be allowing home fans in the north again? Looks like it’s going to be needed
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Only 178 left in blocks currently being sold.
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Tickets have sold very well today, be suprised if we dont sell out on this one
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Block W31 is on sale now as well
And another one in the east as well. Home fans easily in the North.
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This needs marketing the hell out of it
really if this game needs marketing there is sumthing seriously wrong or they have been on the moon for the last 3 month
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8,936 at the Colchester game
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Don’t forget folks, another 12.30 kick off on Saturday.
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Extra blocks (W31 and E2) now on sale.
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Does anyone know which blocks Bradford sold?
Preferably I'm looking to hold out like for the Crewe game to go behind the goal (just personal preference)
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Does anyone know which blocks Bradford sold?
Preferably I'm looking to hold out like for the Crewe game to go behind the goal (just personal preference)
No and not easy to assume although I thought they'd probably have the same sections as Colchester N40 round to E45 same as Palace had.
Time will tell.
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When we have behind the goal against Crewe, they put their fans on the other side closest to the west stand (N30- 34). I think this makes it easier to get away fans to their coaches etc so would expect the same again if we are to open the north to us m
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When we have behind the goal against Crewe, they put their fans on the other side closest to the west stand (N30- 34). I think this makes it easier to get away fans to their coaches etc so would expect the same again if we are to open the north to us m
I think its because the club know the away fans will be discouraged from making trouble being so close to us hard cases in the wild West stand.
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209 left in e2 as of now
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17 in w31
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Website showing 14 in W31?
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201 in E2 and 7 in W31
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Wonder if anyone gets confused with E2 being blue?, it indicates away supporters on the key.
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That’s a good shout karldew. I can well imagine people who are not regulars getting confused and being put off. The key needs to be changed. We need to fill every last available seat with rovers fans.
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That’s a good shout karldew. I can well imagine people who are not regulars getting confused and being put off. The key needs to be changed. We need to fill every last available seat with rovers fans.
Wouldn’t worry, club will sort it today and make sure it’s well known what’s left
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126 left in E2
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E46 now open just under 300 left total
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Odd tickets appearing as people hand back. I’ve just got one in W24
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Bradford are having the centre of the north stand between tunnels 1 and 3
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E46 now open just under 300 left total
It's odd that E46 has gone in sale and E1 hasn't.
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Bradford are having the centre of the north stand between tunnels 1 and 3
That means no home fans in north stand
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Bradford are having the centre of the north stand between tunnels 1 and 3
Where has that come from? Seen on X that some of their fans say they’ve got tickets in N35, N36 and N39. That would suggest to me it’ll be a similar setup to the Crewe game if we can sell enough tickets to require part of the North Stand.
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Where's the 20 odd thousand that went to Wembley and Cardiff?
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It will be interesting to see how many walk ups turn up sat morning.
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Be sold out in 20 minutes, if there’s no Rovers fans in the North Stand, as people are saying.
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Where's the 20 odd thousand that went to Wembley and Cardiff?
Well, my two eldest live in Australia now, me and the better half live in spain, however my youngest will be coming up from Cornwall with girlfriend, and picking up a Huddersfield fan and his girlfriend plus a Sunderland fan and a guy whose family own half of Wales.
Well you did ask, l look forward to other very good excuses and what you’re doing about it, by COB Friday!
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Website only showing a few tickets available in the North East corner, I hope we've filled the available north stand !
Please don't groan too loud if Gibbo misses his first chance, let's get behind the lads & get promoted!!!
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
Be a shame If we can't utilise full capacity, could move the away fans into the corner surely?!
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
Do you know this as fact
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Odd tickets appearing as people hand back. I’ve just got one in W24
think that's my season ticket,told the club I'm on holiday back for notts county away
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I think this is probably our highest home attendances (given the poor away followings) since we came down from the championship. McCann is the man here no doubt.
We'll finish just under 8k this year average. 25% up on the Schofield days (and I imagine the actual fans in the ground on some of those games was tiny). Feels like a different club.
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I see we’re selling tickets in E45 so I assume we’ll then release E46 and then that’s that ?
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
Do you know this as fact
As I said yesterday, Tracey in the ticket office told me that there would be no tickets for Rovers fans in the North Stand.
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Guessing its after the barrow incident that got us fined so the safety officer is now hedging there bets and also thinking keep fans apart less chances of flash points
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Guessing its after the barrow incident that got us fined so the safety officer is now hedging there bets and also thinking keep fans apart less chances of flash points
But we didn’t have home fans in the North Stand for Barrow so this had no impact on that situation. Then after that we had home fans in the North Stand for Crewe, and as far as I’m aware there were no issues?
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Guessing its after the barrow incident that got us fined so the safety officer is now hedging there bets and also thinking keep fans apart less chances of flash points
But we didn’t have home fans in the North Stand for Barrow so this had no impact on that situation. Then after that we had home fans in the North Stand for Crewe, and as far as I’m aware there were no issues?
Wasn’t there a pitch invasion by Crewe supporters?
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Guessing its after the barrow incident that got us fined so the safety officer is now hedging there bets and also thinking keep fans apart less chances of flash points
But we didn’t have home fans in the North Stand for Barrow so this had no impact on that situation. Then after that we had home fans in the North Stand for Crewe, and as far as I’m aware there were no issues?
Wasn’t there a pitch invasion by Crewe supporters?
Do you think they wouldnt have invaded the pitch if there hadn’t been Donny fans in the North Stand?
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They’ve opened part of E1 now (not sure why this went on sale last and why only part?) but I think that’s probably going to be it. I’m pretty sure E45 is actually part of the north stand, so doubt that will go on sale. Only hope for those that still haven’t bought for whatever reason is that they open part of the remaining north block, as they did last year but obviously the lower part has the damaged seats. Probably looking at a home sell out by midday tomorrow, at the latest.
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
You don't know that
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
You don't know that
To be fair, he said he’s been told by staff in the ticket office. Now either they are lying, or he is. Be a pretty weird thing to make up, so I’m taking it as that is the case.
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DRFC official
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I reckon (without the north stand being open to us) the maximum attendance on Saturday is around 11850. Be surprised if it’s more than that.
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I don't believe the clubs that daft to not sell tickets in the north stand
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Hope there aren’t people holding off buying tickets in the expectation of north stand becoming available. A few on here hinted they might.
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
You don't know that
To be fair, he said he’s been told by staff in the ticket office. Now either they are lying, or he is. Be a pretty weird thing to make up, so I’m taking it as that is the case.
I doubt it’s their call. It may be the case now, but I think the club would open it up if the rest of the ground sells out and they think they could get a few hundred more in there.
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Should have just given Bradford 3000 tickets
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I don't believe the clubs that daft to not sell tickets in the north stand
Not sure it’s the club being daft. Might be a case of what they’ve been instructed to do.
The daft thing to do would have been to give them the numbers we gave charlton in the L1 playoff semi in 2019. Effectively made it a home leg for them that day.
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We ate NOT getting tickets for North Stand
You don't know that
To be fair, he said he’s been told by staff in the ticket office. Now either they are lying, or he is. Be a pretty weird thing to make up, so I’m taking it as that is the case.
I doubt it’s their call. It may be the case now, but I think the club would open it up if the rest of the ground sells out and they think they could get a few hundred more in there.
Guess we will know tomorrow. There’s no other blocks we can open up now without encroaching on the north stand. I’d imagine we will sell what’s currently on sale by midday tomorrow
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Should have just given Bradford 3000 tickets
The result's more important than the gate receipts on Saturday. We don't want to do anything that's going to help them.
Almost every time we sell the away end out to local rivals, it gives them a lift and they pump us. At last we've wised up.
F*ck them.
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Less than a hundred left if we aren’t opening the north so if you’re holding off waiting for the north I maybe wouldn’t
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Hope there aren’t people holding off buying tickets in the expectation of north stand becoming available. A few on here hinted they might.
I was doing that but noticed the rate at what the tickets have been selling for the last 2 days but even if they did people could always cancel and re book in the North Stand. In a scenario where it would be opened up.
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Just 50 tickets left
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E45 open now, another 130-odd tickets and the last block in the East Stand.
Surely when they shift it’s a no brainer to start selling North Stand tickets.
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179 left and they will not open the north stand to home supporters
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I hope we can get a continual countdown on available tickets again......
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I think it's fair to say the vast majority of keen Rovers fans, who can make the game will have secured their place by now. The remaining tickets are going steadily rather than being snapped up immediately. All the logistics will have been sorted by now so all that remains is for us to look forward to the game and a great atmosphere.
We know how much noise can be generated. The Barrow game felt and sounded like a full house with just over 10k in attendance, so I'm damn sure we can make the place rock with near 11k home fans.
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Should have just given Bradford 3000 tickets
The result's more important than the gate receipts on Saturday. We don't want to do anything that's going to help them.
Almost every time we sell the away end out to local rivals, it gives them a lift and they pump us. At last we've wised up.
F*ck them.
Correct, exactly what I think
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As of this moment 90 tickets available in E45 only
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Should have just given Bradford 3000 tickets
The result's more important than the gate receipts on Saturday. We don't want to do anything that's going to help them.
Almost every time we sell the away end out to local rivals, it gives them a lift and they pump us. At last we've wised up.
F*ck them.
That's a rather childish viewpoint Scawsby.
And I agree 100% with it!
:)
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Just 41 tickets left.
I imagine there will be some disappointed walk ups on sat morning.
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76 remaining - seems to be jumping about a little.
75 in E45
1 in E46
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Someone is messing about online block booking tickets and then cancelling I bet
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Just 41 tickets left.
I imagine there will be some disappointed walk ups on sat morning.
The north will be open by then
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Just 41 tickets left.
I imagine there will be some disappointed walk ups on sat morning.
The north will be open by then
Other people more in the know than me are saying that city have the central 4 blocks in the north stand.N38, N39,N40 and N41.
As such I don’t believe the concourse allows for seg outside of this.
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Looks to be 57 tickets left, just checked website
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So why haven’t they opened the two small blocks on the West stand? W32 and W33!
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W32 opened up on official website 262 tickets showing available ??
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So why haven’t they opened the two small blocks on the West stand? W32 and W33!
The 262 in W32 are the top ten or so rows, as the bottom 10 rows don't have any seat backs and are all netted off. W33 all have seat backs removed and again is netted off so this small block of seats won't be on sale until time and finance allows for these seats backs to ever be replaced.
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That’s strange they opened W32 and now tickets for the game are showing as no longer available, there was still seats available in the East!
Thinking about it, it's probably because the whole block contains 262 seats and then someone has realised that half the seats aren't functional so have to change the allocation within that block to the seats that only have seats backs. For the Palace game I seem to remember this was just over 100.
It's either that, or some seat backs have appeared from somewhere and have been fitted.
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Some have been saying for a long time about the shoddiness of the broken seats - they’ve even offered their own time free of charge to replace them! Beggars belief that this is still a thing preventing more fans attending and revenue coming into the club.
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Some have been saying for a long time about the shoddiness of the broken seats - they’ve even offered their own time free of charge to replace them! Beggars belief that this is still a thing preventing more fans attending and revenue coming into the club.
It prevented more fans attending the Crewe and Palace games!
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I’ve been golfing this morning and there were three lads in our group who haven’t been to see the Rovers for quite a while but they are football fans and still take a fleeting interest into how we are doing.
After chatting with them today about the upcoming game in two sleeps time they are going to try to get tickets for the game.
I would imagine that there will still be plenty of people who are likely to be doing the same thing.
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I’ve been golfing this morning and there were three lads in our group who haven’t been to see the Rovers for quite a while but they are football fans and still take a fleeting interest into how we are doing.
After chatting with them today about the upcoming game in two sleeps time they are going to try to get tickets for the game.
I would imagine that there will still be plenty of people who are likely to be doing the same thing.
If they aren't on the database then they have no chance of getting a ticket. Unless someone they know can buy them a ticket with a name that hasn't been bought for this match.
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I’ve been golfing this morning and there were three lads in our group who haven’t been to see the Rovers for quite a while but they are football fans and still take a fleeting interest into how we are doing.
After chatting with them today about the upcoming game in two sleeps time they are going to try to get tickets for the game.
I would imagine that there will still be plenty of people who are likely to be doing the same thing.
If they aren't on the database then they have no chance if getting a ticket. Unless someone they know can but then a ticket with a name that hasn't been bought for this match.
Yes, I know but for all I know they may be on the database.
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I’ve been golfing this morning and there were three lads in our group who haven’t been to see the Rovers for quite a while but they are football fans and still take a fleeting interest into how we are doing.
After chatting with them today about the upcoming game in two sleeps time they are going to try to get tickets for the game.
I would imagine that there will still be plenty of people who are likely to be doing the same thing.
And this is precisely why we should be pulling out all the stops to get as many people in as possible. Who is to say these three and others like them won’t end up getting a season ticket for next year. This is a golden opportunity to win new support and return lapsed supporters to the fold.
Complacency is not the order of the day here and if the broken seats have still not been fixed all these months later I think it’s very disappointing.
This isn’t about points scoring it’s about passionately wanting to see your club grow.
Well done to the club for opening up another block in the west stand. I’m sure they’ll continue to sell steadily.
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Some have been saying for a long time about the shoddiness of the broken seats - they’ve even offered their own time free of charge to replace them! Beggars belief that this is still a thing preventing more fans attending and revenue coming into the club.
Totally agree, it's just slack from the club. Pure and simple.
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If we were selling this many tickets every game then I'm sure repairing the seats would be higher up on the priority list.
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If we were selling this many tickets every game then I'm sure repairing the seats would be higher up on the priority list.
There's been a few times now it's been an issue. It's just basic stadium maintenance.
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Just 50 tickets left
just looked on 243 in one block and 33 in another left
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A total of 273 left.
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If there are over 100 seats not available beecause they don’t have backs just take them from seats in the north stand that won’t be getting used?
That works if someone is available to remove and refit them. That would probably pay enough to buy seat backs for the rest then.
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If we were selling this many tickets every game then I'm sure repairing the seats would be higher up on the priority list.
It’s not a big issue to fix though is it? Like I’ve said, people have offered to fit them for FREE! It’s really not going to cost much at all and if we had done it pre-season we’d have made the money back by now in the sales that could have been had over the palace and this game
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The club are all over it & this is why the additional seats have become available. Hope this clarifies.
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The club are all over it & this is why the additional seats have become available. Hope this clarifies.
I suspect this was the case but thanks for the feedback.
One for the close season to take up with the club is the seat plan colours could do with changing for each game in turn.
For instance you log on to buy a ticket, the matrix shows tickets available in an "away" seating area or in an area that are "not available". This could and most likely is confusing to fairweather fans!
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Yes the feedback is very much appreciated Lincoln. Are you able to provide any info or rationale regarding the sale/non sale of north stand tickets. No problem if not.
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It’s the length our club is going, to ensure any potential disorder is kept to a minimum. We ( Shadow board) have been kept fully updated, right up to this afternoon.
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Ok thanks again Lincoln
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Anyone any ideas what the total figure will be in the end then?
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Anyone any ideas what the total figure will be in the end then?
I'll guess at 12800
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12000/12500
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I'll go for 12198
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12,245 i am going for ⚽
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12250
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11,860
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If W32 has been opened can W33 be made available too?
Or has this area already sold out?
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
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It is a shame that we constantly miss out on 2000 extra sales which equates to £40,000 in extra revenue. I know there are safety issues to a game of this magnitude and obviously it would need extra stewards and policing.
If only we could rid ourselves of footy violence and behave and therefore treated in the same manner as big rugby games where they mix supporters and can drink during matches without “ kicking off “. Still though policing and stewarding in some towns is super aggressive and tends to cause more trouble than it stops.
Strange thing is many a footy supporter goes to Rugby Union/ League matches as well !
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To be fair, I would have liked to see the North open also but the sales have slowed down a bit at the back end of this week and demand is currently meeting supply. You would have had to sell those tickets tomorrow morning which I think gets messy and risky logistically.
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East sold out. 85 left in the West.
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
Was thinking along the same lines.
There's potentially more home fans tomorrow than the crewe play off game.
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Odd tickets appearing as people hand back. I’ve just got one in W24
Make sure you bring me some sweets.
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If W32 has been opened can W33 be made available too?
Or has this area already sold out?
Id expect w33 to go on sale once W32 is close to sold out.
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
Was thinking along the same lines.
There's potentially more home fans tomorrow than the crewe play off game.
How? We had half the North for the Crewe game.
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
Was thinking along the same lines.
There's potentially more home fans tomorrow than the crewe play off game.
How? We had half the North for the Crewe game.
It wasn't half, more like a quarter. Pretty sure w31 was closed too.
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Club have announced that tickets will go off sale at midnight and there will be no on-day sales, so if you want to go and haven't got your ticket yet, do it now!
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
Was thinking along the same lines.
There's potentially more home fans tomorrow than the crewe play off game.
How? We had half the North for the Crewe game.
It wasn’t half mate, the segregation was in the east side of the north stand. We only really had a couple more blocks than what we’ve sold for this
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A lot of mithering about the north stand. I think a lot of people fail to realise that the blocks up to the north west and north east corners will be full of home supporters. This never happens and more than makes up for the empty blocks in the north stand . More home fans less away fans . Prob around 10.5 -11k home fans . Which is unheard of at the keepmoat . Because for big games there is usually over 3 thousand away fans . Good job by the back office safety ground management team imo.
Was thinking along the same lines.
There's potentially more home fans tomorrow than the crewe play off game.
How? We had half the North for the Crewe game.
It wasn’t half mate, the segregation was in the east side of the north stand. We only really had a couple more blocks than what we’ve sold for this
Yeah we had N41-N44 for that game. Around 1000 seats.
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No new blocks showing as opened up as it stands and no tickets available.
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It is a shame that we constantly miss out on 2000 extra sales which equates to £40,000 in extra revenue. I know there are safety issues to a game of this magnitude and obviously it would need extra stewards and policing.
If only we could rid ourselves of footy violence and behave and therefore treated in the same manner as big rugby games where they mix supporters and can drink during matches without “ kicking off “. Still though policing and stewarding in some towns is super aggressive and tends to cause more trouble than it stops.
Strange thing is many a footy supporter goes to Rugby Union/ League matches as well !
Yes, I get the sentiment and there's no escaping the small minority which makes policing more difficult than it ought to be.
Probs about half of that £40,000 when you consider Seniors and kids etc plus the VAT man.
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Not selling on the day seems daft. Can they keep one or two sections free for walk ups.
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Should be able to sell more in the North Stand IMO. Surely having an extra couple of blocks of Rovers fans isn't going to greatly increase the chances of trouble? Just shooting ourselves in the foot with revenue, and not having the boost of the ground being absolutely full to the brim. Should've just given the full end to Bradford if the plan was never to have Rovers fans in the North. Seems pointless having 1000-1500 empty seats for such a spurious reason.
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Not selling on the day seems daft. Can they keep one or two sections free for walk ups.
There won’t be any extra sections available. All of the south, west and east stands will be sold out. There will be around 300 empty seats in the ss because of the 10% they have to leave free because it’s unreserved. And they won’t be sold.
In fact, I’ve just checked the rovers ticket link and it’s been taken down so I assume that all tickets are now sold.
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The online ticketing system is shut down.
A mate had just messaged me who has been to the club shop/ticket office.
Just 7 tickets remain unsold.
Probably will be sold by close of business and then it will be communicated that the home areas have all sold out.
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The online ticketing system is shut down.
A mate had just messaged me who has been to the club shop/ticket office.
Just 7 tickets remain unsold.
Probably will be sold by close of business and then it will be communicated that the home areas have all sold out.
It’s a very rare thing for us, but there will be walk ups tomorrow that simply won’t get in. But with a home crowd probably in the region of 11 thousand, which would be one of the biggest home crowds at the km, we shouldn’t complain.
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Saturday is now sold out.
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
Excellent stat, shows the progress made not only in the last 25 years but also since a change of direction with TB running the show!
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
Excellent stat, shows the progress made not only in the last 25 years but also since a change of direction with TB running the show!
Support has definitely improved in the last couple of years. Last time we were in this league under Fergie we averaged only just over 6k. I was also watching some of the highlights from 2012/13 recently - bearing in mind we'd just been in the Championship for 4 years and we ended that season champions of L1, the attendances didn't look anywhere near as good as they do nowadays. Average was 7.2k but boosted by some bigger crowds towards the end of the season, and the fact that we used to give the likes of Sheff Utd 4k tickets back in those days.
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
Excellent stat, shows the progress made not only in the last 25 years but also since a change of direction with TB running the show!
Support has definitely improved in the last couple of years. Last time we were in this league under Fergie we averaged only just over 6k. I was also watching some of the highlights from 2012/13 recently - bearing in mind we'd just been in the Championship for 4 years and we ended that season champions of L1, the attendances didn't look anywhere near as good as they do nowadays. Average was 7.2k but boosted by some bigger crowds towards the end of the season, and the fact that we used to give the likes of Sheff Utd 4k tickets back in those days.
Giving away fans 4000 tickets, what a great way to make money over the course of a season, doubt we will ever see that again. Unless we extend the north stand backwards above the fitness centre!
We've gone from offering away fans 4400 to 1500. That's quite drop and if the board do want us to return to the championship it will have to be something that is addressed.
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
Excellent stat, shows the progress made not only in the last 25 years but also since a change of direction with TB running the show!
Support has definitely improved in the last couple of years. Last time we were in this league under Fergie we averaged only just over 6k. I was also watching some of the highlights from 2012/13 recently - bearing in mind we'd just been in the Championship for 4 years and we ended that season champions of L1, the attendances didn't look anywhere near as good as they do nowadays. Average was 7.2k but boosted by some bigger crowds towards the end of the season, and the fact that we used to give the likes of Sheff Utd 4k tickets back in those days.
Giving away fans 4000 tickets, what a great way to make money over the course of a season, doubt we will ever see that again. Unless we extend the north stand backwards above the fitness centre!
We've gone from offering away fans 4400 to 1500. That's quite drop and if the board do want us to return to the championship it will have to be something that is addressed.
How many teams would've fetched 4400 fans this season??
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Sounds like the crowd will be greater than the 11265 needed to take the season's league average over 8K for the first time in Tier 4 since 1968-69 :chair: :scarf: :lol:
Very positive info that. It takes generations to increase fan bases and on the whole ours has been growing over the last 25 years.
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
That's a great bit of info Dutch and certainly does get things into perspective.
Onwards and upwards.
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Great stats, definite signs of growth. Worth noting aswell the away crowds haven't been great this season only a couple of decent away followings compared to bigger ones in the past.
A lot of youngsters following Rovers again as it's a good place to be which is what kids want. Contrast it to the Schofield days where I even attended one game alone it was that bad!
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Just doubled checked "22 seasons".....thats flown by :ohmy:
This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
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I think our average was around 2,500 when I started going in the late 80s and early 90s.
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Different sources give different numbers, so these not 100% accurate, especially the older numbers
League matches only
Season Div Home Avg
1901-02 2 2676
1902-03 2 2618
1904-05 2 2476
1923-24 3N 6605
1924-25 3N 5881
1925-26 3N 5504
1926-27 3N 5989
1927-28 3N 7574
1928-29 3N 6733
1929-30 3N 4652
1930-31 3N 4173
1931-32 3N 3903
1932-33 3N 5262
1933-34 3N 6000
1934-35 3N 10761
1935-36 2 14122
1936-37 2 12173
1937-38 3N 13040
1938-39 3N 11587
1946-47 3N 15322
1947-48 2 22317
1948-49 3N 13873
1949-50 3N 18260
1950-51 2 22835
1951-52 2 21078
1952-53 2 15862
1953-54 2 16984
1954-55 2 12372
1955-56 2 12414
1956-57 2 12389
1957-58 2 11129
1958-59 3 6664
1959-60 4 5247
1960-61 4 4754
1961-62 4 4584
1962-63 4 6303
1963-64 4 6355
1964-65 4 8569
1965-66 4 10398
1966-67 3 7909
1967-68 4 7852
1968-69 4 10212
1969-70 3 8562
1970-71 3 4478
1971-72 4 4125
1972-73 4 2259
1973-74 4 2395
1974-75 4 2975
1975-76 4 6056
1976-77 4 4631
1977-78 4 3228
1978-79 4 3000
1979-80 4 4322
1980-81 4 5412
1981-82 3 5234
1982-83 3 3541
1983-84 4 3778
1984-85 3 4103
1985-86 3 2804
1986-87 3 2449
1987-88 3 1913
1988-89 4 2159
1989-90 4 2706
1990-91 4 2831
1991-92 4 2081
1992-93 3R 2411
1993-94 3R 2485
1994-95 3R 2590
1995-96 3R 2090
1996-97 3R 2088
1997-98 3R 1715
1998-99 FC 3380
1999-00 FC 2981
2000-01 FC 2281
2001-02 FC 2409
2002-03 FC 3540
2003-04 3R 6939
2004-05 FL1 6886
2005-06 FL1 6139
2006-07 FL1 7725
2007-08 FL1 7978
2008-09 FLCh 11964
2009-10 FLCh 10992
2010-11 FLCh 10258
2011-12 FLCh 9341
2012-13 FL1 7239
2013-14 FLCh 9041
2014-15 FL1 6884
2015-16 FL1 6553
2016-17 FL2 6021
2017-18 FL1 8213
2018-19 FL1 8098
2019-20 FL1 8252
2021-22 FL1 6906
2022-23 FL2 6500
2023-24 FL2 7090
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It’s quite unusual for the club to put out a specific message about urging Bradford fans not to turn up without a ticket. I wonder if there is specific Info/ or Police intel that there is a group intent on doing this ? I remember Hull did this at Lincoln some years ago and it caused all sorts of grief.a group of about 150 turned up at sincil bank without tickets in a sellout crowd.
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It’s quite unusual for the club to put out a specific message about urging Bradford fans not to turn up without a ticket. I wonder if there is specific Info/ or Police intel that there is a group intent on doing this ? I remember Hull did this at Lincoln some years ago and it caused all sorts of grief.a group of about 150 turned up at sincil bank without tickets in a sellout crowd.
Dare I suggest that if the club had been more generous with their ticket allocation the problem would be reduced. I can understand that lots of fans in their position on the brink of their team’s automatic promotion - Bradford win and Walsall lose - would want to BE THERE! (We were disgruntled with Hull City and the prize is far greater tomorrow.)
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It’s quite unusual for the club to put out a specific message about urging Bradford fans not to turn up without a ticket. I wonder if there is specific Info/ or Police intel that there is a group intent on doing this ? I remember Hull did this at Lincoln some years ago and it caused all sorts of grief.a group of about 150 turned up at sincil bank without tickets in a sellout crowd.
Dare I suggest that if the club had been more generous with their ticket allocation the problem would be reduced. I can understand that lots of fans in their position on the brink of their team’s automatic promotion - Bradford win and Walsall lose - would want to BE THERE! (We were disgruntled with Hull City and the prize is far greater tomorrow.)
Screw Bradford fans, all the club should be bothered about is maximising home advantage (within limits of the required allocation requirements)
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It’s quite unusual for the club to put out a specific message about urging Bradford fans not to turn up without a ticket. I wonder if there is specific Info/ or Police intel that there is a group intent on doing this ? I remember Hull did this at Lincoln some years ago and it caused all sorts of grief.a group of about 150 turned up at sincil bank without tickets in a sellout crowd.
Dare I suggest that if the club had been more generous with their ticket allocation the problem would be reduced. I can understand that lots of fans in their position on the brink of their team’s automatic promotion - Bradford win and Walsall lose - would want to BE THERE! (We were disgruntled with Hull City and the prize is far greater tomorrow.)
That would be a reasonable argument had rovers not sold all of their home blocks.
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I’ve been on the Bradford forum for a bit of a nosey, there’s 28 pages on the topic of tickets for tomorrow’s match, and if I was Grant McCann I wouldn’t be going out in Bradford in hurry he’s not exactly the most popular man in that part of West Yorkshire.
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It’s quite unusual for the club to put out a specific message about urging Bradford fans not to turn up without a ticket. I wonder if there is specific Info/ or Police intel that there is a group intent on doing this ? I remember Hull did this at Lincoln some years ago and it caused all sorts of grief.a group of about 150 turned up at sincil bank without tickets in a sellout crowd.
Dare I suggest that if the club had been more generous with their ticket allocation the problem would be reduced. I can understand that lots of fans in their position on the brink of their team’s automatic promotion - Bradford win and Walsall lose - would want to BE THERE! (We were disgruntled with Hull City and the prize is far greater tomorrow.)
That would be a reasonable argument had rovers not sold all of their home blocks.
But will they put home fans in the North Stand?
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Looking at those seasonal average attendances.
That period directly after the war into the early 50's must of been some spectacle with those crowds ramming into Old Belle Vue!
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There's some ticketing issues the clubs are lobbying the EFL about. You may notice the clubs with larger away followings have only been given minimum allocations. We were obliged to send Bradford tickets back in February, even before the fixture could be subject to change by Sky.
Now, I'm sure I heard somewhere that if clubs request additional allocations above the minimum, they're forced to pay for them even if they don't sell out, whereas before, clubs could return unsold tickets.
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It looks like by reducing the away allocation, it has allowed us to fully utilise the East and west stands by having the segregation area to the two sides of the away fans in the away end.
Makes sense to me.
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It looks like by reducing the away allocation, it has allowed us to fully utilise the East and west stands by having the segregation area to the two sides of the away fans in the away end.
Makes sense to me.
It's a bit gay though isn't it. Not a problem in the huge prem and championship stadiums with 5 and 6 times more fans.
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It looks like by reducing the away allocation, it has allowed us to fully utilise the East and west stands by having the segregation area to the two sides of the away fans in the away end.
Makes sense to me.
The away end holds 3334. We've given them 1500. Work out for yourself just how big the segregation will be and then ask yourself if it's normal? it isn't. I understand the reason why it's reduced but if this was a run of the mill game they would receive nearly 3000 tickets.
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There was a Bradford fan urging fellow fans on one of their forums to turn up on mass, with the thought the police would force DRFC to let them in to prevent any issues.
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That sounds very Hillsborough ish.
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It would never become a Hillsborough situation though as there is far to much open ground around the stadium.
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It would never become a Hillsborough situation though as there is far to much open ground around the stadium.
I did say ish.
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There was a Bradford fan urging fellow fans on one of their forums to turn up on mass, with the thought the police would force DRFC to let them in to prevent any issues.
The police won’t do this. It will just mean plenty of people get locked up for public order offences. Very silly to even try. Can imagine it being a bit of a nightmare for those on the turnstiles though with people trying to ‘Jimmy in’ off the back of others.
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It looks like by reducing the away allocation, it has allowed us to fully utilise the East and west stands by having the segregation area to the two sides of the away fans in the away end.
Makes sense to me.
The away end holds 3334. We've given them 1500. Work out for yourself just how big the segregation will be and then ask yourself if it's normal? it isn't. I understand the reason why it's reduced but if this was a run of the mill game they would receive nearly 3000 tickets.
Crowd segregation is all about putting distance between groups. City have the central 4 blocks . If they were to have the central 6 blocks the actual distance between the bottom of west stand W33 block and the bottom of north stand block N37 is very little, due to the curved corners . I’m not privy to the Categorisation of this game from a policing perspective , but I’d imagine it’s at the higher end of things . Whilst there is little rivalry between these clubs, or a history of disorder, it’s a big crowd and a big fixture with a lot at stake. Emotions will be running high. It has risk attached to it . And the risk assessment will take all this into consideration . Let’s not forget, rovers sadly have an element of “supporters” who don’t care much for good behaviour. It’s for that reason the annoying but understandable away ticket policy is in place . I think, all things considered, the ticket allocation has been spot on .
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There was a Bradford fan urging fellow fans on one of their forums to turn up on mass, with the thought the police would force DRFC to let them in to prevent any issues.
The police won’t do this. It will just mean plenty of people get locked up for public order offences. Very silly to even try. Can imagine it being a bit of a nightmare for those on the turnstiles though with people trying to ‘Jimmy in’ off the back of others.
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It’s fair to say, this season and tomorrow in particular had thrown up a perfect storm. There are a few permutations that would be very very positive for rovers and city. But equally , there are permutations that could hit a very big pause button. None of which are lost on the fervent supporter base in this lge of death.
Turning up to a footy match that is sold out without a ticket is not a public order offence. It would only be disorderly behaviour that would attract police action. Attempting an old school “jibbing” is nigh on impossible at the KM.
The police would do little with any group that turned up unless they started causing issues. They would attempt to diffuse any problems by moving them on .
We should maybe be thankful this fixture is t being played out at BV. It would be chaos.
At the Lincoln v hull fixture many years ago ( which I worked at) the hull risk mob that turned up without tickets were ushered to the hotel opposite the station which they duely trashed. I know, I was stood outside. Every single one of them was arrested. Filling every custody suite in Lincolnshire.
The risk tomorrow is a large Bradford group turn up. They drink in town and if Bradford get a result they turn up at the ground to try to get in when the gates open . This would cause issues for sure . Police headache as there are other games taking place in south yorks . Such as Wendies v Pompey. It’s maybe for these reasons the away crowd has been limited. Bradford fans in Donny town centre are not a problem for DRFC. They are a problem for SYP .
Let’s hope tomorrow passes peacefully. But there is plenty of potential for problems. Especially if there is a determined group from Bradford that turn up at the KM without tickets .
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It looks like by reducing the away allocation, it has allowed us to fully utilise the East and west stands by having the segregation area to the two sides of the away fans in the away end.
Makes sense to me.
The away end holds 3334. We've given them 1500. Work out for yourself just how big the segregation will be and then ask yourself if it's normal? it isn't. I understand the reason why it's reduced but if this was a run of the mill game they would receive nearly 3000 tickets.
Crowd segregation is all about putting distance between groups. City have the central 4 blocks . If they were to have the central 6 blocks the actual distance between the bottom of west stand W33 block and the bottom of north stand block N37 is very little, due to the curved corners . I’m not privy to the Categorisation of this game from a policing perspective , but I’d imagine it’s at the higher end of things . Whilst there is little rivalry between these clubs, or a history of disorder, it’s a big crowd and a big fixture with a lot at stake. Emotions will be running high. It has risk attached to it . And the risk assessment will take all this into consideration . Let’s not forget, rovers sadly have an element of “supporters” who don’t care much for good behaviour. It’s for that reason the annoying but understandable away ticket policy is in place . I think, all things considered, the ticket allocation has been spot on .
Can I claim £5 on PC Patterson?
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Sorry,I missed the smiley ;)
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I’m sure which side doesn’t get a result
on the pitch will be looking to get a result off it :boxing:
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
it’s also felt like our away following has grown in recent years- are there any stats on these?
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I’m sure which side doesn’t get a result
on the pitch will be looking to get a result off it :boxing:
Stay at home & play in the back garden little child.
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
Perhaps I’m repeating something already said, but terrace “Season Tickets” were not on sale in 69/70, and l am pretty sure that they weren’t in the late 70s and early 80s either, so crowds could only be enumerated directly on the number of actual match attendees. (I believe that now ST Holders are counted as present whether they are actually there or not, so in a sense the comparison is not a direct one.)
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
it’s also felt like our away following has grown in recent years- are there any stats on these?
Approximate figures for Rovers travelling fans (not all data available, includes some estimates)
Season Div Travelling Fans
2008-09 Ch 1249
2009-10 Ch 1206
2010-11 Ch 920
2011-12 Ch 715
2012-13 FL1 678
2013-14 Ch 855
2014-15 FL1 702
2015-16 FL1 646
2016-17 FL2 742
2017-18 FL1 669
2018-19 FL1 755
2019-20 FL1 526
2021-22 FL1 562
2022-23 FL2 660
2023-24 FL2 699
This season so far ca 787
(Edit: 2022-23 and 2011-12 corrected)
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I can’t remember exactly which season, but I had a terrace ST circa 1982..
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This is my point exactly Gaz
First, in the 22 seasons since we regained our league place, discounting the COVID season behind closed doors, we have always averaged over 6K
In the 33 seasons before that we only once averaged over 6K, in 1975-76, and in 19 of those seasons it was less than 3K
That is a first generation of large growth
Prior to the Keepmoat opening, we had not had over 7K average since 1969-70. Since we moved (and discounting the COVID season) we will have had over 7K in 13 out of the 18 seasons
That is a second generation of noticeable growth from a higher start point
Perhaps I’m repeating something already said, but terrace “Season Tickets” were not on sale in 69/70, and l am pretty sure that they weren’t in the late 70s and early 80s either, so crowds could only be enumerated directly on the number of actual match attendees. (I believe that now ST Holders are counted as present whether they are actually there or not, so in a sense the comparison is not a direct one.)
Good point, correct, but this is all that is available
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Why would any club give the away side any sort of crowd "advantage" if they don't have to, especially in a game like this. We have given them what is required simple as If our club is happy to take a hit gate wise fine no problem. Great decision by the club
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I got a half season ticket for Christmas 1978 , the first game I used it for was a 2-0 win over Northampton in Feb 79, David Bradley scored for us, it was the week after we had been trashed 7-1 at Bournemouth
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I got a half season ticket for Christmas 1978 , the first game I used it for was a 2-0 win over Northampton in Feb 79, David Bradley scored for us, it was the week after we had been trashed 7-1 at Bournemouth
That’s really interesting and I assume it was for the terrace(s); I didn’t have much spare cash for such investment back then, but I genuinely cannot recall being aware that they were available - they certainly were marketed very strenuously!
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It was a junior one for the terraces, it was my fourth season as a supporter and I had a massive sense of pride I really felt I belonged there, still do now in my 50th season
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That 7-1 for Bournemouth won my Dad a few quid on the old football pontoon that every pub used to have.
I never had a ST back then but I do remember it was 45p to get in, first away game at Rotherham it was only 30p.
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It was a junior one for the terraces, it was my fourth season as a supporter and I had a massive sense of pride I really felt I belonged there, still do now in my 50th season
And I definitely had a Junior Terrace Ticket around 1970, so yes, they have been around a while. There was even a Season Ticket Turnstile you went through. It was a half season ticket and it actually had all the tickets in and I remember altering the unused numbers with a pen and giving them to my mates!!
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I bought Rovers’ Junior Season Tickets for two young brothers when I lived in Barcelona in the late 60’s( 1968) .I wrote to the club and my address in Barcelona was Avenida Juan Sebastian Bach .
The address of course in those days would be put right hand of the page .The Donny Free Press somehow saw that letter and the article he wrote was headlined ‘ BACH strikes the right note ! …a man called Bach bought …..
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Different sources give different numbers, so these not 100% accurate, especially the older numbers
League matches only
Season Div Home Avg
1901-02 2 2676
1902-03 2 2618
1904-05 2 2476
1923-24 3N 6605
1924-25 3N 5881
1925-26 3N 5504
1926-27 3N 5989
1927-28 3N 7574
1928-29 3N 6733
1929-30 3N 4652
1930-31 3N 4173
1931-32 3N 3903
1932-33 3N 5262
1933-34 3N 6000
1934-35 3N 10761
1935-36 2 14122
1936-37 2 12173
1937-38 3N 13040
1938-39 3N 11587
1946-47 3N 15322
1947-48 2 22317
1948-49 3N 13873
1949-50 3N 18260
1950-51 2 22835
1951-52 2 21078
1952-53 2 15862
1953-54 2 16984
1954-55 2 12372
1955-56 2 12414
1956-57 2 12389
1957-58 2 11129
1958-59 3 6664
1959-60 4 5247
1960-61 4 4754
1961-62 4 4584
1962-63 4 6303
1963-64 4 6355
1964-65 4 8569
1965-66 4 10398
1966-67 3 7909
1967-68 4 7852
1968-69 4 10212
1969-70 3 8562
1970-71 3 4478
1971-72 4 4125
1972-73 4 2259
1973-74 4 2395
1974-75 4 2975
1975-76 4 6056
1976-77 4 4631
1977-78 4 3228
1978-79 4 3000
1979-80 4 4322
1980-81 4 5412
1981-82 3 5234
1982-83 3 3541
1983-84 4 3778
1984-85 3 4103
1985-86 3 2804
1986-87 3 2449
1987-88 3 1913
1988-89 4 2159
1989-90 4 2706
1990-91 4 2831
1991-92 4 2081
1992-93 3R 2411
1993-94 3R 2485
1994-95 3R 2590
1995-96 3R 2090
1996-97 3R 2088
1997-98 3R 1715
1998-99 FC 3380
1999-00 FC 2981
2000-01 FC 2281
2001-02 FC 2409
2002-03 FC 3540
2003-04 3R 6939
2004-05 FL1 6886
2005-06 FL1 6139
2006-07 FL1 7725
2007-08 FL1 7978
2008-09 FLCh 11964
2009-10 FLCh 10992
2010-11 FLCh 10258
2011-12 FLCh 9341
2012-13 FL1 7239
2013-14 FL1 9041
2014-15 FL1 6884
2015-16 FL1 6553
2016-17 FL2 6021
2017-18 FL1 8213
2018-19 FL1 8098
2019-20 FL1 8252
2021-22 FL1 6906
2022-23 FL2 6500
2023-24 FL2 7090
Is the 2013-14 figure correct? 9k in L1? Must have been plenty of good away followings in L1 that season.
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Apologies - 2013-14 season was Dickov’s season in the Championship, will correct
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They say actions speak louder than words. The actions of the Bradford morons when tsl saved the pen spoke volumes about the decision to limit their allocation. Had that north stand been full, with minimum segregation, I’d bet some would have got hurt. The stewards looked overwhelmed.
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They had their moment inbetween the penalty being awarded and taken and hopefully they enjoyed that. The chances are they’ll still get promoted. More because of how dreadful the chasing pack is than anything they have done themselves.
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Small minority of their fans really embarrassed themselves.
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Small minority of their fans really embarrassed themselves.
Justifies the decision to limit them to 1500 tickets
I thought the Police were very slow to react, and the stewards were terrible
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Small minority of their fans really embarrassed themselves.
Justifies the decision to limit them to 1500 tickets
I thought the Police were very slow to react, and the stewards were terrible
Police are kept outside the ground as the moment they come inside, the club get charged. Because it means the stewarding has failed . And on that note, I’ve never seen as many stewards at a rovers game.
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Small minority of their fans really embarrassed themselves.
As did some of ours, throwing pyros on the pitch and running on the pitch pyros in hand.