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Title: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: graingrover on September 04, 2025, 10:25:27 am
Judging from the slow sales for Bradford it looks like Spurs tickets and coaches are the drain .
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: karldew on September 04, 2025, 11:14:21 am
1,406 left in the West and East, don’t think that’s too bad? Will be a similar attendance to Rotherham if not more with there being 3,000 away fans.

I can’t make it as I’m off to England vs Andorra at Villa park 17:00 KO, if it was 19:45 I’d of done both games.

Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: IDM on September 04, 2025, 11:21:36 am
Bradford for us, can’t make the spurs game.  If I could, it would have been both..
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Draytonian III on September 04, 2025, 01:34:26 pm
Bradford and Spurs for me and BBC3 tonight for Luxembourg vs N.Ireland 19.45 ko
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: sf9944 on September 04, 2025, 05:14:59 pm
Unless ticket sales pick up dramatically there will be nowhere close to the number of home fans for Saturday compared to the Rotherham game. I find this puzzling and a little disappointing. It’s hard not to conclude that supporters are prioritising Spurs tickets. Surely the league is more important however glamorous the Spurs tie?!
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on September 04, 2025, 07:17:05 pm
I would agree although the only other factor might be it being a 3pm kick off gives folk a bit more time to decide and buy tickets.

Maybe the cost of the three games to shell out for in quick succession means some are being more selective.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: dknward2 on September 04, 2025, 08:15:32 pm
Also the fact it’s on tv again
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 05, 2025, 05:33:36 am
Although Rovers are the more affordable. 2 games in a week this happens all the time for some a week ago it will the choice of one or the other.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Chris Black come back on September 05, 2025, 07:11:34 am
Rovers v Bradford is the live commentary game on talkSPORT2 on Saturday. Can't remember last time that happened.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: graingrover on September 05, 2025, 07:58:20 am
We should offer more to Bradford to avoid two empty swaths of seats in NW and NE of the stadium .
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: EasyforDennis on September 05, 2025, 08:48:27 am
1,406 left in the West and East, don’t think that’s too bad? Will be a similar attendance to Rotherham if not more with there being 3,000 away fans.

I can’t make it as I’m off to England vs Andorra at Villa park 17:00 KO, if it was 19:45 I’d of done both games.

Watching Rovers or watching England is like comparing staying at the Ritz or a Travelodge!!!
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Janso on September 05, 2025, 01:39:08 pm
We should offer more to Bradford to avoid two empty swaths of seats in NW and NE of the stadium .

Why would we do that?  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: graingrover on September 05, 2025, 01:40:18 pm
The players need our stadium to buzz even if we give 5000 to away fans to compensate for local absentees .
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Janso on September 05, 2025, 02:27:48 pm
The players need our stadium to buzz even if we give 5000 to away fans to compensate for local absentees .

What an absolutely ridiculous suggestion. Why on earth would you give your opponents a third of your ground? May as well offer to play both fixtures at Valley Parade. Christ.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: selby on September 05, 2025, 02:40:59 pm
  Could it be Rotherham are a more attractive side to our supporters than Bradford.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 05, 2025, 03:38:18 pm
  Could it be Rotherham are a more attractive side to our supporters than Bradford.

Yes one is a local derby 12 miles apart that's not happened for 3 years. The other is still a Yorkshire derby but with next to zero rivalry. Of course Bradford are bigger and will fetch more.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on September 05, 2025, 05:09:08 pm
If we don't make near 9k home fans tomorrow, it's a little concerning going forward. With MCann being backed and getting us off to a great start this season. What more do fans need convincing, particularly if a return to the Championship is back on the agenda? 
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 05, 2025, 06:04:28 pm
Not happening for sure. 2 games in a week.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: graingrover on September 05, 2025, 06:10:38 pm
I find it amazing how tribalism can turn to cutting your nose off to spite your face by limiting rival fans' numbers which equates to financial loss.
To smash the paradigm,if that is the way of thinking, just go to see the effect on the atmosphere when Milan shares the San Siro stadium with Inter twice a season for the derby .
I remember reading that Sunderland  took a following of 8000 to Blackpool one New Year’s Day game !
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: GazLaz on September 05, 2025, 06:21:18 pm
If we don't make near 9k home fans tomorrow, it's a little concerning going forward. With MCann being backed and getting us off to a great start this season. What more do fans need convincing, particularly if a return to the Championship is back on the agenda? 

We have had quite a lot of games in a short period of time. If 9000 people wanted to go every week we would have 9000 season ticket holders wouldn’t we?
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: mpc123 on September 05, 2025, 06:27:04 pm
I haven't watched England for years, its so boring.

I dont think it is panic stations on the attendance and all doom and gloom, there has been, quite a few home games on the trot and a spurs game coming.

It's amazing the out of control reactions on here, 1 player has a bad game they a rubbish, 1 loss from us we will get relegated, we get a lower than hoped crowd but we'll above where we have been for years and its worrying.

As a club we are in a great position, signs are great going forward, enjoy the ride, get behind the club, get behind the players.

Tomorrow will be a really tough one. Fingers crossed.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on September 05, 2025, 07:15:09 pm
I find it amazing how tribalism can turn to cutting your nose off to spite your face by limiting rival fans' numbers which equates to financial loss.
To smash the paradigm,if that is the way of thinking, just go to see the effect on the atmosphere when Milan shares the San Siro stadium with Inter twice a season for the derby .
I remember reading that Sunderland  took a following of 8000 to Blackpool one New Year’s Day game !

Tickets are allocated way before the date of the game and before we drew Spurs. I thinks it right we leave more room for home fans when it's difficult to predict the take up weeks in advance. Given where both clubs are, you'd think it would come fairly close to matching the take up for last seasons penultimate match.

Perspective though, things are still positive but I'm thinking ahead when, iif we get to the championship, are we going to grow at the required rate to be competitive (relatively speaking) ?

Anyway, that's for another day.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: colincramb on September 05, 2025, 07:54:55 pm
There’s still plenty of time for a sales boast tomorrow. It won’t be far off rotherham when we had around 9k home fans. Probably end up being 500/600 down but like some have said, 3 home games in succession isn’t cheap for some people and probably doesn’t help. End of the day, if we average around 8.5k home fans for the season it’s something to build on going forward
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 05, 2025, 08:04:52 pm
England v Andorra. Doesn't get much worse does it. Just such a pointless game.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: IDM on September 05, 2025, 08:11:32 pm
Isn’t it a World Cup qualifier.?  Hardly pointless..
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: graingrover on September 05, 2025, 08:17:41 pm
We had just over 8.000 average last season and will easily hit 9000 average attendance this I believe in view of the number of derbies and Northern opponents .
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: karldew on September 05, 2025, 09:34:32 pm
England v Andorra. Doesn't get much worse does it. Just such a pointless game.

My 7 year old daughter went to Mansfield away and also wanted to do an England game, she likes Harry Kane, but likes Billy Sharp more!

This was the only game with a decent KO time for her and it’s not a trek down to Wembley.

Hoping we’re sat joint top by the time England kick off… come on Donny!!
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Janso on September 05, 2025, 09:35:11 pm
I find it amazing how tribalism can turn to cutting your nose off to spite your face by limiting rival fans' numbers which equates to financial loss.
To smash the paradigm,if that is the way of thinking, just go to see the effect on the atmosphere when Milan shares the San Siro stadium with Inter twice a season for the derby .
I remember reading that Sunderland  took a following of 8000 to Blackpool one New Year’s Day game !

Half the ground barely clap never mind sing, it would hardly be comparable to the Milan derby for Christ's sake. McCann wanted to limit them to 1500 last season because he obviously thought 3000 might have more of an impact, never mind 5000. Couldn't care less what other clubs do, quite frankly. 3000 is enough away fans in a ground our size.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Pancho Regan on September 05, 2025, 11:36:39 pm
But unlike AC Milan, we don’t share our stadium with another club (thank heavens).

Giving up 5,000 tickets to away fans just to help create an atmosphere is not a sensible proposal.

Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 06, 2025, 06:55:08 am
Looks like sales have picked up and will be second highest home crowd. With Bradford selling out the overall crowd looks to be the same
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: steve@dcfd on September 06, 2025, 09:38:48 am
The game is also on Sky sports plus so that may take some off the home support
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: rich1471 on September 06, 2025, 12:04:56 pm
We might think £30 is a lot for a ticket but it will be very cheap for spurs fans and £10 for under 17 will attract a lot who don't normally go
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 06, 2025, 12:15:58 pm
£30 isn't a lot. People are living 20 years ago on ticket prices. Football wise I don't think ticket prices have increased like inflation and everything else has. Especially at our level
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on September 06, 2025, 12:34:30 pm
£30 isn't a lot. People are living 20 years ago on ticket prices. Football wise I don't think ticket prices have increased like inflation and everything else has. Especially at our level

You're right, it may not be alot but its the other things that go with it, and are added to other matches. As others have said, if the breadwinner is responsible for a couple of young uns too, it all adds up.

That's why Rovers were smart enough to take the 3900 allocation rather than the 5800 allocation.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Chris Black come back on September 07, 2025, 07:38:08 am
Well over 2000 tickets left for Spurs.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: dknward2 on September 07, 2025, 08:11:49 am
Well over 2000 tickets left for Spurs.

Midday today opens up for another 1000 so should see that move
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Padge_DRFC on September 07, 2025, 02:19:25 pm
Still over 1700 left
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Janso on September 07, 2025, 05:30:40 pm
I would imagine people who probably are eligible are possibly waiting for lower tiers to unlock so they can go with friends or family who haven't yet been eligible to buy.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Nudga on September 07, 2025, 05:53:15 pm
I would imagine people who probably are eligible are possibly waiting for lower tiers to unlock so they can go with friends or family who haven't yet been eligible to buy.

Yep, that's what im doing. Im on 59 points but my mate is only on 42 or something. 
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: normal rules on September 08, 2025, 09:24:24 am
1459 tickets left. Small que at the TO first thing this morning .
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: RoversDave on September 08, 2025, 11:21:22 am
Did mine on-line this morning,  now I'm on 53 points for the next round.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: dknward2 on September 08, 2025, 01:48:20 pm
1081 left as of 13:48
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: Albert Trousers on September 08, 2025, 02:04:35 pm
Be nice if there are some left for those waiting for general sale, can't see whats left lastinglong there though.
Title: Re: Bradford tickets or Spurs
Post by: normal rules on September 08, 2025, 02:36:53 pm
998 left.