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Post by trublu on Aug 18, 2019 8:53:45 GMT
Wanted to say as someone who rarely gets chance to go to games anymore what a huge leap in value i found yesterday at the game.
£18 for me and the lad to get in, plus a tenner for a meal deal each, really tasty steak pie for me and a hotdog he couldn't even finish due to the size of it.
I felt this was a huge improvement on some of the pricing in the past.
It was a shame to see the ground so empty. I think football in general has a huge problem attracting the younger generation these days, in an age of 0 hours contracts and on demand streaming those who want to pry themselves away from their devices often struggle to afford it, but i can see the club is doing its best to bring the cost down.
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Post by agl on Aug 18, 2019 9:45:51 GMT
Wanted to say as someone who rarely gets chance to go to games anymore what a huge leap in value i found yesterday at the game. £18 for me and the lad to get in, plus a tenner for a meal deal each, really tasty steak pie for me and a hotdog he couldn't even finish due to the size of it. I felt this was a huge improvement on some of the pricing in the past. It was a shame to see the ground so empty. I think football in general has a huge problem attracting the younger generation these days, in an age of 0 hours contracts and on demand streaming those who want to pry themselves away from their devices often struggle to afford it, but i can see the club is doing its best to bring the cost down. There's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth about our attendances but it's not just us. Saturation TV football is killing clubs at our level. Kids can watch their heroes on TV. Was at Lewes yesterday (step below us). Barely a kid to be seen, although it's free for under16s and 12 quid for adults. Mainly middle aged men going out of habit, having a beer on the terrace and to get away from the missus for an afternoon. The standard of football was awful. When you can watch Salah etc on the telly where's the incentive to watch footballers who can't pass a ball five yards and a pair of agricultural centre halves booting the ball skywards. Nice pint of Gun Pale Ale, mind. I think this is where the academies come into their own. Get the kids invested in the club and drag the parents down to the ground, then hope a few stick with it. We need to be challenging inor around the play offs to keep crowds around the 1600-1800 level and keep fingers crossed that Saturday games against the likes of Hereford and York don't fall victim to the weather or Cup taking priority. A few more 4-0 home wins will help but I get the feeling that not everyone has bought into the managers yet. Need to improve away from home and get a little winning run going. |
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Post by g1 on Aug 18, 2019 10:51:57 GMT
The problem today is kids don't seem interested in playing sport and that's a shame TV is also a big problem as well also our stay away fans have probably had enough of three four years of dross and don't want to go
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Post by rcb on Aug 18, 2019 12:51:48 GMT
The problem today is kids don't seem interested in playing sport and that's a shame TV is also a big problem as well also our stay away fans have probably had enough of three four years of dross and don't want to go  Surely not being interested in playing would have a positive impact on attendances! Certainly playing football on a Saturday afternoon prevented me from watching when I was a teenager. |
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Post by chesterken on Aug 18, 2019 13:32:16 GMT
The problem today is kids don't seem interested in playing sport and that's a shame TV is also a big problem as well also our stay away fans have probably had enough of three four years of dross and don't want to go Surely not being interested in playing would have a positive impact on attendances! Certainly playing football on a Saturday afternoon prevented me from watching when I was a teenager. Same with me rcb except I played Saturday Football into my late thirties so I was only able to watch midweek games, I make up for it now and have introduced two of my older grandchildren who are loving going to home games and the younger of the two goes everywhere in his Chester top and cap. |
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Post by jimbob on Aug 18, 2019 14:33:21 GMT
Its peak holiday time at the moment. Time to judge attendances, in particular 3pm Saturday, will be once schools go back in September
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Post by glosblue on Aug 18, 2019 16:25:53 GMT
The point about holiday season is a very good one. At work currently the office is practically deserted, as huge numbers of people are abroad. The time to judge is mid-September, not now.
I think our attendance yesterday would have been about the third highest in the Conference on the day, never mind the league we're actually in, and last week was about the same. That's not great, but it does mean we're more than competitive with other clubs we're competing against, at least unless there's a sugar daddy involved.
It's also true that our gates have never been much to write home about in the 50 years I've watched us. In the equivalent of League One today (ie the old Third Division) we regularly had under 2,000, and that's with the away team usually bringing a few more.
So - don't despair. If we maintain a winning run then quite a few will return. It's also true that the club is more switched on today than for many years in promoting ourselves, which has got to help in the long run.
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Post by MPW on Aug 18, 2019 16:53:27 GMT
Good to hear positive feedback. Hopefully we’ll have a gate of 2500+ against Hereford on the bank holiday, but we can all do our bit to promote the game and bring friends and family a long.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 8:03:16 GMT
Good to hear positive feedback. Hopefully we’ll have a gate of 2500+ against Hereford on the bank holiday, but we can all do our bit to promote the game and bring friends and family a long. Who will hopefully spend money in the bar, on the new shop stuff and perhaps more importantly to the survival of the club long term come back again. |
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Post by bing on Aug 19, 2019 10:15:11 GMT
The problem today is kids don't seem interested in playing sport and that's a shame TV is also a big problem as well also our stay away fans have probably had enough of three four years of dross and don't want to go TV is the main problem. Up until fairly recently you needed to attend a match to watch football 3pm on a Saturday. Now we have 5.30pm games, 12.30pm games - and even continental streaming of 3pm games. Angers me that more money doesn't filter down to the lower echelons on the footballing pyramid to compensate. |
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Post by jb on Aug 19, 2019 11:47:54 GMT
Boreham Wood has less than 300 home fans on Saturday. Having so many games in such a short period during holiday season does not help.
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Post by g1 on Aug 19, 2019 12:31:32 GMT
Boreham Wood has less than 300 home fans on Saturday. Having so many games in such a short period during holiday season does not help. how do boreham wood survive on there crowds I know arsenal ladies bail them out as well but blimey must be a poor club that 8 games in August doesn't help granted |
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Post by bing on Aug 19, 2019 12:38:53 GMT
Boreham Wood has less than 300 home fans on Saturday. Having so many games in such a short period during holiday season does not help. how do boreham wood survive on there crowds I know arsenal ladies bail them out as well but blimey must be a poor club that 8 games in August doesn't help granted Speaking of which: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49395213 |
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Post by Wortleyblue on Aug 19, 2019 12:41:39 GMT
how do boreham wood survive on there crowds I know arsenal ladies bail them out as well but blimey must be a poor club that 8 games in August doesn't help granted Speaking of which: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49395213Tick tock |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2019 14:54:35 GMT
Another club that relies on one person putting money in. Surely we should accept fan ownership will never give us top top flight football but at least we are in control of our own destiny..!
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Post by Si on Aug 19, 2019 15:33:01 GMT
how do boreham wood survive on there crowds I know arsenal ladies bail them out as well but blimey must be a poor club that 8 games in August doesn't help granted Speaking of which: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49395213It was always going to happen. The fans are the lifeblood of any club, and if you don't get the buy in then it doesn't matter how much money you throw at it, it will never last in the long term. At least we know we have the potential to bring in more fans, but we need a sustained period of good results and proper marketing initiatives to bring people back or gain new fans. With Boreham, I just don't think the interest is there - they're a couple of levels higher than what they can sustain and have no history to suggest they'll ever be anything other than that. More often than not, shit sinks to the bottom. |
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Post by 54321 on Aug 19, 2019 16:43:32 GMT
A lot of youth today are glued to their mobiles/laptops I.E twitter facebook WhatsApp Instagram and loads more! Jason Ashman won £1.8 million as a 15 year old last month
It doesn't help the with the likes of Wayne Rooney taking shirt number 32 when the team sponsorship are online casino 32red
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Post by jb on Aug 19, 2019 18:55:20 GMT
It was always going to happen. The fans are the lifeblood of any club, and if you don't get the buy in then it doesn't matter how much money you throw at it, it will never last in the long term. At least we know we have the potential to bring in more fans, but we need a sustained period of good results and proper marketing initiatives to bring people back or gain new fans. With Boreham, I just don't think the interest is there - they're a couple of levels higher than what they can sustain and have no history to suggest they'll ever be anything other than that. More often than not, shit sinks to the bottom. Have to say your last sentence is very harsh. On the basis of their support their Evostik Prem but thanks to their chairman they’re 300 fans are living the dream and were so close to League two football only 15 months ago. I don’t think we’ve ever been able to beat them either. |
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Post by everhopeful on Aug 20, 2019 4:01:44 GMT
It was always going to happen. The fans are the lifeblood of any club, and if you don't get the buy in then it doesn't matter how much money you throw at it, it will never last in the long term. At least we know we have the potential to bring in more fans, but we need a sustained period of good results and proper marketing initiatives to bring people back or gain new fans. With Boreham, I just don't think the interest is there - they're a couple of levels higher than what they can sustain and have no history to suggest they'll ever be anything other than that. More often than not, shit sinks to the bottom. Have to say your last sentence is very harsh. On the basis of their support their Evostik Prem but thanks to their chairman they’re 300 fans are living the dream and were so close to League two football only 15 months ago. I don’t think we’ve ever been able to beat them either. Isn't that the rabble that charge us to broadcast the commentary when we play there? AND we didn't reciprocate!  |
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Post by oldboneze on Aug 20, 2019 7:24:11 GMT
Have to say your last sentence is very harsh. On the basis of their support their Evostik Prem but thanks to their chairman they’re 300 fans are living the dream and were so close to League two football only 15 months ago. I don’t think we’ve ever been able to beat them either. Isn't that the rabble that charge us to broadcast the commentary when we play there? AND we didn't reciprocate! Yes plus they charged us £1 more than their own fans. |
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Post by iandychesterfc on Aug 20, 2019 12:26:58 GMT
It is exceptionally tough this season, so many factors have us at 1600 and it's really hard to take considering we were getting double last time we were here. All we can do is hope that in time we can produce a conference national side that can compete.
This level of football does not inspire, the best thing about the club is Gary and the kids playing.
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Post by wendel on Aug 20, 2019 12:32:32 GMT
Seriously? Brad Jackson is by far the most exciting player we have.
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Post by Si on Aug 21, 2019 8:14:30 GMT
I think if we're in the mix around Christmas time then people might start to come back. Strangely there's people out there who almost wait for us to start failing so they can feel better about not going, so it's going to take a time and some sustained results for them to eventually be guilted into returning. Best thing we can do it to keep targeting local kids, as I think we're more likely to gain new fans these days rather than get old fans returning. Seem to recall at the season ticket event Jeff saying that we were going to be getting involved in the Uni too, which is long overdue considering the amount of students that come to the city with potentially not much to do on a Saturday. Cheap football and cheap beer would surely get some of them down.
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Post by South Wirral Blue on Aug 21, 2019 10:42:57 GMT
It is exceptionally tough this season, so many factors have us at 1600 and it's really hard to take considering we were getting double last time we were here. All we can do is hope that in time we can produce a conference national side that can compete. This level of football does not inspire, the best thing about the club is Gary and the kids playing. Yeah the difference with last time was that everyone felt the club was moving forward and wanted to be part of the journey. In the NL our progress stalled a bit which was understandable but by the last season, we were clearly going drastically backwards and the thought of a second dose of NLN football has led to fans giving up for now. I think we're gradually demonstrating that we are moving forward again and as others have said, hopefully this will see the floating fans return. It's a shame they don't stick with us through thick and thin but it's always been the same. Can't blame it all on the floaters though, the club has to take some of the blame - the antics that went on 2 seasons ago were always going to hurt crowds. |
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Surely not being interested in playing would have a positive impact on attendances! Certainly playing football on a Saturday afternoon prevented me from watching when I was a teenager.
