FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

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FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127269#p1313075

welcome to the premier league....

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127269#p1313075

welcome to the premier league....

Spot on Kevin, thats the True Fact, but many would not accept this last season.

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127269#p1313075

It was always going to happen, it would've been great if we had there support last season and sell out all our home games in the run in.
We have shown so far this season what a great atmosphere we can make by having a full stadium.

I believe rightly or wrongly that we were stuck in a rut of old head supporters and had nothing to Intice new younger fans to our games . A bit of success has given a boost to a lot of people and reignited the interest in our club from people who had grown disinterested in the club which in turn kept there children away which left us with a huge gap of a certain age range .
That has all changed now and hopefully this was the boost our fan base needed and whether we stay up or not I believe they will stay for the foreseeable future
I've noticed a hell of a lot of kids around with city shirts on the last few months , they will now grow up as city fans instead of other teams which is where we went wrong in the past
I don't think it really has much to do with the money I think it was mainly down to watching poor football against poor teams which the younger fans could not identify with or have a player to idolise , now they do and they see them playing against huge named players week in week out . that's what football is all about isn't it ?
A lot of credit should go to the work of the family stand management and workers aswell they have done a great job in getting the kids interested

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127269#p1313075

It was always going to happen, it would've been great if we had there support last season and sell out all our home games in the run in.
We have shown so far this season what a great atmosphere we can make by having a full stadium.

Such a shame, we should of sold every home game out last season, we couldnt even take more than 1,500 to Burnely to win the Championship for the first time ever, now fans will pay £50 to watch City at Chelsea, although to be honest a few rows of the fans up at Chelsea I had never seen any of them in my life before, Funny old world.

I would like to think our club will look after the fans away at Man Utd.

I personally cant afford a season ticket but I know shitloads of boys from where im from and even mates who bought season tickets just to see the big teams and most of them support man utd and Liverpool

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

If we had stayed in the Championship, prob 18,000 this season.

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

If we had stayed in the Championship, prob 18,000 this season.

I agree, maybe 23/24 for bigger games

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

I don't think the attendance would have dropped straight away if we stayed in the championship, we still have a lot of supporters that have the 5 year price freeze and they would see that out first, but once finished I agree the attendances would drop.

Answer is that people are jumping on the bandwagon. People who can afford it that is. Money is no object to some people but they only want to watch premier league football. They are not true fans.

It's happens to most teams. I still think we only have 22k true fans who can afford it. That won't change.

So to answer your question nothing has changed. There are still lots of city fans who can't because they are skint.

I personally cant afford a season ticket but I know shitloads of boys from where im from and even mates who bought season tickets just to see the big teams and most of them support man utd and Liverpool

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Same position as you mate. I know someone who's dad bought 4 season tickets having never been down before. Apart from the odd trip to Wembley

I personally cant afford a season ticket but I know shitloads of boys from where im from and even mates who bought season tickets just to see the big teams and most of them support man utd and Liverpool

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Same position as you mate. I know someone who's dad bought 4 season tickets having never been down before. Apart from the odd trip to Wembley

That means we've got a double shitload of Mancs & Scousers in the stadium?
If this trend continues and other posters claim to know shitloads who've done the same, it could imply half of our ground is full of fans who want to watch one game? Can't see it

Think its pretty obvious we were getting 2500 getting promoted out of div 4 then it jumped to 5000 in div 3 thats what happens more success more support its the same at all clubs

Think it is called progression, you will always get big crowd when you go up but take your point it is the Premier league and now they will finally get off their asses

If you're not a season ticket holder then you would pick and choose your games, obviously the big games will the games you don't want to miss out on.

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewt ... 9#p1313075

welcome to the premier league....

Spot on Kevin, thats the True Fact, but many would not accept this last season.

Problem is a lot of our long term fans have been put off by the prices and the recession, it's just now there are thousands of new fans to take their place. I'm not sure how positive that actually is if at all.

I still find it incredible we only took 1500 to Burnley to win the title. I wouldn't have missed that game for the world.

If you're not a season ticket holder then you would pick and choose your games, obviously the big games will the games you don't want to miss out on.

This. My neighbours weren't season ticket holders for the past 5 years, they did go to 7 or 8 games per season! Now the whole family of 3 are season ticket holders!

It's the same for EVERY club that gets to the premier league! It's a good thing right for the club??

I still find it incredible we only took 1500 to Burnley to win the title. I wouldn't have missed that game for the world.

FUNNY When I said last season,why cant we get crowds over 23,000, I would be shot down and told, no money, South Wales poor, a recession on etc, I would say, its because of who the opposition is and it should be about surely watching Cardiff City?



So how come very home game this season has been this?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=127269#p1313075

It was always going to happen, it would've been great if we had there support last season and sell out all our home games in the run in.
We have shown so far this season what a great atmosphere we can make by having a full stadium.

Such a shame, we should of sold every home game out last season, we couldnt even take more than 1,500 to Burnely to win the Championship for the first time ever, now fans will pay £50 to watch City at Chelsea, although to be honest a few rows of the fans up at Chelsea I had never seen any of them in my life before, Funny old world.

I would like to think our club will look after the fans away at Man Utd.

Rows of fans up at Chelsea you had never seen before eh? Hmmm. and the travel club reps only buy tickets for their members who fit the criterior I.e 6 away games? Hmmm

And now there are people asking for tickets for so called big games, giving all sorts of weird and wonderful reasons for wanting said tickets.

And now there are people asking for tickets for so called big games, giving all sorts of weird and wonderful reasons for wanting said tickets.

Your right about that, I get 30-50 requests a week on FB

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

I don't think the attendance would have dropped straight away if we stayed in the championship, we still have a lot of supporters that have the 5 year price freeze and they would see that out first, but once finished I agree the attendances would drop.

when does the 5 year price freeze end ?
Is this the final season ?

I think it's where we were at and where we are now.
If you think back to our last few seasons at NP, we had a hardcore of 10-12k, then 12-14k which then grew to around 20k when we came over to the CCS.
It grew because we were getting closer to the promised land and ofcourse some of the Wembley fans stayed on board.
We're now up to 24-25k regulars with a waiting list and if we are to go the next level up to say 28-30k regulars we have to stay up otherwise the stadium expansion will be pointless.
Out of interest how many think our crowds would have dropped this season had we stayed in the Championship, I definitely think they would.

I don't think the attendance would have dropped straight away if we stayed in the championship, we still have a lot of supporters that have the 5 year price freeze and they would see that out first, but once finished I agree the attendances would drop.

when does the 5 year price freeze end ?
Is this the final season ?

Next season is our final season.

No offence Annis its easy to make comments like that when you are comfortable and well off.

Most people work off a weekly / monthly budget and have x amount of disposable income after paying their bills.

This year they might decide that forking out £30/60 of their monthly budget on a ticket to watch a better standard of football ie: Man City, Man United etc is worthwhile at the expense of something else.

Last year they might decide that £30 was better spent doing something else they enjoy rather than forking out £30 to watch Peterborough United.

Its not financial rocket science.

And now there are people asking for tickets for so called big games, giving all sorts of weird and wonderful reasons for wanting said tickets.

I know loads of "I was there in a dungeon so I deserve a FA Cup final / Carling Cup final / Play off final / Premiership ticket even though i dont go regularly anymore" and they stopped going years ago but still hold themselves as some kind of elitist fans just cos they went in the shit years.

Unsurprisingly a lot of these are on the Tan Out bandwagon even though they had stopped going long before Tan arrived, and long before the rebrand.

As Annis would sau. "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm".

I used to go at least once a month and all home cup games but ive not been to a league match since weve been in the prem due to all these new fans buying st's to watch man utd. I refuse to pay the membership when i know perfectly well other prem clubs dont have such expensive membership required to buy any ticket. At least i get to watch all our games on tv now though. But i do feel a bit left out

I watched most home games for years when city were in the old div 4 & div 3, when a 6000 crowd was considered good. Saw them get slammed 7-2 at home to some crap side, but still went down the next home game. Supported them in the days of Toshack, Clarke, Bird etc. and my first game saw us beat Aston Villa 4-0 in the old div 2. Can't afford a season ticket now, and will never get a chance to see them in Premier League action. I wonder how many of the current supporters will still be there if city get relegated a couple of times, and are playing Bury or Hartlepool on a freezing January afternoon.