Crowds

At the start of the season I read with dismay a number of fans criticising the club for overpricing tickets. I for one praised the club for getting the right balance in their pricing structure. If the demand is there you are entitled to charge the going rate. Many argued that based on the prices the team would be playing in a stadium with huge numbers of empty seats & no atmosphere.

I for one again praise the club as it seems that they do have their pricing structure correct. We have played 10 home matches this season with an average attendance of 30,903 and there has been an excellent atmosphere. The smallest crowd was against Brighton - 29,402 & the largest against Man Utd - 33,028. Well done Cardiff City FC.

They got it almost right but just fell short as they are giving away freebies with the Huddersfield game.

Hello

I was one of the people you are talking about, and to be honest I stand by my comments.

Luckily, results have been better than expected and in the main our crowds have been great.

I am pleased by this, that said we were still 3,000+ bellow capacity against Southampton and Leicester and the reason for this is that that cheapest walk up tickets were £37.

The Club are clearly aware that they are struggling to sell the seats at match day prices for the lesser games hence the Bournemouth/Huddersfield offer and the offer they did for the Fulham game.

Regardless of how good our crowds have been, Cardiff as a City should be selling out week in week out in the Premier League and aren't, the reason for this, whether you like it or not is the match day price which is the reason the likes of me that 'dismayed' you made the comments we did.

Ps.. I'm a season ticket holder, the match day sales in essence have little bearing on me.

At the start of the season I read with dismay a number of fans criticising the club for overpricing tickets. I for one praised the club for getting the right balance in their pricing structure. If the demand is there you are entitled to charge the going rate. Many argued that based on the prices the team would be playing in a stadium with huge numbers of empty seats & no atmosphere.

I for one again praise the club as it seems that they do have their pricing structure correct. We have played 10 home matches this season with an average attendance of 30,903 and there has been an excellent atmosphere. The smallest crowd was against Brighton - 29,402 & the largest against Man Utd - 33,028. Well done Cardiff City FC.

The club has done all it can to get fans to attend this season and still people have a go. I despair as I don't care if they gave tickets away for free, let's just fill the stadium and create this brilliant atmosphere that we have every game.
As the manager and players have said, it's the 12th man and it lifts them in games.

Hello

I was one of the people you are talking about, and to be honest I stand by my comments.

Luckily, results have been better than expected and in the main our crowds have been great.

I am pleased by this, that said we were still 3,000+ bellow capacity against Southampton and Leicester and the reason for this is that that cheapest walk up tickets were £37.

The Club are clearly aware that they are struggling to sell the seats at match day prices for the lesser games hence the Bournemouth/Huddersfield offer and the offer they did for the Fulham game.

Regardless of how good our crowds have been, Cardiff as a City should be selling out week in week out in the Premier League and aren't, the reason for this, whether you like it or not is the match day price which is the reason the likes of me that 'dismayed' you made the comments we did.

Clearly I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular but I do recall some criticising the club. Where I do disagree though is you statement that we should be selling out in the Premier League week in week out. Cardiff is a big City but these days many would prefer to spend their money elsewhere or there are other distractions. We have filled our stadium over 90% every game where if you look at all the other clubs many don’t come near that figure. When it comes to pricing it is difficult to estimate how many fans will buy matchday tickets at a given price. Clearly if they made it £25 per ticket then there wouldn’t be an incentive to become a season ticket holder. Whereas if it was way overboard then they wouldn’t sell many. It’s fair to say that the club have done a decent job & don’t seem to be far out. I for one may have been critical of the club & their transfer dealings or lack of etc however give credit where it’s due.

With regards to the buy 1 get 1 free for the next 2 games they have clearly considered that they are not top 6 teams & it’s just after Christmas when some can’t afford it.

We should all be happy that we are currently out of the bottom 3, playing in a near full stadium with a great atmosphere. Tomorrow should be another great occasion.

It wasnt so long ago the NP capacity was 18k.
1998 our average was less than 7k
The last time our average attendance was higher was in 1954.
All in all the crowds are superb

Hello

I was one of the people you are talking about, and to be honest I stand by my comments.

Luckily, results have been better than expected and in the main our crowds have been great.

I am pleased by this, that said we were still 3,000+ bellow capacity against Southampton and Leicester and the reason for this is that that cheapest walk up tickets were £37.

The Club are clearly aware that they are struggling to sell the seats at match day prices for the lesser games hence the Bournemouth/Huddersfield offer and the offer they did for the Fulham game.

Regardless of how good our crowds have been, Cardiff as a City should be selling out week in week out in the Premier League and aren't, the reason for this, whether you like it or not is the match day price which is the reason the likes of me that 'dismayed' you made the comments we did.

We should all be happy that we are currently out of the bottom 3, playing in a near full stadium with a great atmosphere. Tomorrow should be another great occasion.

What's the point of the thread then?

Bored?

Hello

I was one of the people you are talking about, and to be honest I stand by my comments.

Luckily, results have been better than expected and in the main our crowds have been great.

I am pleased by this, that said we were still 3,000+ bellow capacity against Southampton and Leicester and the reason for this is that that cheapest walk up tickets were £37.

The Club are clearly aware that they are struggling to sell the seats at match day prices for the lesser games hence the Bournemouth/Huddersfield offer and the offer they did for the Fulham game.

Regardless of how good our crowds have been, Cardiff as a City should be selling out week in week out in the Premier League and aren't, the reason for this, whether you like it or not is the match day price which is the reason the likes of me that 'dismayed' you made the comments we did.

We should all be happy that we are currently out of the bottom 3, playing in a near full stadium with a great atmosphere. Tomorrow should be another great occasion.

What's the point of the thread then?

Bored?

Won't let me edit, I hadn't finished so ignore above.

I don't recall anyone critisizing the club, giving an opinion that we felt they had got it wrong with the season ticket increase as it gave them less leverage with the match day sales but agreeing that it was the clubs prerogative, it was me dogfound and Norms mainly.

It was a strange old time on here us 3 just wanted the Club to keep the prices down so we could fill the stadium and others not.

I think our predictions were pretty spot on to be honest, the Club are having a real struggle shifting the tickets in the red seats other than the top 4 due to the price, an undeniable fact.

It wasnt so long ago the NP capacity was 18k.
1998 our average was less than 7k
The last time our average attendance was higher was in 1954.
All in all the crowds are superb

Don't think anyone has ever disputed that.

Problem lays in not enough ST sold! We have doubled walk up crowds from previous seasons so only explanation is if we sold more ST we would get near sell outs every game, we get sold out utd ect ect as big draw but lesser teams not so big walk up crowd can blame priced but that's only if it's lesser teams no problem with price for utd ect .

Walk up price is way too high, they will never encourage new fans with prices around £40, or the ones who come now and then.
Why charge so much? Do ST holders really care? They have their seat cheap already, a seat they want by people they probably know. I’m not sure of how to play it in the future but I’d imagine the walk up would be huge if the price was decent.

Walk up price is way too high, they will never encourage new fans with prices around £40, or the ones who come now and then.
Why charge so much? Do ST holders really care? They have their seat cheap already, a seat they want by people they probably know. I’m not sure of how to play it in the future but I’d imagine the walk up would be huge if the price was decent.

Walk up prices are stupid
Away fans pay less than.our fans
£30 maximum for away fans

Walk up price is way too high, they will never encourage new fans with prices around £40, or the ones who come now and then.
Why charge so much? Do ST holders really care? They have their seat cheap already, a seat they want by people they probably know. I’m not sure of how to play it in the future but I’d imagine the walk up would be huge if the price was decent.

Walk up prices are stupid
Away fans pay less than.our fans
£30 maximum for away fans

Aren't walk up ticket prices depending on the opposition and when earlier bought the cheaper they are? Thought this as been in place for years at club!

Lots of ways to get cheap prices
Season ticket
Package of 5
Or purchase early bird prices

To purchase on the day is certainly the most expensive

Hello

I was one of the people you are talking about, and to be honest I stand by my comments.

Luckily, results have been better than expected and in the main our crowds have been great.

I am pleased by this, that said we were still 3,000+ bellow capacity against Southampton and Leicester and the reason for this is that that cheapest walk up tickets were £37.

The Club are clearly aware that they are struggling to sell the seats at match day prices for the lesser games hence the Bournemouth/Huddersfield offer and the offer they did for the Fulham game.

Regardless of how good our crowds have been, Cardiff as a City should be selling out week in week out in the Premier League and aren't, the reason for this, whether you like it or not is the match day price which is the reason the likes of me that 'dismayed' you made the comments we did.

Clearly I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular but I do recall some criticising the club. Where I do disagree though is you statement that we should be selling out in the Premier League week in week out. Cardiff is a big City but these days many would prefer to spend their money elsewhere or there are other distractions. We have filled our stadium over 90% every game where if you look at all the other clubs many don’t come near that figure. When it comes to pricing it is difficult to estimate how many fans will buy matchday tickets at a given price. Clearly if they made it £25 per ticket then there wouldn’t be an incentive to become a season ticket holder. Whereas if it was way overboard then they wouldn’t sell many. It’s fair to say that the club have done a decent job & don’t seem to be far out. I for one may have been critical of the club & their transfer dealings or lack of etc however give credit where it’s due.

With regards to the buy 1 get 1 free for the next 2 games they have clearly considered that they are not top 6 teams & it’s just after Christmas when some can’t afford it.

We should all be happy that we are currently out of the bottom 3, playing in a near full stadium with a great atmosphere. Tomorrow should be another great occasion.

Quote: "Clearly I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular..."

Sometimes better if you do, as not to do so tars a lot of people with a brush they don't deserve

To be fair to the club, the success of the team (and the odd 'big' name club) rather than the pricing was going to be the overriding factor for attendances or otherwise

Personally, even as a STH, I support the club with this deal