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Post by edjelley on May 24, 2023 18:48:37 GMT
Seen some crowd nonces on FB/Twitter. Sayin we take poor numbers. Some Carlisle saying they are a lot further. They also have no one around them whereas we have two of the biggest clubs on our doorstep. It used to bug me the smaller numbers. I still think this time will be different. The fan base has grown. That said they pulled out 8/9000 more than their average for their second leg which is bonkers. But again all that matters is we score more. You don’t get anything for some more fans. We don't have this thing where the town turns out, our town is full of United and City and they're both there a week later and they'll both be at the Charity shield a few weeks later, Wembley isn't huge in our town like it is in some. You're right and it's something that's always annoyed me. However at least there is now a lot more pride and interest in County,even from those Stockport residents who don't attend. The town unfortunately is full of plastic manc glory hunters and city,in particular,were just allowed unoppsed or without competition,to swamp the town in the 70's and 80's and sign up a generation of fans under the junior blues etc. The club are now back to trying to claim a proper identity with Stockport residents and it is working,but it will take a while to grow. A sense of pride in Stockport and County must be the aim. Your town,your team should be used and seen everywhere and make people who follow utd or city feel the outsiders.
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Post by vicar on May 24, 2023 20:01:14 GMT
Travel and early kick off will deffo put off a few casuals (and that's fair as I doubt i'd bother with this if I wasn't a proper County fan) but I agree with the points above that we never really get 'the town' turning out for us. I thought we'd exceed the Rochdale numbers but perhaps not. We've averaged over 9000 this season so far we're taking about 150% of our support, I think that's nothing to be ashamed about.
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Post by bramble123 on May 24, 2023 20:09:45 GMT
Its the same old problem isn't it, the whole country is FULL of plastic's? We (Carlisle) have no Premiershit clubs within 60 miles of Brunton park, however that doesn't stop the spanners coming out of the woodwork to declare their life long affection to these clubs, despite the vast majority will have never been to Anfield, Old Trafford or The Etihad, infact most of them wouldn't know where those grounds are. This is why I admire fans like you lot, Rochdale and Oldham, you support your local team despite the fact that your living in an area that is absolutely saturated with plastic's!!! So lets have a good time on Sunday whatever the attendance or the score may be, and show the world what its like to support REAL clubs.
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Post by gibbo on May 24, 2023 20:12:38 GMT
It's absolutely pathetic that it's a 1.30pm kick off. I reckon if either team get over 15000 each it'll be a great effort and we need to remember where we're starting from. Look at it as a comparison to the average home crowd,around 8 to 9k. 15000 would be great. United get 75000 each game,you wouldn't expect them to take 100k+ if possible. City around 50k each match but couldn't sell their fa cup semi allocation. I'm proud of whatever numbers we take ,proper supporters from a real club. Don't let anyone slag us off,be proud and stick up for your club. We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing.
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Post by Waldorf on May 24, 2023 20:24:02 GMT
It's absolutely pathetic that it's a 1.30pm kick off. I reckon if either team get over 15000 each it'll be a great effort and we need to remember where we're starting from. Look at it as a comparison to the average home crowd,around 8 to 9k. 15000 would be great. United get 75000 each game,you wouldn't expect them to take 100k+ if possible. City around 50k each match but couldn't sell their fa cup semi allocation. I'm proud of whatever numbers we take ,proper supporters from a real club. Don't let anyone slag us off,be proud and stick up for your club. We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing. Could people be waiting for pay day? It's gonna cost me 3/350 for this before a pint has been poured. I get paid Friday, so will get the tickets then.
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Post by vicar on May 24, 2023 20:49:30 GMT
It's absolutely pathetic that it's a 1.30pm kick off. I reckon if either team get over 15000 each it'll be a great effort and we need to remember where we're starting from. Look at it as a comparison to the average home crowd,around 8 to 9k. 15000 would be great. United get 75000 each game,you wouldn't expect them to take 100k+ if possible. City around 50k each match but couldn't sell their fa cup semi allocation. I'm proud of whatever numbers we take ,proper supporters from a real club. Don't let anyone slag us off,be proud and stick up for your club. We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing. We haven't got 15,000 match going fans though Gibbo, if we take more than that it wouldn't be a bad show, Salford sold 3000 tickets when they played Fylde at Wembley and the crowd was 8000, nobody's having a go at the real Salford fans, the dislike for them is more to do with them being a pointless project.
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Post by vicar on May 24, 2023 20:52:28 GMT
I'm sure a lot are wai We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing. Could people be waiting for pay day? It's gonna cost me 3/350 for this before a pint has been poured. I get paid Friday, so will get the tickets then. Some are waiting to see if they can get there first, finding transport is proving harder than getting a ticket and I'm sure some will pay on the day at the Wembley ticket office.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on May 24, 2023 20:55:21 GMT
Reckon both clubs have near enough sold all they are going to sell, with maybe upto an extra 1k each, with folks trying to sort out transport.
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Post by David Schofield on May 24, 2023 21:17:05 GMT
I said a few weeks ago we couldn’t and certainly shouldn’t take this uplift in crowds for granted - I am sure the commitment is there but the majority of new and existing season ticket holders did so on the back of :
1. Winning the League (that same feeling will be replicated on Sunday hopefully) 2. The end of Omicron and (the good riddance of) Lockdowns and the enormous built up ‘once in a lifetime’ desire for live entertainment; crowds are up everywhere 3. The ignorant bliss of the Cost Of Living Crisis* about to hit… 17,000 at Wembley with this horror and shit transport options will be a great effort and I will be proud to be amongst them and think nothing less of those who can’t or choose not to
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*apologies Lee😂
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Post by edjelley on May 24, 2023 21:20:58 GMT
It's absolutely pathetic that it's a 1.30pm kick off. I reckon if either team get over 15000 each it'll be a great effort and we need to remember where we're starting from. Look at it as a comparison to the average home crowd,around 8 to 9k. 15000 would be great. United get 75000 each game,you wouldn't expect them to take 100k+ if possible. City around 50k each match but couldn't sell their fa cup semi allocation. I'm proud of whatever numbers we take ,proper supporters from a real club. Don't let anyone slag us off,be proud and stick up for your club. We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing. I just don't understand what you mean. I was at County in the 80s watching away at Halifax with less than 1000,home to Southend only 1200 and there's more examples. As has been said we'll be taking around 150% of our home attendance for an inconvenient time,an expensive trip and in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Yet you expect more but excuse away city's poor turnout? I really think a bit of a reality check is needed here and I don't mean that in a bad way.I would love to take 25000 but will be proud of whatever we take. We are a club building season by season.
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Post by Philcounty on May 24, 2023 22:07:16 GMT
I said a few weeks ago we couldn’t and certainly shouldn’t take this uplift in crowds for granted - I am sure the commitment is there but the majority of new and existing season ticket holders did so on the back of : 1. Winning the League (that same feeling will be replicated on Sunday hopefully) 2. The end of Omicron and (the good riddance of) Lockdowns and the enormous built up ‘once in a lifetime’ desire for live entertainment; crowds are up everywhere 3. The ignorant bliss of the Cost Of Living Crisis* about to hit… 17,000 at Wembley with this horror and shit transport options will be a great effort and I will be proud to be amongst them and think nothing less of those who can’t or choose not to ⚽️💙 *apologies Lee😂 If we are fortunate enough to go up this season, I think we'll get a better idea of where our support is. I fully expect a bottom half finish if we're in L1 and once we're not winning as much we'll lose some of the day trippers. There were a few lower attendances (that were clearly not as high as the officially announced attendance) earlier in the season when we weren't playing as well.
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Post by David Schofield on May 24, 2023 22:14:53 GMT
I said a few weeks ago we couldn’t and certainly shouldn’t take this uplift in crowds for granted - I am sure the commitment is there but the majority of new and existing season ticket holders did so on the back of : 1. Winning the League (that same feeling will be replicated on Sunday hopefully) 2. The end of Omicron and (the good riddance of) Lockdowns and the enormous built up ‘once in a lifetime’ desire for live entertainment; crowds are up everywhere 3. The ignorant bliss of the Cost Of Living Crisis* about to hit… 17,000 at Wembley with this horror and shit transport options will be a great effort and I will be proud to be amongst them and think nothing less of those who can’t or choose not to ⚽️💙 *apologies Lee😂 If we are fortunate enough to go up this season, I think we'll get a better idea of where our support is. I fully expect a bottom half finish if we're in L1 and once we're not winning as much we'll lose some of the day trippers. There were a few lower attendances (that were clearly not as high as the officially announced attendance) earlier in the season when we weren't playing as well. There’s growth and it’s real and well deserved… but yes
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Post by timberwolf on May 25, 2023 8:32:14 GMT
We'd be quick to hammer Salford though as 'Tin Pot' if they took only 5/6K, which would be a comparison to our 15K in regards to average gate vs Wembley attendance. For City in the Semi-Final the game was a formality and they're frequent visitors to Wembley. It's our first visit in 15 years, only our 2nd in 30 years. It's a disappointing amount for me, considering the momentum gathered in terms of crowds post-Covid. Not necessarily a poor turnout or something to be ashamed of, but still a bit disappointing. We haven't got 15,000 match going fans though Gibbo, if we take more than that it wouldn't be a bad show, Salford sold 3000 tickets when they played Fylde at Wembley and the crowd was 8000, nobody's having a go at the real Salford fans, the dislike for them is more to do with them being a pointless project. Looking at other clubs average attendances how many tickets do they sell taken against this. Everything is against this game. KO time, sunday and a bank holiday. There must be more than one fan who has booked a holiday away for the weekend as they do every year and would not think of the PO when doing it. Try telling your partner and kids who have no interest in football or County you cannot go away this year just in case we make it to wembley. Add the high cost for kids tickets some will stay at home as they could go themselves but not the whole family as a normal matchday.
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Post by timberwolf on May 25, 2023 8:40:08 GMT
We don't have this thing where the town turns out, our town is full of United and City and they're both there a week later and they'll both be at the Charity shield a few weeks later, Wembley isn't huge in our town like it is in some. Think the town turning out is reserved for small town teams in football or RL who have never played there before. Once you have been its just somewhere else ticked off. Its never been an easy journey to get there anyway. Anyone who did our first wembley game against stoke would have been more excited about the occasion than they will be by sundays game and was a real day out. Sunday is just another important game of football and not a big exciting day out like the stoke one was where i doubt a single County fan ever expected to see us there ever.
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Post by Durango95 on May 26, 2023 0:52:35 GMT
I wasn’t getting into the crowd noncing bollox but if we take less than 2008 then it is rather piss poor tbh. We’ve grown as a club despite the quick turnaround and shit KO time I really thought we’d take very good numbers.
I’ve not got much money as haven’t many others, but not going to miss it. These trips don’t come around often.
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