Johnnyrotten Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, tomski said: Think Wembley brings out a different audience. Mates of mates, family members etc. I have my mum and sister coming. I’ve known my sister 37 years and only just found out she’s a Bolton fan who’s never been and my mum last went 25 years ago to a match. Its things like that where you realise this is a big game. I'd take winning this match and failing to get to the play offs. Not saying I'd take this cup over promotion obviously, but given the play-offs still means no promotion for 3 of the teams (and a crushing defeat at Wembley for one), I'd take the cup win and the positive memories that would go with it for 32k fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizlar Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 We could possibly sell 34000 which is some support considering what’s around us ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Its things like that where you realise this is a big game. I'd take winning this match and failing to get to the play offs. Not saying I'd take this cup over promotion obviously, but given the play-offs still means no promotion for 3 of the teams (and a crushing defeat at Wembley for one), I'd take the cup win and the positive memories that would go with it for 32k fans. Deffo means more than it should in reality but we are building something. My only concern is bigger picture stuff is promotion brings more than this. That saying everyone still remembers 89 who went and it’s time for another generation to make some memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, tomski said: Deffo means more than it should in reality but we are building something. My only concern is bigger picture stuff is promotion brings more than this. That saying everyone still remembers 89 who went and it’s time for another generation to make some memories. Exactly. Nobody thinks about what position we finished in the league in 89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc505 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Casino said: Ive got a whole new buzz for this and bwfc in general after last night Think id fell out with em a bit over ticketing at a couple of games plus it felt like we had hit a wall. Injuries to GJ and JDB have been a massive hit Weird what a draw can do Cant wait now Same here, I do wish the final was before the weekend off rather than after it so we could break then put full focus onto the league, but really looking forward to the build up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted March 18, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Marc505 said: Same here, I do wish the final was before the weekend off rather than after it so we could break then put full focus onto the league, but really looking forward to the build up now. Alternative view is that a Wembley win provides an immediate boost/platform for the run-in. Going to Exeter with a renewed (both in numbers and confidence) squad would be great. Over the last few years good runs have included Tue/Sat back to back games, taking the confidence of wins quickly into the next game. Could work in our favour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 What percentage of the ticket sales money do we keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrested development Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 There an argument to say we're not ready for promotion. Yes we want it and we'd take it gleefully, but another year in league 1 to smash it next season wouldn't be the end of the world. See those tin pot tics a good leathering. Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I think we can sometimes overthink things. Regardless of what happens, we've got a cup final at Wembley, in front of what looks like the biggest crowd of Wanderers fans since the 1970s. Buzzing for it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: What percentage of the ticket sales money do we keep? 45%, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said: 45%, I think Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Lostock Whites said: I think we can sometimes overthink things. Regardless of what happens, we've got a cup final at Wembley, in front of what looks like the biggest crowd of Wanderers fans since the 1970s. Buzzing for it ! Cup final against boro would be biggest following since the 70s would of thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrotter Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said: 45%, I think Reduced to 30% in the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted March 18, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, Farnywhite said: Cup final against boro would be biggest following since the 70s would of thought Probably got a lower allocation for a League Cup Final in Cardiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted March 18, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just looking at the 1958 final attendance- a touch under 100,000. Back in those days, I wonder how tickets were allocated (to every associated club in the land?), and how many actually travelled from Bolton to Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, MickyD said: Probably got a lower allocation for a League Cup Final in Cardiff. I think we sold out that game with around 33k? Please correct me if I'm wrong. We're around that figure now with 2 weeks to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 50 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said: I think we sold out that game with around 33k? Please correct me if I'm wrong. We're around that figure now with 2 weeks to go! Think it was something around that . And the Liverpool Wembley was also a sold out allocation . Those would be biggest away following from Bolton for away game . 70s Did we take take similar numbers to elland Road Newcastle game ? And Blackburn ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Think Liverpool was around 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 40 minutes ago, Farnywhite said: Think it was something around that . And the Liverpool Wembley was also a sold out allocation . Those would be biggest away following from Bolton for away game . 70s Did we take take similar numbers to elland Road Newcastle game ? And Blackburn ? Probably about 15000 to Leeds and 20000 to Blackburn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 8 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: Its things like that where you realise this is a big game. I'd take winning this match and failing to get to the play offs. Not saying I'd take this cup over promotion obviously, but given the play-offs still means no promotion for 3 of the teams (and a crushing defeat at Wembley for one), I'd take the cup win and the positive memories that would go with it for 32k fans. Yeh good post, i’d agree with all of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Lostock Whites said: I think we sold out that game with around 33k? Please correct me if I'm wrong. We're around that figure now with 2 weeks to go! Bolton were only given 30,000 tickets against Middlesbrough. The Yorkshiremen were given a few thousand more as the allocation was based on league attendances at the time.After the 30,000 sold out without going on open sale the club managed to secure a few hundred more but i don't think it was as many as 31,000 Bolton were given and sold 33,000 tickets v Liverpool in 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said: Bolton were only given 30,000 tickets against Middlesbrough. The Yorkshiremen were given a few thousand more as the allocation was based on league attendances at the time.After the 30,000 sold out without going on open sale the club managed to secure a few hundred more but i don't think it was as many as 31,000 Bolton were given and sold 33,000 tickets v Liverpool in 1995. There's no way of proving this but I'd bet my house on quite a few of those tickets were bought by folk that had more interest in watching Liverpool than Bolton. Their allocation would have been snapped up in no time, ours went on open sale, far easier to buy than now for none Bolton fans. If we take 33k+ v Plymouth, that will be the biggest gathering of BW fans in modern times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobyBrno Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Interesting comments about our following but what about the number of Bolton fans in any one match in living memory. For me, the 1977 League Cup semi final at Burnden. Difficult to be precise but Im guessing it was the largest number of Bolton fans I’ve witnessed. A Google search came up with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 This is bigger. We're on 30 odd thousand for a cup final for a trophy most. Have never heard of and most who have have been boycotting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnywhite Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Probably have to go back to 58 semi final at main road crowd of 75k on against Blackburn. No way of knowing how many Bolton were there but Blackburn were a 2nd division team back then and a few thousand neutrals but would of thought half the crowd probably from Bolton at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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