Kenny has come out with another one of his columns.

Again he’s asking for 20k crowds.

 

This time, he says it can help add 3 million to our budget, for the transfer window.

 

A bit bonkers isn’t it ?

 

 

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/15701428.Ken_Anderson_asks_for_fans__39__help_to_add___3million_to_Wanderers__39__January_spending/

Edited January 7, 20197 yr by Horwich

1 minute ago, Take Hunt Off said:

If its 35 sobs to get in wiggin I am still in because its not one we can just ignore win lose or draw we show up & as someone else has pointed out its as cheap as chips to get to!

Indeed. It’ll cost about 40 quid including travel so in reality no different to when we used to have free travel to Chelsea and then pay 48 quid a ticket. Similarly if a London club decided to charge a tenner a ticket nobody would think twice about the cost to get there on top of it. 

I think people forget that most folk have a limit and £35 to watch bolton and Wigan is just absurd 

yes we payed £30-40 back in the day but that was for premier league football 

Gooper, gooper, gooper, a ha, ha, ha.   I'd forgotten all about that, & never knew where it came from.

I haven't seen Tony Brooks around for a long time but can probably find out what happened to him tomorrow. (there was another chap who shared the lead singer role but i can't remember his name )

Isnt Wigans Grade 1 price £30.00??

 

If so they cant increase ours to £35, without charging there fans the same

11 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Indeed. It’ll cost about 40 quid including travel so in reality no different to when we used to have free travel to Chelsea and then pay 48 quid a ticket. Similarly if a London club decided to charge a tenner a ticket nobody would think twice about the cost to get there on top of it. 

does that not sort of prove the point you are trying to argue against, that ticket price doesn't or shouldn't matter?

we never took anything like big numbers to chelsea at £48 a pop even with free travel, people even stopped going to OT when he got to £40+

yet if it was £10 a ticket to London, it wouldn't be an issue?

so ticket pricing does make a difference

if you're happy paying £100-£200 for day out on the piss every away game, then maybe not

but if you are someone who goes to the game, drives to the ground, goes in, then out and home again, it might be the difference between a pint before and at half time, which makes a difference

18 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said:

does that not sort of prove the point you are trying to argue against, that ticket price doesn't or shouldn't matter?

we never took anything like big numbers to chelsea at £48 a pop even with free travel, people even stopped going to OT when he got to £40+

yet if it was £10 a ticket to London, it wouldn't be an issue?

so ticket pricing does make a difference

if you're happy paying £100-£200 for day out on the piss every away game, then maybe not

but if you are someone who goes to the game, drives to the ground, goes in, then out and home again, it might be the difference between a pint before and at half time, which makes a difference

We sold out at Chelsea when we played them the last day of the season.

The point I’m making is that ticket price is only a small factor of the day - it’ll cost Wigan fans no more than £40 for ticket and travel to come to us. There aren’t many other away games this season where they will be getting ticket and travel for that sort of price. 

On the whole I don’t necessarily think ticket price does make much of a difference really and it matters far more whether folk think they’re going to see a win. People stopped going to OT because they were sick of us having our arses handed to us - as we’ve seen at home games this season, you can make it as cheap as you want but people either want to go or they don’t. Similarly Latics will still bring at least a couple of thousand because they fancy their chances of beating us. 

Anyroad, all of this is largely taking away from the fact that KA has clearly done his sums on this game and the price is clearly there for a reason given he’s not been shy of ensuring cheap season tickets and the odd reduced price game during his reign.  

49 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

Wohhh that  takes me back,i remember that being sung in The Lever End in the late 60's and 70's - i always wondered where it originated from.

Great old song btw - cheers

Pleased you liked it. Here's a bit more Huey:

 

Wba only sold out due to ticket price it makes a massive difference Likewise Leeds last season 

6 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Wba only sold out due to ticket price it makes a massive difference Likewise Leeds last season 

One with a parachute payment and another who were trying to get their fans onside and run out of their local promotion allocation. 

10 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

We sold out at Chelsea when we played them the last day of the season.

The point I’m making is that ticket price is only a small factor of the day - it’ll cost Wigan fans no more than £40 for ticket and travel to come to us. There aren’t many other away games this season where they will be getting ticket and travel for that sort of price. 

On the whole I don’t necessarily think ticket price does make much of a difference really and it matters far more whether folk think they’re going to see a win. People stopped going to OT because they were sick of us having our arses handed to us - as we’ve seen at home games this season, you can make it as cheap as you want but people either want to go or they don’t. Similarly Latics will still bring at least a couple of thousand because they fancy their chances of beating us. 

Anyroad, all of this is largely taking away from the fact that KA has clearly done his sums on this game and the price is clearly there for a reason given he’s not been shy of ensuring cheap season tickets and the odd reduced price game during his reign.  

the thing about Chelsea was we thought we might have something to play for, as it happens, we didn't, but there's a reason that one sold out and other times we took a few hundred

I guess I see it differently, it does make a big difference IMO

as been pointed out, wigan took 4k to PNE at £26 a pop

let's see how many they bring at £35

and we know Leeds will sell out at the same price

we're not talking about the hardcore here, the ones who travel all over and make days out of it, we're talking about day tippers and floating fans, these are the ones KA is trying to entice back when he talks about filling the ground or getting big gates

course he's done the sums, another season or two, he'll realize there's only so many who will come on a regular basis, then he'll start squeezing us for more as well probably, make it £2.50-£5 more a game for STs, then we'll see what a difference it makes (I know that's not the argument as such, but I reckon that's the way it will go if KA is here a few more seasons)

15 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

One with a parachute payment and another who were trying to get their fans onside and run out of their local promotion allocation. 

You’re missing my point 

cheap prices sell the seats for away games with Bolton fans 

1 hour ago, bolton va va said:

there was another chap who shared the lead singer role but i can't remember his name 

Dapper? Long ginger haired lad from up Halliwell Rd - he used to be one of the main voices in The Lever when i was a lad. “ Give us a B !!!!”

 

Bower must spend his entire life scouring the internet for shit to throw at the Andersons.

if he’s so desperate to get shut, why doesn’t he get a consortium together and buy the club

19 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

Bower must spend his entire life scouring the internet for shit to throw at the Andersons.

if he’s so desperate to get shut, why doesn’t he get a consortium together and buy the club

Haha thought the same just then. It’s friday night ffs. 

To be fair to him , he will at least engage in a conversation and not simply block you like the rest of his bum chums, but he just picks snippets and puts his own usually damning spin on it. 

 

7 hours ago, Chris Custodiet said:

Sha -la-la la-lee works. So does Sha-la- Frannie Lee. But I still can't see how Sha-la-la-la- Frannie Lee works.

If you go to the chorus it's sha la la la la la lee.

Franny replaces the last two 'la la's

Its a bit late to introduce this one but Tiger Taylor was referred to in some quarters as 'pygmy' not flattering but nevertheless true .....

6 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

Bower must spend his entire life scouring the internet for shit to throw at the Andersons.

if he’s so desperate to get shut, why doesn’t he get a consortium together and buy the club

It's a sad existence looking for shit to fling to get internet "likes"

I really do wonder how long Ken's patience will last, before he just says fuck it and walks away. 

6 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

Bower must spend his entire life scouring the internet for shit to throw at the Andersons.

if he’s so desperate to get shut, why doesn’t he get a consortium together and buy the club

Let's be honest it's not hard to throw shit at em. Plenty of it floats about to be fair

30 minutes ago, Traf said:

It's a sad existence looking for shit to fling to get internet "likes"

I really do wonder how long Ken's patience will last, before he just says fuck it and walks away. 

Not a chance he will walk away.

7 hours ago, tomski said:

Not a chance he will walk away.

He's a white through and through

48 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

He's a white through and through

Haha. Not the angle I was going at.  He's done all this turn earn a figure. I'd be amazed if he went without a payday (again that's not a slant on him) 

i also get the impression he likes owning Bolton and whatever happens would like to ensure he is still around. Just my impression 

13 hours ago, H said:

If you go to the chorus it's sha la la la la la lee.

Franny replaces the last two 'la la's

If you say so. I still think it was a crap song. Here's a bit of the real deal; the stuff the Embankment lads preferred, later immortalised on the Voyager Space Mission Golden Disc.

 

29 minutes ago, tomski said:

Haha. Not the angle I was going at.  He's done all this turn earn a figure. I'd be amazed if he went without a payday (again that's not a slant on him) 

i also get the impression he likes owning Bolton and whatever happens would like to ensure he is still around. Just my impression 

I agree, Tomski. Its had its ups and downs but I suspect  that the Anderson's have both enjoyed the ride and developed an attachment to the club. That's not to say that Ken will ever let heart  rule head in the way that Eddie did. I'm still not seeing how Ken has enough finance to see us through the season, though he has said he has.

Likely to be a player sale in January (Vela, Beevers, Olkowski) to see us through the season.