Sunderland (H)

[burnden]

On 13/09/2019 at 09:44, Okocha10 said:

Looking at probably a bumper crowd for next Saturday, Sunderland sold all there allocation of tickets 4k of them coming down.

 

4k away fans will almost fill south stand, not so sure on Bolton fans though just checked online and there dont seem to be very many sold in the home ends at all. Hope there are a lot Walking up .

[HomerJay]

8k bowton at a push

embarrassing.

[barrycowdrill]

Wouldn’t say FV have dropped a bollock as such but more could’ve been done to tap in to this wave of positivity to ensure crowds were decent for last night but particularly Saturday 

add £20 on to the ST cost and issue print at home tickets for all that had purchased by a certain time / date..

[burnden]

6 minutes ago, HomerJay said:

8k bowton at a push

embarrassing.

 

It will be really disappointing if that is all we can muster  

[Leyther_Matt]

I'd say 8,000 is pretty decent for what is still an 'all pay' game. Best comparison is when we played Sunderland in the FA Cup in 2012/13 and we still only had c7,000 home fans (12,204 crowd and with a 5,000 away following), even at £15 a ticket and as a Championship side facing a Premier League team.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just looking on here, it seems many folk have sacked off the direct debit and chose to pay up front. Add that to two more paying games and it's quite a chunk in a few days.

There are also several days to go, and last night's performance may have alleviated the disappointing Rotherham score.

 

[Morizio]

I’ve renewed my ST’s in full and bought tickets for this. Definitely feeling the effect. 

[Spider]

I’ve just shelled out for season tickets and Sunderland tickets. 

Mid September fresh from two weeks holiday with the kids. Kids who needed several hundred quids worth of new school stuff etc..

its a dear do for most. 

Still think we’ll get 10k home fans though. 

[Burndens Bogs]

1 hour ago, HomerJay said:

8k bowton at a push

embarrassing.

8k is probably our "core support" these days, That 6-1 drubbing will have put a lot of the fairweather fans off.

Having said that, i'd be disappointed with any less than 10k home fans on.

In the last couple of weeks i've shelled out for Rotherham x2, Oxford x2, Sun'lun x2 and season tickets x2.

It's a dear do this Div 1 football.

[miamiwhite]

Big Sam opens the scoring for us with the flying wardrobe from just past the Moses Gate pub, then decides to play for them and equalises with a header from the Duck and Firkin.

Second half, he manages us and orders the long ball and drab football....Barry Siddall scores from a wind assisted goal kick.

Allardyce and Siddall then swap sides, Big Sam tells Bazza to do the same for the Mackems which he duly does from the Olde Three Crowns on Higher Market Street.

 

Shite 2-2 draw watched by 13,485, sponsored by Wrigley’s Chewing Gum.

[radcliffe white]

Said at the start of season it will work out expensive for some 

2 home games in a week for average adult & junior with tickets & bus fair etc you won’t get much change from £100 and then direct debits come out on 4th October 

the next game after Blackpool on a Saturday will be a better indication 

[Casino]

but like ive said, june and july were free months

wouldnt they normally have required DD payments

ive done em all so far, but pompey is one too many for me

specially as the next 2 are booked and packed

 

 

its not cheap, though, agreed

however it wouldnt be cheap in the prem either, and i reckon we'd have over 15k bolton on

Edited September 18, 2019 by Casino

[TM Trotter]

9 minutes ago, Casino said:

its not cheap, though, agreed

however it wouldnt be cheap in the prem either, and i reckon we'd have over 15k bolton on

Sadly, i think too many heads have been turned away after years of the match becoming a chore. For a lot of our 'fairweather' supporters, one 0-0 against Oxford United isn't going to entice them back, no matter how much we all sing the praises of the side last night. 

Happens to us all. Look at Sunderland, they've lost 15k off their attendances since dropping out of the Prem. Seemingly, so many supporters of fallen 'giants' (I'm deliberately letting that word work harder than it should) would rather watch the likes of West Ham v Southampton on TV because it is 'higher quality' football than they've been spoiled with. To be honest, as good as their extra £20 might be, we don't need people like that because they'll add to our already large contingent of moaners.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

And be happy languishing in lower leagues.

Hopefully the new owners don't feel the same way.

All clubs suffer drops in crowds when they go down. Nothing new and won't change. 

Getting all pious and self righteous won't make it any different.

Where were the hardcore we have now, when we were getting 4000 at Burnden in the 80s?

If things get better on the pitch and we start going in the right direction, crowds will increase and that's a good thing.

[TM Trotter]

20 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

And be happy languishing in lower leagues.

Hopefully the new owners don't feel the same way.

All clubs suffer drops in crowds when they go down. Nothing new and won't change. 

Getting all pious and self righteous won't make it any different.

Where were the hardcore we have now, when we were getting 4000 at Burnden in the 80s?

If things get better on the pitch and we start going in the right direction, crowds will increase and that's a good thing.

Fair.

[HomerJay]

bolton win and btts on sky bet, 14/1

could we??

[Biggish Dave]

29 minutes ago, HomerJay said:

bolton win and btts on sky bet, 14/1

could we??

No idea how Sunderland play. If they are big and powerful, might be a couple of games too soon for us. If they try to play a bit, we could catch them by surprise

[radcliffe white]

11 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

No idea how Sunderland play. If they are big and powerful, might be a couple of games too soon for us. If they try to play a bit, we could catch them by surprise

According to Sky last night Rotherham caused them problems all night down the wings and was unlucky not to win 

[deane koontz]

I might stop being a shit fan and turn out for this ☺️

[Mounts Kipper]

I’m hoping the 9k who turned out for Bradford will turn out for Sunderland game  and if we can get near 14k on with the away fans that would be decent given where we are. 

[radcliffe white]

I’m sure numbers will pick up 

if not it strengthens the case to shut upper tiers 

[Burndens Bogs]

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

Where were the hardcore we have now, when we were getting 4000 at Burnden in the 80s?

 

A fair few of them probably weren't old enough to have attended matches at Burnden tbf.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

A fair few of them probably weren't old enough to have attended matches at Burnden tbf.

True, though a few from then will be dead now.

My point is that folk come and go, typically in line with on field performance, and match experience.

The superfan status won't do much for growth and investment; it needs all sorts.

At least we've now planted a small acorn, with new owners seemingly willing to protect and nurture it.

Need to give it time.

[Offshore]

I don't like these monkey headed fuckers. Felt a little sorry for them watching that netflix doc, but did anyone see or read what some scum @Kevsfc ? had to say when our demise looked imminent?  He thought it was all wrong and nobody should be crying over our & Bury's demise. It was all our own fault. My message to you Kev, and your monkey headed fans is fuck off. Wanderers first 3 points of the season. Sunderland a massive club!!? That's why you are where you are and deserve to be. You Newcastle wannabe's......

[Burndens Bogs]

9 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

True, though a few from then will be dead now.

My point is that folk come and go, typically in line with on field performance, and match experience.

The superfan status won't do much for growth and investment; it needs all sorts.

At least we've now planted a small acorn, with new owners seemingly willing to protect and nurture it.

Need to give it time.

Agreed. The fans who gave up on us probably won't return, it's new fans we need to attract. I've noticed at our away games theres a lot of young 'uns.

Edited September 18, 2019 by Burndens Bogs