Interesting point Matt, so your saying our hard core is down to 500? Is that where we're at as a club now? How many do you think are staying away
It’s reasonable to assume we might get a few less through the door on a Tuesday than on a Saturday. But the conversion this season from those being enticed to the Saturday games (by the promotions to bump the crowds), to those who would turn out to a midweek game, seems disappointing.
There are many still going to the home games, in spite of the ongoing off-field issues, which is fair enough. But it’s clear that enough regular fans are staying away (or only attending away games) to make a difference to the home crowds when some of them have been as low as they have this season.
Also if 905 was thanks to letting United and City fans in for half price and diversity what do you think the turnout would have been otherwise? Would it have been healthy in your eyes?
I’m still not sure how many Utd/City turned up on Saturday, and so don’t know how much difference it made in the end. I thought 905 for a ‘normal’ Saturday was healthy enough to be honest, and around where I would expect us to be at the moment.
I just thought we’d get more through the gate last Saturday with us being top of the league, Utd/City not playing at 3pm, the £5 offer, advertising Utd game in the bar, the diversity promotion, and the prominent media coverage during the week.
But we’ve never played a this level of the pyramid before so it’s hard to say what we we should or shouldn’t be getting.