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Attendance Thread - Coventry City (Play-Off 2nd Leg)


The main reason to open additional sections now IMO is because a lot of people won't want to sit right at the back of the PC (which is why they are always the last ones to go). Open up the other sections and more people will buy front PC tickets (unless I've misunderstood and the front ones are generally for corporate/club officials).
 
Select coaches said:
It’s not really, I’ve shelled out thick end of £250 on tickets and trains. If we are 4-0 down what’s the point
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If you were waiting as cash is tight fair
Enough , I’m talking about people who could easily go but it’s result dependant if we were 2 down the team will need is even more, if you have paid go regardless
 
rubberface said:
....^^^^^^imagine if Sheff Wed fans had this attitude.
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Not me personally as ive already got a ticket, but some see it that way . I guess the reality is we (and every other club) need them fairweather supporters who will only turn up when things are going well to fill our ground.
 
Lo Ursem said:
Cost is no excuse when almost 50,000 clamoured for an expensive weekend at Wembley three years ago.
Neither is school night, week night, when 120,000 clamoured to see us play Man Utd back in '64.
Time off work? Surely wasn't a problem when 60,000 clamoured to see us win promotion on a Monday night back in 1980.
Times have changed - for many modern supporters, going to the match represents a day out - a night game is not a day out.
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Most of them are donkeys years ago things are very very different now. Football didn’t cost half a weeks wage to take a family back then For example. Not to mention you can watch football in pretty much anything anywhere. All of that and everything else pulling for attention it’s amazing a club that’s been a laughing stock for best part of 15 years is getting over 40k average. I live in horden not a million miles away but if I miss the train I’m completely fucked. The transport is an absolute joke tbh if you don’t drive.
 
jimb said:
Not me personally as ive already got a ticket, but some see it that way . I guess the reality is we (and every other club) need them fairweather supporters who will only turn up when things are going well to fill our ground.
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Exactly. It's ridiculous that we chastise people who only go occasionally - there could be dozens of reasons why and football doesn't have to be all or nothing like it is for many of us.

The idea of a 'hardcore' is also slightly ridiculous to me too - people drift in and out of support for family reasons, financial reasons, get too old, leave the region, come back etc etc. They can still be proper supporters just because personal circumstances mean they can't or don't go to every game, or have to pick and choose. And when we have low crowds, the assumption that those present are the 'hardcore' is silly too - some of them may be obsessives who never miss a game, but others will be occasional fans who just happen to be around that day/have some money/fancy taking in a game/tourists/whatever. I was in plenty of c15K crowds at Roker when I was just an occasional attendee as a kid...but wouldn't have considered myself 'hardcore' at the time (I was obsessed, but didn't go regularly because nobody would take me or I didn't have the money to go). I'm now probably what some would consider hardcore (at least in terms of a home fan, ST for decades, though only an occasional away game these days).

Also, like with anything, those that only go occasionally sometimes then become those who go always, simply because they get the bug for it. Welcome them into the fold, don't exclude, appreciate the fact they are there FFS. We all have to start somewhere.
 
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