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Early leavers and final whistle on Sunday

We have a fan base from all over Tyne and Wear and the outer reaches of County Durham - the latter has terrible public transport, and a bottleneck of bridges to cross. It’s alright folk from Hylton Castle bemoaning early leavers. It won’t take them two hours to get home. Can’t blame folk for wanting to beat the crowds, but the more people do that, the earlier people leave to beat the early leavers. That’s where we are.
 
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Disco_Pants93 said:
I think the strangest thing about it all for me is those people who leave early simply to get home 10 minutes quicker rather than be stuck in a bit of traffic. As if a tiny bit of traffic is such an inconvenience to them that it means more than the £500+ season tickets they're using to attend the games and plan their day around. Mental
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They clearly aren't arsed about the money. Should use tech to detect the repeat early leavers and put them all in the opposite of the Uber pricing category, a new, shit supporter category, with a 50% premium added to their season card price.
 
Randy Savage said:
I know for a fact from personal experience (nothing bad!) that the club monitor this forum closely.

As such, if they’re really serious about trying to encourage people to stay until the end, they first need to get to the bottom of why folk are leaving.

They need to put in some hard yards here and contact all SC holders and people on the ticket database about this just to establish some facts. Nothing confrontational, just a fact finding mission to see if those who leave early do so all the time or some of the time?

If the former, is it habitual, due to concerns over getting out of the stadium (perhaps if with young children or due to mobility issues), to go to the pub/for food, for transport/traffic reasons, or a combination of the above.

If the latter, is this due to personal circumstances on the day or due to the match situation.

In either scenario, is there anything the clubs could to that would help.
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The Upper East Stand takes about 15 mins to start moving after the game.
 
It happens everywhere- I think the lay out of our ground might make it more obvious (where the tunnels are etc). But Liverpool player calling g their fans out after weekend, the mags had empty seats on 80 mins the week before. It happens everywhere

It’s about the football - if there is something to watch people wil stay (arsenal - we were always pressing). If the game is over they’ll go (Brighton - we didn’t look like scoring after 70 minutes)
 
Hugh Gains said:
From the likes of p10 you can walk into the hospitality seats and all the way along to the exit and beat the queue of ordinary season card holders on the rest of the concourse and take advantage of the privilege shown to hospitality from the stewards
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P10 is the other side of their entrance
I am nearer the centre so have to cross
 
rey mysterio said:
Open the bars at FT for half an hour?
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Would only really be of interest to people walking or taking public transport. A chunk of the reasoning seems to be beating traffic, people looking to get back to their car and away won't be interested in a pint if they're not interested in the end of the game.
 
Interesting they sent emails out today inviting fans to take part in a survey and a large part of the survey is about match day atmosphere and the concourse.
 
MONTYMCPHAIL said:
To cut to the chase, we basically have a high percentage of pissheads who can't wait to get back on the drink
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2nd time you have mentioned this, have you got a drink problem daft lad??


To cut to the chase, I drive to 75% of home games so no getting back on the drink for me as I haven't been on it in the first place.

Saturday gone was the 2nd time this season I left with c1 min to go, guess what, that was through choice as I had personal reasons I needed to be back for, no concern to you.
Nothing to do with drink either, so work that 1 out..... Eh....

HA HA
 
Randy Savage said:
I know for a fact from personal experience (nothing bad!) that the club monitor this forum closely.

As such, if they’re really serious about trying to encourage people to stay until the end, they first need to get to the bottom of why folk are leaving.

They need to put in some hard yards here and contact all SC holders and people on the ticket database about this just to establish some facts. Nothing confrontational, just a fact finding mission to see if those who leave early do so all the time or some of the time?

If the former, is it habitual, due to concerns over getting out of the stadium (perhaps if with young children or due to mobility issues), to go to the pub/for food, for transport/traffic reasons, or a combination of the above.

If the latter, is this due to personal circumstances on the day or due to the match situation.

In either scenario, is there anything the clubs could to that would help.
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Never happened at Roker Park, we should never have moved.
 
A good chunk leaving are going for a drink in town, half price beers after the match would help, but don’t start serving till full time or the bloody ground will be half empty :lol:
 
Rizla said:
Bless their cotton socks and the traffic congestion but I didn't see them streaming out before Ballard's extra time winner against Coventry.

Traffic is a feeble excuse at best - you go to the match and you know it will take time to get away.
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People have their reasons. And the semi final of a play off has a lot more riding on it. It's fair enough. People make up their minds that it's time to go and they just go. At least they were there in the first place otherwise we'd be no better supported than some average Championship clubs.
 
Is this still going.
The subject has been done to death and the thread needs locking.

Facts are.

Youll never stop / cant stop people leaving early. Its called choice.
Noone "needs" to understand why complete strangers decide to leave early either.

Again its called choice.

Anymore for Anymore.......

Or can we lock it
 
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