Sales have been shit because most I speak to don't really give a shit about the new season starting , let alone a friendly against Celtic. If the place had been buzzing and had gone to greater lengths to attract a better opposition than Celtic, there'd be no tickets left , especially at that price. Totally apathy and a dull opposition are behind poor ticket sales.
So we could be looking at gates under 25k. For a non-season ticket holder to take a bairn to the match will cost £35 just for tickets. It's not a cheap afternoon despite our prices being pretty good. I would imagine if we do have a slow start that match day sales will be poor.
I'm taking my two kids to Bradford on Saturday £20 for tickets and about half a tank of petrol. I'm not bothering with the Celtic game out of principle as I think they've arranged it as they know Celtic fans will travel in large numbers. Like I said earlier they could have made it a fiver across the board and only gave Celtic 3000 tickets. They could have invited kids from every primary school to play on the pitch prematch and put on face painting and balloon modelling. They would have got families turning up especially if the weather was good.You knar what.....f***ing good that it's barely sold (tin hat on).
I know myself and the 8 or 9 ST holders round me haven't even considered going (compared to the fact some of the lads went down to hartlepool the other night).
The club have went for a game / opposition where it brings in the coin from away fans and sponsors, it's meant to be a 'celebration' of 20 years but they've done nowt to get fans enticed- apart from inviting former SoL players to turn up to do a round the pitch.
In fact, they expect Celtic to outnumber us they've invited surviving Lisbon Lions along.
So, a big to fingers up to Short and Bain from me. Fuck yous. I did my part and renewed my ST. Yous can't even get a friendly right....never mind recruitment for a squad in drastic need to change!
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Some very good points there mate. Should have made it a fiver, even free heaven forbid to sc holders and played someone else and I would have gone. Not interested in going to this game one bit.You knar what.....f***ing good that it's barely sold (tin hat on).
I know myself and the 8 or 9 ST holders round me haven't even considered going (compared to the fact some of the lads went down to hartlepool the other night).
The club have went for a game / opposition where it brings in the coin from away fans and sponsors, it's meant to be a 'celebration' of 20 years but they've done nowt to get fans enticed- apart from inviting former SoL players to turn up to do a round the pitch.
In fact, they expect Celtic to outnumber us they've invited surviving Lisbon Lions along.
So, a big to fingers up to Short and Bain from me. Fuck yous. I did my part and renewed my ST. Yous can't even get a friendly right....never mind recruitment for a squad in drastic need to change!
Rant over
So it makes you wonder, why the fuck are they bothering?
I'm not arsed about loyalty been rewarded tbh, just fill the place and make it a good day out. The irony is that there's a plaque in the ticket office with a quote from Bob Murray saying something about the stadium is for the benefit of the people and the city of Sunderland.
It'll be far from a celebration with thousands of pissed up Celtic fans pissing everywhere, acting up and kids being intimidated by them. There's a host of decent sized European clubs out there to pick from. Could have had offers like an adult and child ticket for a tenner and try to get the next generation hooked for 20+ years to come. This is owt but a "celebration" of 20 years, I totally agree with you here.
They didn't look to bring in a big glamour club in but rather only chose Celtic because they'll bring a large crowd with them. Our fans weren't considered and I doubt the club thought long and hard about the quality of the current Celtic team or even their history. If Celtic said no we'd have got Rangers instead.
I think this game comes in the middle of their tie with Rosenborg so I can't even imagine it being a strong Celtic team.You knar what.....f***ing good that it's barely sold (tin hat on).
I know myself and the 8 or 9 ST holders round me haven't even considered going (compared to the fact some of the lads went down to hartlepool the other night).
The club have went for a game / opposition where it brings in the coin from away fans and sponsors, it's meant to be a 'celebration' of 20 years but they've done nowt to get fans enticed- apart from inviting former SoL players to turn up to do a round the pitch.
In fact, they expect Celtic to outnumber us they've invited surviving Lisbon Lions along.
So, a big to fingers up to Short and Bain from me. Fuck yous. I did my part and renewed my ST. Yous can't even get a friendly right....never mind recruitment for a squad in drastic need to change!
Rant over
