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« Reply #915 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 16:52:27 » |
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They may have got a few more if they had been given more £26 tickets. I believe of the inital allocation they asked for they were only given 1500 £26 tickets.
There may be an economic point as well. Unemployment is quite a bit higher up there so may have played a part, in additon to the fact it is alot more expensive for them when travel is factored in.
I dont think 16k is the worst ever. I think Carlisle took a few less for the final last year, but there you need to take into account the fact that they had got there 2 years in a row so alot will have decided not to go second time around.
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« Reply #916 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 16:55:40 » |
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Finally got mine sorted today.Hope i am allowed to drink on the coach
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« Reply #917 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:10:51 » |
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They may have got a few more if they had been given more £26 tickets. I believe of the inital allocation they asked for they were only given 1500 £26 tickets.
There may be an economic point as well. Unemployment is quite a bit higher up there so may have played a part, in additon to the fact it is alot more expensive for them when travel is factored in.
I dont think 16k is the worst ever. I think Carlisle took a few less for the final last year, but there you need to take into account the fact that they had got there 2 years in a row so alot will have decided not to go second time around.
Chesterfield is quite a small town, so 16K is a sizeable % of the population, and the unemployment rate there is less than in Swindon. We'd be needing to take 40K +, to get near their %
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« Reply #918 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:11:34 » |
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Mine came yesterday, didn't have to sign for them either.
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« Reply #919 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:16:24 » |
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Finally got mine sorted today.Hope i am allowed to drink on the coach
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« Reply #920 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:20:41 » |
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« Reply #921 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:21:14 » |
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Chesterfield is quite a small town, so 16K is a sizeable % of the population, and the unemployment rate there is less than in Swindon.
We'd be needing to take 40K +, to get near their %
That is true if you take into account JUST the population of the town itself. But if you take into consideration a 15 mile catchment area then their population is approx double that of the 15 mile radius of Swindon.
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« Reply #922 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:30:55 » |
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That is true if you take into account JUST the population of the town itself. But if you take into consideration a 15 mile catchment area then their population is approx double that of the 15 mile radius of Swindon.
But then you're into Sheffield and Nottingham's catchment..... Going back to another point, I don't suppose Chesterfield see themselves as much more than a Div 3 club, not having been in the second tier since the 50's. Although we might have aspirations for better, the reality is that we're at heart still a Div 3 club.
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« Reply #923 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:47:16 » |
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That is true if you take into account JUST the population of the town itself. But if you take into consideration a 15 mile catchment area then their population is approx double that of the 15 mile radius of Swindon.
Chesterfield don't really have a catchment area as Sheffield is 10 minutes down the road and Nottingham isn't far the other way either. Both of those cities have 2 clubs as well. Also Chesterfield is in Derbyshire so there are probably a fair few Derby fans around as well. To be fair when you take all of that into consideration it's not a bad figure of ticket sales.
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« Reply #924 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:48:59 » |
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Sold 26,500.
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« Reply #925 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:58:02 » |
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Sold 26,500.
Good progress. We could still reach the magic 30k mark!
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« Reply #926 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 17:59:33 » |
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Well done to us daytrippers
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« Reply #927 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 18:02:04 » |
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In regards to the green man i am going to take my own cans.What is the point of queing ages to buy a fucking can.
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« Reply #928 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 19:31:14 » |
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In regards to the green man i am going to take my own cans.What is the point of queing ages to buy a fucking can.
True. I'm going on a coach that's going straight to the Green Man, should be pretty sweet!
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« Reply #929 on: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 19:50:41 » |
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Yep same here Benz.What time you leaving,who with etc.
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