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Just seen its been made all ticket for Argyle fans, wonder if this means we will see home fans on the bank as if this wasnt the case it would seem strange

Argyle will be on the bank.

They'll bring a fair few - need the Bank for them

http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65811

The Green Army dont think so

I doubt they will bring more than 1,200.

Only selling tickets at £25 so that means there not on the bank then as pretty sure we would have to charge the same as the Town End for Fans to be on there?

For the Port Vale game, we should be given the bank.

Need 12k to 13k fans in to see us lift the trophy.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~2730200,00.html

Even Paolo wants 14k

The sunglasses move was brilliant  :D

To want that many may suggest that the Bank could go to Town fans.

If so, I cheerfully retract my previous post.

Pure Class

"See you Saturday. Ciao"

I presume they'll be getting that video out on Facebook and Twitter soon? Your average part-timer doesn't tend to check the OS too often!

Links to it on both already.

What an ace video !

He really is a fucking hero.

Can you imagine Danny 'Mr level headed' Wilson doing that.

Legend.

Can't help but feel the Plymouth fans are a bit arrogant though.

"They only had 8600 on Monday". Yes that's right more than you got and more than your average attendance for the whole season.

Their average 6764, our average 8103. I think it is a pretty decent effort by them given their season. But its nothing to be cocky about.

buzzing, but think board have missed a trick by not putting bank tickets on sale straight away. Whenever the bank has been open for home fans it is always packed

It's all down to 'banter'.

Before the start of the season we appoint a big name manager. A lot of fans are jealous and of course it's only natural to want the big appointment to go tits up for another team. It's bloody great when it happens to other clubs.

We start off poorly, opposition fans lap it up. This is the killer for them, they went at us too soon. Although it hurt loads at the time and I still wish we'd won, losing that Oxford game at the start of the season probably helped us more than we think.

We make steady progress, but we have a lively manager who opposition fans really want to fuck up. His passion rubs off on the home fans but it riles the opposition fans. Paolo's given us some great moments already.

We start to dick the league and go on a brilliant run of form. By now we're the ones rubbing it in the faces of the opposition fans. Their "fuck off Di Canio" chants just make it all the better. Even Di Canio takes satisfaction in showing them what he thinks. I wonder if those Northampton fans regret chanting at him now?

All other teams fans have left to poke fun at us is that Di Canio will be off to West Ham soon. If that did happen then I would be very disappointed but how many of those teams are going to be laughing about it in the basement division. The 'Paolo will leave' comments make me chuckle more than worry for that reason.

I'm loving this season and it's even better that a lot of people hate us.

Spot on Si.

It's fucking stupid anyway; any manager with a decent record will move on soon enough. Paolo called be a total unknown from Lincoln called Jeff S. Acunt and oppostion fans would still come out with the same jibes

I'm currently sat chuckling at our managers rallying cry on the official site. It's great.

It's the "He'll be off if he does well" comments that crack me up, as though him doing well will somehow not be beneficial to us.

I can imagine it...... "He'll be off if he gets you into the championship, where will you be then?". Errrm, in the Championship?

I still like the people that seem to know our finances inside out.

Good times.

I had a bloke from oxford say to me that i should be ashamed that i support swindon but live in oxon. He also said he refuses to buy fifa and 442 because it indirectly finances us.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Who said that to you ?? There are fricking 1,000's of Town fans in Oxon.

Its a great speech. Braveheart was a shit by comparison.

Fixed for you

I like Plymouth......good fans and given a new ID like say Brighton would get good good crowds.
Thats not to say i hope we stuff em on Saturday.

PDC has a point with what he says, if we can't sell out the next 2 home games then its pretty pants

Bloke from kidlington at work

I delivered to Dulux in Kidlington today...and sometimes drop of at the plastics factory near the bridge.

Moss plastics

Correct.

Haha loved the interview

It baffles me that there are people out there who buy in to the bizarre idea that football loyalty is somehow organised along county lines.  It isn't, and never has been.  There's a good reason that there are thousands of Swindon fans from Oxfordshire: it's because the county boundary passes a lot closer to Swindon than it does to Oxford; in places, no more than 3 or 4 miles or so from the outer suburbs of Swindon.

For pretty much the same reason, you'll find a lot more Southampton fans in the south of Wiltshire than our lot and a fair few Bristol City fans in West Wiltshire.  Basic geography.

Paolo looks like The Terminator, especially when he takes those shades off  :toocool:

'I'll be back'

I cant see us getting 14k on saturday unfortunately although will love to be proven wrong!

Will be a tricky game IMO as Plym are on a decent run and have defended well recently, only 6 goals in 13 i think.

Either way should be a good atmosphere as the green army are always loud and in good numbers

We won't get 14k unless the board come out and offer tickets on the SB. The game is only 4 days away and there's not even been a mention of it.

We won't sell out at 25 quid a ticket. Hopefully the board reduce the ticket prices for the Port Vale game as it's probably too late to do it for Saturday now.

I agree. I think we'll be nearer the 10k mark.

Expect to see Caddis and Ritchie back for the Argyle game.

Plymouth fans are saying they can't get tickets for the SB, as it's been allocated to us?!?

You would think that as the game is 3 days away and we are the home team that we would actually know what stands have been allocated to who  :hmmm:

Board should have slashed tickets a week ago for this one and advertised more IMO as this was always the game where we could get promoted

Well the OS doesn't seem to suggest tickets in the SB are being sold

Both options being considered when I asked on Twitter.

What options?

Being a cynic, would this not just be a case of making them sell their allocation at £25 a pop, then opening the bank to them if there is an overflow?

Sounds plausible.

I am pretty sure thats what is happening, if they had sold out well in advance they would have had the bank, but they won't sell out or even get close ot it, they won't bring more than 1,200.

They seem to think they will. Game is all ticket for them as well!

Hoping to go myself this saturday,would be my first game since having my baby  :)

But got a cold stalking me,so praying it keeps away for a few more days,or even better buggers off altogether!

around 9500 sold so far so very much doubt we will get much more than 11000 overall

are the sales inclusive of the Plymouth tickets sold?

I think so yes, i asked how many have been sold overall so far

The club have just confirmed on Twitter that the SB is open for tomorrow's game. Yay.

FFS! i literally went to the ticket office 30 minutes ago and asked if it was open, they said they very much doubt it unless there are alot of walk ups on the day.

Not happy  >:(

Bit late now, but at least they won't have the SB.

To whom?

Are tickets available online?

Tickets are £19.

Steep. Still nothing on the OS

Us! And I doubt they'll be online.

Confirmed by Facebook a few seconds ago.

On OS now, Stratton back open to home fans . Tickets already bought for other areas can not be exchanged.

Clearly hoping that they get a few people walking up on the day who will go in the bank as it's cheaper.

True although the TE is the same price and has not sold out last time I looked, I fear that SB will be like it was against Grimsby a few years back, almost empty with no atmosphere at all.

Thats a bit crap imo.

It's going to rain tomorrow, the town end should be vocal enough and is the same price. If I had to buy a ticket I know where I would want to go.

This

Forecast for Swindon is dry tomorrow pm, according to the Met Office.

So it'll rain then...

The sun will be out at 3pm tommorow alovley afternoon for football. thought we would have sold over 9,000 by now though, hope we get 11,000.  :-[

Bit suprised we have only 9000 sold in advance, does this include the 1200 Plymuff? I have dragged an extra 4 to this game, hope others can do the same on the day.

Far too late in the day to suddenly open up Stratton Bank especially since they won't exchange tickets bought for elsewhere.  The price is too much as well.

As good as this Board is, some of the decisions around tickets and pricing have been pretty poor imo.  

we should wait and see what the turnout is on the bank before saying it is a poor decision

But we can say it was not best to leave it so late.

But I guess the board has done the best they can financially.

Since we are already averaging around 8k at home. If we reduce the price, would we get 10k ? The board would get far more money from 8k sales at a much greater ticket price, than 10k at a reduced price.

Still don't think it's right (for the club, commercially), but financially it's probably better.

£19 with the possibility of getting wet is too much, matchday tickets generally are too much.
Port Vale tickets should be promoted early with cut prices and the bank open with much more notice.
it would have made more sense here to give plymouth the bank....there will still be empty seats in the other stands for town fans im guessing with that 9,000 figure, weve lost out on revenue here they would have sold a couple hundred more.

They have to charge £19 because that's the price of a TE ticket.

is this just for the FL? ive been to the odd PL game and they charge different prices for different ends. i.e villa park

It's hardly too late.  Clearly Plymouth haven't sold their full allocation, so it's an opportunity to get more people in at such a late stage.

So I view it as an opportunity gained rather than an opportunity lost.

I think the rule is about not charging away fans differently from home fans for equivalent tickets.
As the Bank is at an end we couldn't get away with charging say Pox fans more than our fans pay for the Town End.
I don't think there's anything that says we need to charge the same price if both are open only to our fans.
Also if we had half and half at the Bank between home and away fans (as was the case back in the 80's / early 90's) then I believe we could charge whatever we liked as long as it was same for both halves.

I hope we open up the bank to home fans for the Vale game and drop the price  - although not too much so we dont end up with other areas empty - then we can have a full house to celebrate promotion and the championship

Is the championship likely to be presented at the vale game assuming we have it in the bag by then ?

In a word - yep.

Yes.

Saving my cash for Vale. Trains booked already :pint:

I see your point, but it's too late for people who have purchased a ticket for elsewhere and would rather have sat on SB.  Doesn't affect me in the slightest as I have a ST anyway, but I imagine some people are slightly peeved and that was the point I was making.

As harsh as it may be, methinks (and hopes) the board are hoping to profit from selling tickets

great post sie with you all the way  "onwards and upwards"

Oh, I see what you mean now. Can they not go back to the ticket office and change their ticket?

We can moan about ticket prices all day long but the fact we charge so much has helped us into our current position.

I don't think they are moaning about the prices, just the late offering of the SB

Approx 60 people on SB says it was a poor decision. :D

No they were also moaning about the price. They may not be wrong but history says we don't get more than we have through the turnstiles.

The club need to sort out the Port Vale ticketing ASAP!

Yep. £15 on the bank. Party time.

A muff fan was making the point "they could have sold 2.5k tickets today". I just told him they should have sold their initial allocation quicker.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/HomeTickets/0,,10341~2386339,00.html

no mention of reduced ticket prices on there

Totally agree

Because it's an open end surely the tickets on the SB should be cheaper?

They only sold out the initial 1200 on Thursday, and knew they wouldn't be available on the day.

We all know in practise it doesn't work like this but just suppose finances directly affect the position in the league, then a lower ticket price would put us in the playoffs.. Thus we would then have to fork out for two games, + (possibly) another trip to Wembley. ie That would wipe out any savings made on tickets over the season. I'd rather the prices were as they are & we get to be champions. I've had enough of wembley for now thanks.

Paolo asked for a 14k attendance on Saturday. Not many of those who went to Wembley seemed to be that bothered. Why the hell should we offer further ticket price reductions just so they can jump back on the bandwagon ?

Spot on.

Couldn't really afford Plymouth and Vale, sorry

None of those I went with to Wembley have been back to the CG since. These are ex-season tickets holders and those who attend a few games a season. I think the Wembley experience coupled with the £25 tickets are keeping the plastics away, although I'm sure they'll be back for the Vale game to see us lift the trophy!

I'd put the prices up for Port Vale...

I really don't understand people who moan like you.

1. Is it a bad thing that we got 30k people turning out to Wembley? Would you much rather have had just the 8,500 faithful?

2. Those 'plastics' are potential fans. Seeing as we did get 2k more than our average, perhaps some of them did indeed go to the match and support?

3. Not everyone is as financially-stable as your stubborn self to go to every game

4. If the club do offer further ticket price reductions (I hesitate to use the word 'further' in this context, but I directly quoted it from yourself) and we do see people jumping back on the bandwagon, once again, is that a bad thing? Do we not want to sell out the CG?

 :nod:

Blimey, some vaguely sensible questions for once.

1) My point was, Paolo asked for a greater attendance. If that increase was not to come for those who'd even been to one other game, (Wembley, for clarity) then where else ? I've never said I didn't want 30k at Wembley.

2) Agreed - some of the increase in gate was probably due to returning/new fan base, so in that case why offer further price reductions if they're willing to pay anyway.

3) Tough.(not quite sure where the 'stubborn' bit applies though) On the other hand, I don't spend a fortune on getting pissed up pre and post match, or waste money on barely edible food at the ground

4) Of course it would be good to sell out the County Ground. However, a reduced price for the Bank would undoubtedly draw people from elsewhere in the ground, rather than automatically increment the total gate, thereby reducing the average gate receipt per person. No-one can ever know the potential positive effect on revenue overall, in advance.

By 'further' reductions, I was referring to the number of special promotions/combined deals and low cup tie prices that have been offered .

The Board will have spent a considerable amount of cash indulging us in one of our most enjoyable seasons in recent memory. Granted the JPT and FA cup run will have recouped a sizeable amount, but the number of players we've got through won't have made for a cheap wage bill.



                                                                         

Fair enough. Agree with all of that.

They really need to open up the Stratton Bank tickets online though if they're opening it.

They will open it and it will be well in time for online sales this time unlike last week against the muff.

I was going to opt for the Stratton Bank simply because I haven't been in there since 1995 (Blackburn in Coca-Cola Cup).

It wasn't an option online so I'm in the Don Rogers Stand, no biggy.

I was on the bank for that one too,was an ace night  ;D

Used to go on the bank a lot. A season ticket holder mate of mine has never been on the Stratton bank so we might swap our usual seats for the Vale game. Not sure if we can do this on the day as I think they need a bit of notice to re sell our seats. Have swapped seats for a different stand a few times in the past but not when it has been so busy, usually because it has been freezing ( Crawley cup game ) and it's warmer in the Town end.

The two goals in quick succession was amazing, it went nuts.

Ha ha,yes,i remember standing on the seats going ape  :)

What was the song about Shearer?Something about him being a donkeys arse?

Haven't actually watched a game from the bank since last game of the season 95/96. It would be nice but as season tickets aren't interchangable i doubt i'll bother.

Didn't realise you cant do that anymore Chalky, you were able to change them in the past. Dave in the office has done it for us a few times but not without a moan.

You should be able to swap to the SB

It did say 'tickets already purchased cannot be transferred' which I assumed meant season tickets also...might be worth a try though.

I think for the club to decide to open the bank for the PV game they would want.

a) to have secured promotion
b) to have more or less sold out all three stands

To my mind if we achieve 10-11k home fans for that game it would be a good result. Diluting the DR, TE & Arkells to open the bank is a bit of a waste of time.

Just hope they have enough programs for sale.

If your desperate to get on the Bank, just buy a ticket, win win for the club then ;)

Been on the Bank a few times, the only one I can remember was a 0-0 v Leicester City, opening day of the season and it was roasting

You can swap even with a season ticket

Phone up or email the club. You can then pick the tickets up on the day. Job done.