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Wonder what it will be after this, I should hope it will go up and with reduced tickets maybe around 6000?

Well I wasn't planning to go due to finances, but because of this news I've managed to persuade my old man to go and pay for my ticket!!  :mrgreen: Also dragging the mrs along - so there's 3 more than there would have been for a start!!  :P

I reckon 6,500ish - Carlisle will bring 500+ I'd imagine - their away support always impresses me considering the geographical position of the club!

Wont be there for the new beginnins unfortunately:( still, I expect a fairly good crowd for this one.

6,500 sounds about right, maybe a tad less.

If Carlisle bring 500+ I will be very suprised!
Can't see there being much more than 6,500 myself, but time will tell!!

5000 would be good....FA Cup attendances used to be high, but the greed league has more or less killed it off....another downer was the ten days rule between replays.

  Last time we drew  Carlisle we were also in Div 4 they were going well in Div 2.

  We drew at Brunton on the Sat and mullered them 3-1 on the Tuesday...in front of 8000+.....when you consider our average gate for that season was 3500, it shows how the cup could capture imaginations.

  As well as lowering the cost, the club should have stated that any ticket stub would give you priority if we happened to draw somebody like Chelsea.

I would say 6400 ish

A few will drop off because of the recent results but Sturrock being here will hopefully pull in a few more faces

4,700

13,573

think ill give it a miss again so -1

7500. Just under 7000 at the weekend and with the arrival of Luggy and the reduced prices, I think we'll get a reasonable turnout.

Second thoughts, 7499 (Just read Yeovils post).

7,100.

6429

7,132

Ditto

0. Pitch will freeze and it'll be called off  :wink:

If only Fallon were still here if that was the case. He could put on a great show instead.

i nearly spat out hot chocolate reading that. and it wasn't particularly funny.

about 5,250 i say.

Bambi on ice  8)

I'm gona make the effort to come.  Hopefully there will be a good atmosphere to welcome Sturrock

I reckon Carlisle will bring a fair few down with them. They're like Plymouth in that most of their games involve a ridiculous amount of travelling but have really good support (nutters in other words)

For all of that I will say.....err........7,253.

more than six as I picked up six ticklets the other day

6655.

Spot on.

2 more now

just got my and my mates ticket

said to myself i was going to be a glory supporter in the cup this year and only go if we got to the 3rd round  big tie but the loyal supporter in me gave in.

4291 (no not the attendance, but a prize for anyone who knows what it is)

High end of 6 k - maybe 6,700. That said, I best phone up and get my ticket!

Carlisle are a well supported club.

I reckon the crowd will be 7007

I was closest by miles which sums up you lot if I ended up sussing it  8)

4938 great guesses lads!  :D

Hehe..I saw photos from yesterday game....You've got great stadium , but why it was so empty ?  :)

It's because everybody watches Premiership football on television instead of watching their local teams. Football attendances aren't as big as they used to be before football became such a commercial success.

That said it was the FA cup, which as a result of the above, has lost its magic because people want to watch Champions League on television and not a 'mickey mouse' cup.

but well...Haven't Swindon got true fans who go to watch all Robins games ? You played with Carlise - the team from the division which is higher than yours....There should have been much more supporters...

I doubt a lot of people in swindon would know that carlisle are in a division above ours. The hardcore fans which go to every game were the ones there.

Quite a lot of our 'fans' only come when the team is playing well. The previous two games were defeats. Added to that, this was our third home game in a row, so finances obviously come into play for some.

To be fair though, its 3 weeks at home on the trot a lot of people couldnt afford it.

Yep the tickets are extremelly high there and I know the costs of living as well...When I was on the trip to London in 2001 , I was amazed that simple hot-dog costs 2 pounds !!! Here you would get it for 0,5 pound - 50 pennies

The attendance was disappointing but that was due to the reasons above (3 games in a row etc) also it was the 1st round of the competition.

People who didn't go missed out because that was the best of the last 3 home games.