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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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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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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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« 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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Is your cat making too much noise all the time?
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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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