Adver News: Excalibur launch bid to fill Stratton Bank

[Benzel]

No chance. Support in the town is too lazy and not interested. Fair play for trying though.

Who pissed on your chips last night?

Fucking hell.

[Simon Pieman]

I don't know what sort of numbers Oldham will be bringing which could very much factor into breaking the 10k barrier.

[leefer]

The Stratton Bank could be filled most matches if they used there loaves a little.....the price has to be right.
If Stratton Bank tickets were say £8 every match they would pack them in.

Yep for sure it would probably take a few from other stands but not that many.....most fans will pay the extra fora better view or to sit with friends....the Stratton Bank would be used mainly by fas who genuinly find it hard to fork out money twice or sometimes three times(if they go away) in a week.
Maybe make it a tenner if you bring a child.

Good on the club for trying this v Oldham.....but it needs a remedy for all matches....and for this to happen it needs a cheap pricing policy which will get extra bums on seats spending a few quid on food and drink etc.
It will also benefit the team i reckon....cannot be nthing worse than scoring at that end and having to celebrate it with a spotty ballboy

[Bogus Dave]

I don't know what sort of numbers Oldham will be bringing which could very much factor into breaking the 10k barrier.

I'd guess 100 or so. Not a lot

[Peter Gibbons]

Yep for sure it would probably take a few from other stands but not that many.....most fans will pay the extra fora better view or to sit with friends....the Stratton Bank would be used mainly by fas who genuinly find it hard to fork out money twice or sometimes three times(if they go away) in a week.

I'm not so sure, isn't football attendance fairly price inelastic?  I reckon you'd get about the same total attendance but now paying a few quid less and not having a roof.

[leefer]

I'm not so sure, isn't football attendance fairly price inelastic?  I reckon you'd get about the same total attendance but now paying a few quid less and not having a roof.

And herein lies the problem Peter........it is a toughy but it is a situation the club need to look at closely.

Maybe a very cheap season ticket?

[sonicyouth]

We've filled the bank a few times in recent years for home games, I remember a lovely sunny day against Mansfield when we were in League 2. It's a novelty factor though and I can't really imagine anyone aside from a few hardy souls willing to stand there on a wet autumn evening or a freezing cold January day. You might attract people with cheaper tickets but there are so many more factors to it than price imo

[Arriba]

And herein lies the problem Peter........it is a toughy but it is a situation the club need to look at closely.

Maybe a very cheap season ticket?

nice idea leefer just not economically viable. Club doesn't take enough money already, let alone if prices were cut.

[leefer]

nice idea leefer just not economically viable. Club doesn't take enough money already, let alone if prices were cut.

Agree arriba.....but surely the many thousands who would like a season ticket but cannot afford one maybe persuaded to get one at a more cheaper rate..

Its not cutting prices......the other stands would remain the same and to be honest i reckon it wouldn't affect those sales to much.

In fact the more i think about it the more i think a cheap season ticket for the Bank would fill it most matches without harming the other areas of the ground.

[sonicyouth]

Agree arriba.....but surely the many thousands who would like a season ticket but cannot afford one maybe persuaded to get one at a more cheaper rate..

Its not cutting prices......the other stands would remain the same and to be honest i reckon it wouldn't affect those sales to much.

In fact the more i think about it the more i think a cheap season ticket for the Bank would fill it most matches without harming the other areas of the ground.

Doesn't it take almost 2,000 to fill the bank? I agree that there would be some interest but nowhere near the level to fill it every week.

[leefer]

Some interest is better than no interest....i remember the days it was full come rain or shine.

The reason was it was cheaper.

[sonicyouth]

Football has changed a great deal since then.

Basically, people are softies and won't stand in the rain or cold if you paid 'em.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

One of my best friends works for Excalibur, sage word hard but they have fab perks
She has no interest in football at all though!

[leefer]

Football has changed a great deal since then.

Basically, people are softies and won't stand in the rain or cold if you paid 'em.

Were you at Bournemouth or Tranmere...soaked at Muff and freezing at Tranmere...both had stands with cover.

I get your point though Sonic........and only time will tell.

[sonicyouth]

Unsurprisingly I wasn't at either game.

I simply don't see the demand being there to even quarter fill it - those who come infrequently do so because they're only interested for big games/occasions, if we're playing well so on and so forth. It's obvious to see that there are people out there who will turn up and they have done so despite having to pay upwards of £20 which suggests to me that the issue isn't financial.