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« Reply #8895 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11:09:40 » |
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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 #8896 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11:16:30 » |
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That's not true. Excluding away fans, we averaged 8510 for the first 9 games of last season, and 8354 for the first 9 games of this season. That's less than a 2% drop.
Hmmm. Got to be honest, I never actually calculated it. Just gut feeling that we seemed to get around 9.5k for a lot of games last season, but looking back we did get a few 8k games and a 7.5k Tues night game against Bradford. Did get 10.5k against Crawley mind. Wonder how many we will get against Barrow next week? |
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« Reply #8897 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11:29:22 » |
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I recall Fitting mentioning multiple times around 2008 time that average crowds of 7500 would sustain a £2.5mn wage bill in League One. The world and state of football is a very different place 15 years on, but with considerably more expensive season tickets than that era (may have been the £200 ST drive season?) and greater guaranteed funding from the League, it just doesn't all add up.
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« Reply #8898 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:12:23 » |
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The new CEO should be sacked, probably cost the Club £1000's in lost season ticket sales.
First time in 25 years I'm considering not renewing now, money is tight and being called a free loader, being disrespected by Club officials is enough.
A big increase would definitely be the end for me for sure.
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
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« Reply #8899 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:15:24 » |
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I hope that all of this will galvanise support for the team not for the owners but in spite of. Flynn and the “squad” have done incredibly well to get to where they’ve got and that should only be applauded.
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #8900 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:25:57 » |
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I hope that all of this will galvanise support for the team not for the owners but in spite of. Flynn and the “squad” have done incredibly well to get to where they’ve got and that should only be applauded.
Pretty much how I feel. It does piss me off that Clem and the CEO still have very strong and vocal supporters on FB and the other socials and cant see what the issue is, deluded. |
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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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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #8901 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 13:37:27 » |
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wonder if myton, agnus, bathford and some others are preparing an offer to get rid of macrory and the gang mk2
theres money and knowledge in the fanbase woudl be an intresting move
A consortium of well off fans would have me frothing at the mouth. Take my money for a season ticket, three replica shirts a year and whatever else. And then i'll wake up. |
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« Reply #8902 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 14:11:42 » |
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A consortium of well off fans would have me frothing at the mouth. Take my money for a season ticket, three replica shirts a year and whatever else.
And then i'll wake up.
how bout some free games thrown in |
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« Reply #8903 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 14:13:59 » |
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Should ask Mr Hall about the 23 'free games' season ticket holders missed out on when they decided to forego their 2020/21 refunds - round robin phonecalls to push those who resisted.
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« Reply #8904 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 14:27:08 » |
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Should ask Mr Hall about the 23 'free games' season ticket holders missed out on when they decided to forego their 2020/21 refunds - round robin phonecalls to push those who resisted.
My mates dad asked for a refund, was told the club would get back to him, time and time again he kept chasing. He never received it and gave up in the end |
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« Reply #8905 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 14:54:36 » |
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My mates dad asked for a refund, was told the club would get back to him, time and time again he kept chasing. He never received it and gave up in the end
I got mine, and even got a full refund (including the ifollow amount) for the second ticket as we only used one of the free codes. The irony was after I had got my refund I still received emails asking me to call them so they could process it |
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« Reply #8906 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 15:20:08 » |
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If we’re running at annual costs of 8.2m, that’s a 30% increase in costs on the 12M to May-22 (the last accounts)
That’s more than double inflation. Wages will be down. I genuinely struggle to understand what could be accounting for it
It’s that answer which the trusts digging should uncover, not just validating that the number at the end of a quickbooks statement equals £8.2m.
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« Reply #8907 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 15:40:57 » |
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If we’re running at annual costs of 8.2m, that’s a 30% increase in costs on the 12M to May-22 (the last accounts)
That’s more than double inflation. Wages will be down. I genuinely struggle to understand what could be accounting for it
It’s that answer which the trusts digging should uncover, not just validating that the number at the end of a quickbooks statement equals £8.2m.
And rent halved as I understand which must have been a significant line item? |
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« Reply #8908 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 15:44:11 » |
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And rent halved as I understand which must have been a significant line item?
Not really, less than 100k reduction in real terms I think. Rent was never the big ticket item it was made out to be by many a previous owner and was significantly below commercial rates for the size of land and facilities. The fact we've never done much to extract value from them is the real issue. |
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« Reply #8909 on: Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 15:50:22 » |
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Not really, less than 100k reduction in real terms I think. Rent was never the big ticket item it was made out to be by many a previous owner and was significantly below commercial rates for the size of land and facilities. The fact we've never done much to extract value from them is the real issue.
Fair enough, but rent ain't gone up would be a valid observation. |
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