Hardys silence on season ticket sales

[durhampie]

Probably wise!

Does it matter how many season tickets we sell? If we have a good season the fans will come to the games...

[slack_pie]

The only real clue is in his pre season message when he says that our ST base is up by 35% since he took over & considering the competition we have that is amazing imo. The way TV/advertising/prize money etc is shared in this Country means that the higher you rise up the leagues the less important gate receipts become & the sad fact is we are competing with a Championship side who can afford to put on better offers than us, this means that Forest have almost a monopoly on students & under 24s who pay a maximum of £120 for a ST & works out about £5 per game to see games 2 tiers above ours, for students or those with no family ties it is obvious why the red side are selling record numbers but it's remarkable that we are not only keeping our fanbase but increasing it, well done AH.

That's very true. Notts are in quite a unique position really, competing with a much bigger/richer/more successful team literally just across the river. We're two divisions apart, but in terms of money and the ability of players, it's a huge gap. How many other lower-league clubs could survive that kind of competition and still increase their fan base? Others share a city, but they have a territorial claim, like the Sheffield or Bristol clubs - and even then, they're not massively different to each other in size. There's no Notts or Forest parts of the city as we're too close.

That's why it seems so daft when clubs have a dog at our support, like Coventry did. I'd like to see how they'd cope if Villa moved their stadium to the other side of that ****ty car park.

Nice one Hardy for inspiring more fans to get involved. And to those complaining that he hasn't given an exact number on sales - who said he had to?

[slack_pie]

The only real clue is in his pre season message when he says that our ST base is up by 35% since he took over & considering the competition we have that is amazing imo. The way TV/advertising/prize money etc is shared in this Country means that the higher you rise up the leagues the less important gate receipts become & the sad fact is we are competing with a Championship side who can afford to put on better offers than us, this means that Forest have almost a monopoly on students & under 24s who pay a maximum of £120 for a ST & works out about £5 per game to see games 2 tiers above ours, for students or those with no family ties it is obvious why the red side are selling record numbers but it's remarkable that we are not only keeping our fanbase but increasing it, well done AH.

That's very true. Notts are in quite a unique position really, competing with a much bigger/richer/more successful team literally just across the river. We're two divisions apart, but in terms of money and the ability of players, it's a huge gap. How many other lower-league clubs could survive that kind of competition and still increase their fan base? Others share a city, but they have a territorial claim, like the Sheffield or Bristol clubs. There are no Notts or Forest parts of the city as we're too close.

That's why it seems so daft when clubs have a dog at our support, like Coventry did. I'd like to see how they'd cope if Villa moved their stadium to the other side of that ****ty car park.

Nice one Hardy for inspiring more fans to get involved. And to those complaining that he hasn't given an exact number on sales - who said he had to?