Will we ever see a 10,000+ home gate this season?

[Brin]

Looking through the attendance home game stats and I didn't realise we've never hit a 10k+ gate this season.

If I recall, correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't we sell close to 7k of S'T's this season? Throw in the floating home fans and you would expect it to average around 8.5k. With this in mind it still doesn't tally up with the likes of Bradford and Huddersfield having visited us?

The last 6 home games had an average of 8114. From these, the Huddersfield attendance was 9514 and that's about as good as it gets. The last two homes games were Wimbledon 7787 and Northampton 7228.

Will the new recruits help to increase our attendance and will those who have recently stayed away now return?

It appears Tony Stewart has dug deep again so isn't it now our turn to repay that faith by attending? There's been enough posted and mentioned of how weak we were prior to the transfer window but we're not now. By all means if some fans don't want to, you can't make them, it's their choice. Would just like to see a much bigger crowd now returning and some noise created to get the NYS rocking again like it use to.

NB. I've just realised who's in town this Saturday, table toppers Cardiff and they travel well in numbers so maybe this may well be the first 10k+ gate afterall.

[Old_time_miller]

Brin mate, compelling evidence of ST being well short of 7k. And factor in a one off day ticket of full adult W and E stands being a whacking 32 quid for this division football standard, not hard to see where the lower gates come from. The N stand I haven?t checked, but we can only rely on the lower ticket prices on day rate to swell numbers up. It?s always easier to get floaters in if playing well in a promotion race rather than a scrap for points.

[Old_time_miller]

Problems will really come if we - heaven forbid - go down. The prices would be unsustainable in my view, we know what the standard would be of Div 2.

All who qualify for concession prices of ages are the ones we can capitalise on. Time to release a one time off buy 3 for 2.

If it was in line for the same rate - or a little higher - of ST, then no one could complain and one way to encourage a crowd.

Would the club have the foresight?

[Brin]

Problems will really come if we - heaven forbid - go down. The prices would be unsustainable in my view, we know what the standard would be of Div 2.

All who qualify for concession prices of ages are the ones we can capitalise on. Time to release a one time off buy 3 for 2.

If it was in line for the same rate - or a little higher - of ST, then no one could complain and one way to encourage a crowd.

Would the club have the foresight?

Err probably no but you would have to look deep into that for it to be commercially viable for the club. Good shout though.

[Old_time_miller]

There is also the winter factor…..

[Brin]

There is also the winter factor…..

I'll give you that one but we've played xx games at home so far and all haven't been winter games

[Old_time_miller]

I'll give you that one but we've played xx games at home so far and all haven't been winter games

Research needed, but pretty sure but gates have fallen away increasingly after the end of the 9 games run?.and that does also coincide with true winter. I will be the first to miss freezing, and with a ST to boot. Plenty of games covered by sky, which with a ST, they stay away warm.

It is very difficult to quantify. Good weather does help though, as does a good run.

[Old_time_miller]

It is a good talking point Brin, better than the endless bicker.

[Old_time_miller]

Sorry, oops, apologies!

[Old_time_miller]

Brin, Huddersfield notably have a good lower price policy, their theory being, better to have more in than less on higher price.