jaylcfc94 Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 Why would you say because can’t sell out for last 16 against championship opposition we shouldn’t expand. Arsenal don’t sell out every cup game... or man city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 7 minutes ago, sdb said: I do agree to an extent, but I drive 110 miles each game. The occasional midweek cup game just has to be excused for me, especially with another late one just 5 days later. Personally I do think the pricing was a touch ott. Easy sell out at £10-15 i reckon Definitely not judging anyone here - especially not the good folk travelling from far and wide to see us. I just remain to be convinced that we're ready for the expansion and am worried about seeing 10,000 plus empty seats each week. If you lived close by you presumably would go to the game though even at £20? So while I understand your situation entirely. I don't think its the ticket price thats to blame personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 50 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said: It is now ‘televised’ on Facebook of all places. And it finally went on general sale today. Just because we can’t sell out one game means we should stop expansion. I’ve said it before I’d rather the ability to host a crowd of 40,000 than not Glad it's on somewhere. Thought that might have been put paid to by the betting related arguments over the 3rd round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 24 minutes ago, Yes said: Some attendances from comparable Premier League clubs against lower league opposition from previous rounds. Leicester 30,330 Brighton 20,349 Southampton 20,091 Crystal Palace (also expanding) 15,507 Sheffield United 11,133 Burnley 8,043 First point. They were previous rounds. Second point. None are third in the prem. Third and (perhaps) most important point - none were in local derbies. Getting 30,000 was a decent effort undoubtedly for the 3rd round reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, shanetko said: First point. They were previous rounds. Second point. None are third in the prem. Third and (perhaps) most important point - none were in local derbies. Getting 30,000 was a decent effort undoubtedly for the 3rd round reserves. Point is you’ve got Sheffield United having the season of their lives managing 11k but admittedly against non league so some excuse there, Palace who as far as I know are looking to expand managing 15k, our figures for a midweek game will be better than that. Although that should be expected being a later round to be fair. You say local derby but there’s no particular history with Birmingham, if it was Cov like most of us wanted then I’d be disappointed but it’s not. Just don’t see it as a reason for not expanding and if anything we get good numbers in the cup, considering the circumstances this round included. Edited 2 March 2020 by Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 2 March 2020 Author Share Posted 2 March 2020 1 hour ago, shanetko said: Judging by the fact we still have 5,000 tickets left to sell 2 days before a last 16 cup match, I’m yet to be convinced we’re ready for expansion. People are using the cost as an excuse for our fan base. It’s £20/25. We were selling Championship tickets for more than that seven years ago. It’s a local derby and it’s not even televised. A lot of the home games go quite late and some don’t 100% sell out in full. Does expansion just suit a few fans who wanna watch us against Liverpool, Man Utd etc but aren’t interested in likes of Burnley and Watford? A lot can be sold still in the next 36 hours or so. Birmingham are bringing 5k so 27k is still quite good for a midweek cup game IMO. Man City are the reigning champions of England but they still couldn’t tempt more than 15k to a midweek league game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 5 minutes ago, Yes said: Point is you’ve got Sheffield United having the season of their lives managing 11k but admittedly against non league so some excuse there, Palace who as far as I know are looking to expand managing 15k, our figures for a midweek game will be better than that. Although that should be expected being a later round to be fair. You say local derby but there’s no particular history with Birmingham, if it was Cov like most of us wanted then I’d be disappointed but it’s not. Just don’t see it as a reason for not expanding and if anything we get good numbers in the cup, considering the circumstances this round included. 1 minute ago, urban.spaceman said: A lot can be sold still in the next 36 hours or so. Birmingham are bringing 5k so 27k is still quite good for a midweek cup game IMO. Man City are the reigning champions of England but they still couldn’t tempt more than 15k to a midweek league game. Fair play lads. Not trying to put a dampener on things. I just really dont wanna see us with 10k empty seats every week like Sunderland. This cup game isn't the sole reason I'm concerned of course. It's as much the games like Villa/other lower end teams. I know we'd sell 40k for Man U/Liverpool/Man C etc right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 2 March 2020 Author Share Posted 2 March 2020 5 minutes ago, shanetko said: Fair play lads. Not trying to put a dampener on things. I just really dont wanna see us with 10k empty seats every week like Sunderland. This cup game isn't the sole reason I'm concerned of course. It's as much the games like Villa/other lower end teams. I know we'd sell 40k for Man U/Liverpool/Man C etc right now. Fair enough to have those concerns. I think as Claudio used to say “zlowly zlowly”... The fanbase is already growing and will continue to do so the bigger we get. If the expansion opens in a couple of years and we’ve had a couple of seasons of Europe, there’s no doubt we can fill 40k 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylesta Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 28 minutes ago, shanetko said: Fair play lads. Not trying to put a dampener on things. I just really dont wanna see us with 10k empty seats every week like Sunderland. This cup game isn't the sole reason I'm concerned of course. It's as much the games like Villa/other lower end teams. I know we'd sell 40k for Man U/Liverpool/Man C etc right now. You mean the lower teams like Burnley???? We actually sell all the tickets they don't sell so something like 2000 so the demand is there!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylesta Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 Does anybody know how long our season ticket waiting list is? Or how many people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 Just now, tylesta said: Does anybody know how long our season ticket waiting list is? Or how many people? Don't think there is one. You need to serve time as a Member to be in with a shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylesta Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 2 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Don't think there is one. You need to serve time as a Member to be in with a shout. I know a lot of clubs have a waiting list suppose our member's are the waiting list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylesta Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 2 hours ago, shanetko said: Judging by the fact we still have 5,000 tickets left to sell 2 days before a last 16 cup match, I’m yet to be convinced we’re ready for expansion. People are using the cost as an excuse for our fan base. It’s £20/25. We were selling Championship tickets for more than that seven years ago. It’s a local derby and it’s not even televised. A lot of the home games go quite late and some don’t 100% sell out in full. Does expansion just suit a few fans who wanna watch us against Liverpool, Man Utd etc but aren’t interested in likes of Burnley and Watford? Hey someone made posts like this pre Wigan game😎 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 2 hours ago, shanetko said: Judging by the fact we still have 5,000 tickets left to sell 2 days before a last 16 cup match, I’m yet to be convinced we’re ready for expansion. People are using the cost as an excuse for our fan base. It’s £20/25. We were selling Championship tickets for more than that seven years ago. It’s a local derby and it’s not even televised. A lot of the home games go quite late and some don’t 100% sell out in full. Does expansion just suit a few fans who wanna watch us against Liverpool, Man Utd etc but aren’t interested in likes of Burnley and Watford? I am a member who wants a season ticket but I am not going to this cup match. I have friends who want to come with me to matches, but so many matches are selling out before going on general sale. I would be going if I trusted CrossCountry trains to get me, the usual group of west travelling Leicester fans, plus all those Birmingham fans back home before the last train of the day, but I really don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davieG Posted 2 March 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 2 March 2020 If you don't have the capacity to allow easy to get tickets as in available on the day, fair match day pricing expansion of the fan base you'll never grow. When we moved from Filbo 20k to 30k people said we'd never fill it but we did and have generally maintained that. Historically we've had high 30k crowds and with the growing interest amongst our ethnic community and the more welcoming atmosphere for them there is massive potential from a city the size of Leicester and Leicestershire. I believe as a conurbation we're significantly bigger than Sunderland and in the biggest 10 to 12 in the country so well capable of growing the fan base. My son used to go with 10 mates only 2 go now because the others gave up because it's such a pain getting tickets on the fly which they need to to family commitments. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 2 hours ago, shanetko said: Judging by the fact we still have 5,000 tickets left to sell 2 days before a last 16 cup match, I’m yet to be convinced we’re ready for expansion. People are using the cost as an excuse for our fan base. It’s £20/25. We were selling Championship tickets for more than that seven years ago. It’s a local derby and it’s not even televised. A lot of the home games go quite late and some don’t 100% sell out in full. Does expansion just suit a few fans who wanna watch us against Liverpool, Man Utd etc but aren’t interested in likes of Burnley and Watford? Just looked on the LCFC website and we only have 122 tickets left available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 4 minutes ago, Beechey said: Just looked on the LCFC website and we only have 122 tickets left available. Add another 1800 and you’re about there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylcfc94 Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 There is no way Birmingham would sell out for this game when it’s a much bigger and one off for them so why does everyone expect we should? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Bert said: Add another 1800 and you’re about there Unless they've not listed some sections, no. Reservations? Scratch it, I'm stupid. Wrong game. Edited 2 March 2020 by Beechey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Babylon Posted 2 March 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 2 March 2020 1 hour ago, shanetko said: Fair play lads. Not trying to put a dampener on things. I just really dont wanna see us with 10k empty seats every week like Sunderland. This cup game isn't the sole reason I'm concerned of course. It's as much the games like Villa/other lower end teams. I know we'd sell 40k for Man U/Liverpool/Man C etc right now. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, Man City, Spurs would all sell out. Then you have first games of the season, last games of the season, Christmas and new year games all popular games with big demand. So that’s already potentially 10 of the 18 games we play likely sell out. Stop comparing cup games to league games ffs. Nobody expects to sell out every game, it’s about having room to grow. If you were going to sell out every game after adding 10,000 then you might as well add 18,000 otherwise there is no room to grow. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 10 minutes ago, Babylon said: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U, Man City, Spurs would all sell out. Then you have first games of the season, last games of the season, Christmas and new year games all popular games with big demand. So that’s already potentially 10 of the 18 games we play likely sell out. Stop comparing cup games to league games ffs. Nobody expects to sell out every game, it’s about having room to grow. If you were going to sell out every game after adding 10,000 then you might as well add 18,000 otherwise there is no room to grow. And if Forest and Leeds come up and replace Bournemouth and Brighton there’s another 2 sell out games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claridge Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 45 minutes ago, Bert said: Add another 1800 and you’re about there 45 minutes ago, Bert said: Add another 1800 and you’re about there A lot more than that I think, shop said 5000 at least this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravel Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 5 minutes ago, Claridge said: A lot more than that I think, shop said 5000 at least this morning Yeah, just looked on website and still looks about 5,000 left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claridge Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 Shame really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangecity23 Posted 2 March 2020 Share Posted 2 March 2020 1 hour ago, rachhere said: I am a member who wants a season ticket but I am not going to this cup match. I have friends who want to come with me to matches, but so many matches are selling out before going on general sale. I would be going if I trusted CrossCountry trains to get me, the usual group of west travelling Leicester fans, plus all those Birmingham fans back home before the last train of the day, but I really don't. Always gets me how they can have a train between 2 major cities like Leicester and Brum and its just 2 locomotive carriages coupled together. If you are defining a "train" as a number of carriages coupled together, then its literally the smallest combination they could use before you couldn't honestly even say it's a train anymore 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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