steelboy Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 i think tonight proves that as a club we can never implement the price cuts that certain posters on here are constantly bleating on about. just over 6000 with probably a 1000 weans who came for a laugh. the fact is there will always be people wanting to talk pish about fitba on the internet who will never be up for actually paying to watch a game that could be shite or could be a classic. look about motherwell on a weekly basis and you'll see guys with plenty of money for pints, horses, puggies, ching, takeaways and clobber. the difference between 20 or 15 quid won't seal the deal, it's the time commitment that bothers folk more than the money. cuttting prices at fir park is never going to work. there are no fans out to entice. anyone who wants a good team on the park is going to have to pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 I think that figure is wrong, seemed to me a lot more than 6,000 in that ground tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn_Broomfield Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 I think that figure is wrong, seemed to me a lot more than 6,000 in that ground tonight. I thought that myself, was very surprised at that figure. East Stand was packed to the Sally's, with very good attendances in the Cooper and POD. Hibs away support was pishflaps though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 There was definately more than that. There was more people than seats in the east. Doesn't matter. Im sure folk who got in cheap and hadn't been before will be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 600 hibs fans 2800 in the east 1200 in the cooper 1500 in the main. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Glad that there was such rounded figures there. Magical 141 you've not accounted for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 that's just my estimates. which one(s) do you think is/are particularly unaccurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modernist Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 East Stand was busy but not 'Anywhere' near full. Cooper and POD had decent turn outs as well. I would have said around the 7,000 - 7,500 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 that's just my estimates. which one(s) do you think is/are particularly unaccurate? All of them, I'm not sure though. I go to football to watch the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 East Stand was busy but not 'Anywhere' near full. Cooper and POD had decent turn outs as well. I would have said around the 7,000 - 7,500 mark. no chance. even with 6500 well fans you'd need an average of 2160ish in home each stand. does anyone know the capacity of each stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwellhighland Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 If figures are correct how does cutting prices do nothing? We had under 4000 at our last midweek game on the telly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon_da_well Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 I'd have said closer to 8k at the game tonight. It looked a lot busier that usual and the last 2 or 3 sections of the East were mobbed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modernist Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 no chance. even with 6500 well fans you'd need an average of 2160ish in home each stand. does anyone know the capacity of each stand? Mibbies aye, mibbies naw............. Going back to your original post, I know of a couple of weans (who came for a laugh) who will be season ticket holders next season. Worked for my generation.............. (No pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted May 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 If figures are correct how does cutting prices do nothing? We had under 4000 at our last midweek game on the telly because we cut the adult prices by 45% and the u16 prices by 90% and we didn't come anywhere near doubling the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwellhighland Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 because we cut the adult prices by 45% and the u16 prices by 90% and we didn't come anywhere near doubling the gate. We had 3544 against Dundee Utd..........6241 tonight. Not far off doubling....I'd say it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 What was affected tonight was the walk up pay at the gate income. Tonight's initiative didn't affect ST holders numbers or experience other than to boost the odd random off their seats. I reckon the club will be even for the night compared to what they would have earned with a £22-10 gate. I think the major issue here is the marketing of the initiative. It could and should have been done better. How easy would it have been to say to Hibs, why not make an announcement at half time in the Hearts game. According to their forum, they found out a few days ago because one of them saw it on here. Summer nights like that are made for football. Ditch arsing about in mid January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yir Elder Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 We had 3544 against Dundee Utd..........6241 tonight. Not far off doubling....I'd say it worked My point exactly. The extra bodies helped create the atmosphere in the last 20 minutes, so from that angle it also worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelmen Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 100% agree elder. the atmosphere was amazing at times tonight and i am sure it helped the players.... well maybe no the defence it did feel a bit busy tonight and it was good to see things flying off the shelf in the shop too. will it continue though??? Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 because we cut the adult prices by 45% and the u16 prices by 90% and we didn't come anywhere near doubling the gate. Three thousand odd x 2 = Six thousand odd (rounding up like) Calm doon a wee bit steelboy. The initiative added to the gate and the atmosphere that was the intention. We added 2000 anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East_Stand_Al Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Seriously people, we witnessed all that is good and all that is bad with our team in the highest ever scoring SPL game, European football still a possibility going into the last game of the season and we're squabbling over the attendance. Isn't that just typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 I'm sure the official attendance is about right, in fact I was surprised it was that high. Around me it wasn't much different. If you went five seats either side of me in my row, row in front and the row behind there was probably 7 or 8 empty seats. Really the East Stand has to be completely full for the attendance to be 7,000+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcalf Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 There was a marked difference around us which maybe gave me a skewed idea of the attendance but as said before last 3 sections of the East were rammed with folk standing up the back all game. Cooper looked more full than usual as well. Who gives a fuck anyway, the players got nervous in front of a bigger crowd as per, relaxed when half them left and we were back to normal and those of us who stuck it out got our reward. New stadium should have a hidden section miles away from the pitch so the players can only see empty seats down the front else we'll never win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 I'd rather we never lowered the prices as it's a guaranteed non home win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 What was affected tonight was the walk up pay at the gate income. Tonight's initiative didn't affect ST holders numbers or experience other than to boost the odd random off their seats. I reckon the club will be even for the night compared to what they would have earned with a £22-10 gate. I think the major issue here is the marketing of the initiative. It could and should have been done better. How easy would it have been to say to Hibs, why not make an announcement at half time in the Hearts game. According to their forum, they found out a few days ago because one of them saw it on here. Summer nights like that are made for football. Ditch arsing about in mid January. The prices were announced on the official hibs website the day after they were announced on ours but you're right if they didn't know about it then it's not been pushed enough. I think you have to remember the terrible run they were/are on. That would have affected their support big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_tony Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Whether that figure's correct or not, it's still a lot more than our average this season. Most games have been around the 4,000 mark this year so even if it was 6,000, it's still an improvement. Besides, I got the impression it was more about creating an atmosphere last night than making money on the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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