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Do £5 tickets work?

The Wise Addict
The Wise Addict Posts: 30
edited October 2012 in General Charlton
Hate to say this, but the atmosphere was once again very very flat at a price promotion day. It may fill the ground, but does nothing else as the players seem to choke with the expectation to perform well. All price promotions do is bring in tourist fans who don't really know the team or are even Charlton fan at all. Why not save the promotions for the League or even thr FA Cup in Jan.

By the way the game was not a great advert for Charlton and our midfield was very unbalanced and a couple (no names but we all know who they are) are clearly out of their depths. Razak is a great prospect for the future with City, but didn't deserve his place today.

What do others think of the price promotion?
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  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,169
    If I took the offer on and didn't have a st I wouldn't go again
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,087
    Price promotion great idea ...but agree atmosphere was very flat and disappointing
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,568
    Have to say the atmosphere was very average, Watford on a wet Tuesday night seemed much better.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Yes, they work. Can't see the atmosphere being better in front of 15,000. If we had scored or come really close to scoring it might have lifted the CAFC noise levels.
  • ljm29
    ljm29 Posts: 275
    It never works. We always lose and the atmosphere is poor. We get people who don't go and who sit through the game moaning. If rather has less fans and more support
  • Valley27000
    Valley27000 Posts: 3,417
    Good to see over 26,000.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,772
    We always lose except when we beat Chesterfield and Stevenage on the last two times we've done it?

    That's just football for you.
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    ljm29 said:

    It never works. We always lose and the atmosphere is poor. We get people who don't go and who sit through the game moaning. If rather has less fans and more support

    Not true. This is the fifth promotion and we had won three and lost one of the first four.

    The atmosphere was a little flat, but we didn't out perform the opposition like we did in League One.

    If you are going to make such condescending comments, have the decency to check your facts!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,940
    Of course it worked - we got 10,000 more people in the ground than we would otherwise.

    How anyone can suggest that it didn't/doesn't work is laughable. Nothing the price promotion can do about the result.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Loads of kids (and parents) walking round the back of the East Stand with their brand new CAFC clobber on.

    Long may it continue.

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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,675
    What would the attendance have been for this game if we hadn't done Football For A Fiver?
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,090
    Good to see kids wearing CAFC stuff, atmosphere was poor but then again there wasn't anything to cheer about on the pitch
  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,110
    The aim of the promotion isn't to raise noise levels, it's to get bums on seats for the game.
    So yeah, it works.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,219
    Wonder how the revenue generated compares to a game with a "normal" admission....
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,397
    It kills the atmosphere dead. Many people I know dont usually sit in their seats but all move up and sit together, all singing etc. But you can't do this when its full, (i know you should all buy your st's next to eachother to get around it) and the singing is more subdued. Didn't really help that we played hoofball nothingness and our 5 man midfield played really narrow and still got overran though tbh.

    Remember 10,000 £5 tickets is only 2,500 £20 tickets, so I expect most of the revenue we gain is from merchandise etc.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,138
    Yeah, it worked alright. I don;t know if you noticed, but the ground was packed. Unfortunate that the team had a stinker today, but that can happen at any game.

    Of course there's always going to be a number of freeloaders that don't come back, but I reckon that somewhere in that crowd will be a handful that get hooked. Good luck to them.

    Did anyone else see the Chelsea nutter in the North Lower before the game? Shouting at the tv, oblivious to the fact that he was the only one who gave a toss about it.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,681
    stonemuse said:

    Price promotion great idea ...but agree atmosphere was very flat and disappointing

    Worse than very flat imo, from the NWQ i could hear Barnsley throughout the game.
    What to do though?
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    Not sure about the financial side of things?
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,772
    sam3110 said:

    It kills the atmosphere dead. Many people I know dont usually sit in their seats but all move up and sit together, all singing etc. But you can't do this when its full, (i know you should all buy your st's next to eachother to get around it) and the singing is more subdued. Didn't really help that we played hoofball nothingness and our 5 man midfield played really narrow and still got overran though tbh.

    Remember 10,000 £5 tickets is only 2,500 £20 tickets, so I expect most of the revenue we gain is from merchandise etc.

    The ticket revenue today will have been higher than it would have been at full price. Easily.
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,940
    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Strippers?

  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,681
    Off_it said:

    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Strippers?

    There you go, sorted already.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,829
    Addickted said:

    Loads of kids (and parents) walking round the back of the East Stand with their brand new CAFC clobber on.



    Long may it continue.

    This
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Off_it said:

    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Strippers?


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YrCZfq1Zq8
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,605
    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Get the players to turn up

  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Surely that is the job of the crowd, not the club

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,641
    Over 26k against barnsley in division 2 proves that this and all the other schemes over the years work.
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    PL54 said:

    CrayAddick said:

    The question is what can the club do to improve the atmosphere on match days?

    Surely that is the job of the crowd, not the club

    The crowd won't do it though, so the club may have to step in.

    Unless we ban prawn sandwiches into the ground?
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,169
    atmosphere will never be great down the valley, our vocal support is too far from the away fans. players need to put in a shift though if we are going to.
  • nolly
    nolly Posts: 12,122
    we have one of the most quiet crowds in the leagues ,embrace it ,live it.

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