Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:41 am
RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:16 am
rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:25 am
Forever Blue wrote:Sad to see that once again so called fans do not renew
Ninian Upper closed at least to start next season.
Anyone who bought will have to move to another part of the ground due to not enough season tickets sold for next season.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:25 am
Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:29 am
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:31 am
rhondda 1015 wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
It is sad, but we've always had fickle support. We're not unique in this, lots of other Clubs are the same. I have renewed, but that was because I had a nice win on the football the week before the cheapies deadline closed. I wouldn't have bothered otherwise because there's no real need to buy one in The Championship, tickets will be easily available on a match to match basis, I'd still have gone to about 3/4 of the games though.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:46 am
Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:57 am
Steve Zodiak wrote:I don't think our support has changed much over the years. We have always pulled in between 15k and 25K in the second tier, depending on where we are in the table. We may have lost 10k or so off the gate compared to last season, but that is not 10k Cardiff fans, it is the thousands who just want to see a PL match, as well as many who are just going to watch some of the big names playing for the opposition. I well remember when Toshack & Clarke were setting this division alight, and for a while we threatened to get back to the top. Even then, our gates were anywhere from 18k to 25k, nothing much has changed.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:59 am
Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:07 am
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:22 am
Mr Ducie wrote:Steve Zodiak wrote:I don't think our support has changed much over the years. We have always pulled in between 15k and 25K in the second tier, depending on where we are in the table. We may have lost 10k or so off the gate compared to last season, but that is not 10k Cardiff fans, it is the thousands who just want to see a PL match, as well as many who are just going to watch some of the big names playing for the opposition. I well remember when Toshack & Clarke were setting this division alight, and for a while we threatened to get back to the top. Even then, our gates were anywhere from 18k to 25k, nothing much has changed.
I disagree really.You have to remember that from the time of Toshack and Brian Clarke, the city’s population has increased by 100,000 and the surrounding areas are also expanding rapidly.
With this in mind I sincerely hope that our season ticket sales reflect the area the club serves, so I hope we can exceed 18,000 and average 22/24,000 this year.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:24 am
RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:27 am
bluebird58 wrote:Suits me fine. Easier to park. Shorter queues to get my hot chocolate. Less people in the gents.
And a crowd made up of people who really SUPPORT the team and WANT to be there!
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:32 am
dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
but we haven't lost 10k fans..weve just sold 10k less season tickets { I don't think its even 10k } ..we like lots of clubs have fans who walk up regular or just now and again who realise that being in the Premier league also means certain games will sell out , so therefore took a hit and bought a ST to make sure they got tickets for whatever games they wanted to see...
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:44 am
Forever Blue wrote:dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
but we haven't lost 10k fans..weve just sold 10k less season tickets { I don't think its even 10k } ..we like lots of clubs have fans who walk up regular or just now and again who realise that being in the Premier league also means certain games will sell out , so therefore took a hit and bought a ST to make sure they got tickets for whatever games they wanted to see...
Ok we will see what the average is this season to last season and see if 10,000 disappears, I can tell you now they will have.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:46 am
Forever Blue wrote:dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
but we haven't lost 10k fans..weve just sold 10k less season tickets { I don't think its even 10k } ..we like lots of clubs have fans who walk up regular or just now and again who realise that being in the Premier league also means certain games will sell out , so therefore took a hit and bought a ST to make sure they got tickets for whatever games they wanted to see...
Ok we will see what the average is this season to last season and see if 10,000 disappears, I can tell you now they will have.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:52 am
dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
but we haven't lost 10k fans..weve just sold 10k less season tickets { I don't think its even 10k } ..we like lots of clubs have fans who walk up regular or just now and again who realise that being in the Premier league also means certain games will sell out , so therefore took a hit and bought a ST to make sure they got tickets for whatever games they wanted to see...
Ok we will see what the average is this season to last season and see if 10,000 disappears, I can tell you now they will have.
people going less frequently doesn't mean we have lost them. of course our attendances will be down its how football works and isn't what I said..if bill and ted normally go to 10 games a season each it counts as a total of 20...if they both bought STs last season to ensure they goit to see games they were able to attend it then counted as 38 even if they still only watched 10 each..i know a few pple that bought for this reason as it still only worked out at 30 quid a game and you were guaranteed a seat ...you only had to look around the ground to see that they were not the only ones as the screen kept saying 30k plus but there were empty seats everywhere..
Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:00 pm
Steve Zodiak wrote:dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:dogfound wrote:Forever Blue wrote:rhondda 1015 wrote:RV Casual wrote:Everyone will have their reasons why they have renewed or not, some will be genuine and some won't. C'est La Vie.
What I don't get is some of the comments, how can anyone be glad. Playing in that Stadium full last season was immense. I am pretty gutted we never stayed up and kept those fans who would hopefully have stuck around with the Clubs growth just like all those that did after Sam took over when we had a period of success and promotions.
I'll be there next season of course but playing in a Stadium just over half full saddens me.
The people who seem pleased that we went down are a strange bunch, we needed to stay up. We've instantly lost not far off 10,000 fans, hopefully we'll get off to a decent start and many of them will return.
For me to lose nearly 10,000 fans, is heartbreaking as last season everyone was saying how amazing our loyal support was, for me over 30% of our support is very very fickle and really only turned up to watch the opposition not Cardiff City
but we haven't lost 10k fans..weve just sold 10k less season tickets { I don't think its even 10k } ..we like lots of clubs have fans who walk up regular or just now and again who realise that being in the Premier league also means certain games will sell out , so therefore took a hit and bought a ST to make sure they got tickets for whatever games they wanted to see...
Ok we will see what the average is this season to last season and see if 10,000 disappears, I can tell you now they will have.
people going less frequently doesn't mean we have lost them. of course our attendances will be down its how football works and isn't what I said..if bill and ted normally go to 10 games a season each it counts as a total of 20...if they both bought STs last season to ensure they goit to see games they were able to attend it then counted as 38 even if they still only watched 10 each..i know a few pple that bought for this reason as it still only worked out at 30 quid a game and you were guaranteed a seat ...you only had to look around the ground to see that they were not the only ones as the screen kept saying 30k plus but there were empty seats everywhere..
I know a few people from my local who won't be going down this season because we are not playing against the likes of Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea etc. They attended to watch PL football, and two of them are actually avid Arsenal followers. No doubt they will be trying to get season tickets again the next time we pay the PL a visit.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:32 pm
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:00 pm
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:04 pm
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:23 am
Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:28 am
RV Casual wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Same as mate.
I just spent the best part of £1,000 on a long weekend in Devon. And iv got to find money to take us away in the school holidays whilst alo pay the deposit on a foreign holiday next August before the boy turns 18 and doesn't want to come anymore. That's £4,500 for for that but iv got a year to pay for it £375 a month, thanks for that lol.
Seriously I don't know how people go home and away week in week out, you either have no life outside of football or are millionaires or retired.
Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:40 am
Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:54 am
jimmy_rat wrote:RV Casual wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Same as mate.
I just spent the best part of £1,000 on a long weekend in Devon. And iv got to find money to take us away in the school holidays whilst alo pay the deposit on a foreign holiday next August before the boy turns 18 and doesn't want to come anymore. That's £4,500 for for that but iv got a year to pay for it £375 a month, thanks for that lol.
Seriously I don't know how people go home and away week in week out, you either have no life outside of football or are millionaires or retired.
How can you spend 1k on a weekend break in Devon? You must be a millionaire?!
Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:59 am
RV Casual wrote:jimmy_rat wrote:RV Casual wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Same as mate.
I just spent the best part of £1,000 on a long weekend in Devon. And iv got to find money to take us away in the school holidays whilst alo pay the deposit on a foreign holiday next August before the boy turns 18 and doesn't want to come anymore. That's £4,500 for for that but iv got a year to pay for it £375 a month, thanks for that lol.
Seriously I don't know how people go home and away week in week out, you either have no life outside of football or are millionaires or retired.
How can you spend 1k on a weekend break in Devon? You must be a millionaire?!
The Caravan was £400
The Zoo was £100 for entry alone.
That's half.
£50 on fuel.
£150 on drinks in the Clubhouse
£250 on meals, ice creams and snacks
And that wasn't going wild. Sure if we had eat all our meals in the Caravan could have saved monet but only there for 3 days so was out and about.
I'm not a millionaire lol but that's the going rate these days for these type of things isn't it?
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:02 am
Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:18 am
dogfound wrote:between 1973 and 2008 that's 35 years ,our biggest average attendance was 15k most were much much lower. even failed to average 14k in the cup final year..
now we have all this negativity because we have only sold 16k STs in June ??????????...
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:55 pm
bluesince62 wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Well said Tonteg,but remember,to be classed as a die hard,you must renew as a matter of urgency forget you're holiday and renew man you aren't allowed a life outside the ccs
Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:17 pm
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:bluesince62 wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:I haven’t renewed mine yet. I spent a fortune travelling home and away last season and now I’m saving for a summer holiday. We are only approaching the middle of June and I would assume there are several thousands of fans like myself who haven’t got around to renewing just yet because of other circumstances.
Well said Tonteg,but remember,to be classed as a die hard,you must renew as a matter of urgency forget you're holiday and renew man you aren't allowed a life outside the ccs
You’re right, how selfish of me. How dare I put my holiday before renewing!