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Poor Attendance

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i didn't attend today as i have been on my hols this week. flew back today but couldn't get an early enough flight. i will be at deepdale on tuesday vs west brom though
 
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Only 7,000 less than Blackburn against the most expensive team in the world, English Champions etc etc etc etc.
Its too bloody expensive no matter who you watch.
Sky is cheaper & its in your front room.
Not everyone is like us.........
 
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PNE need to get around 15,000 home supporters in to be really able to push for the players that we know they need. To just push that extra boat out.

That is about 2500 extra home supporters than normal.

If you have had a season ticket in the past, why do you not go on?
Have PNE contacted you? and asked you why you don't go on?

This level of football is the best standard PNE have played for 30 years, you watched a lot lot worse in the eighties and early nineties.


PNE themselves need to sort out all the problems that stop the casual supporter from just coming on. Maybe the new stand will encourage a few more to get off there backsides. If you can get to deepdale on tuesday be there, your club needs you.
 
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Before people slam the attendence, it was quite high in the league compared to others.
Derby - 26,502
Ipswich - 21,422
Coventry - 20,006
West Brom - 19,322
Birmingham - 19,228
Preston - 12,435
Plymouth - 12,138
Barnsley - 10,464
Burnley - 10,039
Southend - 9,639

So all in all, yes it would be great to have 5000 more, but it could be much worse.
 
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£23 on the day = 12,435 attendance! simple really.they have got to get rid of this extra charge on the day business,my mate went on with me today & when he bought his ticket he was not happy at having to pay £23.after the game he informed me that he had just watched the best north end performance in a long while but he wont be going on on tuesday as he feels he has been had off today with the ticket price.
 
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This thread is whinging for the sake of whinging.

There was nothing wrong with yesterday's attendance. If you look at the same game in the last three seasons, ie the third home game, the attendances have been 12,461, 11,439 and 12,965 - average of which is 12,228.

So yesterday's crowd is actually up on the corresponding fixture in recent seasons, despite a price increase.

Cardiff aren't one of the big pulls crowd-wise in this division, there are ten teams that will bring better away followings here this year. Cardiff are top after five games, when such positions are meaningless. They could be in the bottom half in a couple of weeks.

12,435 is par for the course for this type of fixture, so stop whinging and if it bothers you that much bring bring a few mates on on Tuesday - that's the only way attendances will ever increase.
 
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what about us PNE FANS THAT HAVE TO WORK ON SATURDAY'S?I'D LOVE TO GO ON EVERY GAME BUT WORK/PAYING BILLS COME FIRST!
 
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WarrenJoyce9 said:
Apathy. Money. Other passtimes. Lack of passion. Family. Boring football. Lack of goals. Chester Zoo. Spineless twats. Big game supporters. Early season. Lack of atmosphere. Not a big game. No decent players. Never going on again. Can't afford it. Got a new bird. I'm a gay. Working. Lost my wallet. I'm doing overtime. I can't prise myself off the sofa cos I'm obese, ugly and a daft cunt. (Yes, SKY TV.) I need my cash for decorating. My washer has bust. We'll never make the Premiership. I'm an unemployed waster, my presence on this earth is meaningless, but still I sign on. Found a hedgehog. Given up drinking. No bus that comes past my house. PNE aren't Liverpool.

That sort of thing.
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The question is, what can we do to attract more gays to Deepdale?
 
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kc1968 said:
The question is, what can we do to attract more gays to Deepdale?
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The question should be how can we attract more Asians to Deepdale? Walking down Lowerthorpe Rd after the game I noticed a few Asian blokes with North End shirts on who had obviously just been on the game. If the club could somhow attract more from that community, surley the missing three thousand supporters needed to make us a real force are sat on the clubs doorstep.
 
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Once again Oofafu demonstrating he has aboslutely no business savvy.

Listen here mate I can well afford to pay the extra on the day but I resent it. Why are they imposing a tax on those who book on the day ? What is the logic behind it ?

It goes completely over your head Oofafu that such practice kills off the spontaneous fan. The one who turns up at the last minute who more than likely is the one who has less disposable income. So let's analyse what you're saying. You expect a guy to come meandering up from some estate like Moor Nook or from out of town on a special mission to buy a ticket in advance ! It isn't going to happen because 1. it's a great inconvenience 2. there's the extra dosh to pay for travel to do it 3. there isn't going to be a sell out to justify such an action.

The club should have fought tooth and nail to get approval for "pay at the entrance" a system that many of us were brought up on. At then end of the day, particulary in football, it's all about making your product as accessible to as many people as possible. You are not supposed to be alienating any sector of your potential customer base.

Indeed why don't we have a special deal whenever we have two consecutive home games e.g buy your Cardiff ticket at full price and get 30% off the WBA game ? Something, anything to try and help out those for whom footy is an expensive item.

Call your self a businessman.

PS and still the powers that be prove what thick numpty's they are concerning the pigeon shit on seats. It's all very bleedin' simple as advised two seasons ago. Put bleedin' netting up in the rafters and that's the end of the pigeon problem. Altertnatively we could suspend Oofafu caricature scarecrows from the rafters which would induce cardiac arrests in many a low flying pigeon.
 
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Voldemort said:
Once again Oofafu demonstrating he has aboslutely no business savvy.

Listen here mate I can well afford to pay the extra on the day but I resent it. Why are they imposing a tax on those who book on the day ? What is the logic behind it ?

It goes completely over your head Oofafu that such practice kills off the spontaneous fan. The one who turns up at the last minute who more than likely is the one who has less disposable income. So let's analyse what you're saying. You expect a guy to come meandering up from some estate like Moor Nook or from out of town on a special mission to buy a ticket in advance ! It isn't going to happen because 1. it's a great inconvenience 2. there's the extra dosh to pay for travel to do it 3. there isn't going to be a sell out to justify such an action.

The club should have fought tooth and nail to get approval for "pay at the entrance" a system that many of us were brought up on. At then end of the day, particulary in football, it's all about making your product as accessible to as many people as possible. You are not supposed to be alienating any sector of your potential customer base.

Indeed why don't we have a special deal whenever we have two consecutive home games e.g buy your Cardiff ticket at full price and get 30% off the WBA game ? Something, anything to try and help out those for whom footy is an expensive item.

Call your self a businessman.

PS and still the powers that be prove what thick numpty's they are concerning the pigeon shit on seats. It's all very bleedin' simple as advised two seasons ago. Put bleedin' netting up in the rafters and that's the end of the pigeon problem. Altertnatively we could suspend Oofafu caricature scarecrows from the rafters which would induce cardiac arrests in many a low flying pigeon.
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I fully agree with Mr Trees that there should, a must, be a facility for paying 'on the gate' without any financial penalty (I must be sicker that I thought agreeing with him). Anyway - just two other points from your contribution (a) do you have a season ticket - if not, why not, when the club needs 'cash flow' money and (b) the pigeon business is just a load of crap - a life size cut out of Field Marshall Kessering on the centre spot would frighten ALL birds (feathered and otherwise) away😉
 
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WarrenJoyce9 said:
Apathy. Money. Other passtimes. Lack of passion. Family. Boring football. Lack of goals. Chester Zoo. Spineless twats. Big game supporters. Early season. Lack of atmosphere. Not a big game. No decent players. Never going on again. Can't afford it. Got a new bird. I'm a gay. Working. Lost my wallet. I'm doing overtime. I can't prise myself off the sofa cos I'm obese, ugly and a daft cunt. (Yes, SKY TV.) I need my cash for decorating. My washer has bust. We'll never make the Premiership. I'm an unemployed waster, my presence on this earth is meaningless, but still I sign on. Found a hedgehog. Given up drinking. No bus that comes past my house. PNE aren't Liverpool.

That sort of thing.
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Top Post - tick as applicable I ticked 4! - few more going on the Accy Stanley for the "eeeeh by gum good old days" factor (terraces shite football etc....)
 
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Voldemort said:
Indeed why don't we have a special deal whenever we have two consecutive home games e.g buy your Cardiff ticket at full price and get 30% off the WBA game ? Something, anything to try and help out those for whom footy is an expensive item.
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Not a good idea for the WBA game which is more likely to be a good attendance, better: Full price Cardiff ticket & 30% off A barnsley ticket. (friday on tv)
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Fair points made by Yuri, and WIE, your a sanctimonious tit, it was an example that was being given re the WBA game, but it does make some sense as its the next game, not some game in the future.

The extra £3 is an issue, surely its the £20 that PNE should be more interested in, the income from a programme bought, something to eat and drink, not a paultry somewhat prohibative £3 on a ticket. Lets get more people in to watch the games, not split hairs on an extra £3. Be imaginative for the less attractive games, bundling two or three together, larger discounts for the parts of the ground that are less full, where the hell is our marketing department?
 
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Jay said:
Any answers, because I think the support that PNE gets from the Preston populous is disgraceful. (Don't bite my head off, I am not trying to start a fight, just expressing my humble opinion with the aim of starting a discussion.) 😕
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I dont think you could be more wrong to be honest. If you look at the population of preston compared to others, we are very well supported compared to the big cities etc
 
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Oofaafuu said:
So what you are suggesting is that just because we have two consecutive home games, we should drop the prices of the second one if they buy tickets for two games instead of one.

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I think this a real demonstration of BOGOF in the true sense of the word. Mr Trees says 'Buy one - get one free (well almost) whilst Oof just tells him to bog off🙂
 
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On the contrary Oofafu your posting demonstrates vividly that you have no understanding of the spontaneous customer. Imagine it at the check out in a supermarket you numpty. You decide last second you want that tempting Aero bar. But hey sorry mate you can't have it because you should have pre-booked it in advance !!

You haven't an inkling what the hell you're on about.

And many of the spontaneous fans just may not have a credit card and be forced to pay cash or indeed many may not have the time to hang around on the phone for ages until someone deems to answer it. And matey there's the rub, if they haven't got a credit card as many haven't what is the bleedin' point of trying to book over the phone.

Check out the words "ACCESSIBLE" and "ALIENATION" Oofafu then report back to us. Meanwhile you're consigned to the corner wearing a hat with a big "D" on it and stop sucking your thumb while you're there.

And this guy reckons he's a lecturer. God help us.
 
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Good and simple idea by Voldemort. Seems obvious when you think about it.
Looks like PNE don't have any Marketing Dept. or if we do, then they don't have many good ideas.
In any business, you have to remove as many obstacles/objections as possible (if not all obstacles) to help make the sale. At the moment, PNE seem to be making it more difficult and putting more obstacles in the way.
 
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