Attendance Discussion - Stop the Split! - Derby (h) Sat 11th Feb
Ok - 11 'thumbs up' on a post in the Ipswich game thread for a suggestion that we suggest and debate ideas for gaining a 6000 - 7000 home attendance for Derby home game so that there is no need to throw open to Derby fans a portion of the Frank Adams / Family Stand to away supporters.
I promise to summarise the main points and ideas to forward them to the Trust for discussion with Rob and the Board but I am sure that there are many routes for those that make decisions to know about what is said on here
The gasroom is famous for drifting off topic and I love that. There probably isn't that long before the decision will be made, so I am confident we will try and leaven the humour with debate and positive ideas. We have home games against Bristol Rovers, Sheffield Weds, Oxford and Fleetwood before the game against Derby so ideas that need a try out have opportunity.
I'll kick off with a couple of ideas of my own:
Atmosphere - Have the (crowd) in FA / FS wear bibs, or hold up coloured paper like we did at Villa Park, with a slogan like "Dream's On" (which a sponsor might pay for) or "Our House". Run a competition to choose the slogan. Use the big screen to show pictures of it happening live and later.
Numbers - Contact all subscribers, season ticket holders to say what we are aiming to Stop the Split and why. Ask them to be ambassadors for the club for tickets for this game and invite people to buy extra and buy early. Involve the Trust as much as possible.
I am sure that there will be other ideas. Can I make a plea that we try and refine and improve the ideas of others rather than knock them down.
Comments
Extension of the Family Stand into the top tier blocks that were given to Ipswich. Increase the adult price by all means for these seats but keep the kids tickets at £3 for u11’s and £7 for 12-17yr olds. Existing ST holders can then stay in their seats if they like or move if they chose to do so.
Will the police even let the club do this anyway?
Not if Rob wants to sit in the FA I shouldn’t think! He’s not too popular in those parts
Imaginative ticket pricing into less used seats doed seem like a good idea. I imagine it was that idea, or one adjacent to it which helped us reach 6000 against Morecombe.
Am probably misunderstanding this, but are you suggesting fusing Ipswich fans with some of our families?
Was it just me or was there a minimal police presence on Saturday? I can't recall seeing any of the boys in blue let alone any horses.
Apologies if I am wrong @username123, but to answer @Malone I think the idea is to stop any need to split the Frank Adams and Family Stand to for the forthcoming Derby game by using differential pricing to encourage families into the less popular blocks at the end of the Frank Adams. If we can attract 6000 - 7000 home fans to the game against Derby in February the financial case for splitting those stands as we did for the Ipswich game and selling those tickets to Derby fans would have considerably less weight.
I believe @username123 is suggesting that only the price of a child's ticket is reduced in those areas.
Yes @railwaysteve thats exactly what I mean. It’s hard to get ‘good’ family stand seats on ad hoc basis and I personally know people who say along the lines of ‘Im not spend £20 to sit in the bottom corner in the rain’. But paying for kids in the top tier is a massive jump for families on top of higher adult price.