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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 10:29:45 GMT
We took more to Wembley than Preston and Swindon but they both took more than Grimsby. Still, only 1000 more there than at ours. Sorry for being thick but I am struggling to understand that. We take more than both teams but they end up with a bigger crowd ?? a < b <= c < d (a + d) < (b + c) we're d. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 10:47:27 GMT
We took more to Wembley than Preston and Swindon but they both took more than Grimsby. Still, only 1000 more there than at ours. Sorry for being thick but I am struggling to understand that. We take more than both teams but they end up with a bigger crowd ?? He is saying that there were more Gasheads at Wembley than Swindon fans, more Gasheads than Preston fans, more Gasheads than Wycombe fans, more Gasheads than Southend fans. Swindon and Preston had an higher attendance than ours because Grimsby took a lot less than Swindon and Preston. |
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Post by dagnogo on May 26, 2015 12:04:51 GMT
Apparently the cheaper tickets up top were kept off sale until the more expensive ones had sold out. Result? The cheap ones never got sold because a lot of people couldn't afford the higher prices even though they would have bought £30 tickets. Added to rail travel problems for both sets of fans and a stupid kick off time, the upshot was that both sides took around 10,000 fewer supporters than they may have expected to. All joking aside, it really is embarrassing that these occasions are attracting far fewer fans than they might do under other circumstances and the various authorities would do well to examine their attitude towards pricing before they drive even more people away from our game Agree on cheaper tickets. They justified the vanarama prices by saying that they needed to cover the cost of the stadium hire. I assume the FA are heavily subsidising the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley then as tickets are £5-£15 fa cupThe FA own Wembley so no hire costs are involved for FA Cup games/Charity Shield. |
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Post by billyocean on May 26, 2015 17:33:47 GMT
Agree on cheaper tickets. They justified the vanarama prices by saying that they needed to cover the cost of the stadium hire. I assume the FA are heavily subsidising the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley then as tickets are £5-£15 fa cupThe FA own Wembley so no hire costs are involved for FA Cup games/Charity Shield. Point taken but there are still running costs and the opportunity cost of hiring it to someone else instead on the day. And aren't we a member of the FA, as are all pro clubs? I still think they should sell cheaper tickets for these games rather than have the stadium only half or one third full |
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Post by dagnogo on May 26, 2015 18:15:18 GMT
The FA own Wembley so no hire costs are involved for FA Cup games/Charity Shield. Point taken but there are still running costs and the opportunity cost of hiring it to someone else instead on the day. And aren't we a member of the FA, as are all pro clubs? I still think they should sell cheaper tickets for these games rather than have the stadium only half or one third full I agree entirely. Sadly when it comes to Wembley, the stadium England never needed, the Football League and Conference cease to be members of their "football family" they like to drone on about and become mere customers like when bands play there. |
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Post by Bridgeman on May 26, 2015 18:35:02 GMT
We took more to Wembley than Preston and Swindon but they both took more than Grimsby. Still, only 1000 more there than at ours. Sorry for being thick but I am struggling to understand that. We take more than both teams but they end up with a bigger crowd ?? He means on our own we took 30,000+, Preston on their own took say 24,000, Swindon on their own took say 24,000 = 48,000 which was higher than the attendance in total at our final. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on May 26, 2015 18:50:16 GMT
Sorry for being thick but I am struggling to understand that. We take more than both teams but they end up with a bigger crowd ?? He is saying that there were more Gasheads at Wembley than Swindon fans, more Gasheads than Preston fans, more Gasheads than Wycombe fans, more Gasheads than Southend fans. Swindon and Preston had an higher attendance than ours because Grimsby took a lot less than Swindon and Preston. Thanks for not taking the piss. Much appreciated |
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Post by billyocean on May 26, 2015 19:48:45 GMT
Point taken but there are still running costs and the opportunity cost of hiring it to someone else instead on the day. And aren't we a member of the FA, as are all pro clubs? I still think they should sell cheaper tickets for these games rather than have the stadium only half or one third full I agree entirely. Sadly when it comes to Wembley, the stadium England never needed, the Football League and Conference cease to be members of their "football family" they like to drone on about and become mere customers like when bands play there. ^^ this  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 20:40:36 GMT
He is saying that there were more Gasheads at Wembley than Swindon fans, more Gasheads than Preston fans, more Gasheads than Wycombe fans, more Gasheads than Southend fans. Swindon and Preston had an higher attendance than ours because Grimsby took a lot less than Swindon and Preston. Thanks for not taking the piss. Much appreciated Dont see the point why people would take the piss out of one of their own. I certainly am not like that unless pushed. Why we all cant just get along I dont know. We all love Rovers, we all want the best for the club and im sure if we seen a Gashead getting rough treatment somewhere out and about, we would jump in and support our fellow Gashead. So why some people on here want to give out rough treatment over a keyboard is beyond me. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 20:48:49 GMT
He didn't take the piss. He explained it with maths.
I'm sure had the games been held at Old Trafford, for example, Preston would've taken more than us.
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Post by billyocean on May 26, 2015 21:09:52 GMT
I don't think he was taking the piss. I think he was sincerely saying thank you for answering without taking the piss. P.S. I'm not taking the piss  |
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Post by billyocean on May 26, 2015 21:16:11 GMT
As an aside, if we really did take more than than Preston and more than Swindon, and assuming there were no neutrals, you can deduce that we must have taken at least 24,119 |
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