Season Ticket Sales 2011/2012

[RUL]

5,757

 

Source https://www.eticketing.co.uk/aberdeenfc/details/event.aspx?itemref=3155

[OneBeboMaguire]

Site is pish

[RUL]

Inaccurate you mean or what? Not really used it, was wondering how Hampden sales were going but wouldn't let me view them.

 

 

[OddJob]

If those numbers are indeed accurate then that tells a sad story. I remember i think it was maybe JC's 2nd season and the numbers i was hearing was over 9,000

[OneBeboMaguire]

boring fanbase so of course there's going to be rarely any season ticket holders. we just turn up to watch celtic or rangers

[ollie1903]

boring fanbase so of course there's going to be rarely any season ticket holders. we just turn up to watch celtic or rangers

Wouldn't really put it down to a boring fan base. More so boring, overpriced, unimaginative football.

[RUL]

If those numbers are indeed accurate then that tells a sad story. I remember i think it was maybe JC's 2nd season and the numbers i was hearing was over 9,000

 

It matches what folk on here have said they've heard

[RTYD]

5,757

 

Source https://www.eticketi...px?itemref=3155

 

 

That's more than it will be for season 2012/13

[Stoney]

Wow if thats the case than some of the games over the last few months could have had as few as 500-1000 paying aberdeen fans through the gate, by the time you take away free tickets and away fans.

[vanderark14]

Wouldn't really put it down to a boring fan base. More so boring, overpriced, unimaginative football.

 

this along with an uncompetitive league

[Dynamo]

this along with an uncompetitive league

 

it was an uncompetitive league when we were getting 13k under Calderwood and our 14k average in 2001/2002.

 

The league has nothing to do with it.

 

Our performances and results do.

[vanderark14]

it was an uncompetitive league when we were getting 13k under Calderwood and our 14k average in 2001/2002.

 

The league has nothing to do with it.

 

Our performances and results do.

 

EDIT - have crowds not been falling across the board in recent years?

[Dynamo]

EDIT - have crowds not been falling across the board in recent years?

 

Depends what you refer to as recent years?

 

I'd say crowds are directly linked to league position and results.

 

I imagine Hearts' will have been fairly consistent, as is their league performances, and I imagine ourselves and Hibs' will have plummeted, as have our league positions.

[StandFree1982]

That's more than it will be for season 2012/13

I think this will depend on how we do in the Scottish Cup. If we win it, there will be an increase in numbers (surely...)

[vanderark14]

Depends what you refer to as recent years?

 

I'd say crowds are directly linked to league position and results.

 

I imagine Hearts' will have been fairly consistent, as is their league performances, and I imagine ourselves and Hibs' will have plummeted, as have our league positions.

 

doesn't really explain Motherwells poor attendances then. average of just over 5k when they have a very real chance of getting 2nd this year

 

IMO its a combination of a poorer standard of football, higher standard of fitba on TV for the EPL "fans" to watch, the fact our league is so uncompetitive, the price of watching a game here and an unbelievable bias towards two teams.

[Dynamo]

doesn't really explain Motherwells poor attendances then. average of just over 5k when they have a very real chance of getting 2nd this year

 

IMO its a combination of a poorer standard of football, higher standard of fitba on TV for the EPL "fans" to watch, the fact our league is so uncompetitive, the price of watching a game here and an unbelievable bias towards two teams.

 

 

Motherwell don't really have much of a fan base.

 

5530, this year, 5255 last year. 5% increase.

[Redstar]

doesn't really explain Motherwells poor attendances then. average of just over 5k when they have a very real chance of getting 2nd this year

 

IMO its a combination of a poorer standard of football, higher standard of fitba on TV for the EPL "fans" to watch, the fact our league is so uncompetitive, the price of watching a game here and an unbelievable bias towards two teams.

You really need to get your head out of the sand...CB has taken the club to a new low in the entertainment stakes

[vanderark14]

You really need to get your head out of the sand...CB has taken the club to a new low in the entertainment stakes

 

would that not come under a poorer standard of football?

 

do you often struggle with reading?

[RTYD]

I think this will depend on how we do in the Scottish Cup. If we win it, there will be an increase in numbers (surely...)

 

 

I wouldn't bank on that to be honest.

[RTYD]

We knock it about ok at times, we aren't as long ball as in previous times however there's often nowhere to go, we pass in squares and folk confuse defensive tactics with poor football.

 

 

One and the same as far as I am concerned. We need to win and entertain. They go hand in hand.

[K-9]

We don't have a great team but when set out to attack we can actually look not bad.

[gypsymuffin]

We don't have a great team but when set out to attack we can actually look not bad.

 

Agreed, lets hope we do that in all our remaining games, especially the semi.

[ollie1903]

That's more than it will be for season 2012/13

I think, sadly, that is true.

 

I think this will depend on how we do in the Scottish Cup. If we win it, there will be an increase in numbers (surely...)

Again, I wouldn't bank on it. I think the seasoned fans are being driven away in large numbers. A cup win and more incentives would help, but only the chance of seeing some semi decent entertainment and battling at the top end of the league on a fairly consistent basis will any kind of numbers return. There may be a wee surge of new/returning fans owing to a cup win but they would definitely be outnumbered by the amount who have been turned off in my opinion.

[kramer]

It seems we lost about 1000 fans during the McGhee era. Over 2000 down on a similar season in 02/03

 

average attendances