Matches Lack of supporters

[OX14]

As much as our ground is shite, our attendances would still creep up with a promotion to the championship.

Just suppose we even had a season in the Premiership, it would sell out every game. Sadly, I think it is not just about Oxford, but the opposition on offer. Just look at Blackpool when they were in the top flight compared to now.

Build a new stadium and they will come. They will also trail off after the novelty has worn off, unless we play at a higher level.

Of course they will tail off if we don't do the buisness on the pitch just like they have at Reading but we need to build a decent stadium in the first place so atleast half of us regulars can bring some people along and not be embarrassed by our stadium. New stadium in the championship we should hit over 12k home fans easy which is just below the average for that league. Top flight we would sell out 20k home tickets.

 

[MarkG]

No it was a friendly comment to Mr G and his regular travelling fruit blog.

However it is the little things that make the big differences.

Ha ha. Get the simple things right. Free banana on every seat fulfills one of the basic needs in your “pyramid” so food. A padded seat to sleep when playing Wycombe (wasn’t padded seats one of your dream stadium ideas ?). = comfort and sleep.

 

[NC2U]

No I'm saying the kids price jumps up £8 to sit any where else other then the 2 sections in the family area. Also kids go free if under 6 but only in the family section. Comparison swinedon offer kids under 12 for £1 anywhere in the ground and under 16's are £6. Maybe just maybe we are pricing out of a lot of family's being regulars.

I dont see the issue, sorry. There are two sections for families to sit in and get discounts, why does the whole ground need the prices subsidised. If families want to come and be regulars, the family area has plenty of space so that’s a silly argument.

 

[christenedinjericho]

Now we get a larger share of the catering money, surely now is the time to look at ticketing prices/deals to get more to the ground. A kid a quid offer for example at a game with a small away following, make sure the catering queues are served quickly, have merchandise on sale around the ground. Worth a try to attract families/children

An earlier poster mentioned Sw*ndon's recent crowds. Take a closer look and they have low priced offers on at the moment u11's - for a quid and u18's for 6 quid. This probably equates for the larger attendances they are getting... poor soul's! I probably myself wouldn't want a shed full of u11's filling up all the empty seats around me watching Balamory on their florescent tablets just in case I get hooked again but giving young u18's geezers and geezerettes a better deal with reduced ticket prices as this may produce a better all round chance of getting this age group hooked and adding to our ever decreasing set of backing singers. Just a thought?

And on the subject of would a new ground produce an increase of support - just take a meaningful look at the biscuit barrels down the A4074. This bunch of perennial nearly people used to have a very small easy to count on two hands crowd back in the mid to late seventies and look what happened when their new ground arrived. However, there is so I'm told nothing much to do around the ground other than eat a digestive or two.

It can be done.

COYY'S

 

[werthersoriginal]

If they had "decades of experience" we wouldn`t be flatlining in terms of bums on seats as the team has had relative success on the pitch and the audience would be growing.

Like fruit on a train, makes the journey more pleasant, becomes a habit, and people benefit.

Basics.

Like fruit on a train? Is that a saying?

 

[werthersoriginal]

For sex or as food?

MODS!!

 

[Mellowyellow]

I would think that in the Championship in a quality 21st century stadium we could average 12000 to 15000.
Look at Reading, Brighton, as clubs whose attendances rocketed in good new grounds.

Bang on, I was going to mention Brighton. When they played at their last temporary ground, if I remember correctly, the capacity was finally put up to around 9000, but never seem to sell out. Their first season at the Amex, they had over 20000 season ticket holders. It's not because of other attractions of shops as it is built smack bang in the middle of a national park. I've called it numerous times that they were plastics, from an average of 8000 to 25000 plus, but maybe that was wrong, it was the bounce of moving to a new ground with fantastic facilities.
They have something called the 1901 club, at the top end of the hospitality tree, an exclusive bar/restaurant, that is, I've been told hugely over subscribed. Would we encourage more top end supporters with the demographics in Oxfordshire?
I'm not saying that is the answer, as there are other outlets people arrive to use a couple of hours before, and after the game fans are encouraged to stay and mingle with bars open.
It's not a one fits all answer, it should also include a huge community effort; giving free tickets to school, after school clubs run in the clubs name. Now it might be going on at the moment, but could it be scaled up with a bigger ground, to include wider areas, that are currently seen as supporting other clubs. Brighton pulled back a large support base from Charlton in the far north east of the county, by expanding their community program.

 

[Mellowyellow]

This is the kind of issue the new fans group should be going back to the club with, or oxvox, which ever gets more attention from the club.

 

[Mellowyellow]

I don’t really get the people lose interest the stadium is a shithole I’d watch Oxford united play in a park if I had to it’s not the ground that attracts me to Oxford united it the team.this season i got a season ticket because after football was lockdown and nobody could attend I was determined that I’d go to every home match I also got my two boys season tickets one of my boys has autism he struggles with noise but he loves coming to watch Oxford then my older boy is grumpy bless him but he’s getting the bug for oufc.I just don’t get how you can lose interest or not want to go because the ground is s**t

Maybe, it's the last point that decides if you go or not on a wet cold, November Saturday, the kind of thing that tips the scales one way or the other. I'm not sure.

 

[OX14]

I dont see the issue, sorry. There are two sections for families to sit in and get discounts, why does the whole ground need the prices subsidised. If families want to come and be regulars, the family area has plenty of space so that’s a silly argument.

It was perfectly fine when the whole of the South stand lower was the family section as you could choose anywhere along the full length of the pitch you wish to sit. Now you are forced to sit opposite the penalty area where unless your up high the fence end becomes hard to see.

A family of 5 , 2 adults and 3 kids (2 under the age of 6 and 1 aged 9) would pay £46 in the family section of the North stand, in the south stand Lower it would be £70.

We should be encouraging family's to come and choose a decent seat at a reasonable price rather then making them sit in the corner like the away fans!

 

[holdsteady]

The game has priced many people out and, especially recently, people have found better things to do that offer better VFM.

That is the first hurdle to overcome. I would rather we had cheaper tickets and a full house every other week.

Sell 5,000 tickets at £20 or 10,000 at £10? Same total.

And if you have more folk in the ground there are more "add on" sales and exposure.

Back to Maslow......... start at the bottom, build a foundation.

Its about £50 for a ticket to see Jason Donovan live, I don’t reckon going to watch us is that bad value.

 

[Essexyellows]

Its about £50 for a ticket to see Jason Donovan live, I don’t reckon going to watch us is that bad value.

Some things can not be compared, ever.

This is one of them.

Marillion are doing 3 nights with various support acts at DMH next year - £160. Far better VFM than JD.

 

[SteMerritt]

Marillion are doing 3 nights with various support acts at DMH next year - £160. Far better VFM than JD.

This sentence is just a Fish-ing attempt, nothing more.

 

[MarkG]

Some things can not be compared, ever.

This is one of them.

Marillion are doing 3 nights with various support acts at DMH next year - £160. Far better VFM than JD.

Going to see an act who hasn’t worried the charts for 40 years. And the main singer quit the band.

I don’t like tribute acts , and heritage acts have to be pretty special. But a heritage act without the main man ? Well pay up £160…

 

[werthersoriginal]

Going to see an act who hasn’t worried the charts for 40 years. And the main singer quit the band.

I don’t like tribute acts , and heritage acts have to be pretty special. But a heritage act without the main man ? Well pay up £160…

AND they were bad to start with! I saw them at the Marquee, early stuff you know, still bad

 

[holdsteady]

Some things can not be compared, ever.

This is one of them.

Marillion are doing 3 nights with various support acts at DMH next year - £160. Far better VFM than JD.

As a fan of neither I would say they are pretty equal in value for money, Oxford United ticket prices are looking better by the minute.

4 nights in a caravan in the New Forest cost me £685, everything costs a fortune now so I am not sure that Oxford tickets are that bad value for money, certainly in comparison to a band that no one on here under the age of 50 has ever heard of.

 

[werthersoriginal]

As a fan of neither I would say they are pretty equal in value for money, Oxford United ticket prices are looking better by the minute.

4 nights in a caravan in the New Forest cost me £685, everything costs a fortune now so I am not sure that Oxford tickets are that bad value for money, certainly in comparison to a band that no one on here under the age of 50 has ever heard of.

I think our tickets are comparable to a mid range gig at the O2, not a big band - but obvs you might go to the football more regularly. As you say any live event is now expensive

 

[holdsteady]

I think our tickets are comparable to a mid range gig at the O2, not a big band - but obvs you might go to the football more regularly. As you say any live event is now expensive

I paid £300 for an adult season ticket, so £13 a game, you don’t get much for £13 nowadays, Dominos pizza will cost you more than that.

Can you get into a mid range gig at the O2 for £13. It’s a £160 to watch a band that no one under the age of 65 has ever heard of apparently and the lead singer has buggered of (although they haven’t been around for so long maybe he just forgot he was a member of Maid Marion) or £50 to watch a bloke who was in Neighbours in the 80s sing his one hit.

How cheap does going to watch one of our games before it’s value for money?

 

[werthersoriginal]

I paid £300 for an adult season ticket, so £13 a game, you don’t get much for £13 nowadays, Dominos pizza will cost you more than that.

Can you get into a mid range gig at the O2 for £13. It’s a £160 to watch a band that no one under the age of 65 has ever heard of apparently and the lead singer has buggered of (although they haven’t been around for so long maybe he just forgot he was a member of Maid Marion) or £50 to watch a bloke who was in Neighbours in the 80s sing his one hit.

How cheap does going to watch one of our games before it’s value for money?

It’s more on the day though, twenty quid plus. The O2 is actually a good comparison, horrible dump with terrible facilities but worth it if you like the band.

 

[OX14]

How cheap does going to watch one of our games before it’s value for money?

Season tickets are value for money but not everyone can commit to every home game of the season. £20 for adults is fine on the day but it's the price you have to pay to bring kids along that needs looking at. The kids are the future supporter and rather then having 2000 + home seats not filled each game wouldn't it be better to accommodate more of them even if it wasn't making anymore income? We are also getting a cut of the revenue from the concourse outlets so the busier they are the better.