Dot Counting Reading - Heading for a Sellout

[Marked Ox]

No last minute surge in sales at all - in fact, sales have slowed to a trickle with 508 home seats left at 6.45pm (just 7 net sales in the last 3 hours). Hopefully they will pick up again this evening and we can at least get to 11,000.

33 left in the North Stand, still 1 in the East Stand, 157 in the South Stand Upper and 317 in the South Stand Upper.

Is there a shortage of blankets, biscuits and flasks with the number left in South Upper?

 

[holdsteady]

Someone buy that single one in the east stand, annoying me now.

 

[joshua]

Someone buy that single one in the east stand, annoying me now.

Nothing stopping you

 

[Mad Dog]

To be honest I hope reading do infiltrate the home sections.,,,it might finally wake us all up a bit.

Joking ain't ya?!? I'll still be half asleep under my blanket in the SSU in the build up to kick off at that time of day. Wake a sleeping dog at you're peril!

 

[holdsteady]

Nothing stopping you

Nah, don’t even like football.

 

[Oxford84]

If alot of the atmosphere is generated by younger fans how about reduced prices for people under the age of 25?

 

[Mad Dog]

If alot of the atmosphere is generated by younger fans how about reduced prices for people under the age of 25?

And a large designated standing and singing section directly behind the goal might help as well

 

[Common Villager]

Let’s hope Benson hasn’t sold hospitality packages to Reading fans, resulting in them being in the SSU

Surely he isn’t that incompetent again, is he??

I think that would be the final straw for me in terms of buying a ST in the 'premium' SSU section.

 

[ECYellow]

I think that would be the final straw for me in terms of buying a ST in the 'premium' SSU section.

I wouldn’t rule it out at this stage. He’s got previous.

 

[Manorlounger]

Let’s hope Benson hasn’t sold hospitality packages to Reading fans, resulting in them being in the SSU

Surely he isn’t that incompetent again, is he??

Yup, He would. He'd hang blue and white f*****g striped curtains in the windows if he thought it would sell.

 

[sideshowrob]

The last seat in the East Stand has sold. Only 28 left in the North Stand.

 

[Manorlounger]

Is there a shortage of blankets, biscuits and flasks with the number left in South Upper?

Not seen any for months. There are people giving up on tea, it's got so bad.

 

[Thecurraghofkildare]

10.45pm update and 433 home seats left.

East Stand sold out
22 seats left in the North Stand (all singles)
153,seats left in South Stand Upper
268 seats left in South Stand Lower

So a bit of a pick up this evening, but 240 sales on the Friday before a match is disappointing. In fact, after very strong early sales and a decent performance/result on Tuesday, it has been a slow few days of sales and I can’t help feeling the club may have under-communicated with its customers in terms of promoting/pushing for a sell out this week - bizarrely quiet on the marketing front

Even so we are looking at home seat sales of around 9,200 which is a very healthy figure for an early Saturday kick off - add in boxes and Reading, and we are around the 10,900 mark overall.

Here’s to 3 points in front of a near capacity crowd.

 

[OUFCwaffle]

Again it seems silly that the outer two blocks of the SSL aren't priced the same as the east stand. Better to get those areas sold than left empty.

 

[uptheus]

Let’s hope Benson hasn’t sold hospitality packages to Reading fans, resulting in them being in the SSU

Surely he isn’t that incompetent again, is he??

Who’s Benson?

Edit; Adam!

 

[Blox21]

I would gladly take a near 11k crowd and 3 points

 

[LeftSideLarry]

Who’s Benson?

Adam Benson - Sales and Marketing Director

 

[Banbury2018]

I would gladly take a near 11k crowd and 3 points

I will concur with that after a decent transfer window. You in The Blackbird tomorrow?

 

[Emilio]

Having moved to Sweden just before Christmas, I won't be in attendance tomorrow. However, I will be playing my first game since moving here in the morning, having stumbled across a British Expats team to join. I will, of course, proudly don the yellow and blue shirt (Oxford, not Sweden!) in anticipation on the big game in the afternoon.

COYY!

 

[MJB]

Having moved to Sweden just before Christmas, I won't be in attendance tomorrow. However, I will be playing my first game since moving here in the morning, having stumbled across a British Expats team to join. I will, of course, proudly don the yellow and blue shirt (Oxford, not Sweden!) in anticipation on the big game in the afternoon.

COYY!

Look if you can’t be bothered to attend, are you even a real fan?

We’re all making sacrifices. I’ll need to be out of bed by 9.30 tomorrow morning.

Nine THIRTY.