A bit worrying

[SpaceCruiser]

I don't really like it in the south stand...

Neither do I! The scramble for the toilets/food/drink at half time is a joke.

[Skyline]

errr..........Sunderland's kids for a quid mate, and Portsmouth is a local derby on a bank holiday.

So the ticket office realised that the Sunderland fixture might not be as popular as some, so they put on a ticket offer. Surely they should be praised for that? As some have said repeatedly, an expanded stadium will allow for more flexibility in ticketing, it's good to see that they're trying it and it's working.

Pompey was always likely to be close to a sell-out - it's the closest we have to a local derby now. But that's not really the point, is it? The point is that it is another game where we could, in all likelihood, sell more tickets than we've got the capacity for at the moment. There's probably at least seven of those at the moment - the 'big four' along with Pompey, WHam, and probably Tottenham. You could possibly make an argument for Newcastle as well. That's a third of the league games taken care of already, probably more than enough to justify the expansion.

No-one has said that we're going to sell out every single game, but we are consistently selling 95%+ of the home seats at the moment, even with very few tickets available for non-STH, which in turn means a lot of people probably don't even bother trying to get one. 6000 extra seats on the East Stand would mean that the whole of the South Stand could be given to the teams that could sell it, and the club would still have 4000 extra seats for home fans above what we have now, making it worthwhile for them to go out and advertise and introduce the flexible ticketing that some have talked about.

[Royal Lady]

Tell it to Mr Mad not us!

[The 17 Bus]

Tell it to Mr Mad not us!

Mr Madejski gives not one toss about RFC, I feel sure he wants us to be ok, but bottom line is he will be happy to sell, and like anything in life if it has planning it iws worth more than if not.

[Royal Lady]

Well, he's made his decision, allegedly, not to expand at the moment, so Skyline harping on at us and doing his spread sheets isn't going to affect what we think!

[The 17 Bus]

Depends which quote a person wants to go with tho. Mr Mad also says there is money for players, we have seen very little of that since promotion.

[weybridgewanderer]

i guess with the lack of demand for seats the club will shortly be putting half season tickets on sale?

[Royal Lady]

errr..........Sunderland's kids for a quid mate, and Portsmouth is a local derby on a bank holiday.

So the ticket office realised that the Sunderland fixture might not be as popular as some, so they put on a ticket offer. Surely they should be praised for that? As some have said repeatedly, an expanded stadium will allow for more flexibility in ticketing, it's good to see that they're trying it and it's working.

Pompey was always likely to be close to a sell-out - it's the closest we have to a local derby now. But that's not really the point, is it? The point is that it is another game where we could, in all likelihood, sell more tickets than we've got the capacity for at the moment. There's probably at least seven of those at the moment - the 'big four' along with Pompey, WHam, and probably Tottenham. You could possibly make an argument for Newcastle as well. That's a third of the league games taken care of already, probably more than enough to justify the expansion.

No-one has said that we're going to sell out every single game, but we are consistently selling 95%+ of the home seats at the moment, even with very few tickets available for non-STH, which in turn means a lot of people probably don't even bother trying to get one. 6000 extra seats on the East Stand would mean that the whole of the South Stand could be given to the teams that could sell it, and the club would still have 4000 extra seats for home fans above what we have now, making it worthwhile for them to go out and advertise and introduce the flexible ticketing that some have talked about.

And just to point out for the nth time - the fact they have realised that the Sunderland game isn't as popular as some and have resorted to kids for a quid - surely shows that demand has FALLEN which is all we've been saying in the first blooming place.

[Royal With Cheese]

errr..........Sunderland's kids for a quid mate, and Portsmouth is a local derby on a bank holiday.

So the ticket office realised that the Sunderland fixture might not be as popular as some, so they put on a ticket offer. Surely they should be praised for that? As some have said repeatedly, an expanded stadium will allow for more flexibility in ticketing, it's good to see that they're trying it and it's working.

Pompey was always likely to be close to a sell-out - it's the closest we have to a local derby now. But that's not really the point, is it? The point is that it is another game where we could, in all likelihood, sell more tickets than we've got the capacity for at the moment. There's probably at least seven of those at the moment - the 'big four' along with Pompey, WHam, and probably Tottenham. You could possibly make an argument for Newcastle as well. That's a third of the league games taken care of already, probably more than enough to justify the expansion.

No-one has said that we're going to sell out every single game, but we are consistently selling 95%+ of the home seats at the moment, even with very few tickets available for non-STH, which in turn means a lot of people probably don't even bother trying to get one. 6000 extra seats on the East Stand would mean that the whole of the South Stand could be given to the teams that could sell it, and the club would still have 4000 extra seats for home fans above what we have now, making it worthwhile for them to go out and advertise and introduce the flexible ticketing that some have talked about.

And just to point out for the nth time - the fact they have realised that the Sunderland game isn't as popular as some and have resorted to kids for a quid - surely shows that demand has FALLEN which is all we've been saying in the first blooming place.

How can anyone say the demand has fallen this season for a game against a team we didn't even play last season?

[Schards#2]

The argument about whether demand has fallen ended when the manager of the ticket office stated it was getting harder to sell the 3,000 tickets available for each game. Obviously the likes of Woodcote think they know better than the manager of ticket office about demand but, hey, it's Woodcote.

3,000 isn't a big number, that could easily be 5,000 or 6,000 next season yet, even with many being sold for £1.00 games still don't sell out quickly.

[Wycombe Royal]

THis is the last Saturday before Christmas against unattractive opposition. I am surprised that it has even got close to selling out even with the kids for a quid offer.

[Jerry St Clair]

THis is the last Saturday before Christmas against unattractive opposition. I am surprised that it has even got close to selling out even with the kids for a quid offer.

I've paid circa £30 for it with my season ticket, and even I can't be arsed.

[Schards#2]

THis is the last Saturday before Christmas against unattractive opposition. I am surprised that it has even got close to selling out even with the kids for a quid offer.

It's only 3,000 off of selling out before they've sold a single ticket.

[Wycombe Royal]

THis is the last Saturday before Christmas against unattractive opposition. I am surprised that it has even got close to selling out even with the kids for a quid offer.

It's only 3,000 off of selling out before they've sold a single ticket.

and.........

I'm still surprised it has got that close to selling out considering how much demand has fallen for all the other matches.

[Riseley]

To be fair to Skyline and Woodcote they are far more switched on regarding expansion than ignorant fools such as Mr Mad and Schards.

[readingbedding]

Expand the stadium please.

[Riseley]

Huge numbers of empty seats yesterday despite our second best attendance of the season. Methinks putting Mike Lewis in charge of gate receipts is a splendid idea. Even Woodcote can see that expansion is as dead as my Xmas dinner.

[Wycombe Royal]

Huge numbers of empty seats yesterday despite our second best attendance of the season. Methinks putting Mike Lewis in charge of gate receipts is a splendid idea.

Nice bit of fishing, butr it does make you look a bit thick.

[PEARCEY]

Huge numbers of empty seats yesterday despite our second best attendance of the season. Methinks putting Mike Lewis in charge of gate receipts is a splendid idea. Even Woodcote can see that expansion is as dead as my Xmas dinner.

Not sure what your definition of "huge numbers" is but clearly it cannot amount to more than a few hundred in a stadium which houses a capacity of over 24000...so in other words the stadium was around 99% full.
Not sure I follow your logic.

[Coppelled Streets]

Huge numbers of empty seats yesterday despite our second best attendance of the season. Methinks putting Mike Lewis in charge of gate receipts is a splendid idea. Even Woodcote can see that expansion is as dead as my Xmas dinner.

Not sure what your definition of "huge numbers" is but clearly it cannot amount to more than a few hundred in a stadium which houses a capacity of over 24000...so in other words the stadium was around 99% full.
Not sure I follow your logic.

Oh dear.