diegomarahenry Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Back the push has all the hallmarks of roaring back. Wonder how many bookmarks that post will get in the coming hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 3 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Back the push has all the hallmarks of roaring back. Wonder how many bookmarks that post will get in the coming hours. To be fair, it doesn’t say what “push” we’re backing. Maybe it’s just a push to get more people in the ground to match Raiths pie sales? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.T.O.F.1910 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I'm no expert, but 1200 seems a ridiculously low amount of seasons tickets to have sold after the season has started? You guys will know best, how does it compare to say, the past 10yrs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 3 minutes ago, F.T.O.F.1910 said: I'm no expert, but 1200 seems a ridiculously low amount of seasons tickets to have sold after the season has started? You guys will know best, how does it compare to say, the past 10yrs? I'm sure Mathie had a plan that was going to get the club to 2000 season tickets sold per year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 1 minute ago, F.T.O.F.1910 said: I'm no expert, but 1200 seems a ridiculously low amount of seasons tickets to have sold after the season has started? You guys will know best, how does it compare to say, the past 10yrs? I can’t fully remember but I think we sold 1000 after we won the league and that was seen as a big milestone. Not much has happened since then to really boost the sales. 1500 should be seen as the target for me but I’m not sure how realistic that is right now. I only bought my ticket last week and I’d imagine there’s maybe a few others that are still waiting to get theirs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) "Back the pish" would have been a very apt slogan for trying to get folk along for much of the last 5 years. Edited August 7 by AUcal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 All in all though, good to see more outreach. We have a stretch of 3 home league games, if we can see some more good performances and get results, then we might see that number of ST's creep up a bit. Or at least hopefully get a few more folk through the gate individually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 9 minutes ago, F.T.O.F.1910 said: I'm no expert, but 1200 seems a ridiculously low amount of seasons tickets to have sold after the season has started? You guys will know best, how does it compare to say, the past 10yrs? It’s a pretty decent number going by previous 4/5 years , as said above we could hardly raise 1200 the year after we won the league and also in the Shankland and Moffat years , would certainly help if we could get to a starting point of 1500 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I'd be interested to know how our many years in the 3rd tier affected our ST sales. For example, how do our numbers now compare to the late 90's / early 2000's. Not sure where to find that kind of info though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 All these hashtags are hurting my brain. 1200 is a bit surprising, thought we'd have been closer to 1500 for this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Worth remembering that a lot of people bought early bird in the past, they may see the full price as simply too expensive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_AUFC Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) Always abit of a head scratcher how we increase attendances. Doesn’t help we have absolutely shat the bed in numerous big games over the years when we’ve had a bumper crowd - Partick play off home leg, Falkirk away in the cup, even champion season in league one the attendance on the last day was honking because everyone thought we were going to the play offs due to the Alloa and Stranraer games beforehand. Edited August 7 by Andy_AUFC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Also, given the cost of living there are a lot of people who may not be willing/able to pay for a season ticket now. Might skew comparisons to previous years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 34 minutes ago, Andy_AUFC said: Always abit of a head scratcher how we increase attendances. Doesn’t help we have absolutely shat the bed in numerous big games over the years when we’ve had a bumper crowd - Partick play off home leg, Falkirk away in the cup, even champion season in league one the attendance on the last day was honking because everyone thought we were going to the play offs due to the Alloa and Stranraer games beforehand. Stranraer play off game as well, think there was about 4K in that day to watch one if the worst games of football ever only excitement was the pens, let's hope we can put on a show on Friday night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 2 minutes ago, Superhursty7 said: Stranraer play off game as well, think there was about 4K in that day to watch one if the worst games of football ever only excitement was the pens, let's hope we can put on a show on Friday night. I always remember thinking it looked like more than 4k. I remember being really surprised by how packed the NT and SRE looked that day. An awful game of football, which tbh, we deserved to lose on the balance of play. Stranraer shat it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 1 minute ago, AUcal said: I always remember thinking it looked like more than 4k. I remember being really surprised by how packed the NT and SRE looked that day. An awful game of football, which tbh, we deserved to lose on the balance of play. Stranraer shat it. Jamie Longworth missing that header from about a yard out at the Railway End was probably the most I’ve ever shat myself as an Ayr fan. We could’ve lost 5-0 over those two legs and not really complained. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 First of all the club need to identify, realistically, who are the future/extra season ticket holders. Is it the kids? Lapsed fans? Walk ups? All 3? At this moment in time, we will have the number of season ticket holders that reflects where the club has been for a generation - bouncing between the 2nd and 3rd tier. That won’t change overnight, regardless of how well we are playing (McCall’s teams proved that). Now, the club is doing a lot, granted but to have a quicker uplift, we need a trophy or promotion. It’s a huge ask to alter both habits and expenditure at the same time. “Hey you, come to Somerset every other week and give me £300, cheers” In my humble opinion, I think there needs to be more match day attraction. If it’s pishing down, the hub can only take so many. If it’s howling, the wind will cut you in two on the SRE. We need more match day options for everyone. It’s great having a wee kick about with a goalie outside the hub etc, but it needs to be more. People are pampered and lazy these days, and a gust of wind or a raindrop on their window can just be enough to say “no thanks”. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 40 minutes ago, Andy_AUFC said: Always abit of a head scratcher how we increase attendances. It's worth noting that nearly every team in the league has been in the top flight, or cup finals, more recently than Ayr. That's a big visibility advantage. Most of them also built big lego stadiums on their main traffic routes. As commonly pointed out, you literally wouldn't know Somerset Park existed from a block away in any direction. That's part of the reason other clubs did it, and indeed why Barr wanted to move to Heathfield. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 We need to take that diddy cup seriously this season, tunnocks tea cake or whatever it's called. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Armour Appreciation Society Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 We must have a LOT of walk up patrons. I also know of one fan who is about to miss his second game of the season already, due to shiftwork, and is likely to miss more, negating any financial benefit of having a Season Ticket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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