No, but kids and oaps stopped going in the 90s and we built a 20k fanbase from 3.5k then. Why can't we do it again now? Pricing alone isn't a reason anymore. It may have been previously, but not now.
I don't think Adam increased to 65. I had one season with OAP concession and the season after it went up. The concession one was 2010/2011. Didn't object as most clubs had 65vas it was retiring age and it seemed a bit silly that someone of 61, 62 etc who could have been earning a lot and had lower outgoings, mortgages etc, was getting concessions whilst younger folk with young families and higher outgoings were not. Had only to look at my own lads, I had a higher disposable income with my mortgage being paid off. A lot will have been in the same situation.
A few clubs still offer senior concessions to 60+ folk. Sheffield United, for one. One club earlier this season, may have been Fulham, had an even lower 70+ price.
It's an interesting point about the relative wealth of people. I know a few pensioners who argued just as you have done, and wouldn't have objected to a higher cost, and I know others that couldn't afford it. It makes me wonder if there is any mileage in the club running some sort of scheme where people in the better positions could donate to a fund that could then be used to help support potential fans in genuine hardship. It'd get more in the ground, and show the community spirit of fans. It could also be a way of helping those that can't make the games for whatever reason, still feel as though they are supporting their club, and possibly their hometown. I am aware that there have been several posters on here suggesting something along similar lines.
I think society today is not like that really, i know people do support children in need but i doubt many would consider this like an essential thing to support, older folk like some of us have seen the changes in society overall i do think something like that few years ago would have worked but today i don't think people would. Just an opinion on today's society.
As I said, we didn't get over 20,000 until we reached the PL. The season we got promoted crowds had dropped to just over 18,000. Don't know why. Ben was saying we got over 20,000 in League 2 which we never had. It was less than 17,000. Which was, of course, excellent for that division.
According to Wki, we got 3 games over 20k that season, but probably average was around 17k Swansea, Donny & Bristol R! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003–04_Hull_City_A.F.C._season
Of course at 60-65 a male wasn't a pensioner, they were often earning more than younger people. At 65+ it depends on your pension arrangements. If I only had my state pension coming in it is difficult justifying to my better half spending about 20-25% of it travelling to Hull to watch City, even more so when there are 2 games in a week. Private pensions make this possible. This will be the case for a lot. Even if you live in Hull the cost is a chunk out of a basic pension with all the price increases for basics and necessities.
