Think what they could have achieved if only they had someone at West Ham with as much business acumen as our owners who would have introduced a ground-breaking membership scheme with no concessions.
Gold and Sullivan won't care, they will more or less fill the stadium. Not sure whether there was a waiting list for passes as the Boleyn, could well have been.
Well, the 35,000 who were there last season and this and those on a waiting list. How many of the extra wanting to see us play the PL glamour clubs are actual City fans in that case? A lot aren't going by the way they applauded Man U and others off the team coach, applauded Stevie at a corner and mobbed him st the end of the match. sit silently entranced by the stars and tutting and moaning at people actually supporting the team as they are getting in the way of them taking photographs and the noise is rather off-putting to them.
They're claiming that in addition to the 52,000 passes sold, there are another 30,000 on the waiting list. Even more impressive, is the fact that you've got to pay an annual fee just to be on the waiting list (there was also waiting list at the Boleyn Ground).
A lot of the seats are still going to be a long, long way from the pitch aren't they? I know they've put in new ones nearer the pitch but there are still the others behind them from the original Olympic seating. For many it'll be like watching from the old Wembley.
I k new they were well supported but that's ridiculous,. They could be the best supported club in the country if they had a big enough stadium. Of course Man Utd, Arsenal and Spuds will all say the same. Begs the questions why they didnt build themselves a big stadium years ago.
Not that I agree with the membership scheme in any way, shape or form but had the exact same one been implemented at WHU for next season I think they'd still have sold the stadium out. Considering this season match day tickets for under 16s were anything between £20-55 they'd have probably jumped at the scheme in which they could pay £21 a month.
If it was that easy then Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United would have done it years ago too, possibly Everton and Newcastle too.
It certainly does given the availability and reasonable price for large pieces of land that you find in London.
In the past 15 years I can think of 3 massive stadiums built in London off the top of my head. There's plans for another massive one. If West Ham had got in there 20 years ago then they could be a massive club now. What's your point?
The weakness in that argument is they wouldn't have been charging our prices. In fact a lot of their prices have reduced which is the opposite of what is happening with us.
Chelsea didnt need a new stadium 20 years ago. I remember them getting crowds of 10k. The point is West Ham are moving to a new stadium. Why didnt they get in there before the Olympics and build it in Stratford 15 years ago?
Any of those stadiums you refer to in the area West Ham want to build one in? It is like saying city could build a ground cheaply as some land was available near Leconfield.
