I'm missing it due to being on holiday. Amateur flunk from me. Booked a trip so as to not miss the first home match, whilst failing to factor in a Euro game at all. Derp.
Yeah has a kid you knew that the European Cup was the top event but there wasn't the gulf we have now. Also for some the FA Cup was the pinnacle of achievement. The younger ones on here might scratch their heads at this but it's how it was. The trouble now is that a Derby/Nottm Forest or Blackburn will never be able to achieve the impossible dream . It's virtually a closed shop and that's the way the top few clubs want it like in Spain. Sad I think
So go on sale when those going to the away leg will be out of the country - good job the demand will be low
What they're planning on doing is moving as many Championship matches to midweek as possible to air at the same time. We don't want random Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday night matches the season after this so in my view it's even more important to stay up.
Since the KC opened, a Premier Club members season ticket covered all City home games, regardless of the competition. This season, they have excluded the Europa League games, which seems a bit petty when you're paying well over a grand a seat in there and all other games are included. Even more petty, is the fact that we have to pay £15 if we want to sit in our own seats. I'm sure everyone in there can manage to find an extra fiver, but it seems rather pointless to charge a small extra amount on such cheap tickets.
This could have been our open day, first real home game of the season. Free entry those who have bought season tickets, low prices for the rest. Introduce the new signings, fill the shop with a new range of products, make it a party like event.
In 1970 the club had blanket coverage in the local newspaper, not once a week but every night. Local radio was in its very early infancy and hardly anyone was tuned into it. No internet, facebook, media sites, etc, yet the city was still buzzing in anticipation for the new season. The club DID advertise forthcoming games on bill boards around the city. People were on holiday in 1970 too, and we had all the usual counter attractions that we have today. Point is, there is a tremendous amount of positive stuff going on at the club and we should be generating so much interest for the forthcoming season that people should be queuing at the KC for tickets. Sadly this isn't happening, we should ask ourselves why, and rectify it.
And as the game is next Thursday. you would complain if tickets went on sale Monday of next week, after the away trekkers were home, stating the club did'nt do enough to promote the game in time. As there have been 600 tickets sold for the away leg. Lets say an estimate of 750 are sold by Midday today, leaving allowances of Fans to travel today, to reach Slovakia by tomorrow. That leaves a Home Fan base of "oh I don't know 10,000+." to buy tickets. I think your sense of proportionality may be Inflated somewhat.
Crossed wires , I meant our last European games. Poorly advertised by the club? http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Euro...l-City-8217/story-21965634-detail/story.html? February 21, 1973: Lazio (H) Won 2-1 Att: 7,325 April 4, 1973: Verona (H) Won 2-1 Att: 3,965 City: Ian McKechnie, Frank Banks, Don Beardsley, Terry Neill, Stuart Croft, Ken Knighton, Jimmy McGill, Ken Houghton, Stuart Pearson, Phil Holme (Mal Lord), Roy Greenwood
The KC holds 24,500, 600 are said to be making the trip to the Trenchin, call it 1,000. So I cannot see a problem getting tickets for the return leg. I don't hear any complaints, just a concern that we are again missing a trick, when are we going to learn to market the club properly? We have the city and the county of Yorkshire to ourselves, the new season is almost upon us following a very successful one last year, First FA Cup Final appearance etc, and supporters are showing a concern that the club seem to be adopting a low profile approach. Personally I want to see fans getting turned away from the KC because it is full to capacity, we have waited all of our lives for days like these, lets bang the drum and lets capitalise whist the going is good, because it will not always be like this. We should be building up our supporter base to last for next couple of generations at least.
I was around in those days and the Anglo/Italian tournament was a bit of a joke at the time. I believe, from memory that most of the games were played mid week in the dead of winter, it didn't capture my imagination at the time, and I was a young lad, City mad, I cannot remember much hype at all about the matches. Perhaps one is that they were seen as 'kick anything above grass' games, not for the football purists. I also remember the 0-0 draw at Bari being shown live on telly? So I don't think the Anglo/Italian tournament was poorly advertised by the club, I just think it wasn't a very popular competition The Watney Cup was just the opposite, it was between the highest scoring clubs who hadn't won anything, guaranteeing goals and attacking football for example, pre season and a much bigger attraction then the meaningless pre-season friendlies when had all been used too. My whole point is that we have waited 110 years for proper European Competitive football. Harold Needler would have given his right arm for this. So I think the club (and the city of Hull) should be making more of a big deal about it then appears to be happening. Perhaps a rousing performance and result tomorrow might ignite the blue touch paper. I genuinely hope so.
How does that compare to the season average attendance? How many were just there to see Denis Law miss a penalty and get George Best's autograph?
Bit unfair on plt i think there. Lots of things are more important than football. Best wishes to you and your mam glp.
