It may affect out of town supporters.... Watford have changed the number of games a supporter has to attend to meet the different categories. So I suggest if you dont get to many matches that you check which category you are now in. Completely passed me and other Horns in my local group by....
Tickets still available for all home games. Good for me but slightly concerning that we are still not selling out.
Oh yeah I agree on both counts - I had to wait till pay day to get all three - but a bit surprised for the Arsenal game.
I was over in England in the Spring and thought about going to one of the games, but when I looked to see what tickets were available was told it was sold out, but I could wait to see if there were any returns, so I think we do sell out in theory, even if loads of season ticket holders don't turn up. I suspect that my attendance level is very low grade, although it does recognise that I do get there once in a while. I know that as an overseas fan I can plead my case and probably get a ticket, but have not needed to do that yet. What it does mean is that my priority is that I have to be in England first, then see if I can get a ticket, because if I do it the other way round all my travel costs increase by late booking.
This weekend is known as the changeover weekend when the French who have been to the coast, mountains or lakes in July return to work, and those who are starting their holidays depart for the gites, caravans or hotels head from the big cities. This has the effect of many football matches being poorly attended. I have had a notification that I can go and see my local side, Championship level, for €2 on Friday night. Maybe offers like this could help to increase the crowds in England during August, a month when attendances are always low.
I suspect that my days of actually going to the Vic. are probably over - based on attendance over the last 5 years I must have slipped off the radar as far as catagory is concerned. Also, if it were not for Watford being there, I would boycott the Premier League on principle. Football fans are treated only as cash cows in England - when you think that the cost of a season ticket at Arsenal is around 900 quid (Watford 486 Quid cheapest) compared to Bayern Munich where the cheapest is € 145 then something is going badly wrong. Apparently many others in the UK feel the same because 1,000 of the season ticket holders at Borussia Dortmund are British nationals who travel over for matches - you can stand, drink a beer, don't have officious stewards regulating everything you do, and, generally, absorb an atmosphere far louder than what you would find at stadiums in the Prem. (Celtic comes close). You also get free public transport within the city boundaries if you have a ticket - so the deal that you get is not such a bad one. The most expensive season ticket in the Bundesliga is at SC Padeborn (€ 225) all others are below €200, with tickets on the day (standing if you want) for as little as €15-€20. On average a quarter of all stadium capacity in the Bundesliga is designated as safe standing, with tickets on the day simply being a matter of being in the queue early enough - not so different to Britain in bygone years.
