Season tickets.

[everyman]

For the first time in decades i`m unsure about renewing my season ticket as the direction of CTFC is at the moment very unclear,i wonder if the club could extend the early-bird date until "the plan" is clear ?

[longmover]

If Lee Johnson is announced as head coach then its a no from me.

[Shade]

I’ll still support my club anyway, lest it’s lost forever. Life’s too short to fanny around not buying a ticket due to some fans being a bit miffed at the board of a club being reasonably well looked after because the manager went to a bigger club and the chairman said the wrong thing at an AGM.

[horlickfanclub]

I agree Shade. I'm looking forward to the season.

[Garby74]

I'm waiting to see if I renew my 6 for family and friends.
There are some folk I will not support with a ST

Will miss the football that's for sure.

[WhaddonIrregular]

In all honesty, as much as this weeks news has annoyed me, I will be at pretty much every game next season, so it makes sense to buy a season ticket.

Obviously I hope I get good value for money, but it'll still save me money on buying week by week, even if I do miss the odd game here or there.

[Benctfc]

I never understand the people who say they will not renew season tickets as if they are trying to get on their high horse and make a point. I totally understand anyone struggling financially not doing so but not renewing out of principle is petty in my opinion.

We are a small core fanbase as it is and the new coach will need everyone pulling in the same direction. People need to be careful what they wish for as less season tickets = smaller budget which means more chance of going back to non league.

[CS85]

I got mine a couple weeks back simply because I'd go who ever is incharge anyway.
Whoever is appointed deserves a chance to show what they can do,if they're pants and they are incharge the following year then I can see why people wouldn't bother.

[Jerry St Clair]

I never understand the people who say they will not renew season tickets as if they are trying to get on their high horse and make a point. I totally understand anyone struggling financially not doing so but not renewing out of principle is petty in my opinion.

^This

[robinsrule]

AFC Wimbledon have just passed 4000 season ticket sales and Grimsby have just passed 4500. Just goes to show what we are up against even in League Two.

[CS85]

We'll be around 5th bottom in the attendance table next season, we're still a fairly small fish in the league 2 pond.

[paperboy]

Don't we usually announce an " offer extended for a further 7 days".
It would certainly make sense with the new manager announcement coming tomorrow to capitalise upon.
As long as he says all the right things obviously.

[Fuller]

Don't we usually announce an " offer extended for a further 7 days".
It would certainly make sense with the new manager announcement coming tomorrow to capitalise upon.
As long as he says all the right things obviously.

“Place needs a lick of paint.”

[paperboy]

Don't we usually announce an " offer extended for a further 7 days".
It would certainly make sense with the new manager announcement coming tomorrow to capitalise upon.
As long as he says all the right things obviously.

“Place needs a lick of paint.”

I think he's in the estate agency world so more probably
" needs updating or mild refurbishment"

[horlickfanclub]

He also has a degree in sports journalism and media law so should deal with irrelevant questions and comments easily.

[Benctfc]

To have sold over 1,400 is good going for us especially off the back of a relegation season.

Our support is definitely on the up given a few years back we seemed to have a core support of around this number it feels this is more around 2,000 now with then around another 1k on top on matchdays.

I'm not saying we could replicate what clubs like Lincoln or Wrexham have done with doubling crowd sizes off the back of recent success but with a bit of investment off the pitch this club has the potential to grow. Given our catchment area we should be doing better.

[CS85]

We really got screwed by covid,the man city game and then big home games leading up to winning the title,im convinced our home crowds would have grown after that,not by 1000s but maybe a few hundred.

[Jerry St Clair]

To have sold over 1,400 is good going for us especially off the back of a relegation season.

Our support is definitely on the up given a few years back we seemed to have a core support of around this number it feels this is more around 2,000 now with then around another 1k on top on matchdays.

I'm not saying we could replicate what clubs like Lincoln or Wrexham have done with doubling crowd sizes off the back of recent success but with a bit of investment off the pitch this club has the potential to grow. Given our catchment area we should be doing better.

I've said before on here that all the evidence shows that most football fans (about 65%) inherit their allegiance from a parent or relative who starts taking them along as a child. Over time, that increases support, but it takes generations.

My "other" club, Reading, had core home support of around 4500 at Elm Park in 1990 in, what is now, L1. By the end of the decade that had risen to around 7,500 after several seasons in the Championship. After moving to the Madejski at the turn of the century that increased to around 10000. After 20 years in the Championship and Prem, average crowds in L1 last season were 13115 (roughly 12000 home fans).

It's taken 35 years, or two generations, to go from 4500 to 12000. And that's with significant boosts from a spell in the Prem and a development of a shiny new ground.

Realistically, replicating Exeter and Wycombe is achievable for us in the next decade, especially with regular, sustained spells in L1. That is, having a regular, core, home support of around 5-6000. The big inhibiting factor to that is the ground and the lack of seats, of course........

[longmover]

I'd love to know the demographic of all the new ST holders (not people who have renewed)

[robinsrule]

Jerry, I agree with your reasoning but Reading’s announced crowds are nonsense. Any highlights reel on TV shows the ground a quarter full, in the same way as Bradford sell thousands of season tickets and announce average crowds of 18,000 when there are half that number in the ground.

However, your point stands about the Reading fanbase growing and they would get decent genuine attendance figures if they were challenging at the top of the league.

[Jerry St Clair]

You're correct. Reading announce "tickets sold" as the attendance, not numbers through the turnstiles.

[Si Robin]

Cheltenham do the same thing.

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Cheltenham do the same thing.

I officially go to every game

[Jerry St Clair]

Cheltenham do the same thing.

Do we? Is it read out or put up on the scoreboard as tickets sold rather than attendance? I've never noticed that.

[Si Robin]

The attendance hasn't been posted in the ground for some time now - I actually can't remember the last time I saw it on the scoreboard.

[robinsrule]

Cheltenham do the same thing.

Would explain why there are always empty seats in the CF even when they announce a sell out. I assume the missing people are season ticket holders otherwise it doesn’t make much sense.