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Fair amount of season tickets sold weren't there? No idea how many Ipswich brought as i didn't go.
19k is a very decent crowd, be interesting to see what sort of crowd goes on saturday. Can only speak personally but there is nothing at Reading that would entice me to go at the current prices.
It's not a big assumption to say that the current fare doesn't compare too well with a team competing for promotion at the top of the Championship or playing in the Prem ! It does look like we've grown our 'hard core' support quite considerably over 5 good years though
9k ST wasn't it ? Ipswich would have brought 2k so not too sure where the numbers are coming from !
Just had a quick look on the website, just over 19,000 was the gate, 2400 and a bit from Ipswich, plus the hopsitality/ freebies they hand out, probably looking at around 7000 that paid for that inidividual game if 9K was the ST sales.
Not bad for one of the higher profile opposition in the division. I personally don't feel £26 and the extortionate extras from around the ground is value for whats on offer, clearly some do, not as many as recent years and in my opinion if it carries on in a similar vein, I doubt the numbers will continue to remain at those the Ipswich game saw.
It's not a big assumption to say that the current fare doesn't compare too well with a team competing for promotion at the top of the Championship or playing in the Prem ! It does look like we've grown our 'hard core' support quite considerably over 5 good years though.
Very hard to know what 'value ' means as proces are clearly set months before a season even starts so there is a failry tenuous link between what you see on the pitch and what you pay (in some ways !). Football has always been a bit of a lottery for fans. There is no guarantee that you'll get 'value' at any particular game and let's hope that remains the case. Part of being a regular is the weeks, months ,years saying you'll never go again and then the rare season where all those wasted hours and pounds suddenly become worth it !
Personally I'm still repaying the debt accrued as a result of actually seeing us compete with Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea !!