Reading Rebel Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I see our average attendance for last season was 279. Being that we are now in the Premier division, I would like to think our Attendances for next season will increase to somewhere near 350/400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Cox Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Oh for a ground in the town to make that happen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsor Rebel Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 At least we will be playing hopefully better supported clubs next season, so many of these teams should bring a few to push the average up nearer the 300 mark. Also, there were many faces at Kettering whom I did not recognise, so maybe we will gain a few more regulars after what I am sure they would have seen as a good day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman Mark Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I'm really interested to see how promotion affects our attendance. I suspect season tickets will remain at a similar level to last season..maybe a small increase. I think and hope we will get a spike of people paying on the gate, partly down to more away fans. We had some great coverage in the local media following promotion and I just hope we can keep the momentum up over the summer to drive interest in the club onwards and upwards. I'm hoping we can get near 350 on average next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I know we have our core based support who go week in week out irrespective of league, but from people I talk to down the pub and in general, we do have a base of 'supporters' who follow Slough, but dont go as often as they should (ie, the big games, which the recent Mansfield proved). Also, to take 400 away approx 88miles on a bank holiday Monday, which is more than our average attendance gate, shows there is interest and support. Unfortunately, we have the same issue as many other clubs, in that, people will come more regularly when a team is doing well and I assume in the higher leagues. Being 'on the map' on Sky Sports news and their vidiprinter will help 'remind' a lot of fans were still about and on the up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark44 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I think that social media can also play its part in getting those armchair slough fans through the gates, I think that lies with us all. Now that Slough are on sky sports they will be on the sky sports app also and so screenshots of the league and results splashed across our respective facebook and twitter pages cannot do any harm........they will recognise the fonts of the app and start looking for Slough on a saturday, if we are then doing well they may venture down to a game and then who knows...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 Difficult to guage what any increase will be as we don't know what support the teams in the Southern Premier take on their travels. With the pathetic support most teams in Div 1 brought last season, bar a couple of teams, our average of 279 shouldn't be hard to beat. We should get decent gates against Hitchin, Chesham and St Neots then it depends on what support teams like Weymouth, Poole, Stourbridge, Histon and Halesowen bring. I'll certainly be disappointed if we don't average somewhere near 350+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 We need to do our bit too - encourage out friends, relatives, acquaintances to come to games one or two will catch the bug and from little acorns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAVY TRUCKER Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 looking at attendances last season most weeks our home attendances would have put us in the top five in the premier. so don't get your hopes up to much , i would like it to be much more but.... i'm not going to be holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 looking at attendances last season most weeks our home attendances would have put us in the top five in the premier. would or wouldnt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 would or wouldnt? 'Wouldn't' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 'Wouldn't' . I thought thats what you actually meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 I thought thats what you actually meant. RM, just replying on behalf of Heavy Trucker on the assumption that's what he meant to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Kay Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 what? confused.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Both of the clubs promoted from the Premier to the Conference South this season had average home attendances in excess of 500..... when we can achieve that we will probably be ready for another promotion. We all need to do everything we can to try to encourage people to come along to matches and give ourselves a chance of experiencing the joy of promotion again (although I suspect it may take a few seasons). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 Both of the clubs promoted from the Premier to the Conference South this season had average home attendances in excess of 500..... when we can achieve that we will probably be ready for another promotion. We all need to do everything we can to try to encourage people to come along to matches and give ourselves a chance of experiencing the joy of promotion again (although I suspect it may take a few seasons). To achieve an average league gate of 500+ we are going to need a ground back in Slough. Maybe only then we will get our next promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Gogan Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Sound thoughts RR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Agreed RR, for the future of the club (as in new fan support) we need that stadium back in Slough sooner rather than later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimal Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hello again! A belated congrats of promotion! With regard to attendances you also have to take in to account you may be settling for a year of consolidation ahead, so form may not be the promotion form you have experienced this season, a little patch of poor results and people have short memories and start not coming every week and before you know it attendances are down and the average figure doesn't look great. I think you may find it a bit swings and roundabouts, with promotion you lose the few away fans that you did attract because of location and traveling distance and gain a few with the "bigger" clubs you'll be playing against. It will be interesting to see how it works out. Good luck in the Southern Premier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloughRebelBoy Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Did this happen to St Neots fan base Rowan? I ask, out of interest, as you, like us, went from big fish in small pond, to small fish in bigger pond and looking up rather than down the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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