[Archived] 2005/6 Season Ticket Sales

[AggyBlue]

I called at the ticket office on saturday to swap some seats around and got told I'd recieve the tickets during the first week in August.

That's pushing it a bit close, the season starts in the second week.

[philipl]

Doesn't matter- Rovers' first home win isn't until sometime back end of November.

[Ferguson16]

i'll be getting one come 18th of august after i see what uni i'll be going to - hopefully liverpool and i can make the trek every week...

went to a lot of away games last year hopefully be going to the majority.. worth getting an away s/t?

been a home s/t for a while now just hope i get my results

[RovertheHill]

Me and the missus haven't got our tickets yet but the kids arrived today. Quite impressed - they got a certificate, Rovers pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, mousemat and a small reflective sticker with a fold and 2 holes in it - I have no idea what it's for - anybody got any clues?

[happygilmore]

and a small reflective sticker with a fold and 2 holes in it - I have no idea what it's for - anybody got any clues?

335050[/snapback]

Do you mean the bike reflector?

[promoted2001]

Should I have my season ticket yet? I renewed it and i've seen others have theirs. Does the Blackburn end have a delay or something?

[baldybobbo]

No sign of my ticket yet, I am on the Riverside. Even after all these years supporting the Rovers, I still worry that something has or will go wrong with my season ticket .

[mhead]

Anybody got any new Season ticket holders?

My tally so far is 1 renewal,1 working on and 2 prospective new Season Ticket

holders.

Can we not work on the 10 who haven't renewed.

[Duff's Minder]

Rovers fans don't have this worry and know they'll always be able to go to a game if they really want to.

Still think if our ground had only 20 - 25k capacity, we'd sell more season tickets.

334649[/snapback]

That's a great point, I only made it to 2 home games last season but each time I had no problem getting tickets and one of those was United.

At places like Chelsea people buy season tickets because it's the only way to guarantee seeing the good games. Jack left us with a nice big ground that takes 20% of the local population so that's never going to be an issue.

[tchocky]

What was the capacity in the 80's, before the redevelopment?

[LDRover]

What was the capacity in the 80's, before the redevelopment?

335237[/snapback]

Just over 20k

[OscarRaven]

Tottenham after a decade of absence from the top 8 in the league will on 6 occasions charge £70 for a ticket for category "A" matches.  Other games deemed less attractive will fall to £51 and £41. Prime seats are only available on a season ticket at £1,350.  The most expensive in the Premiership.

A ticket for a category "A" match at Upton Park will cost £53 only £1 more than the most expensive ticket at Arsenal and significantly more than Chelsea.  A season ticket at West Ham will set you back £745.

Chelsea themselves will charge between £45 and £48 per match.

334566[/snapback]

If the small clubs hold thier nerve a little bit longer this bubble will burst. Good job football fans have loyality to exploit.Can you imagine if Tesco was 100% more expensive than Sainsbury's? I know who would get more customers.

Good entertainment, family atmosphere and low price Premier League football - With the right marketing.....

[tonygreenbank]

I think we are quite right to be anxious at the way the game is going. These prices are not sustainable and the way Chelsea are performing in the transfer market then the game will lose its life blood which is competitiveness. The Sky matches will soon be showing vast swathes of empty seats. £30 for a Rovers fixture is very near the bone for most people in the town I would have thought. I used to travel away but no more;the Sky subscription is looking more and more like good value for many fans.

[Claytons Left Boot]

What was the capacity in the 80's, before the redevelopment?

335237[/snapback]

In the 70's it was the former capacity of 52,000 which hadn't changed for years. By 1980 they had chipped away at it and when we played Villa in the FA Cup in Feb 1980 the capacity was 30,000 with the attendance just a few hundred short of that figure. When the old Riverside was demolished some time in the 80's, and replaced with the CIS Stand (or whatever you want to call it) the capacity was then reduced again to just over 20k.

[Alan75]

I biggest gate I remember in the 70s was 27835 in 1978 against Bolton.

Last home game of the season we lost 1-0, Bolton got promoted and we finished 5th in the old 2nd division.

Jambed like sardines in the Enclosure.

[jim mk2]

In the 70's it was the former capacity of 52,000 which hadn't changed for years. .

335281[/snapback]

Are you sure ?

There were a reported 42,000 on Ewood for the Manchester City FA Cup replay in 1969 and the ground was full to bursting .... frighteningly so on the Riverside where the crowd swayed back and forth because of the crush of spectators.

I dread to think what would have happened if one of the barriers had given way.

[RovertheHill]

Do you mean the bike reflector?

335139[/snapback]

Ahhh!

[mode_m]

does anybody have pictures of the old stadium with the large capacity?

I think they would be interesting to see.

[Billinge End Blue]

Thought I'd beat Jim to it....

Search for Blackburn Rovers on Britishpathe.com (particularly "A Lancs ' Football Derby 05/03/1928 & 6th Round FA Cup Blackburn v Burnley - the stills of the latter show the real Blackburn End in all its majesty - better than anything RoversWorld can offer, that's for sure!)

Try also the Cottontown site http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?language=eng&pageID=620 - the aftermath of a tragic death on Kidder Street (not directly BRFC related)

[Blackpool_Rover]

My season ticket came this morning complete with a membership pack of a mouse mat, keyring, sticker, goals of the season dvd that was a nice surprise

[Mike Graham]

My season ticket came this morning complete with a membership pack of a mouse mat, keyring, sticker, goals of the season dvd   that was a nice surprise

335387[/snapback]

Still waiting for my 2 ST's. But I am gagging to get my hands on the "Goals of the Season" DVD. Is it like Friday night sex after a skinful of ale...2 mins, lacking action and instantly forgetable?

[bazza]

My season ticket came this morning complete with a membership pack of a mouse mat, keyring, sticker, goals of the season dvd   that was a nice surprise

335387[/snapback]

So did mine .The fixture list poster is up on the wall in our office much to the annoyance of a Burnley supporter.

I haven't found a sticker but I do have a car air freshener.

[Dan Furness]

I missed DD deadline for ST, you reckon I could sweet talk them into possibly sorting something?

[johnradfordsubbuteo]

Concerning the DVD. I loved it how, spitefully, the non -persons' goals (ie Ferguson & Stead's 4 combined) were shown only once and not repeated in slow motion. Reminiscent of Nazi/Soviet censorship.

Curiously Bothroyd's goal against Liverpool was repeated - perhaps they felt charitable as he was only a loanee (he has been returned to Italy hasn't he?)

Good porn movie genre sound track as well, I thought.

It must be the shortest DVD ever released...

[Claytons Left Boot]

Are you sure ?

There were a reported 42,000 on Ewood for the Manchester City FA Cup replay in 1969 and the ground was full to bursting .... frighteningly so on the Riverside where the crowd swayed back and forth because of the crush of spectators.

I dread to think what would have happened if one of the barriers had given way.

335306[/snapback]

My Rothmans Book from 1971 states 52,000 - For reasons which for the life of me I don't know why, I missed the City cup game, so my biggest attendance pre development is the Bolton game when they got promotion.

The Bolton game crowd figure that night was the biggest fiddle I've ever seen in my time watching Rovers. There were 20,000 Bolton fans on - they were everywhere. Packed the Darwen End, took over the Blackburn End and there must have been thousands in the Riverside. There were at least 35k on. I was in the Riverside and we were packed in like sardines.