vanderark14 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Aye, a few Saints fans have said that. I know quite a few going to hospitality too so should hopefully be a decent crowd. I doubt there will be any trouble as anyone I know going in home end are just regular fans who've been caught out by fast sales, some of whom rarely miss a game. I suppose it's a good problem to have! Has Clarke got the fans coming back? It would be great to see Killie with higher attendances again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Has Clarke got the fans coming back? It would be great to see Killie with higher attendances again. Aye, we always take a big crowd to Paisley though. Generally our away support is decent in terms of a % of our home support. We've had 1,300 at Livi, 1,000 at Easter Road, 800 last week at Dundee and so on this season. Aberdeen was only about 350-400 but again, we took 1,300+ up there last year. Home crowds are definitely up too. For example we had 5,000+ the other week against Motherwell, with the smallest Motherwell support I can remember at RP (500). Small steps but definitely going in right direction. Think we're at 4k season ticket holders, which is over 1k up on what we were at the start of last season. I think the target is to consistently get 5-6k home fans at games. I'd be hoping for 5k+ home fans next week against Hamilton, especially if we win at the weekend. We'll never get back to the late 90s/early 00s in terms of crowds but there's mitigating factors. Ayrshire as a whole has massive unemployment/closures over that time and that takes time to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Squirrelhumper said: Aye, we always take a big crowd to Paisley though. Generally our away support is decent in terms of a % of our home support. We've had 1,300 at Livi, 1,000 at Easter Road, 800 last week at Dundee and so on this season. Aberdeen was only about 350-400 but again, we took 1,300+ up there last year. Home crowds are definitely up too. For example we had 5,000+ the other week against Motherwell, with the smallest Motherwell support I can remember at RP (500). Small steps but definitely going in right direction. Think we're at 4k season ticket holders, which is over 1k up on what we were at the start of last season. I think the target is to consistently get 5-6k home fans at games. I'd be hoping for 5k+ home fans next week against Hamilton, especially if we win at the weekend. We'll never get back to the late 90s/early 00s in terms of crowds but there's mitigating factors. Ayrshire as a whole has massive unemployment/closures over that time and that takes time to fix. I don’t think prices help much either. £26 to get into Pittodrie the other week was way too much in my opinion. Alrhough to be fair that was offset somewhat by £2 a pint at the Archibald Simpson pub before the game 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitre Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 15 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Aye, we always take a big crowd to Paisley though. Generally our away support is decent in terms of a % of our home support. We've had 1,300 at Livi, 1,000 at Easter Road, 800 last week at Dundee and so on this season. Aberdeen was only about 350-400 but again, we took 1,300+ up there last year. Home crowds are definitely up too. For example we had 5,000+ the other week against Motherwell, with the smallest Motherwell support I can remember at RP (500). Small steps but definitely going in right direction. Think we're at 4k season ticket holders, which is over 1k up on what we were at the start of last season. I think the target is to consistently get 5-6k home fans at games. I'd be hoping for 5k+ home fans next week against Hamilton, especially if we win at the weekend. We'll never get back to the late 90s/early 00s in terms of crowds but there's mitigating factors. Ayrshire as a whole has massive unemployment/closures over that time and that takes time to fix. Good post and healthy for the game that your team are on the up both in the pitch and in the stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 22 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Aye, we always take a big crowd to Paisley though. Generally our away support is decent in terms of a % of our home support. We've had 1,300 at Livi, 1,000 at Easter Road, 800 last week at Dundee and so on this season. Aberdeen was only about 350-400 but again, we took 1,300+ up there last year. Home crowds are definitely up too. For example we had 5,000+ the other week against Motherwell, with the smallest Motherwell support I can remember at RP (500). Small steps but definitely going in right direction. Think we're at 4k season ticket holders, which is over 1k up on what we were at the start of last season. I think the target is to consistently get 5-6k home fans at games. I'd be hoping for 5k+ home fans next week against Hamilton, especially if we win at the weekend. We'll never get back to the late 90s/early 00s in terms of crowds but there's mitigating factors. Ayrshire as a whole has massive unemployment/closures over that time and that takes time to fix. agree with Mitre, good to see crowds returning, its great for the game. When was the last time Killie had decent crowds? The burns era? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: agree with Mitre, good to see crowds returning, its great for the game. When was the last time Killie had decent crowds? The burns era? When do you deem as decent? Our best crowds in last 50 years were late 90s. Since we got promoted averages have been 1993-94 - 9,162 1994-95 - 9,506 1995-96 - 8,719 1996-97 - 9,125 1997-98 - 9,979 1998-99 - 11,736 1999-00 - 9,419 2000-01 - 8,224 2001-02 - 7,621 2002-03 - 7,408 2003-04 - 6,996 2004-05 - 5,931 2005-06 - 7,071 2006-07 - 7,564 2007-08 - 6,181 2008-09 - 5,726 2009-10 - 5,919 2010-11 - 6,427 2011-12 - 5,537 2012-13 - 4,530 2013-14 - 5,372 2014-15 - 5,329 2015-16 -Â 3,946 2016-17 - 4,964 2017-18 - 5,391 2018-19 - 6,740 (we've obvs only played a few games so far) Â You can guess when Michael Johnston took over as chairman...... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: When do you deem as decent? Our best crowds in last 50 years were late 90s. Since we got promoted averages have been 1993-94 - 9,162 1994-95 - 9,506 1995-96 - 8,719 1996-97 - 9,125 1997-98 - 9,979 1998-99 - 11,736 1999-00 - 9,419 2000-01 - 8,224 2001-02 - 7,621 2002-03 - 7,408 2003-04 - 6,996 2004-05 - 5,931 2005-06 - 7,071 2006-07 - 7,564 2007-08 - 6,181 2008-09 - 5,726 2009-10 - 5,919 2010-11 - 6,427 2011-12 - 5,537 2012-13 - 4,530 2013-14 - 5,372 2014-15 - 5,329 2015-16 - 3,946 2016-17 - 4,964 2017-18 - 5,391 2018-19 - 6,740 (we've obvs only played a few games so far)  You can guess when Michael Johnston took over as chairman......   I read something elsewhere that your crowds used to be around 9k, that would be decent IMO and it would be great to see a return to that.........................even though you have Kris Boyd upfront 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: even though you have Kris Boyd upfront 😂😂 Thankfully he's lucky to get on bench these days, never mind off it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 When did you start giving the Old firm behind both goals? Wondering if those figures disprove the theory that us diddy teams need the Blue/Green pounds.... I hadn’t realised the crowds at Rigby Park were so high so recently relative to Motherwell. At fir Park I’ve noticed away supports from Hearts, Hibs, Dundee Utd and Aberdeen all dropped off quite noticeabley compared to the 90s, bar the odd game where they are on a run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 56 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: When did you start giving the Old firm behind both goals? Wondering if those figures disprove the theory that us diddy teams need the Blue/Green pounds.... I hadn’t realised the crowds at Rigby Park were so high so recently relative to Motherwell. At fir Park I’ve noticed away supports from Hearts, Hibs, Dundee Utd and Aberdeen all dropped off quite noticeabley compared to the 90s, bar the odd game where they are on a run. Years ago, a few years after the stadium was built IIRC. The season we had an average attendance of 11, 736, we had ELEVEN home games with 10,000+ there. Unreal looking back at it. As for your second point, it's exactly the same at RP. Hearts/Hibs/Aberdeen regularly bring less than 1,000 these days unless they are flying or it's a cup game. Years gone by they'd have taken 2,000+ every time. Aberdeen seem to get shafted with Sunday games at RP live on TV though.   Edited October 17, 2018 by Squirrelhumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Jersey Jim said: I don’t think prices help much either. £26 to get into Pittodrie the other week was way too much in my opinion. Alrhough to be fair that was offset somewhat by £2 a pint at the Archibald Simpson pub before the game 😃 Lucky you. £32 for Aberdeen at tynecastle on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, dandydunn said: Lucky you. £32 for Aberdeen at tynecastle on Saturday. Ooooft, think our dearest is £27 at Ibrox, although Celtic tickets not on sale yet. Just looked at their website, we're £28 Upper Tier and £20 lower at Tynecastle. Robbing bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 14 minutes ago, dandydunn said: Lucky you. £32 for Aberdeen at tynecastle on Saturday. That is far too much for any game in our league. Apart from maybe the Scottish cup final, I don’t think any domestic game should be over £30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal smith Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, dandydunn said: Lucky you. £32 for Aberdeen at tynecastle on Saturday. Yeah our prices for home and away fans are ridiculous this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Years ago, a few years after the stadium was built IIRC. Yes I remember being in the Moffat Stand for a game v Celtic.  I think Celtic fans had the Chadwick plus part of the East and West stands. Presumably at some point afterwards it was deemed less hassle to give them 2 full stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Toepoke said: Yes I remember being in the Moffat Stand for a game v Celtic.  I think Celtic fans had the Chadwick plus part of the East and West stands. Presumably at some point afterwards it was deemed less hassle to give them 2 full stands. I had a season in the Moffat the year we won the cup in 97 and I was in the Moffat for old firm games. I think it might have been the following season we changed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: I had a season in the Moffat the year we won the cup in 97 and I was in the Moffat for old firm games. I think it might have been the following season we changed it. I had a night in the Moffat last night. I even managed it without wakening her up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 St Mirren have restricted home end tickets sale to just those on their database tomorrow as Killie fans have been buying home end tickets. Few mates been knocked back from whatever their stadium is called, today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said: St Mirren have restricted home end tickets sale to just those on their database tomorrow as Killie fans have been buying home end tickets. Few mates been knocked back from whatever their stadium is called, today. Love Street. It'll always be Love Street! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: Love Street. It'll always be Love Street! Typical Rangers fan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 42 minutes ago, Parklife said: Typical Rangers fan... Well played! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Parklife said: Typical Rangers fan... To be fair Parkie after the Paisley 2021 stadium name I can't remember who the new name sponsors are and I pass it regularly. 😀 Just googled it. The Simple Digital Arena. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, RenfrewBlue said: To be fair Parkie after the Paisley 2021 stadium name I can't remember who the new name sponsors are and I pass it regularly. 😀 Just googled it. The Simple Digital Arena. 🤔 Is that what it’s actually called? That’s awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Fairbairn said: Is that what it’s actually called? That’s awful. Apparently so. Its pretty bad but Dumbarton's ground used to be called the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium, so it's not the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slasher Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Could be one of the games of the season tomorrow in front of a full house at Celtic park........and at 3pm on a Saturday as well! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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