California Bee
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It's October 20th and for the next two months there is only ONE Saturday home game (Bradford City) scheduled. There is a Tuesday night game (Luton Town). Talk about a drought!!!!
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California Bee said:
Well the 23rd we are at home to Blackpool.
There is also two rounds of the FA cup which take up 2 saturdays.
We might get drawn at home. 
Which means in 6 league weeks (take out FA cup weeks) we have 3 home games, which is one every other week.
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Simon T
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I asked a question to Bees United earlier in the season about whether we had enough money to make it through the season and they highlighted this period as a potential problem in terms of cashflow. Hopefully they have some initiative in place to try and maximise attendance at the one scheduled home game and announce it in good time (this weekends match perhaps).
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After the Tranmere away fixture - Saturday 30th October 2004. :afro:Simon C said:
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California Bee
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We might get drawn away or only have one cup tie. In the roughly two months between Blackpool Oct 23 and Colchester Dec 18 there is only one SCHEDULED home Saturday fixture.Gee Bee said:Well the 23rd we are at home to Blackpool.
There is also two rounds of the FA cup which take up 2 saturdays.
Which means in 6 league weeks (take out FA cup weeks) we have 3 home games, which is one every other week.
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Between 23rd October & 1st January (10 weeks) we have 5 home league games, as we would expect. 2 FA cup rounds have shared gate monies, so I do not expect there to be a problem, especially as Blackpool, Luton & Bradford should bring reasonable away support. Also playing Torquay at xmas is probably a bonus as there are usually a few extra bees attending boxing day game than they would if it were just a usual saturday.
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Phew....luckily my sex life ain't gonna be as dry as the Bees' home fixtures for the next 2 months!!, otherwise I'd have bollox like water mellons! 
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California Bee said:
But Tuesday night against Luton will most likely still bring in our biggest crowd of the season so has to be included when you worry about income, I would expect a crowd of near 8K for this game and with a majority of lUton fans likely to be adults, as its a night game, it could well be close to doubling our usual receipt income. Also if you are not including the 18th then you have to take saturdays between the 30th October and 11th December which is 7, 1 of which we have a home game and 2 of which we are likely to have FA cup games which have shared receipts and prize money, so we gain income whether home or away. With FA cup games in between fixtures we also should still be within striking distance of the top spot and therefore Bradford game will also be a healthy crowd.
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luton could be a big game as well as a 'local derby' if you can call it that, so it should raise the attandence, even being a mid week game.
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California Bee
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whatever size gate we draw on Tuesday, it would be larger on SaturdayClaire said:
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California Bee said:
If they are still 1st and we are 2nd or 3rd, I would expect just as large gate on a tuesday. In recent years top of the table midweek games we have been involved in against Brighton gave us decent crowds.
I believe you have little to be concerned about.
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California Bee
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That was never my concern. That's the time I have a two week trip back to the UK and I can't find any Brentford home fixtures to go to. I'm going to stay until December 19th in order to take in the Colchester match on the 18th.Gee Bee said:If they are still 1st and we are 2nd or 3rd, I would expect just as large gate on a tuesday. In recent years top of the table midweek games we have been involved in against Brighton gave us decent crowds.
I believe you have little to be concerned about.