Ticket availability update

[Les Beeavinu]

Someone mentioned other clubs being around Brentford which they thought afected the support you receive, well within 10-15 miles of Hillsborough you have 6 or 7 league clubs.

When I read this I thought that I must have been wrong so I was ready to apologise. Out of interest, I thought I'd check who those clubs were. I found Rotherham (7 miles), Chesterfield (11 miles) and Barnsley (15 miles). Leeds was 35 miles, Manchester was 40, Scunthorpe, Bradford over 40.

Sorry mate, but I could only find two clubs in Sheffield and only three Football League clubs within 10 - 15 miles. Nearest Premier club seems to be in Lancashire and I'm guessing that it's a bit of a no-no for Yorkshire folk to support a team from Lancashire. I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyways, the reason why we struggle for support is because we've got 7 Premiership clubs in commuting distance and a few more Championship clubs besides.

Which at least saves us the embrrassment factor of having to explain why 22000 people have to watch first division football. Talking to brentford fans is probably a bit below you. I think perhaps it would be better for football if you won on Monday, don't you?

 

[Deathstroke]

He's still obviously a well known person by most of the club but still is able to run a coach full of hooligans to games

I was on that coach. Please refrain from calling me a hooligan. Call South Yorkshire police, and they will let you know if this was a coach full of hooligans.

 

[bees66]

then failed to mention a crowd of over 49,000 that very same season who attended a 3rd division game which still holds the record !!

Park attendances in the early 1970's. The average home league gate during the third division championship winning season of 1971-72 was just short of 32,000. The highlight, of course, was the 48,110 versus Bournemouth, a record beaten at this level only by the Sheffield derby of December 1979, but there were several other crowds of over 40,000

......Funny how you last played United in 2000 at home & can only get 29,281 lol rofl

 

[owl-zat]

When I read this I thought that I must have been wrong so I was ready to apologise. Out of interest, I thought I'd check who those clubs were. I found Rotherham (7 miles), Chesterfield (11 miles) and Barnsley (15 miles). Leeds was 35 miles, Manchester was 40, Scunthorpe, Bradford over 40.

Depends where you are starting from, I live in Sheffield about 4 miles north of Hillsborough and can as easliy get to Sheffield, Barnsley, or Rotherham.

Here's a few of the distances I checked up on from my house, i'm sure i'll have missed quite a few,out though that could have been included ....

Rotherham 7 miles, Sheffield United 8 miles, Barnsley 9 miles, Huddersfield 24 miles, Doncaster 25 miles, Chesterfield 27 miles Leeds is 28 miles, Mansfield Town 33 miles, Stockport County 36 miles, Bradford 37 miles, Manchester City 35 miles, Man-Ure 44 miles.

There will be a few more i've missed but heres a few clubs

 

[dean308]

Hey, another sheffield wednesday fan here.

Really looking forward to Monday's game. I don't see the point in arguing about attendances. Everyone accepts that in terms of support, Sheffield Wednesday comes top of league one for both home and away support in general.

But, that doesn't give us a right to walk the league at all, and obviously we have far from done that.

In terms of support, there is no point looking into statistics 20 years ago when the complexion of football was completely different.

At present all Sheff Wednesday fans are able to enjoy supporting the club, and thats mainly down to Paul Sturrock being in charge. For the past 5 years our football has been shocking but average attendances for each season have stayed above 20,000 (or at least I think thats the case!). I go on lots of different messageboards and most fans are willing to credit us with having very vocal away support.

Vocally our home support sometimes suffers and when I visited your ground last year I would say it was the same for you. In general, the hardcore and vocal fans travel away and want to make themselves heard. Whereas for normal home league games, the atmosphere can dwindle because of the mix of fans around you.

Thursday night was something special as your manager has admitted himself. The atmosphere has been praised by our club and also in many reports unassociated with ourselves.....althought the racial taunting was highly disappointing and is something I wish to apologise for, it was only a minority as most of the boo's going Rankin's way were in reference to him playing for Barnsley and also his bad tackle of Glenn Whelan (our number 6).

We have sold out your away end to the first OAC (Owls Away Card) holders who could grab them and then they went to those just with a season ticket. Unfortunately I can't make the game because of university exams :sad: but I will look forward to savouring the special Griffin Park atmosphere through Sky TV.

I hope that we manage to scrape through, although I see it being a tricky game.

I wish you, your great manager and football club a very successful future.

Thanks

 

[Waterlooville Bee]

Hey, another sheffield wednesday fan here.

Really looking forward to Monday's game. I don't see the point in arguing about attendances. Everyone accepts that in terms of support, Sheffield Wednesday comes top of league one for both home and away support in general.

But, that doesn't give us a right to walk the league at all, and obviously we have far from done that.

In terms of support, there is no point looking into statistics 20 years ago when the complexion of football was completely different.

At present all Sheff Wednesday fans are able to enjoy supporting the club, and thats mainly down to Paul Sturrock being in charge. For the past 5 years our football has been shocking but average attendances for each season have stayed above 20,000 (or at least I think thats the case!). I go on lots of different messageboards and most fans are willing to credit us with having very vocal away support.

Vocally our home support sometimes suffers and when I visited your ground last year I would say it was the same for you. In general, the hardcore and vocal fans travel away and want to make themselves heard. Whereas for normal home league games, the atmosphere can dwindle because of the mix of fans around you.

Thursday night was something special as your manager has admitted himself. The atmosphere has been praised by our club and also in many reports unassociated with ourselves.....althought the racial taunting was highly disappointing and is something I wish to apologise for, it was only a minority as most of the boo's going Rankin's way were in reference to him playing for Barnsley and also his bad tackle of Glenn Whelan (our number 6).

We have sold out your away end to the first OAC (Owls Away Card) holders who could grab them and then they went to those just with a season ticket. Unfortunately I can't make the game because of university exams :sad: but I will look forward to savouring the special Griffin Park atmosphere through Sky TV.

I hope that we manage to scrape through, although I see it being a tricky game.

I wish you, your great manager and football club a very successful future.

Thanks

Nice one.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Depends where you are starting from, I live in Sheffield about 4 miles north of Hillsborough and can as easliy get to Sheffield, Barnsley, or Rotherham.

Here's a few of the distances I checked up on from my house, i'm sure i'll have missed quite a few,out though that could have been included ....

Rotherham 7 miles, Sheffield United 8 miles, Barnsley 9 miles, Huddersfield 24 miles, Doncaster 25 miles, Chesterfield 27 miles Leeds is 28 miles, Mansfield Town 33 miles, Stockport County 36 miles, Bradford 37 miles, Manchester City 35 miles, Man-Ure 44 miles.

There will be a few more i've missed but heres a few clubs

So that'll be no Premiership sides and only two Championships sides any closer than 30 miles away. That's a bit different to your previous post of 6 or 7 sides in 10 - 15 miles. Hmmm.

 

[PJ]

He's still obviously a well known person by most of the club but still is able to run a coach full of hooligans to games

Owl-zat

Was it you and the "how-zat" crew we were meant to meet? Trains were a no-no so alternative arrangements were required.

We were 35+ handed but where was you lot

Unfortunately we were instantly wrapped up when exiting the M1, met by South Yorkshire`s finest

{sarcasm alert}

 

[eghambee]

Hark now hear the PJ's sing, the OwlZats run away!


Seriously , lucky you PJ and his crew didnt catch up with anyone, coz they would have arranged a concert for you!


Bees United - What about a sponsored Firm Rumble!?

 

[PJ]

Wasn't someone championing one of your 'supporters' PJ or something saying he was to have a stand named after him and then basically saying later that he had a coach full of hooligans travelling upto Sheffield on a coach ?

Hilarious on both counts lol lol lol lol

 

[PJ]

Hark now hear the PJ's sing, the OwlZats run away!


Seriously , lucky you PJ and his crew didnt catch up with anyone, coz they would have arranged a concert for you!


Bees United - What about a sponsored Firm Rumble!?

rofl
Owz-zat, any Sheff bands on tour soon?
Gis a shout lol

 

[owl-zat]

Is this the infamous / notorious PJ rofl

Who the hell are the howzat crew lol

Looks like someone went and caught a whopper :sad:

Anyhow, look forward to coming to Griffin Park again, so far i've been 3 times and seen Wednesday win twice and draw once so hopefully that unbeaten run will continue

 

[larrysigny]

Sheffield Wednesday put the 2,800 tickets on sale on Thursday at 5pm to season ticket holder with an Owls Away Card and then on today, Friday they went on sale to season ticket holders.

As of 4pm there was only 220 left so they'll all be gone tonight and will definately be snapped up on Saturday morning when Owls away card holders and Owls Foundation Members can purchase tickets if available.

So in effect we've sold our allocation of tickets already without them going on general sale.

Will the match be a sellout your end of the ground ?

Your official club site said yesterday there were still tickets on sale. So can you explain what you mant when you said they'd already sold 'em all?

 

[nocoat]

Nice double bluff pj got your firm out of a potential hole there :suspect:

 

[dean308]

Quote:
Originally Posted by owl-zat
Sheffield Wednesday put the 2,800 tickets on sale on Thursday at 5pm to season ticket holder with an Owls Away Card and then on today, Friday they went on sale to season ticket holders.

As of 4pm there was only 220 left so they'll all be gone tonight and will definately be snapped up on Saturday morning when Owls away card holders and Owls Foundation Members can purchase tickets if available.

So in effect we've sold our allocation of tickets already without them going on general sale.

Will the match be a sellout your end of the ground ?



Your official club site said yesterday there were still tickets on sale. So can you explain what you mant when you said they'd already sold 'em all?

Our website doesn't get updated on Saturday's. The 220 left on Friday will have gone very quickly on Saturday, if they haven't gone then I will be very surprised. Check the site on Monday.

 

[sussexb]

Hey, another sheffield wednesday fan here.

Really looking forward to Monday's game. I don't see the point in arguing about attendances. Everyone accepts that in terms of support, Sheffield Wednesday comes top of league one for both home and away support in general.

But, that doesn't give us a right to walk the league at all, and obviously we have far from done that.

In terms of support, there is no point looking into statistics 20 years ago when the complexion of football was completely different.

At present all Sheff Wednesday fans are able to enjoy supporting the club, and thats mainly down to Paul Sturrock being in charge. For the past 5 years our football has been shocking but average attendances for each season have stayed above 20,000 (or at least I think thats the case!). I go on lots of different messageboards and most fans are willing to credit us with having very vocal away support.

Vocally our home support sometimes suffers and when I visited your ground last year I would say it was the same for you. In general, the hardcore and vocal fans travel away and want to make themselves heard. Whereas for normal home league games, the atmosphere can dwindle because of the mix of fans around you.

Thursday night was something special as your manager has admitted himself. The atmosphere has been praised by our club and also in many reports unassociated with ourselves.....althought the racial taunting was highly disappointing and is something I wish to apologise for, it was only a minority as most of the boo's going Rankin's way were in reference to him playing for Barnsley and also his bad tackle of Glenn Whelan (our number 6).

We have sold out your away end to the first OAC (Owls Away Card) holders who could grab them and then they went to those just with a season ticket. Unfortunately I can't make the game because of university exams :sad: but I will look forward to savouring the special Griffin Park atmosphere through Sky TV.

I hope that we manage to scrape through, although I see it being a tricky game.

I wish you, your great manager and football club a very successful future.


Thanks

Good post. Cheers mate!

 

[Andy Mutton]

Nice double bluff pj got your firm out of a potential hole there :suspect:

lol lol

 

[carefulmover]

Hey, another sheffield wednesday fan here.

Really looking forward to Monday's game. I don't see the point in arguing about attendances. Everyone accepts that in terms of support, Sheffield Wednesday comes top of league one for both home and away support in general.

But, that doesn't give us a right to walk the league at all, and obviously we have far from done that.

In terms of support, there is no point looking into statistics 20 years ago when the complexion of football was completely different.

At present all Sheff Wednesday fans are able to enjoy supporting the club, and thats mainly down to Paul Sturrock being in charge. For the past 5 years our football has been shocking but average attendances for each season have stayed above 20,000 (or at least I think thats the case!). I go on lots of different messageboards and most fans are willing to credit us with having very vocal away support.

Vocally our home support sometimes suffers and when I visited your ground last year I would say it was the same for you. In general, the hardcore and vocal fans travel away and want to make themselves heard. Whereas for normal home league games, the atmosphere can dwindle because of the mix of fans around you.

Thursday night was something special as your manager has admitted himself. The atmosphere has been praised by our club and also in many reports unassociated with ourselves.....althought the racial taunting was highly disappointing and is something I wish to apologise for, it was only a minority as most of the boo's going Rankin's way were in reference to him playing for Barnsley and also his bad tackle of Glenn Whelan (our number 6).

We have sold out your away end to the first OAC (Owls Away Card) holders who could grab them and then they went to those just with a season ticket. Unfortunately I can't make the game because of university exams :sad: but I will look forward to savouring the special Griffin Park atmosphere through Sky TV.

I hope that we manage to scrape through, although I see it being a tricky game.

I wish you, your great manager and football club a very successful future.

Thanks

What a top post this is. Fair play to you, and all the best....

 

[guinninthe90th]

Ok we give in the massive Shff Wed deserve their place in the championship purely based on this alone

Don't know why we bother really!

I've been to your place when there's been 10,000 there. So your point is?

Name the game!

 

[SCBee]

:zzzzz: :zzzzz:

 

[Les Beeavinu]

:zzzzz: :zzzzz:

 

[Hungerford Bee]

Name the game!

read the thread

 

[Simon C]

Sell out to members only will you?

http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/News/0,,10304~664922,00.html

 

[larrysigny]

Just beat me to it Simon.

 

[Loud and Proud]

Nice double bluff pj got your firm out of a potential hole there :suspect:

rofl

 

[Willo]

Owl-zat

Was it you and the "how-zat" crew we were meant to meet? Trains were a no-no so alternative arrangements were required.

We were 35+ handed but where was you lot

Unfortunately we were instantly wrapped up when exiting the M1, met by South Yorkshire`s finest

{sarcasm alert}

lol lol Sounds like the Duckponders have been doing a little

 

[guinninthe90th]

When I read this I thought that I must have been wrong so I was ready to apologise. Out of interest, I thought I'd check who those clubs were. I found Rotherham (7 miles), Chesterfield (11 miles) and Barnsley (15 miles). Leeds was 35 miles, Manchester was 40, Scunthorpe, Bradford over 40.

Sorry mate, but I could only find two clubs in Sheffield and only three Football League clubs within 10 - 15 miles. Nearest Premier club seems to be in Lancashire and I'm guessing that it's a bit of a no-no for Yorkshire folk to support a team from Lancashire. I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyways, the reason why we struggle for support is because we've got 7 Premiership clubs in commuting distance and a few more Championship clubs besides.

Which at least saves us the embrrassment factor of having to explain why 22000 people have to watch first division football. Talking to brentford fans is probably a bit below you. I think perhaps it would be better for football if you won on Monday, don't you?

Doncaster, Both Nottingham Clubs, Mansfield......

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Doncaster, Both Nottingham Clubs, Mansfield......

Blimey, its a wonder you get anyone at all! I didn't realise that Nottingham was 10 - 15 miles from Sheffield. Must get a new map 'cos mine says it's nearly 50.

 

[leighrichy]

won't you be getting twice your average attendance tonight????

will many of these be arsenal, chelsea fans???

 

[Les Beeavinu]

won't you be getting twice your average attendance tonight????

will many of these be arsenal, chelsea fans???

Probably.

 

[SCBee]

won't you be getting twice your average attendance tonight????

will many of these be arsenal, chelsea fans???

Nah, just Bees fans

 

[Les Beeavinu]

won't you be getting twice your average attendance tonight????

will many of these be arsenal, chelsea fans???

... but not tonight.

 

[leighrichy]

46.1% of your ground filled on average.

100% tonight.

 

[Hungerford Bee]

Judging by the bulk of most wednesday fans that should be about 150%

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Why are Sheff Wed fans obsessed with attendances?

 

[SCBee]

46.1% of your ground filled on average.

100% tonight.

I am almost impressed. Maths 'A' Level?

Or did you use a calculator?

Come on now, be honest!

 

[Banana]

46.1% of your ground filled on average.

100% tonight.

Is that the home end of the away end? Does that include the segregation areas?

 

[mattbee]

Why are Sheff Wed fans obsessed with attendances?

Well i know why normally people are concerned with size if they are smaller in other areas i think

 

[SCBee]

Well i know why normally people are concerned with size if they are smaller in other areas i think

Is that compared to Marcus Gayle? Or do you mean in relation to the norm?

Think on, young man rofl

 

[Simon C]

100% tonight.

Really?

 

[Boston Bee]

Will this make it harder or easier when you lose? Will your fans be looking for trouble like every other time you've visited? Since you're really the only side that does this at GP, what would you say this means? I know you will be on classlessly gloating if it doesn't go our way, so can we also expect you to come on and talk about attendences or something like that if we beat you?

Shouldn't you have left for the match by now? :suspect:

46.1% of your ground filled on average.

100% tonight.

 

[Simon C]

so can we also expect you to come on and talk about attendences or something like that if we beat you?

This is not Beesotted.

 

[alikat]

Why are Sheff Wed fans obsessed with attendances?

Because if there was a table for attendances, it'd be the only one where they finish higher than us!

 

[Dangerous]

I have a Bramer rd Paddock ticket I am looking to swap for a Brook road terrace can anyone help please.

 

[leighrichy]

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/attend.html

 

[Les Beeavinu]

More attendance figures. Excellent!

 

[leighrichy]

More attendance figures. Excellent!

something different?

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/glsfor.html

 

[Banana]

You mean this don't you?

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/attend.html

7th - oh dear. Big club eh!

 

[Billy Hunt]

Doncaster Rovers - HIGHEST:10131 CAPACITY:7758 ????????

 

[Les Beeavinu]

something different?

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D2/glsfor.html

I'd show the League table if I could be arsed.