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Bit disappointed with the nos last night. Yes cold & in February & midweek but I was expecting more. Lots of whining about no tickets for the cup but the bread & butter matches playewrs deserved more. Well done to those that did attend
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I’m currently off work sick cos I went. Tbf my first game for ages.

I was in the south tbf and was songs throughout
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A cold damp February evening, and it’s on Sky. No wonder a lot of people gave it a miss. Happily I don’t have Sky and I can’t do Saturdays cos of work, so I say there last night and got bloody cold. Enjoyed it though.

No way was there 6500 there 😬
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All the Johnny come lately's no where to be seen.
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Stowaway wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:32 pm A cold damp February evening, and it’s on Sky. No wonder a lot of people gave it a miss. Happily I don’t have Sky and I can’t do Saturdays cos of work, so I say there last night and got bloody cold. Enjoyed it though.

No way was there 6500 there 😬
Yeah, the place was half empty. The true number will have started with a 4.

That said, we were quite loud for the numbers, but it made for a really stark drop off from Saturday in terms of intensity in the stands.

Next Saturday will be interesting though in terms of (actual) attendance - third home match in quick succession, but last one for a couple of weeks.
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Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:26 pm I’m currently off work sick cos I went.
Fair play for getting on it so heavily on a school night!
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Lifelongfan wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:22 pm Bit disappointed with the nos last night. Yes cold & in February & midweek but I was expecting more. Lots of whining about no tickets for the cup but the bread & butter matches playewrs deserved more. Well done to those that did attend
As I’ve said countless times before people like me can’t make midweek games due to work commitments. I’ve already got a bad work record because I’ve swung the lead in the past to get to a midweek game . I have to be careful now in case I need to take the piss again to get to a potential midweek play off game 🙏🤞
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The half and half scarfers weren't there. Probably watching City v Real
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Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:26 pm I’m currently off work sick cos I went. Tbf my first game for ages.

I was in the south tbf and was songs throughout
I agree. The fans that were there were loud. It was the half and half mob that were missing
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I went last night but didn’t have access to a Man City ticket.

Was the away attendance given as 551? It looked half that at most.
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Last Tuesday night match of the season. Moving forward each game should be a sell out.
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It’s too easy nowadays for fans to watch matches from their armchairs with Sky covering most of our games.
Three home games in a week will also test fans finances, maybe a discount deal for Tuesday night games ??
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probably a bit of fixture fatigue as well their has been a hell of a lot of home games over the last month
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Stowaway wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:32 pm A cold damp February evening, and it’s on Sky. No wonder a lot of people gave it a miss. Happily I don’t have Sky and I can’t do Saturdays cos of work, so I say there last night and got bloody cold. Enjoyed it though.

No way was there 6500 there 😬
Barely 5,000 I thought. Those that braved it were rewarded, though for sure it was freezing...
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Lifelongfan wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:22 pm Bit disappointed with the nos last night. Yes cold & in February & midweek but I was expecting more. Lots of whining about no tickets for the cup but the bread & butter matches playewrs deserved more. Well done to those that did attend
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yes of course there
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reflects where the club's core support is based nowadays. It was a cold damp Feb night in Southend - yet they only had 200 less than us - and they are a middling Conference league team - but most of their support is probably based in or around the town.
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Hardly any kids there due to school night. Not so many old uns 'cos of the weather.
Back to normal this Saturday I would hope.
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Anyone know when the ticket exchange is likely to open for Lincoln?
I’m still in recovery from surgery and can’t attend.
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They only open the Ticket Exchange when it's looking like a sell out - there are still empty blocks in the East and West, so not sure it will happen now.
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Oh well, thanks HA.
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Scuba Diver wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:06 pm
Stowaway wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:32 pm A cold damp February evening, and it’s on Sky. No wonder a lot of people gave it a miss. Happily I don’t have Sky and I can’t do Saturdays cos of work, so I say there last night and got bloody cold. Enjoyed it though.

No way was there 6500 there 😬
Barely 5,000 I thought. Those that braved it were rewarded, though for sure it was freezing...
Didn't think it was that cold, maybe the 3 goals made me feel warmer 🤔🤔
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BIGRON wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:22 am
Scuba Diver wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:06 pm
Stowaway wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:32 pm A cold damp February evening, and it’s on Sky. No wonder a lot of people gave it a miss. Happily I don’t have Sky and I can’t do Saturdays cos of work, so I say there last night and got bloody cold. Enjoyed it though.

No way was there 6500 there 😬
Barely 5,000 I thought. Those that braved it were rewarded, though for sure it was freezing...
Didn't think it was that cold, maybe the 3 goals made me feel warmer 🤔🤔
Probably one of my sillier ideas, Ron, but I decided to walk to the ground from work (by the Gherkin), so by the time game ended I'd been outside for hours and hours in little more than a suit.

The goals warmed us no doubt... God knows how cold I'd have been if we'd experienced a 0-3.....
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WGC O wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:37 am reflects where the club's core support is based nowadays. It was a cold damp Feb night in Southend - yet they only had 200 less than us - and they are a middling Conference league team - but most of their support is probably based in or around the town.
Their catchment area is massive (circa 230k), and as you say many can walk to the ground.

They're still experiencing the siege mentality/we're all in this together thing that happens when relegation to the Conference ensues I think..
Much of our support travels in from Essex, and I guess those with children don't want little johnny getting to bed at post 11pm - fair enough..
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They've been down for what, 4 years now? Would expect that feeling has worn off by now.
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