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Post by 1OUFC on Oct 8, 2017 19:26:16 GMT
Just winding down the hours as you do on a Sunday evening and flicking through old footage of games against the scum, and came across this clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OItQy7YFyc#t=156.2006458
Just looking at what the ultras achieved that say, that season, and how everyone got involved, to today, where there seems to be very little of the same yet this season could be as good as any.
Over the last couple of home games, the atmosphere and chanting in the ground has been poor, as has crowd sizes. 7200'ish yesterday was better but where have the extra 1000 odd fans gone?
Away games take care of themselves. Even last week at Posh, where there were around 770 fans, it seemed like double. Next week at rovers, we may sell out, but there wont be less than 1000. It could be prices, but would an extra couple of pound make a difference?
The club seem to be promoting little, which doesn't help. Maybe a new owner would regenerate even simple thing such as kid a quid, season tickets bring a friend half price. Market the damn club for goodness sake.
Surely there has to be a reason things seem a little stale at the moment?
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Post by berliner on Oct 8, 2017 19:35:51 GMT
Chris Wilder's style of football obviously, once he leaves those 1000 will be back...
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Post by chippsy on Oct 8, 2017 19:39:05 GMT
Just winding down the hours as you do on a Sunday evening and flicking through old footage of games against the scum, and came across this clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OItQy7YFyc#t=156.2006458
Just looking at what the ultras achieved that say, that season, and how everyone got involved, to today, where there seems to be very little of the same yet this season could be as good as any.
Over the last couple of home games, the atmosphere and chanting in the ground has been poor, as has crowd sizes. 7200'ish yesterday was better but where have the extra 1000 odd fans gone?
Away games take care of themselves. Even last week at Posh, where there were around 770 fans, it seemed like double. Next week at rovers, we may sell out, but there wont be less than 1000. It could be prices, but would an extra couple of pound make a difference?
The club seem to be promoting little, which doesn't help. Maybe a new owner would regenerate even simple thing such as kid a quid, season tickets bring a friend half price. Market the damn club for goodness sake.
Surely there has to be a reason things seem a little stale at the moment? What extra 1000 fans ??
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Post by essexyellows on Oct 8, 2017 19:41:37 GMT
We were playing Wimbledon not those folk down the road.
The Ultras got all sulky after flag gate.
7200 against a traditionally "non footballing" team was pretty fair.
And football is A: Very expensive & B: Very "gentrified" these days.
Think that covers it.
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Post by oxfordboy on Oct 8, 2017 19:44:06 GMT
The attendance this season will likely take a bit of a dip, unless we are really up there for a decent part of the season, but nothing drastic I don't think, and you have to factor in just how many northern teams are in the league this season
I also don't think yesterday's atmosphere was any worse than an average one last season really, other than Pompey we've had a pretty poor run on home fixtures so nothing really to get excited about
All in all obviously there isn't quite the buzz of the season after promotion, but why that's a surprise I don't know
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Post by eraser on Oct 8, 2017 19:52:13 GMT
It's probably in the forum somewhere but how many season tickets were sold this year compared to last? I think the ticket price hike and pre season turmoil has left some supporters being more selective on which games to attend. Also all clubs have some fickle fans - will go if the team flying high but use their hard earned cash to do something enjoyable whilst listening to the match on the radio when the team's playing below par.
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Post by plonker on Oct 8, 2017 19:54:33 GMT
Just winding down the hours as you do on a Sunday evening and flicking through old footage of games against the scum, and came across this clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OItQy7YFyc#t=156.2006458
Just looking at what the ultras achieved that say, that season, and how everyone got involved, to today, where there seems to be very little of the same yet this season could be as good as any.
Over the last couple of home games, the atmosphere and chanting in the ground has been poor, as has crowd sizes. 7200'ish yesterday was better but where have the extra 1000 odd fans gone?
Away games take care of themselves. Even last week at Posh, where there were around 770 fans, it seemed like double. Next week at rovers, we may sell out, but there wont be less than 1000. It could be prices, but would an extra couple of pound make a difference?
The club seem to be promoting little, which doesn't help. Maybe a new owner would regenerate even simple thing such as kid a quid, season tickets bring a friend half price. Market the damn club for goodness sake.
Surely there has to be a reason things seem a little stale at the moment? What extra 1000 fans ?? Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans.
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Post by chippsy on Oct 8, 2017 20:04:48 GMT
Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans. last season was the exception..; look at the years before that. 7,300 is about average for a good year.
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Post by yellowg on Oct 8, 2017 20:07:46 GMT
I thought the fans were decent yesterday vs Wombles. Generally positive and helpful to the players, volume was cranked at the right times, and most importantly we finally sang songs at the correct tempo!!! Good stuff....
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Post by ox18 on Oct 8, 2017 20:23:45 GMT
It's probably in the forum somewhere but how many season tickets were sold this year compared to last? I think the ticket price hike and pre season turmoil has left some supporters being more selective on which games to attend. Also all clubs have some fickle fans - will go if the team flying high but use their hard earned cash to do something enjoyable whilst listening to the match on the radio when the team's playing below par. The corresponding fixture against AFC last year was also the second Saturday in October. Seems they brought about the same number of fans and we were around 500 down on last years figure. Last year 7,742 (531 from Wimbledon). Yesterday 7,241 (542 visitors).
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Post by oxfordboy on Oct 8, 2017 20:33:58 GMT
Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans. I'd guess the away attendance average so far compared to last season makes up decent chunk of that missing 1000 though
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Post by plonker on Oct 8, 2017 20:53:34 GMT
Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans. last season was the exception..; look at the years before that. 7,300 is about average for a good year. But the years before that we weren't in the league we're in now, playing the kind of football we are now. I admit the figure was always likely to go down, but this season should have been more about building or at least trying to maintain momentum in terms of attracting bums in seats. The clubs communication is poor; they don't do even the little things to try and get more people to turn up - I receive more email communication from Quins (rugby) than I do Oxford and I've only seen them play because I went to the London Double Header once. If we finish the season with 1,000 less fans (on average) than last season that's a significant decrease. And I'm not a Darryl hater. Or anyone hater really. I've always been supportive and grateful for where we are now, but let's call a spade a spade, it hasn't been good enough and more could be done. The same could be said for the women's team, too. They are playing Man City next month - most popular women's team in the country, with a number of international players in the team - and tickets went on sale a few days ago. Has the club sent out an email, posted an article on the official website (men or women's), or even Tweeted? Nope.
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Post by Eaststandboy on Oct 8, 2017 21:03:01 GMT
It's probably in the forum somewhere but how many season tickets were sold this year compared to last? I think the ticket price hike and pre season turmoil has left some supporters being more selective on which games to attend. Also all clubs have some fickle fans - will go if the team flying high but use their hard earned cash to do something enjoyable whilst listening to the match on the radio when the team's playing below par. The corresponding fixture against AFC last year was also the second Saturday in October. Seems they brought about the same number of fans and we were around 500 down on last years figure. Last year 7,742 (531 from Wimbledon). Yesterday 7,241 (542 visitors). That's interesting, it was on TV and the same day as the Oxford Half Marathon which may of effected the attendance, bit clearly didn't.
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Post by chippsy on Oct 8, 2017 21:18:04 GMT
last season was the exception..; look at the years before that. 7,300 is about average for a good year. But the years before that we weren't in the league we're in now, playing the kind of football we are now. I admit the figure was always likely to go down, but this season should have been more about building or at least trying to maintain momentum in terms of attracting bums in seats. The clubs communication is poor; they don't do even the little things to try and get more people to turn up - I receive more email communication from Quins (rugby) than I do Oxford and I've only seen them play because I went to the London Double Header once. If we finish the season with 1,000 less fans (on average) than last season that's a significant decrease. And I'm not a Darryl hater. Or anyone hater really. I've always been supportive and grateful for where we are now, but let's call a spade a spade, it hasn't been good enough and more could be done. The same could be said for the women's team, too. They are playing Man City next month - most popular women's team in the country, with a number of international players in the team - and tickets went on sale a few days ago. Has the club sent out an email, posted an article on the official website (men or women's), or even Tweeted? Nope. I have to admit it does seem flat this year... not sure if this is just a lull given all the changes or the fact that this is not a season in a new league. From a personal perspective my enjoyment levels have not dwindled and I am still trying to encorage friends to come along. Maybe some momentum on the results front will change things... this is a fickle game after all.
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Post by 1OUFC on Oct 8, 2017 21:26:31 GMT
But the years before that we weren't in the league we're in now, playing the kind of football we are now. I admit the figure was always likely to go down, but this season should have been more about building or at least trying to maintain momentum in terms of attracting bums in seats. The clubs communication is poor; they don't do even the little things to try and get more people to turn up - I receive more email communication from Quins (rugby) than I do Oxford and I've only seen them play because I went to the London Double Header once. If we finish the season with 1,000 less fans (on average) than last season that's a significant decrease. And I'm not a Darryl hater. Or anyone hater really. I've always been supportive and grateful for where we are now, but let's call a spade a spade, it hasn't been good enough and more could be done. The same could be said for the women's team, too. They are playing Man City next month - most popular women's team in the country, with a number of international players in the team - and tickets went on sale a few days ago. Has the club sent out an email, posted an article on the official website (men or women's), or even Tweeted? Nope. I have to admit it does seem flat this year... not sure if this is just a lull given all the changes or the fact that this is not a season in a new league. From a personal perspective my enjoyment levels have not dwindled and I am still trying to encorage friends to come along. Maybe some momentum on the results front will change things... this is a fickle game after all. Momentum will definitely increase our away numbers, especially for games such as Wigan and Blackburn. Its a shame that Charlton is on a midweek night as we would have taken 2000 or more to that on a Saturday.
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Post by plonker on Oct 8, 2017 21:44:20 GMT
I have to admit it does seem flat this year... not sure if this is just a lull given all the changes or the fact that this is not a season in a new league. From a personal perspective my enjoyment levels have not dwindled and I am still trying to encorage friends to come along. Maybe some momentum on the results front will change things... this is a fickle game after all. Momentum will definitely increase our away numbers, especially for games such as Wigan and Blackburn. Its a shame that Charlton is on a midweek night as we would have taken 2000 or more to that on a Saturday. Charlton away is on a Saturday (Feb 3rd). Last season it fell on a Tuesday and the home fixture is a Tuesday, so maybe you got a little mixed up.
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Post by plonker on Oct 8, 2017 21:54:57 GMT
But the years before that we weren't in the league we're in now, playing the kind of football we are now. I admit the figure was always likely to go down, but this season should have been more about building or at least trying to maintain momentum in terms of attracting bums in seats. The clubs communication is poor; they don't do even the little things to try and get more people to turn up - I receive more email communication from Quins (rugby) than I do Oxford and I've only seen them play because I went to the London Double Header once. If we finish the season with 1,000 less fans (on average) than last season that's a significant decrease. And I'm not a Darryl hater. Or anyone hater really. I've always been supportive and grateful for where we are now, but let's call a spade a spade, it hasn't been good enough and more could be done. The same could be said for the women's team, too. They are playing Man City next month - most popular women's team in the country, with a number of international players in the team - and tickets went on sale a few days ago. Has the club sent out an email, posted an article on the official website (men or women's), or even Tweeted? Nope. I have to admit it does seem flat this year... not sure if this is just a lull given all the changes or the fact that this is not a season in a new league. From a personal perspective my enjoyment levels have not dwindled and I am still trying to encorage friends to come along. Maybe some momentum on the results front will change things... this is a fickle game after all. It's hard to say, but it's obviously a number of factors. The club - with their large database of fans data - could ask. Send out a simple survey to fans who chose not to renew their season ticket or purchased 5 or fewer (random number) match tickets during the season and get some honest feedback. I'm the same. Still get excited for match day. Don't think that'll ever change. Agreed. Results will get more people to turn up; both home and away. Another few good results and we could see ourselves in the playoffs.
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Post by Junior on Oct 9, 2017 2:58:40 GMT
Communication is shocking from the club. I didn't renew my ST this season. Yet i didn't get contacted once, nothing via post or email asking me to renew or even purchase match tickets after ST's went on sale.
Someone somewhere must know the reason why they dont utilise the huge database, 2 wembley trips in 2 years with around 60k in attendance supporting Oxford. Think of all the casuals they can attract from that list alone!
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Post by eighteen93 on Oct 9, 2017 4:55:04 GMT
Communication is shocking from the club. I didn't renew my ST this season. Yet i didn't get contacted once, nothing via post or email asking me to renew or even purchase match tickets after ST's went on sale. Someone somewhere must know the reason why they dont utilise the huge database, 2 wembley trips in 2 years with around 60k in attendance supporting Oxford. Think of all the casuals they can attract from that list alone! Did you not renew for footballing or non footballing reasons?
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Post by Marked Ox on Oct 9, 2017 8:52:08 GMT
Agree with the comments about communication and the database. It is appalling waste of a marketing opportunity. Don't they now employ somebody to do social media so shouldn't this be part of their remit?
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Post by 1OUFC on Oct 9, 2017 9:06:11 GMT
Momentum will definitely increase our away numbers, especially for games such as Wigan and Blackburn. Its a shame that Charlton is on a midweek night as we would have taken 2000 or more to that on a Saturday. Charlton away is on a Saturday (Feb 3rd). Last season it fell on a Tuesday and the home fixture is a Tuesday, so maybe you got a little mixed up. Yep I did. In which case it will be a good day out!
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Post by daveoufc on Oct 9, 2017 9:20:18 GMT
Was working in reading other day this double decker bus pulled up with huge ad for the club one very mean looking jap stam pointing with another one of their players on it. We are reading in massive letters across the top. Book tickets now with the number at the bottom very box office impact.
I doubt such things would be allowed in our fair city mind. You cant make people wanna go at least theres a few more parking spaces free and you get can get served easier at half time atm.
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Post by essexyellows on Oct 9, 2017 17:22:29 GMT
Agree with the comments about communication and the database. It is appalling waste of a marketing opportunity. Don't they now employ somebody to do social media so shouldn't this be part of their remit? Bring back Sarah G..... she`s at Notts County now after a brief spell at West Ham.
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Post by nottsyellow on Oct 9, 2017 19:13:44 GMT
Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans. Last season we had the following away supporters at Grenoble Road - Swindon 1,190, Charlton 1,476, Bradford 1,101, Millwall 934, Coventry 1,477, Northampton 1,128, MK 1,350, Bristol Rovers 1,798, Sheff Utd 1,667 But so far this season the only team to bring any numbers anywhere close to 1,000 is Portsmouth. So perhaps the home support is about the same.
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Post by plonker on Oct 9, 2017 22:06:18 GMT
Our average attendance this season is about 7,300 whereas last season it was about 8,300. Hence 1,000 extra fans. Last season we had the following away supporters at Grenoble Road - Swindon 1,190, Charlton 1,476, Bradford 1,101, Millwall 934, Coventry 1,477, Northampton 1,128, MK 1,350, Bristol Rovers 1,798, Sheff Utd 1,667 But so far this season the only team to bring any numbers anywhere close to 1,000 is Portsmouth. So perhaps the home support is about the same. I can understand why you might think so and while I think the average away attendance at our place will be lower, those 'bumps' in attendance don't make a huge difference over 23 games. The average away attendance last season was 823. Average away so far this season is 663. Our fans average home attendance last season was 7,474. Just our fans. That's more than the total (home and away fans) attendance of all our home games this season so far, except Pompey. Hope that adds a little perspective.
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Post by tbfuth14 on Oct 11, 2017 11:31:11 GMT
Can only apologise for it being a bit quiet this season from ourselves but we're currently undergoing a transition this season. Unfortunately due to lots of new ST sales in our section we've sort of been forced out a bit. We've been making do but the group will slowly die if we stay there, so we're currently working with Oxvox to move elsewhere and allow it to slowly grow instead, hopefully into something big again. Hopefully that will be during this season, but certainly next season. Expect to see some of us giving it a go in a different spot soon! We'd love to do a Swindon style display every match but unfortunately that just comes down to money. Those displays cost up to £1.5-2k and our donations are usually no more than people sticking the odd £10 in. Which we're very greatful for but it means we need to save every penny for the big occasions. We've set up a new donation page though, where you can choose a set amount to donate each month, kind of like a charity donation. donorbox.org/oxfordultrasAll donations go straight into our Paypal fund, which is currently on £105.66.
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Post by Best Mate on Oct 11, 2017 11:57:52 GMT
Wimbledon at home last season was actually a Sunday (as someone said, day of Half Marathon) - I am not sure if that actually helped attendance (the fact it was Sunday match).
Charlton away was supposed to be a Saturday last season but was moved due to our game at Boro in the cup....
In terms of club marketing.....its gone backwards. The final year in league 2 there was a bigger push than there is now. Last year had the momentum of promotion and they got away with the drop off. I remember there was 2 for £20 offers for less desirable games etc. I brought my dad some Burnley tickets 4 years ago, and I received 8 emails this August alone from them (admittedly only 4 since in Sept/ Oct), with ticket offers, shop discounts and match reports (which linked to tickets for new games)
I have had 1 email from Oxford (4th August) asking me to buy Pomopey tickets - when I actually had already brought them. I probably make 8-12 home games a season (probably 2-3 away) and as I mix who I go with (friends, dad, wife) I sit in different stands pending who I am with) so don't bother with a ST. But I am a regular on their database. Have been 3 times this year and will be up there Tuesday (tickets still not purchased)....but plenty of room for them to improve their communication with me and the other regular (non-season ticket holders).
As a question - is there much communication with season ticket holders? Talking about club shops, encouraging bringing friends, pushing sponsors products / services?
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Oct 11, 2017 12:11:32 GMT
As a question - is there much communication with season ticket holders? Talking about club shops, encouraging bringing friends, pushing sponsors products / services? No. I'm a season ticket holder (and fairly regular away-tripper which they will also have a record of). This season I have had two emails from the club. One in early August trying to sell me Portsmouth tickets (of course I had a seat already) and one in mid-September trying to sell me an upgrade to a hospitality package for the Walsall game. Absolutely nothing else. I don't want to be bombarded with emails, but something vaguely informative, 'bring a friend' or 'kids for a quid' offers, injury news etc would be good. Letting me know when away tickets go on sale would be useful - I know it's not a direct profit to the club, but surely increased away support helps the team. The emails don't always have to be about selling to to me all the time, I'd like to get the feeling that the club sees us supporters as an integral part of the club rather than as walking wallets!
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Post by CheltenhamYellow on Oct 11, 2017 12:35:27 GMT
Agree with Zero. I'm a season ticket holder and go to quite a few away matches too. I haven't had a single approach from the club, by email or anything else, this season.
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 11, 2017 12:45:13 GMT
Wimbledon at home last season was actually a Sunday (as someone said, day of Half Marathon) - I am not sure if that actually helped attendance (the fact it was Sunday match). Charlton away was supposed to be a Saturday last season but was moved due to our game at Boro in the cup.... In terms of club marketing.....its gone backwards. The final year in league 2 there was a bigger push than there is now. Last year had the momentum of promotion and they got away with the drop off. I remember there was 2 for £20 offers for less desirable games etc. I brought my dad some Burnley tickets 4 years ago, and I received 8 emails this August alone from them (admittedly only 4 since in Sept/ Oct), with ticket offers, shop discounts and match reports (which linked to tickets for new games) I have had 1 email from Oxford (4th August) asking me to buy Pomopey tickets - when I actually had already brought them. I probably make 8-12 home games a season (probably 2-3 away) and as I mix who I go with (friends, dad, wife) I sit in different stands pending who I am with) so don't bother with a ST. But I am a regular on their database. Have been 3 times this year and will be up there Tuesday (tickets still not purchased)....but plenty of room for them to improve their communication with me and the other regular (non-season ticket holders). As a question - is there much communication with season ticket holders? Talking about club shops, encouraging bringing friends, pushing sponsors products / services? I convinced a friend into buying a season ticket he had come to the first 5 games paying full match price , but no discount was offered so he didn’t bother . Just a bit of flexibility in being able to adjust the season ticket price as the season ticks by and they would have another sale. Now he has the choice of waiting till xmas for a half season ticket or just keep paying full price.
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