We all need to try and drum up an extra body next Saturday for usually one of the lowest gates of the season.Loads of regulars will be missing for the last Saturday before Christmas a pitiful away following etc etc.I hope we can fill those seats and build on the excellent victory over Crewe at home with some vociferous support. Dave Artell's Black @ White Army.

Last home game of the year. We don't play at home again until new year's day so we should be able to get a decent crowd.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

We all need to try and drum up an extra body next Saturday for usually one of the lowest gates of the season.Loads of regulars will be missing for the last Saturday before Christmas a pitiful away following etc etc.I hope we can fill those seats and build on the excellent victory over Crewe at home with some vociferous support. Dave Artell's Black @ White Army.

Actually sales are looking strong with a week to go. No seats together in the Ponny or Findus, and mostly singles in the Main apart from a few in the back two rows. I need 5 together - STH that can’t go please release your seat. Might have to be Osmond.

I see their admin absolutely owned that Notts County Zone on Twitter tonight.

If we beat them we go above them in the table.

Quoted from RonMariner

If we beat them we go above them in the table.

Who'd,ve thunk a few years back we would have seen seen us with a situation where the mighty Harrogate were above us in the league?

I’ll be there. First game since October due to illness and then malaise at the bottom end of the Hurst saga. Really looking forward to coming back.

Oh come on then..

Who's doing the seat count

I'll start us off...

Quoted from lukeo

I'll start us off...
816 sold with 10 single seats remaining in the lower  8) ;D

Not a problem you get "Billy no mates!"  Exiles like me  fill those odd seats.
UTM

Quoted from The Caterham Mariner

Not a problem you get "Billy no mates!"  Exiles like me  fill those odd seats.
UTM

Osmond F75, come sit with us you'll be more than welcome 👍 utm

6 days until the game we have ...

Lower  - 816 sold -10 remain
Upper - 1970 sold  - 22 remain
Pontoon - 1769 sold - 39 remain
Main stand - 2061 sold - 216 remain (mostly poor seats)
Osmond - 128 sold - loads remain

6744 home tickets sold so far I believe (without a calculator so I may be a little out)

Osmond for me. First game for a while. Only place we could find 4 decent seats together.

Quoted from lukeo

6 days until the game we have ...

Lower  - 816 sold -10 remain
Upper - 1970 sold  - 22 remain
Pontoon - 1769 sold - 39 remain
Main stand - 2061 sold - 216 remain (mostly poor seats)
Osmond - 128 sold - loads remain

6744 home tickets sold so far I believe (without a calculator so I may be a little out)

How many of the ST's will turn up as that affects the gate figure?

Quoted from lukeo

6 days until the game we have ...

Lower  - 816 sold -10 remain
Upper - 1970 sold  - 22 remain
Pontoon - 1769 sold - 39 remain
Main stand - 2061 sold - 216 remain (mostly poor seats)
Osmond - 128 sold - loads remain

6744 home tickets sold so far I believe (without a calculator so I may be a little out)

Sub-6000 attendance then, most likely.

Quoted from DB

How many of the ST's will turn up as that affects the gate figure?

Probably been 600-800 not there most games hasn't it without a good % releasing their seats .

Must be because every seat in the actual 3 home ends are nearly all greyed out most games  but there are loads of empty seats - noticed in the ponny especially from the main must have been a good 200+ for the Crewe game even though all nearly sold .

Quoted from DB

How many of the ST's will turn up as that affects the gate figure?

I'd take 10% off whatever number I put up but I'm doing seats sold 😉

Quoted from wigworld

Osmond for me. First game for a while. Only place we could find 4 decent seats together.

Yes for us as well - what’s the significance of the bright green seats though? Everywhere else restricted view are dark grey.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Yes for us as well - what’s the significance of the bright green seats though? Everywhere else restricted view are dark grey.

That's what I was wondering...

My quesiton is, are we going to outsing the other stands?

My grandkid is mascot I picked that game as last one of the year at home.....feeling confident of a good result

Quoted from lukeo

Osmond F75, come sit with us you'll be more than welcome 👍 utm

Thank you  I will have to politely  decline as that day is Christmas shopping etc  ,on a normal day = 1 -2 Hrs  but on a Christmas  shop takes 2-3 hours as she knows everyone ,want to talk.to her say hello etc.( She works on Maternity and everyone  has a story).
ME=  just push the trolley  and pay at the end .
Enjoy  the game and raise a glass  of " Docks" to
The NHS ...UTM Merry Christmas.

Quoted from lukeo

6 days until the game we have ...

Lower  - 816 sold -10 remain
Upper - 1970 sold  - 22 remain
Pontoon - 1769 sold - 39 remain
Main stand - 2061 sold - 216 remain (mostly poor seats)
Osmond - 128 sold - loads remain

6744 home tickets sold so far I believe (without a calculator so I may be a little out)

Monday 5.30am.

5 and a half days of sales to go...

Lower  10 remain (816 sold)
Upper 19 remain (1973 sold)
Pontoon 40 remain (1768 sold)
Main stand 173 remain (2104 sold)
Osmond 161 sold - loads remain

6822 seats sold

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

Who'd,ve thunk a few years back we would have seen seen us with a situation where the mighty Harrogate were above us in the league?

3 years ago we finished 7 places and 14 points behind them.

Hope to come down for this one. Last chance before I go to sea

Quoted from HelensburghMariner

Hope to come down for this one. Last chance before I go to sea

Have a safe journey.

4 and a half full days of sales to go..

Lower  10 remain (816 sold)    
Upper 17 remain (1973 sold)      
Pontoon 27 remain (1768 sold)      
Main stand 129 remain (2104 sold)  
Osmond 235 sold - loads remain    

6975 home seats sold

Quoted from lukeo

4 and a half full days of sales to go..

Lower  10 remain (816 sold)    
Upper 17 remain (1973 sold)      
Pontoon 27 remain (1768 sold)      
Main stand 129 remain (2104 sold)  
Osmond 235 sold - loads remain    

6975 home seats sold

How many of those are STH?

Quoted from 123614

How many of those are STH?

5750

Thank you

6975 - 5750 = 1225 tickets sold + any that have purchased released season tickets.

Plenty of time to get tickets, surely this is heading to the biggest attendance of the seasonnso far at home?

Quoted from lukeo

Plenty of time to get tickets, surely this is heading to the biggest attendance of the seasonnso far at home?

Wimbledon and Mansfield both over 7,000. No chance do we clear that.

Quoted from lukeo

Plenty of time to get tickets, surely this is heading to the biggest attendance of the seasonnso far at home?

Rubbish ( no offence) We had 7000+ at the start of the season and you'll get a load of STH's who wont turn up either

Harrogate are a horrible team to play against. They are very defensive and slow the game down at every opportunity. We need a strong ref, but fat chance we get one.

6975 home seats sold so far...
say 600 don't turn up. 6375.
Say we have 200 Harrogate fans 6575.

I guess we'd need to shift another 500 in the next 4 days to come close so I guess you're right.

Quoted from Hagrid

Rubbish ( no offence) We had 7000+ at the start of the season and you'll get a load of STH's who wont turn up either

It’s feasible that we could get our highest home fan numbers though because we have 800 seats in the Osmond to go at compared to about 500 for the AFCW and Stags games.

Osmond now under 400 left!

Should be a decent crowd in for the Walsall game aswell

Averaging 6003 so far, last season we  finished at 6260 i think .

We will top that this season no doubt now with 8 of the last 11 games at home against  the better followed clubs  - Bradford ,Donny , Stockport ,Wrexham and Notts will all fill the away end wont they?

Only Mansfield who we have played so far have  filled it ,apart from that low away followings  . We are back heavy with big ones and it could be a hell of a run in if we get on a role .

Quoted from wuffing

Osmond now under 400 left!

Having a nosey without officially counting I reckon we've shifted well over a couple hundred today

Quoted from mimma

Harrogate are a horrible team to play against. They are very defensive and slow the game down at every opportunity. We need a strong ref, but fat chance we get one.

So we score early, and they'll have to open up.

Quoted from mimma

Harrogate are a horrible team to play against. They are very defensive and slow the game down at every opportunity. We need a strong ref, but fat chance we get one.

I’ve seen them several times this season as my son supports them and that’s not quite how I’d describe them.
They were ponderous, and largely toothless I thought when they played a very poor FGR team really early in the season but they improved and changed a few players. They like to pass it, but their game is really based on breaking quickly with fast wide players having turned the ball over. They score plenty of goals too. Tough game.

3 and a half full days of sales to go..

Lower  5 remain (821 sold)    
Upper 14 remain (1976 sold)      
Pontoon 27 remain (1775 sold)      
Main stand 142 remain (2191 sold)  
Osmond 269 sold - loads remain    

7011 home seats sold

*Main stand has 13 extra seats so I can only assume some season ticket holders are giving back their seat or moving elsewhere to be with friends.

I've got to the point now that I feel like i can't stop or miss a day  ??)

2 and a half days to go :

Lower  2 remain (824 sold)    *3 sold
Upper 13 remain (1977 sold)      *1 sold
Pontoon 11 remain (1791 sold)     *16 sold
Main stand 103 remain (2230 sold)  *39 sold
Osmond 354 sold - loads remain      *85 sold  

7155 home seats sold



(( *stars are how many we sold in the previous 24 hours ))

Quoted from lukeo

I've got to the point now that I feel like i can't stop or miss a day  ??)

2 and a half days to go :

Lower  2 remain (824 sold)    *3 sold
Upper 13 remain (1977 sold)      *1 sold
Pontoon 11 remain (1791 sold)     *16 sold
Main stand 103 remain (2230 sold)  *39 sold
Osmond 354 sold - loads remain      *85 sold  

7155 home seats sold



(( *stars are how many we sold in the previous 24 hours ))

It's also noticeable that you're doing it very early in the morning. You OK Hun?

I don't sleep well. Lots of tests going on so may aswell make most of my time

Quoted from lukeo

I don't sleep well. Lots of tests going on so may aswell make most of my time

Get Well Soon

Looking like a sell out in the home end.

Quoted from Yoda

Looking like a sell out in the home end.

Do Harrogate have much of a travelling army would you know?

Quoted from GrimPol

Do Harrogate have much of a travelling army would you know?

Nope

If their support is similar to their forum, no. Took a look earlier, last post was Dec 17....not bad, up to date-ish. Then saw it was from 2021.
Maybe they're more social media and what have you but for me footy talk needs forums

Quoted from GrimPol

Do Harrogate have much of a travelling army would you know?

If they bring any more than 300 I’d be astonished.
In terms of their support/local interest in them as opposed to Leeds, and going to Betty’s, they are playing two leagues above their natural level.

Talking of Betty’s, myself and the current Mrs Gaffer were in Harrogate about 10 years ago, she suggested going into Betty’s, once I saw the queue and the prices we went into a “ normal” cafe!!

1 and a half days to go :

Lower  SOLD OUT remain (826 sold)    *2 sold
Upper 9 remain (1981 sold)      *4 sold
Pontoon 6 remain (1796 sold)     *5 sold
Main stand 95 remain (2238 sold)  *8 sold
Osmond 368 sold - loads remain    * 14 sold

7188 home seats sold


* sold in the last 24hrs

Slow day for sales yesterday with only 33 being sold. Payday for alot of people today so expecting a couple hundred shifted or am I being optimistic

Quoted from DB

Have a safe journey.

Cheers DB (thumbup)

I'll await Lukeo's update, but tickets seem to be selling really well for this, hoping for 7k plus.

Quoted from gytone

I'll await Lukeo's update, but tickets seem to be selling really well for this, hoping for 7k plus.

Set your alarm for 5 am. I think Lukeos updates could become a regular feature. Hope so as it has been most entertaining.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Set your alarm for 5 am. I think Lukeos updates could become a regular feature. Hope so as it has been most entertaining.

It's a one off due to 'being off school' and looking forward to being in Grimsby to watch the game. UTM

Quoted from gytone

I'll await Lukeo's update, but tickets seem to be selling really well for this, hoping for 7k plus.

*News just in*

More fans have sent back their ST seats to make a very small few decent seats available in the pontoon and upper.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Set your alarm for 5 am. I think Lukeos updates could become a regular feature. Hope so as it has been most entertaining.

The irony is him doing it has probably shifted a few more tickets

I think the club  do great but never bang the drum to get people down - maybe it's because they don't need to or because they know there isn't much more space ; but I think with some Lukeo like updates/marketing it could tempt a good few more down .

Quoted from Mappers

The irony is him doing it has probably shifted a few more tickets

I think the club  do great but never bang the drum to get people down - maybe it's because they don't need to or because they know there isn't much more space ; but I think with some Lukeo like updates/marketing it could tempt a good few more down .

Give me the social media role! 😉

Random fact. I once ran a 'spotted : Grimsby' page many years ago. Managed to get it to 25k likes and gave it to a friend who then sold it to s businessman for £200. female dog.

Itssssssssss Match day!!
11 hours until kick off...

Lower  1 seat remain (825 sold)    *-1 sold
Upper 6 remain (1984 sold)      *3 sold
Pontoon SOLD OUT (1802 sold)     *6 sold
Main stand 67 remain (2238 sold)  *28 sold
Osmond 482 sold - loads remain    * 114 sold

7338 home seats sold
  

* 150 sold in the last 24hrs

133 more tickets sold for home fans than massive Lincoln managed in their last home game. Whilst we’re 18th in L2 and they’re as high as they’ve ever been. They’re fooking massive though remember.

Quoted from mariner91

133 more tickets sold for home fans than massive Lincoln managed in their last home game. Whilst we’re 18th in L2 and they’re as high as they’ve ever been. They’re fooking massive though remember.

And in theory it's probably slightly more due to season ticketers releasing seats and then them being snapped up.

It’s actually more home fans than that gigantic club down the road managed against Barnsley. I highly doubt we wouldn’t sell out the home end against a team from South Yorkshire whilst top half in L1.  They’re huge though Lincoln, we could only dream of having such an enormous and transient support.

I’m very bored as I have a toddler sleeping on my left arm who won’t budge so I can’t move anywhere. And I’m aware I’m extremely sad. But that’s actually more home tickets sold for our match today than Lincoln have managed to get home fans for all their league games except one this season.

This is despite us being shite this season (and for 20 years). Despite Blundell Park supposedly being a dump compared to the Sincil Bernabeu. And despite them supposedly being miles ahead of us off the pitch and supposedly much better supported.  The delusions of grandeur emanating from virtually their entire fanbase is something to behold.

In reality as we seem to be the only team that announce bums on seats rather than tickets sold the home average attendance difference is probably in the mid 100's , even their rose tinted Sincil B(W)ankers must recognise we would outdo their home support ,even with our limited capacity if we were in their position .

Wonder if we have Pyke and/or Wilson available.
They are 50/50 on their most dangerous attacking player - Sam Folarin.
Can see us being unchanged but suspect he might swap 1 in midfield.

I’d be happy with the same side but Gav in for Clifton from the start could work well I think.

Excited to see how much more progress we’ve made on the training ground this week. Confident of a victory today.

Wind gusting to 40mph . Just got blown over on prom so don’t expect a classic

Quoted from HelensburghMariner

Hope to come down for this one. Last chance before I go to sea

That’s a trek from Helensburgh,  I used to be based up there (1991) Faslane, fond memories.

Safe journey mate

Quoted from mariner91

I’m very bored as I have a toddler sleeping on my left arm who won’t budge so I can’t move anywhere. And I’m aware I’m extremely sad. But that’s actually more home tickets sold for our match today than Lincoln have managed to get home fans for all their league games except one this season.

This is despite us being shite this season (and for 20 years). Despite Blundell Park supposedly being a dump compared to the Sincil Bernabeu. And despite them supposedly being miles ahead of us off the pitch and supposedly much better supported.  The delusions of grandeur emanating from virtually their entire fanbase is something to behold.

You definitely need sleep Matt 😂

Quoted from lukeo

1 and a half days to go :

Lower  SOLD OUT remain (826 sold)    *2 sold
Upper 9 remain (1981 sold)      *4 sold
Pontoon 6 remain (1796 sold)     *5 sold
Main stand 95 remain (2238 sold)  *8 sold
Osmond 368 sold - loads remain    * 14 sold

7188 home seats sold


* sold in the last 24hrs

Slow day for sales yesterday with only 33 being sold. Payday for alot of people today so expecting a couple hundred shifted or am I being optimistic

Town and supermarkets chocka with last minute before Saturday last minute shopping.

I've just been in freshney place, very busy at 9am this morning

Quoted from HerveJosse

Wind gusting to 40mph . Just got blown over on prom so don’t expect a classic

I think it is mandatory for the wind to get up when we are at home.

It's uncanny how often it happens.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Wind gusting to 40mph . Just got blown over on prom so don’t expect a classic

All the more reason to keep it on the deck and play out from the back.

Never doing this again. How dare people leave seats empty. 15 I've counted in the pontoon corner and don't get me started on the main stand :X ;D

Osmond looks half empty too.

Quoted from lukeo

Itssssssssss Match day!!
11 hours until kick off...

Lower  1 seat remain (825 sold)    *-1 sold
Upper 6 remain (1984 sold)      *3 sold
Pontoon SOLD OUT (1802 sold)     *6 sold
Main stand 67 remain (2238 sold)  *28 sold
Osmond 482 sold - loads remain    * 114 sold

7338 home seats sold
  

* 150 sold in the last 24hrs

Save yourself the trouble next time, Lukeo - with 150 from Harrogate, the gate should have been 7500. Actual gate? 6300.

What a futile exercise counting those empty seats was!

6300 my bottom, 🤔

Quoted from gytone

6300 my bottom, 🤔

6302 is the given figure, better wipe your bum! ;) ;)

Well... I enjoyed myself anyway  ;D

I did giggle when they read the attendance out. No chance was that how many was in the ground.

Quoted from lukeo

Well... I enjoyed myself anyway  ;D

I did giggle when they read the attendance out. No chance was that how many was in the ground.

You probably need to get out more.

Quoted from lukeo

Well... I enjoyed myself anyway  ;D

I did giggle when they read the attendance out. No chance was that how many was in the ground.

Yeah I don't understand the attendances. There's been several games this season where there is clearly more people present than is being announced.