If you thought our Notts allocation was bad...

Quoted from Son of Cod

Yeah, I wouldn't expect them to give them 2,000 or anything but that away end is split into two sections and they've only given Chesterfield one part of it. Could have easily been 1,000 or so as they've given that before this season. These Blues/Villa fans following Solihull obviously haven't been getting down there that often otherwise their average wouldn't be less than 2,000.

I feel for anyone that's put a lot of time/effort/money into following their side and then misses out on the playoffs. It's fine when it's your supporters and the tickets have gone to ST holders but when the stadium is being filled up with people out for a jolly who'll probably be dipping out on 87 minutes it's harsh.

Oh I agree it's harsh, but with a ground so small I'm not sure there's any alternative. Notts on the other hand had 7 or 8 thousand seats sat there sans bottom!

There's a lot of people getting on their high horses about Villa and Blues fans here.

Remember, we are club who have taken thousands to Wembley and Cardiff on a number of occasions but average around 6000 at home (and it was nothing like that last year). All clubs attract 'extra' support for the big games. It's just how it is.

I'm more bothered by a situation like ours at County where the ground holds 20000 but they accept a gate of c.12000 - they lose money and we can't have the level of support we can generate.

Play off games are the biggest of the season so it needs a bit of a rethink here.

Average of the top 3 home team attendances.
Average of the top 3 away team away attendances.

If the stadium can accommodate both of those figures then get on with it. If the top 3 home team attendances means the away allocation would be smaller than the top 3 away team away attendances then tough luck, at least there is some rationale to it.

If a club has given a team 4000 earlier in the season, they need to have a good reason for denying it.

Of course more people are going to attend a football match for their local club with them being one win away from final and chance of promotion. I would be shocked if the home community didn't turn up and give their support even if it is the first time they had stepped foot in the ground, this is how you attract new fans.

As for the outcry that Chesterfield haven't been given enough, no club has a right to demand more tickets just because they average bigger crowds than the home team or a classed as a 'big club'.

Our scenario at Notts County was totally different, they could have given us more but chose against that for whatever reason.

I really hope Solihull beat them take 6-8000 to final and win lose or draw maybe a few hundred will return the following season. Non league football more than any other needs fresh fans

I'm on a roll now....

I'm baffled by County's decision. If you told me that you have the possibility of generating another 160k (8000 seats x 20 quid) I'd be thinking about how we could do that.

Grimsby think they can sell twice as many tickets...boom! Another 40k in the bank without breaking sweat.

What? They might make more noise than our home fans! We might lose the game?! We might lose the game anyway but we've got another 40k in the bank.

No, we'll give them 2000........

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Play off games are the biggest of the season so it needs a bit of a rethink here.

Average of the top 3 home team attendances.
Average of the top 3 away team away attendances.

If the stadium can accommodate both of those figures then get on with it. If the top 3 home team attendances means the away allocation would be smaller than the top 3 away team away attendances then tough luck, at least there is some rationale to it.

If a club has given a team 4000 earlier in the season, they need to have a good reason for denying it.

There is a rationale to it. The league have said that you have to make 10% minimum of your capacity available to away fans. That is a rationale. We might not like it, but it is.

Quoted from Abdul19

So if Chesterfield (having earned more points) played Solihull at home, they'd have the same amount of tickets available?!

In short yes. My solution is fair to all clubs. If the away team cannot sell its allocation (45%) . Then a day before the match if there is a large amount of unsold away tickets these could be offered to thehome supporters.

All I'm trying to do is find a solution to the problem caused by the NL management, who don't seem to care too hoots about the fans.

If a team cannot sell out their home seats they should look at providing more for the away fans providing they can do it and it be safe etc.
If a team sells out the home end then it's tough luck.
Wrexham and Solihull have given a fair amount.

Absolutely intercourse Chesterfield in the ear.
Read there board while at work last night,  they hate us, and fully expected us to invade the pitch at County.
Oh and according to them we smashed all the pubs in Nottingham up before our league game.
They are as big a set of girl privates as their police force, really pray we both get to the final and we humiliate them on the pitch...

I thought the rule was 10% OR 600 tickets, whichever is more