Alby39 wrote:
Barrow, I'd agree would be very difficult to get good numbers for. But Crewe and Crawley, to suggest struggling to crack 500, which is what you LITERALLY said and just apologised for lowballing, is what I found baffling.
Money doesn't grow on trees, granted. But it didn't grow on trees over a decade ago either on a Tuesday night when we had 2.5k more home supporters - we also had a shit away following back then, I went to nearly every away game that season and the only decent crowds I can remember us taking was QPR and Huddersfield in the playoffs. It's been expensive all season, and we've taken some decent numbers to various places.
Have we got a bit of an issue because of the home leg too? Yeah, sure, we took what, 1.8k to Wycombe 2 years ago midweek too, just after a long trip to Plymouth which costs a hell of a load of travel and ticket money for an early kickoff, so many did hotels, and we still took a healthy crowd there.
Wycombe might be the same county but it isn't a direct and straight train line like Crewe for a 3pm kickoff where we've previously taken decent crowds for League fixtures. We even managed a sell out crowd to Burton when we were appalling, and fighting relegation is hardly fighting for promotion.. Crawley, I've never done by train but I've done by car 3 times, each of which we left after half 11 and still found a pub for a pint before so judging by what I've said, I'm comfortable we wouldn't struggle to crack 500 for the biggest game of the season so far.
I've not once undermined how much ot costs. I work, I earn a wage and I know what I can and can't afford just like everyone else. Just because you might be struggling to afford two games in a week, which is fine, everyone's priorities are different and finances have different priorities, doesn't mean everyone is in the same boat to not be able to do it, resulting in, as you said a lowballed figure.
I'm not suggesting we'll take 2,000, I'm laughing at your statement on 500 tickets.
If it's Barrow at 1500 it's definitely doable by train (I was planning to go to the away fixture but was stymied by strikes and engineering work)