SpaMFox

Just to let you guys know, our allocation has now sold out!See you on the 18th!

[quote user="RUDOLPH HUCKER"]Thanks SpaMFox.   I''d like to point out that out season ticket base did not diminish nor very much did our ground sales percentage while in lower leagues. Since then we have managed to squeeze in a few hundred more seats.  Our stated policy is to increase the size of our ground. To be sustainable in the EPL you need at least 32,000 to 35,000 and this means major development but we will need to endure three seasons of top flight football to do so because it is a well known expenditure risk - ask Wolves.[/quote] Ask us! that whole predicament was instrument in us falling from grace in the early 2000''s, building our required 32,000 seater stadium was nearly the end of us!

[quote user="nutty nigel"]So it seems you have never turned away your own fans in order to accomadate others.   As far as I can make out your average away attendance is less than 2000. This figure is boosted greatly by large followings to Coventry, Derby and Forest whose grounds are really close by. When your away game is any further away your following is often less than 1,000.   There must be a lot of your fans want to watch us[;)] [/quote]Cant help but feel like your first bit is slightly besides the point, we as fans are asking for our full away allocation to a cup game, we''ve never stopped another club bringing their full allocation. Infact a couple of times this season we''ve had to move season ticket holders to accomodate away fans. A few of our lot didnt like this, but the vast majority welcomed it as it meant for a better atmosphere.Dont understand where you''ve got those numbers from tbh, more often than not we sell out our away allocation. I think the numbers below 2000 because we generally arnt allocated more then that for league games.

[quote user="RUDOLPH HUCKER"]Hello SpaMFox.   Out of interest I understand your stadium holds 32,262 which is the sort of capacity we could do with. What is the number of season ticket holders you have?   We have a 27,000 capacity with 22,000 season ticket holders. The total is capped and 1,500 are on a waiting list. Norwich City have made great business through their promotion of season tickets and I''m surprised their model isn''t copied. As part of their promotion the Club holds it''s season ticket holders in high regard and seeks to give them every advantage - which is what I suspect has happened here although I don''t agree with it as I have said before.   We then have Supermembers and Members in the ticketing hierachy. In this case they will have to scrap over 2,000 tickets once seats are lost to segregation. What would be your equivalent spare capacity after your season ticket holders had taken up their allocation? [/quote]I''m not sure about numbers to be honest. At a guess i''d say we have around 16-17,000 season ticket holders. We have a capacity of 32,000, and granted we struggle to fill it on normal match days. Like yourselves though it was a completely different kettle of fish when we were in the Premiership, unless you were a season ticket holder or a member it was difficult to get tickets, but i cant remember us ever cutting the away tickets allocation down for anybody, including our local rivals. It looks like the matter is out of both of our clubs hands to be honest, it''s looking more and more like it was the local authoritys that have imposed this as apposed to the clubs themselves. Its just strange that we have played many clubs over the years that our fans really dont get on with at all (Cov, Derby, Forest etc), clearly clubs we have a much bigger beef with than yours, and as far as i know we''ve never had to impose this sort of action on any of them, either home or away.

Can understand where your coming from, we gave them the tickets because they asked for them! At the end of the day though this isnt supposed to be about Norwich fans who dont hold seasons tickets into the ground, it''s supposed to be about giving the away fans the right amount of tickets they are supposed to be allocated in accordance with the FA. Really dont mean this to come across the wrong way or anything, but it''s not our fault you havnt got enough seating for your fanbase, so why do our fans have to suffer for it?

Leicester fan here in peace, one of your guys posted on our forum earlier so i just thought i''d post our two bob on the situation. A lot of our fans are just completely baffled by this desion to be honest. We''ve current sold 2,300 of the allocation so this whole argument of us not being able to sell the full 4,000 tickets is a little off. Can understand you guys are pleased that your actually going to be able to get tickets, but the argument your club has put forward about it being a safety issue is pretty much nonsence. We hosted our local rivals Forest in the cup, and there was zero problems between our fans and theirs, infact there was more funny banter going on between the two sets of fans than i''ve heard for a long time, plus we gave them an allocation that was way over the 15% touted by the FA. We also had to move a lot of our fans who own seasons tickets to accomdate them. Our fans arnt trouble makers, bar a few i''m sure, so we cant understand how your people can justify this with that excuse. The bottom line is we are annoyed that anybody without a season ticket isnt going to be able to go, even the members are missing out on a good day out. Cup games are supposed to be a big occasion for everybody, not a chance to flex your muscles and put fans down.Good lucjk with the rest of the season anyway, hopefully we''ll be up there too in a couple of years!