Ticket sales

[Hempstead Gaz]

After being on sale for 4 or 5 days, the club appears to have directly sold about 7,000 tickets to regular supporters. This will no doubt creep up as we approach Wembley day.

This represents each regular fan bringing about 6 guests.

I was therefore a bit perturbed to discover that MyFC members have so far seem to have bought less than 4,000 on line over the same period.

Whilst I appreciate some logistically cannot make it, there are others, such as our North American fans, who are making the effort.

4,000 out of 29,000 members, who have bought in to help the club succeed, is frankly, pathetic.

The club is making history, - first national final, first time at Wembley, will be a club record attendance, biggest gate receipts, largest tv audience, and yet less than 1 in 7 of our new owners can be bothered to be part of that.

I hope to be proved wrong with Kent can supplying 12,000 and MyFC 12,000.

If the online sales to owners from further afield doesn't pick up, then frankly MyFC do not deserve to be part of Ebbsfleet.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

You S©eptic, you! Prepare for the onslaught of excuses as to why more "members" are not going to Wembley!

Just one question, did you allow for the number of regular supporters that are now Myfc members?

We wouldn't want to be seen to be misleading people, now would we?

[Hempstead Gaz]

Perish the thought, Les. Judging by the queues at the ground early in the week, everybody who is a regular, "paid at the door" rather than on line.

Pity the new owners, who are now bleating that Liam wants to pick his Wembley team, aren't so fussed about actually attending, and cheering the team on that the "own".

What are you doing up so early?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

I was just trying to save you the wrath of Lord Wah Wah...........I wouldn't want him calling you senile, as well!

Have a great day at Wembley, that goes for everyone, members or not.

Cheer the Fleet to victory!

[Hempstead Gaz]

If I incur that pillock's wrath, I wouldn't give a flying fig!!

Luckily, he and that tw*t Clowntown are unlikely to be around after the novely of the first year wears off.

[Bill Kent]

Gary, Just to let you that I, after some consideration and a regular Fleet supporter of some considerable years have joined the throng of MYFC as have many of the regular Fleet fans. If it all goes tits up. my annual sub will go to Fleet Trust. Isn't this is what we would like to have, football fans keeping a club alive and solvent. I would sooner this than have a character like Thompson owning the club and doing to death.

 

I joined up just to keep abreast of what's going in the backroom. Instead of all the bellyaching just join and be a part of it. Keep the faith Gary.

 

Incidently, are you a Fleet Trust contribtutor?

 

 

 

[Sth_London_Fleet]

Gary, i agree if most of them can't be bothered to even vote on stuff on their site, are they going to be bothered to come to Wembley...........

[Hempstead Gaz]

hi, Bill. Yes I am A member of the trust.

[Bill Kent]

Brilliant Gary. Really pleased about that. You going Saturday?

[Hempstead Gaz]

Yup, and Tuesday. Hopefully better opposition than Margit were!!

[kaizen]

You also have to wonder, if the MYFC turnout for the final is that low, is this an indication of the sort of numbers who will be renewing next year?

[PatMan]

I thought the increased exposure of a FA Trophy final would be exactly what MyFC needed to increase interest/membership.

It looks very much like I thought wrong.

 

Membership sign-ups seemed to have slowed down, so it make me wonder HOW MyFC expect to attract more punters to this scheme to replace the inevitable 'churn' in numbers? If a Wembley final isn't good enough, what is?

[1 F in Fleet]

Just proves how badly they needed

A) Promotion/playoffs

PTT already in place this season

 

[I_Hate_Hot_Air]

Originally Posted By: Chatham Gary

4,000 out of 29,000 members, who have bought in to help the club succeed, is frankly, pathetic.

so 15% odd compared to 6500 out of 100000 in Gravesham - 6.5% odd.

I wouldn't call local involvement pathetic - equally I wouldn't call MyFC involvement pathetic.

[1 F in Fleet]

Would be interesting to see how many English MYFC ticket sales from the English members .

Don't write off the borough yet , IHHA - it's on our doorstep , and not all regular fans have bought tickets yet due to work/holiday committments .

[David Holden]

99% of MyFC members claim to be Ebbsfleet fans whilst less than 5% of the local population would make the same claim.

[PatMan]

Originally Posted By: I_Hate_Hot_Air

so 15% odd compared to 6500 out of 100000 in Gravesham - 6.5% odd.
I wouldn't call local involvement pathetic - equally I wouldn't call MyFC involvement pathetic.

There is no way you can compare local interest with MyFC interest. The sheeple@dotcom actually joined because they WANTED to be part of a football team. This is their chance. They have shown how interested they are.
The people of Gravesham are only associated due to locality, and they have always been apathetic in their support.

[I_Hate_Hot_Air]

Originally Posted By: David Holden

99% of MyFC members claim to be Ebbsfleet fans whilst less than 5% of the local population would make the same claim.

That's a hell of a stat - could you link me to it?

Or is it your opinion?

[1 F in Fleet]

Everybody knows 78.34826% of statistics are made up on the spot ...

[BustaGut]

I think our average attendence figures bear it out, to about just over 1% of local support, attend home matches, on a regular bases.