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Hey - like football ?

We have room for 10,000 fans tomorrow at Bloomfield Rd for the FA Cup Replay v Premier League Nottm Forest (tea a real Prem league team !)

All you need to do is turn up and make a lot of noise (and support the Team in Tangerine) - you might even appear on ITV4

Bargain price of £15 for adults - bring a bus load if you want

Regards and sorry if it’s a bit chilly (it’s Winter thou!)
Mr S Sadler & Mr N Critchley
 
Camberwell1 said:
Hey - like football ?

We have room for 10,000 fans tomorrow at Bloomfield Rd for the FA Cup Replay v Premier League Nottm Forest (tea a real Prem league team !)

All you need to do is turn up and make a lot of noise (and support the Team in Tangerine) - you might even appear on ITV4

Bargain price of £15 for adults - bring a bus load if you want

Regards and sorry if it’s a bit chilly (it’s Winter thou!)
Mr S Sadler & Mr N Critchley
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Good positive post that👏
 
I don’t go on instagram, facebook etc. Have the club really pushed the game on social media this last week.
 
no9 said:
I don’t go on instagram, facebook etc. Have the club really pushed the game on social media this last week.
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They should be doing it on Radio and with flyers and with player broadcasts

Lee Charles could organise for them and add 3000 on to the attendance over night !
 
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When are people going to realise that there are four types of fan @ Blackpool.
1. The diehard, who will go home and away to the majority of the games no matter what state the club are in.
2. The regular supporter, who will take in 10-15 home matches and possibly 5 away matches a season.
3. The now and again fan, who will pick and chose which matches they go to.
4. The bandwagon jumper, regularly seen at premier league matches when they'd never seen Blackpool play before and frequent visitors to Cardiff/Wembley when an important match ensues.

Blackpool FC have very few 1 and 2's
and quite a few 3 and 4's
That is why there will never be large attendances at Bloomfield Rd until there are, at least, several seasons of sustained success atop of the championship to turn the 3 and 4's into, at least 2's🤷
 
You’ve also got to bear in mind that Blackpool is one of the most deprived areas in the country, it’s in January when people are skint, it’s a 3rd FA cup match that’s being shown on tv, we’re 8th in League One. The crowd will be what it will be.
We’ve got the 6th highest home attendance in League One, with Derby, Bolton, Barnsley and Portsmouth unsurprisingly being higher.
 
I used to be in category 1, but I suppose I'm now category 1b.

That is an Exile, who has no home games, all away, who used to attend as many as possible club home and away games but with age catching up and knees not what they used to be no longer attends many club away games but attends as many as possible club home games depending on transport midweek!

Presently, so long as the weather doesn't prevent it, I will be at Bloomfield Road tonight. Ticket already purchased.
 
Camberwell1 said:
They should be doing it on Radio and with flyers and with player broadcasts

Lee Charles could organise for them and add 3000 on to the attendance over night !
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Flyers and Radio coverage is expensive and a total wast of time.

Everyone I speak to knows we're playing in the Fa Cup tonight no one cares and they might watch on ITV 4.
 
poolseasider said:
Flyers and Radio coverage is expensive and a total wast of time.

Everyone I speak to knows we're playing in the Fa Cup tonight no one cares and they might watch on ITV 4.
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Leafleting is not cheap although I would think the club could get quite a few volunteers to deliver flyers/pamphlets for free so just print and design costs
 
Wizzerboy said:
When are people going to realise that there are four types of fan @ Blackpool.
1. The diehard, who will go home and away to the majority of the games no matter what state the club are in.
2. The regular supporter, who will take in 10-15 home matches and possibly 5 away matches a season.
3. The now and again fan, who will pick and chose which matches they go to.
4. The bandwagon jumper, regularly seen at premier league matches when they'd never seen Blackpool play before and frequent visitors to Cardiff/Wembley when an important match ensues.

Blackpool FC have very few 1 and 2's
and quite a few 3 and 4's
That is why there will never be large attendances at Bloomfield Rd until there are, at least, several seasons of sustained success atop of the championship to turn the 3 and 4's into, at least 2's🤷
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category 1 for me, I'm a season ticket holder so go to all the home games but now only to to away grounds I've not been too before, trouble is, all down south, going Bristol Rovers on Saturday as new ground for me. (been to Eastville)
 
So it seems that after all these years that people just don’t care enough about their home town club.

It’s wound me up all my life that more people in Blackpool support Liverpool than where they’re from and the apathy shown towards this game just reaffirms this notion.

The club needs to doo more to engage with the locals, it simply needs to be more in the face of the public.

** frustrated from afar…
 
Wizzerboy said:
When are people going to realise that there are four types of fan @ Blackpool.
1. The diehard, who will go home and away to the majority of the games no matter what state the club are in.
2. The regular supporter, who will take in 10-15 home matches and possibly 5 away matches a season.
3. The now and again fan, who will pick and chose which matches they go to.
4. The bandwagon jumper, regularly seen at premier league matches when they'd never seen Blackpool play before and frequent visitors to Cardiff/Wembley when an important match ensues.

Blackpool FC have very few 1 and 2's
and quite a few 3 and 4's
That is why there will never be large attendances at Bloomfield Rd until there are, at least, several seasons of sustained success atop of the championship to turn the 3 and 4's into, at least 2's🤷
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That's not really right as the attendances against league 1 sides has held up despite not pulling up any trees.

We have quite a strong core and you have to factor in the nature of the town, exiles etc.
 
JJpool said:
That's not really right as the attendances against league 1 sides has held up despite not pulling up any trees.

We have quite a strong core and you have to factor in the nature of the town, exiles etc.
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The strong core will very quickly dwindle unless Critchley can turn it around. Fans are already bored of the pathetic away performances so Critchley has a lot of work to do to turn this around otherwise Sadler is going to lose a lot of money next season on season ticket sales.
 
Wizzerboy said:
When are people going to realise that there are four types of fan @ Blackpool.
1. The diehard, who will go home and away to the majority of the games no matter what state the club are in.
2. The regular supporter, who will take in 10-15Sadly, our support is getting older home matches and possibly 5 away matches a season.
3. The now and again fan, who will pick and chose which matches they go to.
4. The bandwagon jumper, regularly seen at premier league matches when they'd never seen Blackpool play before and frequent visitors to Cardiff/Wembley when an important match ensues.

Blackpool FC have very few 1 and 2's
and quite a few 3 and 4's
That is why there will never be large attendances at Bloomfield Rd until there are, at least, several seasons of sustained success atop of the championship to turn the 3 and 4's into, at least 2's🤷
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Sadly our support is getting older and the temperature tonight will have health issues for some.
 
Hey Neil...

10 away points all season? You got to be joking right? Even Fleetwood have 10 away points.

Fuck it, can't be arsed...
 
AlternativeSeaside said:
So it seems that after all these years that people just don’t care enough about their home town club.

It’s wound me up all my life that more people in Blackpool support Liverpool than where they’re from and the apathy shown towards this game just reaffirms this notion.

The club needs to doo more to engage with the locals, it simply needs to be more in the face of the public.

** frustrated from afar…
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You’re right, football is a great product to sell.
The club should speak to local businesses such as the link mag, local list, voucher packs and see if they have any affiliation to Blackpool FC.

Be cheeky and ask for free advertising in return for say two match day tickets.

The club is a big part of the community so everybody wins.

As you say the marketing team
needs to do much more.
 
poolseasider said:
Flyers and Radio coverage is expensive and a total wast of time.

Everyone I speak to knows we're playing in the Fa Cup tonight no one cares and they might watch on ITV 4.
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yep, agree. Camberwell is the poster who likes to issue rebukes for fans not going to games, see all his posts on this game, but loves to put "see you all there" when he's actually going to a game himself. And this about Lee Charles organising and thinking he can add 3000 to the gate is just pure nonsense.
 
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Personally I'm edging towards 3 nowadays.

From 1969- 74 I was a 3 relying on my Dad taking me

75-79 a 3 going with school mates

I was a 1 from 1980-94.

A 2 when my lads were born.

A 3 when my lads were old enough to start going to the match.

Back to a 2 when my lads were older giving them the option to come.

Boycott years were shite.

Back to a 2 when Sadler took over

3 this season after being totally disillusioned over what happened last season.


I'm pretty certain that a person couldn't say I'm a 1 and I've always been so.
People's circumstances change🤷
 
I am number 2. Used to be number 1. Wouldn't do 5 away matches though, maybe 1 or 2.

I have been number 1 for many a season (minus the away games) and might be again next season but Critchley and the team would definitely have to show more in the way of progress being made.
 
AlternativeSeaside said:
So it seems that after all these years that people just don’t care enough about their home town club.

It’s wound me up all my life that more people in Blackpool support Liverpool than where they’re from and the apathy shown towards this game just reaffirms this notion.

The club needs to doo more to engage with the locals, it simply needs to be more in the face of the public.

** frustrated from afar…
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I went to Highfield school in the 80s, true Blackpool fans I could count on one hand, and many who did go to Bloomfield Road had Liverpool,Utd and Glasgow Rangers allegiances, I've even been asked on occasion who my real team is.
Nothing hurts more than seeing a coach load of say Blackpool based City fans leaving the Saddle or talking to a Blackpool born Liverpool supporter who hasn't even set foot in Anfield in his life. I call them sheeple,dazzled by the plastic Prem, glamorous foreign players and the shine of the big trophies. Even when we reached Championship level nobody really batted an eyelid.
Blackpool being Cosmopolitan Blackpool nothing will really ever change short of reaching the Premier league again, although the level of our league attendances has pleasantly surprised, but it's now upto BFC officials to keep them and build no matter how low the interest levels.
 
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Alfie Conn said:
I went to Highfield school in the 80s, true Blackpool fans I could count on one hand, and many who did go to Bloomfield Road had Liverpool,Utd and Glasgow Rangers allegiances, I've even been asked on occasion who my real team is.
Nothing hurts more than seeing a coach load of say Blackpool based City fans leaving the Saddle or talking to a Blackpool born Liverpool supporter who hasn't even set foot in Anfield in his life. I call them sheeple,dazzled by the plastic Prem, glamorous foreign players and the shine of the big trophies. Even when we reached Championship level nobody really batted an eyelid.
Blackpool being Cosmopolitan Blackpool nothing will really ever change short of reaching the Premier league again, although the level of our league attendances has pleasantly surprised, but it's now upto BFC officials to keep them and build no matter how low the interest levels.
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Yes it’s a shit show and I hate it.

The club should be doing more but they never have, the current “incumbent” has an awful lot to learn and would do well to address the general apathy towards BFC.
 
don't see the need why we should categorise people. I pretty much attend most home games certainly the league ones and I'll try and get to half a dozen or so away games. Again, that bit depends on new grounds, time of year etc. And I'll readily admit that the appeal of long haul day trips is rapidly diminishing. It is what it is though and each one of us goes thru different cycles with our support and attendance.
 
Think everyone bar a few know I am exile and an ageing one at that so I guess I’m a 2nd a half ish😂 especially as there are very few nearby away games this season so none so far for me.
When I do go I sit in the South and despite what some seem to imply on here I am “ chuffed” to see that there are actually a good number of young boys and girls attending with dad and yes mum and the teens in the North long may it continue.
 
AlternativeSeaside said:
Yes it’s a shit show and I hate it.

The club should be doing more but they never have, the current “incumbent” has an awful lot to learn and would do well to address the general apathy towards BFC.
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Totally disagree with that statement don't believe what you read on here by the majority of old farts.
The Community Trust do loads of work around schools to attract young fans and were on BBC News this morning supplying a support hub for poor families.

www.bfcct.co.uk

Home Page - BFCCT

Blackpool FC Community Trust is the official charity of Blackpool FC, based at Bloomfield Road Stadium. Working with residents as young as 2 years old up to adults in the later stages of life, BFCCT provide a diverse range of programmes to increase social inclusion opportunities; improve...
www.bfcct.co.uk www.bfcct.co.uk
 
If its a smaller crowd tonight can we expect a better standard of searching...
(Just debating wether to put my bottle tops in my uudies)
 
poolseasider said:
Totally disagree with that statement don't believe what you read on here by the majority of old farts.
The Community Trust do loads of work around schools to attract young fans and were on BBC News this morning supplying a support hub for poor families.

www.bfcct.co.uk

Home Page - BFCCT

Blackpool FC Community Trust is the official charity of Blackpool FC, based at Bloomfield Road Stadium. Working with residents as young as 2 years old up to adults in the later stages of life, BFCCT provide a diverse range of programmes to increase social inclusion opportunities; improve...
www.bfcct.co.uk www.bfcct.co.uk
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Well it’s not really working is it.
 
I grew up watching Blackpool with crowds of between 3000 & 4000 in the third and fourth division. Too young to have seen any of the good stuff before eventually seeing 2nd tier football in so all I knew was lower league football.

Yes we had the occasional ridiculous followings Burnley, Huddersfield was it the FA Cup and thinking "where they get off all these come from?" etc etc.

I know football as an industry has grown and it's a product now and trying to create it into a faux religion BUT to think that we had over 9000 v Exeter and have averaged over 10,000 at home this season still feels a bit surreal.

If we were to look at the number and percentage of children whose parents are both from the town, I guess it's a smaller number than say Hartlepool, before the town is more transient.

Football and identity are inextricably linked and it's why generally we have less of a following, albeit growing.

The key is to get back to being higher up the pyramid structure and creating a feel good atmosphere around the place.

Far harder to do, when we have won the most number of games at home, scoring the most goals and having the best goal difference in the league and still some 'fans' moan about the product.

Those that do go, are a million times more involved in creating an atmosphere than the vast majority of other teams in the country.
 
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