Matches Lack of supporters

Foley said:
It wouldn't work like that.
I suspect that for Accrington at home at the Ka$$am we will get 6500 to 7000 @ £20 whereas at £10 we may get 7500 to 8000.
So the receipts would be significantly less.
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why would that be the case unless you're accepting that regardless of experience result etc that apathy remains? If you perceive less people will come just because it's Accrington then why will peoples outlook be different when it's Barnsley etc higher up?

if it's really only about the ground location and matchday experience then the opposition shouldn't have a bearing should it?

to use your example as a current fan, if you perceive Accrington will attract less people then how do you expect new fans will think differently
 
From what Colin b and scotchers are saying it won’t be long before we hear what’s actually happening with a new stadium, if and when that happens if they want volunteers to demolish that shithole of a ground I’ll be top of the list.
 
Ox4Eva said:
There is always some excuse used for someone not attending, Oxfordshire is not a passionate football area.
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Rubbish. Take the man city league cup game we could of sold 20k + tickets easy the amount of people that were asking me to get them a ticket. We need to have a better stadium and go up the leagues like Brighton/reading have to gain these fans in to regulars. When we moved to the kassam it was unfinished and we were in free fall.
 
Wallop said:
The smell of sewage, unattractive opposition playing style, unclean ground and toilets, poor transport links, having to get there an hour before kick-off if you want any chance of parking, nowhere nearby of note to get a decent drink, previous experience of a terrible match day experience.
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It’s amazing that anyone ever goes. Truly, that list is so horrifically bad I myself may never attend again.
 
Banbury2018 said:
Good points made here but travel to and from the Kassam from the centre of town is dreadful on occasions. For example my mate went to watch QPR at Reading yesterday by train and by the time I was getting off the bus in the High Street he was back at Oxford station. We both left at the final whistle and whereas I had a nearly 10 minute walk followed a 10 minute wait there were shuttle buses back to the centre/train station laid on.
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I can kind of relate to this in as much as i've mentioned the nigh on 45+ minutes tour of Oxford from the Train station to the stadium and if a fan with half a century attending finds it a little off putting then what will first time attendees going to be thinking. I've sat on that bus back to the station with visiting fans in panic about catching their last train home to Hartlepool Blackburn etc..
After he game you stand in the often cold and rain for 30+ minutes waiting for a bus then 4/5 appear at once and you're all crushed in like sardines stopping what seems like every 3 minutes on the way back to the station. I had to stop going to night games because like those away fans it was too tight to catch my last train home.
When i raised this before people on here said it's just an excuse not to attend but as i've said above if a fan of 50+ years hates it what chance for a new attendee and more so if like me they were with the children.
 
OxfordYankee said:
It’s amazing that anyone ever goes. Truly, that list is so horrifically bad I myself may never attend again.
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But this is the whole point, long-term diehard supporters (the 5-7,000) will put up with this because it’s the team rather than the match day experience that matters. If we want to raise attendances and attract new supporters (many of whom could catch the OUFC bug and become long-term supporters), you’ve got to make it attractive and easy for them to start with.
 
Wallop said:
But this is the whole point, long-term diehard supporters (the 5-7,000) will put up with this because it’s the team rather than the match day experience that matters. If we want to raise attendances and attract new supporters (many of whom could catch the OUFC bug and become long-term supporters), you’ve got to make it attractive and easy for them to start with.
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I admire your positivity and agree that we have to try everything to get people to come.

I’m not sure it’s even about ‘new supporters’. Getting those who pick and choose or have just got out of the habit to go more regularly, or at all, would change things significantly.

I hope to see Oxford in a stadium that delivers an experience that neutralises the objections you listed, but I’ve just become too cynical and disappointed over the years to believe that those objections won’t be replaced by another tranche.
 
Wallop said:
But this is the whole point, long-term diehard supporters (the 5-7,000) will put up with this because it’s the team rather than the match day experience that matters. If we want to raise attendances and attract new supporters (many of whom could catch the OUFC bug and become long-term supporters), you’ve got to make it attractive and easy for them to start with.
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The problem there is Owners come and go and mainly are around for a short period in real terms, i suspect very few if any have ever given a moments thought other than they'll come or they wont, especially in latter weeks/months of their tenure.
The days of just sitting back hoping/expecting the punters will come regardless have long since passed, as can be seen once their gone you'll struggle to get them back let alone attract new one's.
 
I don’t really get the people lose interest the stadium is a shithole I’d watch Oxford united play in a park if I had to it’s not the ground that attracts me to Oxford united it the team.this season i got a season ticket because after football was lockdown and nobody could attend I was determined that I’d go to every home match I also got my two boys season tickets one of my boys has autism he struggles with noise but he loves coming to watch Oxford then my older boy is grumpy bless him but he’s getting the bug for oufc.I just don’t get how you can lose interest or not want to go because the ground is s**t
 
REASONS TO NOT GO TO THE FOOTBALL:
Dilapidated, unfinished, soulless, dirty old stadium, that's NEVER been fit for purpose.
Filthy, utterly revolting toilet facilities.
Awful parking, with some areas leaving cars at risk of mindless vandalism.
Difficult to get to (at least two buses if coming from west Oxfordshire) and/or a walk through a filthy crime ridden estate, that's the crime capital of the south east!
No decent leisure/shopping facilities nearby, or decent places for food.
And after all that, expensive entry fees.

REASONS TO GO:
To watch Oxford United.

Not all people go to the football solely for the game itself, it's also a chance to have a day out, see friends, do a bit of shopping and enjoy leisure facilities nearby, as well as to enjoy the overall match day experience.

So when the non football options, the match day experience itself, and facilities are so poor, it's not really going to inspire people to come again and again, so you just end up with the diehards.

The sooner we can get out of that shithole, the better, and then hopefully, with experienced, professional businessman with true vision overseeing things, instead of a useless, vile cowboy, we'll have a nice modern, comfortable, clean and hygienic stadium, with modern leisure facilities and eateries nearby, a better match day experience, and better, more considered and convenient access to and from the stadium.

Here's hoping...🤞🙏
 
oufc1991 said:
I don’t really get the people lose interest the stadium is a shithole I’d watch Oxford united play in a park if I had to it’s not the ground that attracts me to Oxford united it the team.this season i got a season ticket because after football was lockdown and nobody could attend I was determined that I’d go to every home match I also got my two boys season tickets one of my boys has autism he struggles with noise but he loves coming to watch Oxford then my older boy is grumpy bless him but he’s getting the bug for oufc.I just don’t get how you can lose interest or not want to go because the ground is s**t
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You have to look at things outside of a current fans viewpoint there are so many other things seeking the already stretched leisure pound, it's expensive to watch football and many other leisure activities and most people no longer just accept whatever is in front of them regardless.
 
Mad dog87 said:
REASONS TO NOT GO TO THE FOOTBALL:
Dilapidated, unfinished, soulless, dirty old stadium, that's NEVER been fit for purpose.
Filthy, utterly revolting toilet facilities.
Awful parking, with some areas leaving cars at risk of mindless vandalism.
Difficult to get to (at least two buses if coming from west Oxfordshire) and/or a walk through a filthy crime ridden estate, that's the crime capital of the south east!
No decent leisure/shopping facilities nearby, or decent places for food.
And after all that, expensive entry fees.

REASONS TO GO:
To watch Oxford United.

Not all people go to the football solely for the game itself, it's also a chance to have a day out, see friends, do a bit of shopping and enjoy leisure facilities nearby, as well as to enjoy the overall match day experience.

So when the non football options, the match day experience itself, and facilities are so poor, it's not really going to inspire people to come again and again, so you just end up with the diehards.

The sooner we can get out of that shithole, the better, and then hopefully, with experienced, professional businessman with true vision overseeing things, instead of a useless, vile cowboy, we'll have a nice modern, comfortable, clean and hygienic stadium, with modern leisure facilities and eateries nearby, a better match day experience, and better, more considered and convenient access to and from the stadium.

Here's hoping...🤞🙏
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Did you ever have to endure an eerie walk along cuckoo lane to Headley Way amongst visiting fans back to your coach that parked with all the away coaches !
 
horseman said:
Did you ever have to endure an eerie walk along cuckoo lane to Headley Way amongst visiting fans back to your coach that parked with all the away coaches !
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Yep, every game. We parked on a family friends driveway in Old Marston.

My grandparents lived in Blackbird Leys for over 60 years, so it was almost a 2nd home for me around there, and I'd much rather walk back from the footy in the dark, via Cuckoo lane, rather than Blackbird Leys!
 
I've been to about 40 EFL/EPL stadiums and it's obviously a subjective thing, but:

Shrewsbury
Oxford
Wigan

Are my bottom 3 grounds.

If we can get the new stadium sorted, with better transport and entertainment links, I'm sure we could attract 12,000+ to the stadium weekly.
 
Essexyellows said:
The game has priced many people out and, especially recently, people have found better things to do that offer better VFM.

That is the first hurdle to overcome. I would rather we had cheaper tickets and a full house every other week.

Sell 5,000 tickets at £20 or 10,000 at £10? Same total.

And if you have more folk in the ground there are more "add on" sales and exposure.

Back to Maslow......... start at the bottom, build a foundation.
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What has Maslow’s hierarchy of needs got to do with pricing strategies ?
 
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