So on the pitch we are operating at a level comparable with the best in our history. Which is obviously great – not sure where TK sits in terms of responsibility for transfer dealings but the upward curve pre-dates Marco. So no current issue with TK as DOF or the way the football side is being run – my big beef is the deliberate attempt by club owners/managers to change the demographic of the fan base.- -- SW6.doc

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Date Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 10:52:34am
Author: f bloke
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Subject: So on the pitch we are operating at a level comparable with the best in our history. Which is obviously great – not sure where TK sits in terms of responsibility for transfer dealings but the upward curve pre-dates Marco. So no current issue with TK as DOF or the way the football side is being run – my big beef is the deliberate attempt by club owners/managers to change the demographic of the fan base.-
In reply to: f bloke 's message, "I think what is clear is that they bought into an industry they didn’t understand and the early yrs [mis]management was pretty woeful both in terms of bad spend and managerial decisions. The spend has been costly for them and for the club in terms of FFP – that is all history now so long as the cost of those mistakes are not passed onto the fans.. Lessons have been learnt - and in the last 4/5 seasons our transfer dealings have been extraordinarily good." on Wednesday, November 20, 10:47:52am

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I agree with most your points, but not sure owners are trying to change demographics, it’s just a financial thing. There’s an article today about FFC, the money being charged is to recoup money, they don’t care what the demographic is, they just care about people buying the tickets for the prices they want. Until the market has a correction and 80% of revenue isn’t going into players pockets then only way to compete is to keep trying to build revenue. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, November 20, 11:00:43am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
- I was sitting in The Dun Cow in Durham reading the paper.Mr Khan stated that he was merely the custodian of our club.Perhaps it was Toffs,Americans,Japanese and tourists from other countries he was talking about. (NT) -- LegacyRog, Wednesday, November 20, 11:13:56am (5ec0f8a7.skybroadband.com/94.192.248.167)
  - Maybe so, if that's what it takes. The area, football landscape & country changed dramatically during our "lost" years. The mythical legacy hordes simply weren't there, their progeny siphoned off to neighbors, moves out of town & the rise of big club plastics. We've a small ground with limited growth options. No matter the drop-in-the-bucket argument vs TV revenue, attendance, concessions & merchandise revenue matters. Americans, Asians & "Toffs" are good for that. Seems sensible to target them (NT) -- eganonoa, Wednesday, November 20, 11:34:00am (NoHost/172.58.30.179)
    - It isn’t just the new fans who have to pay those prices for tickets.I understand we are only seeing the terrific current football because of Mr Khan and appreciate it.Just sad that something is being lost in the mix.I was hanging on in the crap years were you?Clubs that are in their death throes get shite support.It’s a given. (NT) -- HemelRog, Wednesday, November 20, 12:14:05pm (5ec0f8a7.skybroadband.com/94.192.248.167)
    - The club has spent the last 25 yrs building the fan base from 4k odd to the c 25k now. This has been achieved by success on the pitch and sensible pricing and eg kids for a kid. I personally think the 4k legacy fans are important but so are the fans picked up in the last 20 years. We have the most expensive non hospitality tickets in world football – the likes of Burnemouth/pb6Brentford/Brighton have found alternative ways of thriving. (NT) -- f bloke, Wednesday, November 20, 12:16:45pm (host86-134-9-66.range86-134.btcentralplus.com/86.134.9.66)
      - Its the direction of travel but we are setting the pace. Tourist interest will drop off a cliff when we next get relegated and that will happen at some point. Don’t mind what the top end prices are if are limited in no – but the cheapest seat in the new stand for the Arsenal game is £150 and they consciously reduced the number of season ticket holders. I personally find it a little sad that the kids I used to go to games with in the 60/70s can no longer afford to go. (NT) -- f bloke, Wednesday, November 20, 12:22:58pm (host86-134-9-66.range86-134.btcentralplus.com/86.134.9.66)
        I honestly found the cap on season tickets more troublesome than the overall prices this year. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Wednesday, November 20, 02:49:17pm (NoHost/90.241.124.131)

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