9,600. Just over 2,000 Forest yesterday. So not far off 3,000 walk ons which is excellent for us, especially at Cat A. Such a shame we couldn’t have pushed season ticket sales up to the 11k mark, crowds would be starting to look fairly healthy.

Good thing about PNE pricing is it’s simple. No categories, no surcharges. £24 behind the goal, £27 at the side. We just seem to make it overly complicated, very odd state of affairs with so much supply.

From the Blackburn End the structure to my right looks like the Totally Wicked Stand. Best not give them any ideas!

At the end of the day Lenihan’s a converted midfielder. A rash tackle in the centre of the pitch is usually less risky, indeed it can actually help to stem the flow of the opposition. At centre half it can lead to cards, penalties and goals against.

Graham was an absolute master of his craft yesterday. Swap him for Rudy? Not a chance.

One of my quotes was in From The Terraces! Ive made it!

Of course it was, but it was still a captive audience, so to not have season tickets on sale, nay not even any promotion of them was an enormous own goal. There were around 18,000 Rovers fans in the ground who weren’t season ticket holders, so just to entice back a small percentage of them would have been a positive. I personally think there are a few red herrings in this discussion. Rovers fans do not turn up on a regular basis in big numbers to buy walk on tickets, they never have. So, making regular match by match promotions won’t work, or it will in the short term and it will taper off. But of course, nearly £30 today (even more with the surcharge) in the Jack Walker is absolutely ridiculous. Season tickets have always made up the bulk of our crowd, so for me we must look at how we flog more of them. 17% increases to dilute a feel good factor ain’t it.

One thing I’ve noticed on midland and southern club forums is that they constantly bang on about ‘northern shitholes’. Inferiority complex or a serious lack of self-awareness going by many of the places I’ve set foot in outside our sacred north.

Have you ever known Rovers fans pay £30+ in big numbers Ossy? I haven’t, not even at the likes of Old Trafford. So, the opposite of fickle, very consistent, in fact.

*Some* young people don’t stay here, plenty do and they need to be catered to. There’s nearly 20,000 empty seats most weeks. What’s to lose?

Every club has a load of kids in the stands. The problem is that jump from parents paying to suddenly having to find hundreds of quid themselves for their now non child priced season ticket. So plenty just stop going. Plus, many of that age group help whip up an atmosphere, so it’s a double loss. A Forest-esque initiative would help keep them in the tent.

Read today that there’s a good chance the FA Council (i.e your Rob Coar FA tie brigade) may reject it. Though I’m sure the various chairmen of Old Sarumshire et al can suddenly change their minds...

Ha! I assume we’ve had a similar conversation! Or should I say rant?

Interesting how many posters have vanished...

Spoke too soon: It’s a good point, because without Jack Walker throwing money at them like a drunken sailor on shore leave, they’d be a League One Club at best, which is about their level. We’ve had 7 seasons in our history outside the top 2 divisions. Indeed we spent the majority of the pre Jack 80s trying to reach the top flight. This club is steeped in history, 10th most successful club in England, 10 major trophies, it really pushes my buttons to read such tripe.

Must be, because there aren’t half some rum places in Nottingham itself.

Was he an apologist? Page 2... Oh and as for that clown Hughesy, Jesus wept.

A nasty bastard centre half has to be the priority in January.

And that’s fair enough chaddy. Some folk pick and choose home games for the same reason. They can’t just ‘find a way to go’.

Chaddy picks and chooses his away games. He’s chosen not to go to Bolton because of expensive tickets and other inconveniences - he’ll watch on Sky instead. Some fans pick and choose their home games. Some will choose not to do Leeds because of expensive tickets and other inconveniences - they’ll watch on Sky red button instead. Chaddy thinks these fans should find a way to go regardless.

There’s no need to join as a season ticket holder this season. I can’t envisiage a match in which supply will outstrip demand for away tickets, certainly not pre general sale. No Fleetwood this time.

Which is what I believe Leeds do. You pay £20 at the start of the season and get £10-15 off your ticket each week.

This is on the BBC website. A nice soft focus piece on how terrible it is to be a Newcastle fan. Compare and contrast to the outrageous treatment we received from the media. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45678196

The season ticket thread has turned into that now anyway.

Exactly, so you’ve been put off going with cost and all round inconvenience. Just like a potential match goer to Ewood often finds. I’m up for any kind of offer, but they don’t really seem to add much to the crowd - it was tried a few times last season. A better idea would to make a high profile game that your floating fan is interested in, like Leeds, Villa or Preston cheaper. But they won’t.