Fans here today that I've never seen for years

Great turn out

Even Mr Gabbiadini is here

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5009 fans

Town end was rammed


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Mill House terrace not exactly shoulder to shoulder....but intimate enough.

The fans are the 12th man, rocking support for rest of home games plus the added bonus of two huge away followings for York and Carlisle should get the team to safety.

Prices reduced to £10 and the Floating fans have returned, keep it going for Southend please when I am up

I'm getting emotional reading about the match on Twitter! Sounds amazing. Beyond happy.

hodcroft moaning in his notes that reducing admission doesn't make business sense, blamming the police and council again.

Got at least £10k he wouldn't of got today.. Can't wait to see the back of the whinging 'lovely lovely person'

i wasnt able to make today, then at 2pm my afternoon became free, so i went as it was a tenner, 25 quid i would not have went

He went on to explain thats last weeks increase was wiped out because of extra policing levels because Manfield brought up more fans with the drop in price.

This is because Hodcroft will never acknowledge our great fans, those reduced tickets get more fans behind the team and more points on the board.

Thus helping the team try to get out of the shit Kens leadership has directly caused. If we pull this off that saves the club 750k of annual losses conference footy will bring, plus a more saleable asset. How the fuck does that not make good business sense.

What's the not very nice man on about?

If he had the sense to hire a few more barmaids he would have sold twice as many beers and chips and brought in tonnes of cash. Lads were being turned away at the Millhouse end because we didn't have the capacity round back.

Totally agree with you, can someone download the article.

Cracking atmosphere again well done fellow poolies sure the neutral fans at the vic will of been well impressed with how we get behind our team.

WE HARTLEPOOL UTD WE NEVER SAY DIE

That atmosphere today couldn't have failed to impress anyone. I was nearly welling up with a plethora of emotions when that final whistle went. It was beautifully raw and just...'real' throughout that game.

That was so much more about a true football game than anything you'd ever witness anywhere else in the Premier League. You can have your padded chairs. Hugging people you know purely because you spend 2 hours a fortnight with them is priceless.

Did you read his comments correctly?

The Police insisted on being present last week because they were aware that Mansfield were bringing flares...which they did. The police presence therefore wiped out all the income from Mansfield supporters.

Did they bring medallions and Chelsea boots as well?

They didn't bring any flares or at least if they did they didn't use them. A couple of smoke bombs got let off at the start. Hardly the same really. Plus I'm sure they'd have been let off irregardless unless those goons in the away end were celebrating only being charged £12 through the medium of yellow smoke.

We're flying having won four games in a row why does he need to spout trivial horse shit like that in his notes? Trivial, negative horse shit. In the last week we've had 3,000 extra people through the gate paying at least a tenner add to that beer and food, all of the outlets were bouncing today. If he's trying to make out that in any way the reduced ticket prices have led to any sort of financial hit the bloke must think we're all thick.

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If you want £10 football you will have to watch Conference league football. If you want league football you will have to pay the going rate. The choice is yours.

Hi ken

Did you go today?

The ground was fuckin bouncing, 5 thousand in, full stands, singing etc

The £10 price put an extra 1,000 on the gate easy.

Your an absolute rarf if you think we should continue charging £25 every week


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My first game in couple of years due to work, coaching the kids team still and the 24 stopped going through Sherburn for a while. Had a free day today and so glad a went to the match. Stood in the town end packed atmosphere was great everyone feeling good. Then when the ref blew the whistle was mint. Really missed coming to the Vic didn't want to leave at the end! Never Say Die!!

I think everyone would play the going rate for good football, we all have. That crowd today was our average when a decent standard of football was being served up. The reduced ticket prices are a must now because the players need the boost and it's working. If you think that somehow what we're paying to watch has a direct impact on the football we're watching and we as fans are in some way responsible for that then you're one of the thick people Hodcroft is aiming his comments at. Either that or a tedious wind up merchant shit stirrer.

I stand by my comments. Cheap season tickets and cheap at the gate prices will lead to non league football which we have almost achieved. Without a wealthy benefactor willing to throw shit loads of money into the club we can only go in one direction. Sensible pricing will need to be reinstated if we stay up and not have the same issues next season.

Ken is a twat.

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As has been harped on about endlessly previously, £25 was ok to charge (I suppose) when we were an established league 1 side, not while at the arse end of the fourth division. The club has recognised the situation and acted accordingly, which can only be applauded, but to start slating fans for not wanting to pay the 'going rate' in the current climate is a bit silly.

What a load of shite. Theres teams in this league who regularly get less than 1500 week in week out and are in a far comfortable position than pools.

Pricing needs to be realistic the £25/£20 doesn't work and never will. £15 tops is what it should be.

I also find it a bit ludicrous the 'going rate' is only a little bit lower than what Borer charge who are at the top of the championship. It seems the price was increased when we were doing well and established in league one then never budged after plunging a division and a half. How strange.

Yeah mate correct I was there with my daughter, footy do last month cost me £41 for me and 2 kids. While pools would want £49

I agree £25 is to much to charge and I wasn't suggesting it is. When I say the going rate I mean a charge that is more realistic and at a rate that would be able to sustain a league club. Chip did you not at any time suggest that the cheap season tickets contributed to our fall of grace over recent seasons. I think you did.

why has tex shitter just crawled out of the swamp ?

Just to remind me why I normally resist the temptation to try to talk sense on here. Chip, really?

Why doesn't uncle Ken just charge £1,000 a ticket ..... no fans, no policing costs, no complaints, no nothing... and we could survive on gates of 100 idiots willing to cough up.

If the police were aware of that,why weren't the flares taken off them before they went into the ground?

Talk sense!?

Are you even real.

The supporters don't set the admission or season ticket price. They don't hire and fire managers either, or hand out contracts or sell players on the last day of the transfer window without replacing them either.

So if we were playing 'the going rate' right now if you think the team or club the would be in a better state then you are either on a wind up or painfully stupid. We'd be just as shit playing in front of sub 2,000 fairly regularly.

How come our 'sensible pricing' appears to be more than other clubs idea of sensible pricing..?

Read the posts snowy. I said £25 is to much. If put on the spot I would suggest £18 ma have been more reasonable. At that price I'm suggesting that would be a reasonable pay at the gate price throughout the season. Oh and PJ, not yet you don't.

And Chip if I'm mistaken I apolagise. I'm not trying to wind up it's just my oppinion that if we want to improve the playing standard we will need to increase the budget.

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shape up shitter.

Whilst I agree that the £10 and £5 tickets is an excellent promotion and should be pushed more regularly, we have to take into account the international break today which would have pushed the total up. Still, cracking atmosphere and all the other add-ons to watching a game would have helped raise the profits for the day.

Let's just hope the results can continue rather than arguing about ticket prices. Never Say Die

We have for the last two games, as has been said about 3,000 people have paid on the gate compared to the couple of hundred that would have at full price.

They've probably made £25-40,000 extra by having the team winning and it being sensibly priced.

That was my point Chip and as you have now said that it will keep you arse lickers off my case.

As P J has mentioned the extra 3000 fans from last two games will of generated income of about 30k with the money spent in the ground and admission.
The few fans who believe everything hodcroft says need to wake up.
The club is making money by being in a relegation dog fight and reducing the prices.
At the end of the day its all about staying up then we take it from there.
Under new owners who are willing to communicate with fans and sort out the commercial side of the club then the future good be bright.
Having said that i just hope ior arent going to hang around for another season.

The prices for now are prices for exceptionsl circumstances and to criticise them is ludicrous.
There needs to be s sensible price on the gate, as 25 quid is ridiculous and if a similar pricing structure had been in place I couldn't have afforded to take my kids and in turn I'd have stopped as well for most games.
A bit silly when league two football becomes financially inacceable.

I'm planning on heading to the Luton game.... Anyone know if it'll be an issue getting tickets? Reckon it'll be on sale on the night?

Might be a daft question but only been to one away game (dag and red a few weeks back where pools looked dead and buried)

Thanks

It's all ticket but wouldn't have thought you will have problems getting tickets.