Going back to the actual subject of the thread..I would love to go to all the away games however I simply cannot afford. You are looking at £20 average for each game and then the petrol/parking or coach fare etc to get there. It all mounts up and when you don't have the spare money you simply cannot do it. It isn't always a case of 'people can't be bothered to go'. Perhaps if you add all the away games into the season ticket and subsidise the travel then the away crowds will increase....Otherwise I dont see it changing a great deal. People have (dare I say it) more important things to spend their money on like a mortgage and bills and you will never get away from that, especially with a huge proportion of our support being families.
The club coaches are too expensive!! Take leeds on Friday £8 each so a family of 4 would have to pay £32 ( no consessions) when it'd be so much lesser to drive and park. Also A family Day rover is £8.80. Ok it's a friday night but still it's still a tad over the top! I did a comparison with Town coaches and they get charged per person so much less for the same miles. Maybe a different contract but still Town still dont fill every club coach!! Another thing some folk don't like the cliqueyness of the club coaches so avoid at all costs regardless of the cost!
i would have to be REALLY REALLY stuck for transport before i would consider going on a club coach again,luckily the private coach i go on is usually full,your allowed to have a laugh and a sing song etc,we arrive in good time for a pre match drink ( or 2!) and we dont have to be back on the bus within 2 minutes of the final hooter,therefore being able to have a post match drink, its usually considerably cheaper than the club coaches too,most people i know who travel on the club coaches dont have a good word to say about them.
i agree though that the club could do more to encourage our fans to travel
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