Some positive news..

Just had a message from a mate of mine who is also a ST holder to inform me that we have already sold 11,000 season tickets.

that's more than last year!

apparently, last season we was in the championship, our average crowds were 14,000.

so we only need to sell 3000 more!

Still plenty of time to renew as well. The fixtures are due out on the 18th June apparently.

Reebok Trotter wrote:Just had a message from a mate of mine who is also a ST holder to inform me that we have already sold 11,000 season tickets.

Ha ha, bullshit.

No, seriously. He has a contact at the club and he is normally spot on. I see no reason for him to make it up.

Reebok Trotter wrote:No, seriously. He has a contact at the club and he is normally spot on. I see no reason for him to make it up.

Or he read it in the Bolton News like everyone else?

Woopie Doo, the biggest town in the country can muster 11,000 tickets!

Joke club.

How many have Blackburn sold I wonder...

I've often wondered if the Premiership has been half our problem in terms of attendances.
The novelty can really wear off and maybe some people are just looking forward to a new challenge.

Also it's on the bolton website! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

chris_bwfc wrote:Also it's on the bolton website! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

a.k.a. Reebok Trotters "mate"

Don't be jealous that RT has an actual mate ITK.

11,000 is surprisingly good, the owner doesn't deserve to have kept so much of the support base after not spending anything for 2 years and not dropping ticket prices after relegation.

Harold77 wrote:11,000 is surprisingly good, the owner doesn't deserve to have kept so much of the support base after not spending anything for 2 years and not dropping ticket prices after relegation.

Most will be auto-renewers


No story here, move along, please

Some clubs just fall on their feet when it comes to attendances.
Look at Norwich. The city itself has a population of just over half of Bolton's, but manages to almost sell out its 27,000 capacity stadium every season, even in League One. Why? Because it's the only team in a county that is home to almost a million people. We don't even need to get started on how far away they are from one of the competing giants, so to speak.
The same sort of principle applies to a load of clubs. Newcastle is the only club Tyneside (population 879,996). Ipswich in Suffolk (719,500), Leicester in Leicestershire (955,300) etc.

In fact, there are a lot of people that reside in Bolton, but are geographically closer to Old Trafford than the Reebok.

Including me!

I live closer to 5 other league clubs than BWFC.

I repeated this check for our dear friend Hipster. I used the postcode of Aberdeen City Council, but removed Scottish clubs from the results. We're 19th furthest from his home and circle of 2 friends.


Distance Div Club Postcode Ticket Office

151.3 miles PR Newcastle United Football Club NE1 4ST 0844 372 1892
156.8 miles PR Sunderland AFC SR5 1SU 0871 911 1973
158.9 miles L1 Carlisle United Football Club CA1 1LL 0844 371 1921
173.4 miles L1 Hartlepool United Football Club TS24 8BZ 01429 272 584
180.9 miles CH Middlesbrough Football Club TS3 6RS 0844 499 1234
215.5 miles L2 Morecambe LA4 4TB 0152 441 1797
226.3 miles L2 Fleetwood Town FY7 6TX 01253 775080
231.5 miles L2 Bradford City Football Club BD8 7DY 0871 978 8000
232.2 miles CH Burnley Football Club BB10 4BX 0871 221 1914
233.9 miles CH Leeds United AFC LS11 0ES 0871 334 1992
234.1 miles L2 Accrington Stanley Football Club BB5 5BX 0871 434 1968
234.1 miles CH Blackpool Football Club FY1 6JJ 0844 847 1953
234.5 miles L1 Preston North End Football Club PR1 6RU 0844 856 1966
236.9 miles CH Blackburn Rovers Football Club BB2 4JF 0871 2221 444
241.8 miles CH Huddersfield Town AFC HD1 6PX 0870 444 4677
243.9 miles L2 Rochdale AFC OL11 5DR 0844 826 1907
244.7 miles CH Hull City AFC HU3 6HU 01482 505 600
246.7 miles L1 Bury Football Club BL9 9HR 08445 790 009
247.2 miles CH Bolton Wanderers Football Club BL6 6JW 0844 871 2932