| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 00:55 - Aug 30 with 4086 views | Illinoisblue |
Ipswich website said pre-match we’d have over 3,000. Something doesn’t add up. |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 01:08 - Aug 30 with 4032 views | Freddies_Ears |
A lot of gaps in the Town end, so 2214 feels about right. |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 01:11 - Aug 30 with 4027 views | berkstractorboy |
so c. 700 bought tickets for away points and never bothered to show up is how I read it. | | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 06:59 - Aug 30 with 3674 views | itfcjoe |
No big deal really, in a game like tonight with 20k plus empty seats it suits both clubs to sell tickets to people who don’t go |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 07:24 - Aug 30 with 3570 views | Churchman |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 01:08 - Aug 30 by Freddies_Ears |
A lot of gaps in the Town end, so 2214 feels about right. |
That’s still a pretty good effort for that. I’m glad those who went saw us go through. |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:04 - Aug 30 with 3429 views | SitfcB |
Not sure where they got 3000 from.
The initial allocation was only just over 1000, then we go another batch of 970ish which sold out and then another batch which no where near sold out.
An impressive following last night tbh, when the draw was made I thought we’d take a few hundred but our support at the moment is superb. |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:08 - Aug 30 with 3406 views | Bluebell |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 01:11 - Aug 30 by berkstractorboy |
so c. 700 bought tickets for away points and never bothered to show up is how I read it. |
Certainly more there than I expected. A great turn out for a Tuesday evening for a cup game.
Bloody awful getting out of the car park afterwards!  |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:13 - Aug 30 with 3361 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:04 - Aug 30 by SitfcB |
Not sure where they got 3000 from.
The initial allocation was only just over 1000, then we go another batch of 970ish which sold out and then another batch which no where near sold out.
An impressive following last night tbh, when the draw was made I thought we’d take a few hundred but our support at the moment is superb. |
Yeah they mentioned 3k sold on the Town TV commentary which sounded a bit much! I’d be amazed if we had 700 people that desperate for one away point! |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:27 - Aug 30 with 3296 views | hoppy |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:08 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
Certainly more there than I expected. A great turn out for a Tuesday evening for a cup game.
Bloody awful getting out of the car park afterwards! |
And you have absolutely miles to travel too, don't you? Or is that just home games - I seem to remember you mentioning it once whichever it was, anyway... |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:35 - Aug 30 with 3245 views | Bluebell |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:27 - Aug 30 by hoppy |
And you have absolutely miles to travel too, don't you? Or is that just home games - I seem to remember you mentioning it once whichever it was, anyway... |
I don’t ever remember mentioning it. 
I hate to think how long it took for people to get back to Ipswich. It was way past midnight when we got home. | | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:46 - Aug 30 with 3151 views | CityBlue |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:13 - Aug 30 by Matt_Netherlands |
Yeah they mentioned 3k sold on the Town TV commentary which sounded a bit much! I’d be amazed if we had 700 people that desperate for one away point! |
some big games to travel to this year. |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 09:24 - Aug 30 with 3016 views | TresBonne |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:35 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
I don’t ever remember mentioning it.
I hate to think how long it took for people to get back to Ipswich. It was way past midnight when we got home. |
After a stop at Royston McDonald's for 20 minutes, and a one hour wait to get out the car park, I didn't get back into Bury until 2:05. Up for work again at 7. Love of the game etc. |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 09:30 - Aug 30 with 2982 views | berkstractorboy |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:08 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
Certainly more there than I expected. A great turn out for a Tuesday evening for a cup game.
Bloody awful getting out of the car park afterwards! |
Agree considering the paltry amount Reading could only just muster at home. | | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 09:39 - Aug 30 with 2952 views | DJR |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:04 - Aug 30 by SitfcB |
Not sure where they got 3000 from.
The initial allocation was only just over 1000, then we go another batch of 970ish which sold out and then another batch which no where near sold out.
An impressive following last night tbh, when the draw was made I thought we’d take a few hundred but our support at the moment is superb. |
This is what the club website said, and you would think they know.
"Over 3,000 members of the Blue Army will be joining Kieran McKenna's side in Reading"
As many tickets had to be collected at the ground, maybe 2,214 represents those to whom the tickets were posted, and those who collected them.
I might add that the "incentive" for buying tickets to get the points isn't so much, say, the Norwich game, which will be very difficult to get tickets for, but the fact that it is only points this season which will count next season. [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 10:10]
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 10:12 - Aug 30 with 2818 views | DJR |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 06:59 - Aug 30 by itfcjoe |
No big deal really, in a game like tonight with 20k plus empty seats it suits both clubs to sell tickets to people who don’t go |
I hadn't appreciated that the away club gets any of the money for away tickets, but maybe they get a cut, given the admin falls to the away club.
EDIT: I'd forgotten it was a cup game, and this suggests for the Caraboa Cup (as well as the FA Cup) that the gate receipts are split. But for league games, the away team can only charge an admin fee.
https://www.betpromo.uk/percentage-gate-receipts-away/
Maybe (and this is pure speculation) in the case of a no-show, Reading keep the whole of the money, so it is in their interest to record who actually turns up. [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 10:28]
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 10:38 - Aug 30 with 2713 views | DJR |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 10:12 - Aug 30 by DJR |
I hadn't appreciated that the away club gets any of the money for away tickets, but maybe they get a cut, given the admin falls to the away club.
EDIT: I'd forgotten it was a cup game, and this suggests for the Caraboa Cup (as well as the FA Cup) that the gate receipts are split. But for league games, the away team can only charge an admin fee.
https://www.betpromo.uk/percentage-gate-receipts-away/
Maybe (and this is pure speculation) in the case of a no-show, Reading keep the whole of the money, so it is in their interest to record who actually turns up. [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 10:28]
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Interesting to note from the following EFL rule that revenues from streaming services are also to be shared in the Carabao Cup. Maybe this explains why Town TV offer only audio on subscription, with no ability even to buy an audio pass because they would not want to share presumably sizeable receipts with the other team.
20.2 The proceeds of all matches (including replayed matches, admittance to the Visiting Club’s home ground where a beam back is provided and any revenue generated from streaming services) after paying thereout the travelling expenses of the Visiting Club, the ground and other expenses of the match including Value Added Tax, floodlighting of the playing pitch and ancillary lighting (not to exceed £200), advertising, printing, postage, police charges, turnstile operators, stewards, contribution to first aid helpers, costs incurred pursuant to Rule 14.6, costs incurred in providing a live streaming service and clearing the ground of snow, provided in the case of the last mentioned item the Visiting Club is notified in advance of the match in question of the approximate cost (such net proceeds being hereinafter referred to as ‘the Net Cup Competition Gate’) shall save as set out below be divided as follows:
20.2.1 45 per cent to each Club taking part in such match; and
20.2.2 10 per cent to the Cup Competition Pool [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 11:20]
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 11:02 - Aug 30 with 2656 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:08 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
Certainly more there than I expected. A great turn out for a Tuesday evening for a cup game.
Bloody awful getting out of the car park afterwards! |
Ipswich car park isn’t any better - now the 15 min car park shut down is in operation.
The coaches must have got out quickly as my son got home at 12.45! Including a 30 min car journey. |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 16:29 - Aug 31 with 2229 views | SitfcB |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:35 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
I don’t ever remember mentioning it.
I hate to think how long it took for people to get back to Ipswich. It was way past midnight when we got home. |
What car park did you park in?
It was a bit wacky races to get out of car park 6 but was out at around 22:40 I think. Back in Ipswich at 00:55. | |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 16:53 - Aug 31 with 2169 views | Coastalblue |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:35 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
I don’t ever remember mentioning it.
I hate to think how long it took for people to get back to Ipswich. It was way past midnight when we got home. |
I got off at Liverpool St at about midnight and there were a few Town shirts went sprinting past me, presumably trying to get a train back. |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 17:54 - Aug 31 with 2043 views | Radlett_blue |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 08:35 - Aug 30 by Bluebell |
I don’t ever remember mentioning it.
I hate to think how long it took for people to get back to Ipswich. It was way past midnight when we got home. |
This is why people leave games with a couple of minutes left, but you wouldn't be so keen to do that these days with the huge amounts of added time plus the prospect of penalties. At least not the dreaded "extra time". |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 18:00 - Aug 31 with 2021 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 01:11 - Aug 30 by berkstractorboy |
so c. 700 bought tickets for away points and never bothered to show up is how I read it. |
If that’s right, we should be going bonkers at the club about it. This new points system is going to be a right old ballache for fans who can’t commit regularly for whatever reason. That long-serving fans will miss out to some selfish a-hole playing the system isn’t right at all. Two no-shows and these a-holes should be banned. And electrocuted whilst being nailed to a wall by their nuts!
Rant over!  |  |
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| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 09:33 - Sep 1 with 1798 views | Facefacts |
Bumping/bunking this back up, as the attendance still needs to be added to TWTD Fixtures (and Results) page. |  | | |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 09:47 - Sep 1 with 1755 views | xrayspecs |
| Reading FC website says 2,214 Town fans in crowd of 7867 on 10:38 - Aug 30 by DJR |
Interesting to note from the following EFL rule that revenues from streaming services are also to be shared in the Carabao Cup. Maybe this explains why Town TV offer only audio on subscription, with no ability even to buy an audio pass because they would not want to share presumably sizeable receipts with the other team.
20.2 The proceeds of all matches (including replayed matches, admittance to the Visiting Club’s home ground where a beam back is provided and any revenue generated from streaming services) after paying thereout the travelling expenses of the Visiting Club, the ground and other expenses of the match including Value Added Tax, floodlighting of the playing pitch and ancillary lighting (not to exceed £200), advertising, printing, postage, police charges, turnstile operators, stewards, contribution to first aid helpers, costs incurred pursuant to Rule 14.6, costs incurred in providing a live streaming service and clearing the ground of snow, provided in the case of the last mentioned item the Visiting Club is notified in advance of the match in question of the approximate cost (such net proceeds being hereinafter referred to as ‘the Net Cup Competition Gate’) shall save as set out below be divided as follows:
20.2.1 45 per cent to each Club taking part in such match; and
20.2.2 10 per cent to the Cup Competition Pool [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 11:20]
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That makes no sense.
Why would Town turn down half of something to get nothing?
The reason Carabao Cup games cannot be streamed by any club is the broadcast deal the EFL signed with the sponsor. It is nothing to do with Town. | | | |
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