Mrs Barista wrote:What a tragic and arrogant generalisation. 2 points for you: I've not been to a Craven Park derby in the SL era. If you think I stay away from games because I expect defeat, why did I go to every other game last season (bar Murrayfield and London but including pre season friendlies)? Because I enjoy it. My previous experiences at Craven Park pre SL were not enjoyable as the atmosphere and spitting etc goes beyond RL banter IMO. I'm not saying it's different for Rovers supporters at the KC BTW. I just wouldn't take my family to the South Stand at Craven Park. The 70% premium reserved for FC's visit is shabby opportunism based on assuming a sellout regardless, so it's quite amusing that, it was a contributory factor in the ground failing to get near capacity.
The other point is that even with a low turnout from FC, tickets were returned in time for resale and were available in other parts of the ground. You must be very confident in latent demand to be creating the £6m North Stand on the back of not selling out home areas of the ground for the season's biggest game (crowdwise).
Surely you've just contradicted yourself by saying you wouldn't go in the south stand due to shabby opportunism yet there were tickets available for other areas that aren't overpriced...
The going beyond banter comments may be realistic, but are very isolated incidents. I have had the odd idiot at the KC threatening from afar and barging intentionally into us on the way out yet I wouldn't tarnish the whole experience on those minor occurances.
On the over pricing, I agree the south stand is overpriced and should be dropped for all fans. Yet I managed to go to every game last year, home and away, and I'll let you guess where the most expensive ticket I bought to get in game was...
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yep !! the kc . but we also have among the best facilities you would be sat in . not that caravan park sh-hole !! and you can see the game without binoculars !! these things for a few quid extra are worth it - no ??
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Red Revenge wrote:To be honest Hull FC fans stayed away from Craven Park last season as their form was very very poor and they knew they would get beat. If they were having a good season and were competetive with us the South stand would have been full.
I didnt go as I would never go in the South stand again, you just cant see teh match at all, it is the poorest view in RL, even at poor grounds like Wakefield and Bradford you can still see the game. If Hull where top of the league and the ticket was free I still wouldnt go in that stand, would happily go in the golf stand or the seats though.
Dave K. wrote:I didnt go as I would never go in the South stand again, you just cant see teh match at all, it is the poorest view in RL, even at poor grounds like Wakefield and Bradford you can still see the game. If Hull where top of the league and the ticket was free I still wouldnt go in that stand, would happily go in the golf stand or the seats though.
honest answer .did you even try to get tickets for the north stand?
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yeoldfaithful wrote:yep !! the kc . but we also have among the best facilities you would be sat in . not that caravan park sh-hole !! and you can see the game without binoculars !! these things for a few quid extra are worth it - no ??
Better facilities than CP - of course. Better than the DW Stadium? No, the away end at Wigan is a far superior view to the KC and £5 cheaper on last seasons prices. Even Hudds at £16.50 a ticket represents far greater value.
yeoldfaithful wrote:yep !! the kc . but we also have among the best facilities you would be sat in . not that caravan park sh-hole !! and you can see the game without binoculars !! these things for a few quid extra are worth it - no ??
No I don't think these things are worth it, it cost me, my wife and daughter £28 more to see that game then it did to watch the game at Wigan.
Did I get a better view at the KC, not particularly. Was it more comfortable, no. Could I take a beer to my chair at the KC, no.
Suppose I did getthe added benfit of threatening abuse from chav corner for 80% of the game tho' so not all bad.
Joined: Jul 19 2005 Posts: 79 Location: hull . england
barham red wrote:No I don't think these things are worth it, it cost me, my wife and daughter £28 more to see that game then it did to watch the game at Wigan.
Did I get a better view at the KC, not particularly. Was it more comfortable, no. Could I take a beer to my chair at the KC, no.
Suppose I did getthe added benfit of threatening abuse from chav corner for 80% of the game tho' so not all bad.
please bear in mind : i said "among" the best facilities !! yes the wigan stadium is of equal quality & view really . yes the price is a little steep comnpared to wigan , huddersfield i admit. ( possibly huddersfield is cheaper to encourage larger crowds ) as for wigan they dont have to worry about getting larger away followings ( they are within 20-30 miles of a lot of sl clubs ) more people means lower prices !! . we at hull are lucky to get more than 800 away supporters ( apart from the derby game ) the stadium obviously has to cater for people in the north stand & that costs money ( stewards , bar staff , lighting etc ) . in fact most games it would be wiser to put the couple of coach loads we sometimes get in the west stand at a cheaper rate . would surely save money . all in all i would rather pay £68 ish for a family of four in the kc facilities than £55 quid ish & freeze to death like the derby the other year in that god awful stand . it was that comparison i was trying to make .
p.s i agree fully on the beer issue
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Dave K. wrote:I didnt go as I would never go in the South stand again, you just cant see teh match at all, it is the poorest view in RL, even at poor grounds like Wakefield and Bradford you can still see the game. If Hull where top of the league and the ticket was free I still wouldnt go in that stand, would happily go in the golf stand or the seats though.
Your ticket allocation for the North stand wasn't even full so any hull fan wanting to see, yet another derby defeat, could have still gone.
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Joined: Jul 19 2005 Posts: 79 Location: hull . england
barham red wrote:No I don't think these things are worth it, it cost me, my wife and daughter £28 more to see that game then it did to watch the game at Wigan.
Did I get a better view at the KC, not particularly. Was it more comfortable, no. Could I take a beer to my chair at the KC, no.
Suppose I did getthe added benfit of threatening abuse from chav corner for 80% of the game tho' so not all bad.
p.s please can you advise me what the cost was for the the three of you in total for the derby game . it seems steep to me ?? in south stand it would have cost approx £54.00 i think for 2 adults & one child ( depending on age) if your daughter is of adult age £60.00 total . how can that be £28.00 dearer than at wigan ?? just puzzled that's all !!
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