Seriously, The season we pipped sp*rs for second on the last day?
we were out of contention for the title by March and finished a long way behind f*cking Leicester despite beating them twice.
I disagree, as I said previously not only do we now have an international fan base we now have fans that travel from all four corners of the country to support the team home and away. We rip the shit out of Manure fans for travelling up the M1 to see them play at OT, we are really not that far behind.SteveO 35 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:48 pmBecause in the mid 90s we were an absolute crock of shit, playing terrible sterile football and I can remember I gave mine up in the early 90s through work commitments and for about 2-3 years had them writing to me every year, until Wenger took over and we became successful again. Spurs fans I know locally went through exactly the same thing......until Jol took over and latterly Podgy you could get a season ticket any Summer you fancied at the Shitole. Now you can't - the waiting list was years long in latter days at the Lanearrgee wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:35 pmI never understood how Arsenal got 45,000 season ticket holders when back in the 1990s they wrote to me asking if I wanted one and I had never been on a waiting list. Did have a standing season ticket in 1980s but never bothered with a seated one. I know a few who have them who are always trying to sell them on. Don't think Arsenal care too much if the seat is empty or not as long as someone has paid for a seat. In fact they probably make a tidy sum in the booking fees on the re-sales.augie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:21 amThe way that season ticket waiting list scheme is meant to work is that if you are offered a season ticket and you decline, you are then put back to the bottom of the list to start again - explain to me then how I have been offered to chance to buy a season ticket 3 times in the past 4 years ? The waiting list is now a total myth and failing to sell out games when there are tickets on tx system, should tell you everything you need to know
So.....exactly proves my point. Long periods without success and a boring product reduces demand, which is why I don't subscribe to this nonsense about if I give up my ST, someone else will just pick it up. Undeniably true for the past 20 years, not quite so true now, and 2-3 more years of being the new Spurs/Everton under Shit for Brains and it definitely won't be true.
Similar with concerts at The O2; incredible how far people travel to see U2 and how much they pay.Gunner Rob wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:40 pmthe overseas fans market could well increase in coming years - the decline in the pound is meaning that it is becoming very affordable to pop over to London for a PL game - and the closest ground to the Eurostar is the Emirates.
what really amazed me was going to the World darts Championship over Christmas.
for all the sessions there were 68,000 tickets sold. One third of these went to darts fans in continental Europe. It was remarkable.
the section I was in being english I was in a minority!!
Agree that 2007/08 was the last time we looked seriously capable of challenging for the title. We were definitely contenders until about mid-February. Unfortunately we managed to take 8 points from 8 games and were 9 points off the pace and out the title race by mid-April with a few games left - a pretty weak challenge by that measure.Bradywasking wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:43 am
We finished second without challenging for the title, did the Champions we finished second to finish in the top ten the following season?
We haven't challenged since 2007/08..