The derby!

[Brooker11]

1 hour ago, SomeNextGuy said:

Great result last night with Leeds losing. They play West Brom on Friday night so we could potentially still be sitting in 2nd come Monday, which would take a bit of pressure off. 

 

I'm sort of glad that Wednesday won yesterday too, they should come at us and go for the win this time, which would definitely suit us. I don't think the home crowd at Hillsborough would accept the tactics that were deployed at Bramall Lane last year! 

Previous results and standings make no difference whatsoever in a derby, its who turns up on the night and no more. I'm sure the Owls will attack more this time but I'm sure Bruce is not stupid enough to play into Uniteds hands, the first 30mins will be key the longer the games goes without an away goal the more the advantage will go to the home side.

[Ridgewalk]

Both sides in good form. Hard to call.

 

Hoping for a Blades win.

 

 

[POUNDSWORTH]

14 hours ago, Jim Hardie said:

I thought you were a businessman. If the police cut the gate by 5000, supply goes down and demand  goes up. Supply and demand dictate price.

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

[original peanut]

20 minutes ago, POUNDSWORTH said:

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

49,000+ on boxing day

[Brooker11]

7 hours ago, POUNDSWORTH said:

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

There's zero evidence that Owls tried to increase the prices, football league rules stipulate you cannot charge away fans more than home fans.

[barry-333]

8 hours ago, POUNDSWORTH said:

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

Has the ground got a current safety certificate and what is the max limit

[staninoodle]

8 hours ago, POUNDSWORTH said:

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

We cant charge a visiting club more than we charge our own as its against the league rules.

Capacity for semis was 55k from around 1966 onwards,prior to that it had been 60K,think the westham manu game in 64 was watched by 65K

[Jim Hardie]

1 hour ago, Brooker11 said:

There's zero evidence that Owls tried to increase the prices, football league rules stipulate you cannot charge away fans more than home fans.

Careful what you post. The truth has already been removed once but the untruth/lie/unchecked 'fact' (take your pick) is allowed to stand.

[wuwu]

Hard one to call this one. As a Blade would love Madine to get a hat trick (or at least one). With the Leeds midweek result and them with a tough game on Friday it's a great chance to pull clear, especially with local derbies against Rotherham and a real six-pointer against Leeds coming up. 

[NERVY-OWL]

16 hours ago, POUNDSWORTH said:

BIG MATCHES DICATE A PREMIUM , YES GRANTED, BUT NOT ON THE SCALE THE OWLS TAKE ADVANTAGE.

The Owls tried to increase the price further for the blade fans, only the EFL turned it down.. 

The police issuing the 5000 reduction, i feel may have been issued in the past too, as S6 should or did hold many more than 30,000 ..is it a safety cut or a segregation measure .

Why or how have another 600 plus ticket been found for Blades fans?  have they been freed  up by such segregation??

S6 was a MASSIVE ground back in the day, gates of 40,000 for semi final games etc, now the stadium for safety reason is down to around 30,000..i and many members remember larger gates in the Sheffield derby, is it old age ?? but what was the gate boxing day?

 

in the days of reasonable prices and NO sky.

The 600 extra tickets were found because they aren't using the lower tier so there is no need for the netting on the front of the upper tier. I'm not sure how it effects the overall capacity not using the lower tier. It's stupid not using the lower tier though, the stadium is allowed to hold 35k currently but it will probably be around 30k now. Segregation is just stupid for the derby's, especially at Hillsborough.

Now the prices have put it beyond alot of fans aswell. I will be watching on sky if I'm not working because of the price.  I don't see why they couldn't reduce prices to 30 quid or less to maximise the amount of fans in the ground, anyone should know the demand will be there with decent prices so why not pack the ground instead of leaving the ground looking emptier than it should