Anything over 8000 would be a bonus

People paying in one lump sum buying for the east will be in no rush to buy a pass as it doesn't go up until late December so might as well hold onto the money a bit longer.

The North Stand is flling up nicely, but most (if not all) are people migrating from the East or West Stands. The trick for Rovers is to backfill this capacity with new or lapsed supporters. I still think we may have misjudged the allocation for away fans somewhat and could find ourselves turning down away fans once they sell 900 seats. Opening up the South Stand for them is hardly going to appease either.

Agree with this. We will renew ours in a lump sum, but not for another month or 2.

If teams do sell 900 tickets they can give them some of the general sale tickets if needs be in the North stand.
I would like to see what teams did bring more than 900 this season, or even that many at the KC for that matter as they had the better facilities last season for away support. At a guess only 2 or 3 did so not a massive issue

Previous support to CP is not relevant, as they all told us that both the South Stand and Golf Stand were the reasons for staying away. I await fresh excuses for 2014.

The away support to the KC is much more relevant, and I tend to agree that 900 will be enough for most teams, however there will be a 1st season curiosity factor that may entice visiting fans. Leeds, Wigan & Hull will certainly need more. Wakey on a good day can go beyond 900, and both Saints & Wire have exceeded that on the odd occasion (certinly Wire did in the 2006 & 2009 cup games, not so sure for league matches).

Personally, I would love to get back to seeing away fans in the East Stand as was the norm before entering SL. They used to congregate at one end and really improve the atmosphere. I don't expect this will ever happen again, but it would be good.

What will happen for the derby match next season then? From what has been said on here, i doubt they will do 50/50 in the North Stand - would they allocate a section of the East Stand (towards the South End) for FC fans (if people are naturally migrating from the East to the North)

They can't do 50/50 as 2/3 of the stand is for home support with seats being sold in all 4 blocks to home support.
The best they are going to get is 33.333333333%Yes I know this isn't exact but it's a repeating number which the geek in me had to put in.

If they are having a poor season 800 will be way too many anyway.
I wouldn't worry about it.

Extra FC fans will be put in the south stand won't they?

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He's right though.

I'm just surprised he didn't mention Adam Pearson .

And no he's not right , if we were given the new north stand then we would fill it . As I've said in previous threads I can't see us even given the choice to go in the new stand (unless we buy the tickets from your shop)

You don't remember the 600 that turned up 1 year then? It was when we still had the golf stand.

Yes I was in the golf stand which was full but not just for fc fans was it duck ? Next season go spend a game in your south stand and see if you would bother again like most others do