funky monkey Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I thought the safe standing made a great difference to the atmosphere last night. Well done to the folks in there for making a noise throughout the game. Obviously, giving 'them' one stand helps as well despite the financial implications. Too often we've been silent at home in these games. Numbers in the East Stand too were decent given our poor run of form and the folks in the safe Standing area certainly provided a lead in creating an atmosphere in the stand overall. Keep it up folks 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Aye agreed. Support has definitely massively improved for these games. I think had that been on a Saturday we'd have had even more. Think there were 8300 there last night so a split 50/50 between us and them. Can only see our support in these games getting better so massive well done to the club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Squirrelhumper Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 As for financial hit - we played them on a Wednesday night in August 2015 and the crowd was 6,090. We are on the right track with these games. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skora11 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Aye agreed. Support has definitely massively improved for these games. I think had that been on a Saturday we'd have had even more. Think there were 8300 there last night so a split 50/50 between us and them. Can only see our support in these games getting better so massive well done to the club. The home crowd against the Old Firm seems to have almost doubled it seems. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Just now, Skora11 said: The home crowd against the Old Firm seems to have almost doubled it seems. Walking to and from the game was great. Amazing how quiet they get when they don't have the majority of the crowd. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouser2 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Squirrelhumper said: As for financial hit - we played them on a Wednesday night in August 2015 and the crowd was 6,090. We are on the right track with these games. Totally agree , both on a personal level going to these games and for long term future . Funds been spent on and around the family stand for our fans .....the increase has not been as large as hoped but signs been promising ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieBus Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Walking to and from the game was great. Amazing how quiet they get when they don't have the majority of the crowd. Agreed. A much better experience all round. The Board have taken a doing on here of late, but they deserve credit for the move to one stand. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Know the guy who does the turnstiles. Crowd 8,307. Home: 4,131 Away: 4,176 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojike and Bod Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Much better home crowd for an OF midweek match - if they had two stands we would have had less than 3k home fans. We would definitely have had more if the game had been on a Sat and not a late Jan midweek. We need to continue doing all we can to encourage more Killie fans to attend these fixtures as the 'intimidation factor' has gone IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter's Heeder Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Agree with all of this. The decision to drop them to one stand is amongst the best decisions the club has made in years. Much better atmosphere last night and as someone else said no problems walking to or from the ground either. Long may it continue. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The burn Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I thought the standing section made a big difference .just need to carry that passion into the lesser home games but big well done to all involved 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trump Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Can we not just give them no tickets? Much better atmosphere and less pollution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The burn Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 49 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Walking to and from the game was great. Amazing how quiet they get when they don't have the majority of the crowd. Yes would totally agree.and folk with young kids can't make an excuse now .get them along to these games as they will enjoy it with a big crowd being in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudger Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Aye fair play to the guys in the safe standing area, much better atmosphere last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkG Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Squirrelhumper said: As for financial hit - we played them on a Wednesday night in August 2015 and the crowd was 6,090. We are on the right track with these games. Very, very good to hear. As a like-for-like comparison it is encouraging. The comparison should not be the last game of last season. That is our maximum level. Edited January 23, 2020 by NorfolkG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Couldn't make it last night, great to hear all this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKtid Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Makes such a difference reducing them to 1 stand. The atmosphere is so much better from a home perspective. We would never have had 4000 home fans at an old firm game if they still had both stands. If we weren't on such a poor run and if it was a saturday that could've been higher again. Great move from the club. The standing section is just behind me and did a great job of getting the songs going, a lot more folk than normal joining in. Just wish that more folk would go to the moffat section aswell as atm it's looking like a bit of a waste. If they sold out both stands we might lose 100k a game by reducing their allocation but we've sold more season tickets as a result, and by including the old firm games in the ST we'll make more money per ticket. That along with higher home gates means the hit won't be as big as it's made out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkG Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hope the board takes the overall picture into account. It is no coincidence, surely, that as their numbers are cut, outs increase? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR1869 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 My mate and I moved our season tickets to the standing area recently, in part so we didn't have to listen to the most negative, apathetic, moany old bawbag that sat next to us and I wish we had done it sooner. Much prefer standing at the football and by christ the atmosphere is better. Excellent move by the Trust and the board to make it happen. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mclean07 Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Know the guy who does the turnstiles. Crowd 8,307. Home: 4,131 Away: 4,176 Those figures are definitely an improvement, given midweek, on sky and £27. Also, especially given the run we are on and the poor vibe around the club. Absolute priority now is to get the ridiculous ticket situation sorted out as we know for a fact people can’t be bothered with the circus surrounding getting one. If we could get the home support up to five thousand that would make another big difference. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) The ground is too big but we don't have the millions required to move or rebuild stands. With the capacity as it stands it's the best we can do to make it feel like a home game, which it didn't feel like before. Edited January 23, 2020 by Wrangodog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Mclean07 said: Those figures are definitely an improvement, given midweek, on sky and £27. Also, especially given the run we are on and the poor vibe around the club. Absolute priority now is to get the ridiculous ticket situation sorted out as we know for a fact people can’t be bothered with the circus surrounding getting one. If we could get the home support up to five thousand that would make another big difference. Agreed, had somebody told me 3 years ago we'd have over 4,000 home fans for a midweek home game vs Celtic in January off the back of 5 defeats out of 5 and heading towards a SPL record for minutes without a single goal, then I'd have laughed at them. Long way to go but we are headed in the right direction. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmaccoll Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I remember going to game v celtic when rodgers and lee clarke were in charge midweek, january night, freezing, celtic had 2 stands and sang from 1st minute to last wee were lucky if wee had 2000 there and i didnt even here 1 song (appart from the 69th min wee want johnston out chant lol )break out. Bill leckie had a full double page picture of the east stand almost empty stating how sad it is that rugby park that was once full of colour and noise had turned into a morgue. Couldnt make the game last night but watched it on tv but even know the stands were full of empty seats which will usually be the case so to here the fans sing with passion trying to match they animals even know were in a bit of a slump was just f**king music to my ears KTID 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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