The Fighting Cock is a forum for fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Here you can discuss Spurs latest matches, our squad, tactics and any transfer news surrounding the club. Registration gives you access to all our forums (including 'Off Topic' discussion) and removes most of the adverts (you can remove them all via an account upgrade). You're here now, you might as well...
I can't see any company wanting to pay £100m+ to sponsor two teams in the same city.
Why not ?
It's not the local clientele they are after, it's the global audience in the form of TV rights/broadcasts. Nothing comes close to the Premier league in that respect. Also, the big clubs very rarely kick off at the same time/day, this also maximises exposure.
We dipped in attendance in 86 because of that murdered police men if I recall correctly. throughout the 80's (a decade attendance fell dramatically) we we're constantly up there in the top 5 with avg. attendance between 28K-30K (Man utd. always had their hordes)Since the 1920's West ham have averaged at the lowest 16k and the highest was this year at 34,910k.
Are you telling me that there have been another 32k West Ham fans all looking for tickets but never being able to attend. Or this season has been so fucking sensational that they all now want a look in?
They have been selling half season tickets and couldn't even sell out a Cat A game at Home to City. They have boosted attendance by giving away tickets at UP.
Spam finished 3rd in 1985/86, the best season ever and the average attendance was 21k we finished 10th and averaged 200 less.
I may be wrong, but we had some work going on as well didn't we?
I just don't get it.
London and the NFL will be a major draw as well.Why not ?
It's not the local clientele they are after, it's the global audience in the form of TV rights/broadcasts. Nothing comes close to the Premier league in that respect. Also, the big clubs very rarely kick off at the same time/day, this also maximises exposure.
My mate who is West ham said they're so cheap that people are buying up like a dozen season tickets between groups of 4 or so mates all together. Then selling spares, taking along other mates when they want them etc. Mainly so they can all have a big group of seats for the big games. Will be like Woolwich with empty seats for a lot of small games due to season ticket holders not turning up.Since the 1920's West ham have averaged at the lowest 16k and the highest was this year at 34,910k.
Are you telling me that there have been another 32k West Ham fans all looking for tickets but never being able to attend. Or this season has been so fucking sensational that they all now want a look in?
They have been selling half season tickets and couldn't even sell out a Cat A game at Home to City. They have boosted attendance by giving away tickets at UP.
Spam finished 3rd in 1985/86, the best season ever and the average attendance was 21k we finished 10th and averaged 200 less.
I may be wrong, but we had some work going on as well didn't we?
I just don't get it.
Just because someone somewhere along the chain of command will question and then veto it, even if it makes it past the people below them.
They'll look at it think - too many eggs in one basket, let diversify.
Didn't they do the kits for both Rangers and Celtic simultaneously for about 3 seasons? They also do the kits for literally every single NFL team; don't think they care how many teams where their stuff in the same division.
As I said in the new kit thread - the Rangers and Celtic kit sponsorship with them (and I think McEwans's) is the only concurrent deal I can think of - and that was more of a religious/political statement.
The true bellends are those who felt it was a good idea to encourage that cunt behaviour by making a mock-up of the new stadium with people doing it :dembelewtf:
Inside (basement level) New Stadium:
That's amazing, the first internal pic I've seen and put together quite quickly really. Those red and grey pillars are, I presume, where they had those metal rods coming out of the ground in batches and then put those big blue things over them and flared the rods out to that shape, then put concrete in to create the reinforced pillars. Love that I got to see photos all the way through and saw it take shape.Inside (basement level) New Stadium:
The new 'East Stand' (it will still be East, won't it?) Looks INCREDIBLY like the current one... they've even got a New Shelfside!!
So, thats another 20,000 tickets sold. Why couldn't any of these mates buy a ST at Upton Park then? We are talking about £100 more for the most expensive one at UP in comparison to the most expensive ST at OS.My mate who is West ham said they're so cheap that people are buying up like a dozen season tickets between groups of 4 or so mates all together. Then selling spares, taking along other mates when they want them etc. Mainly so they can all have a big group of seats for the big games. Will be like Woolwich with empty seats for a lot of small games due to season ticket holders not turning up.