Originally Posted by
Haydock Saint
Probably not this year, as season ticket holders account for a significant % of attendees already. The test will be on season ticket sales for next year, when they go on sale around August time. As per previous seasons this is around the time Saints announce their new signings for the forthcoming season, hoping for such announcements to inspire fans to by season tickets.
With the recruitment standards the last few years, I don't think this trick will work again. So if nothing really improves from now until the end of the season, it will be interesting to see how the sale of season tickets goes. I think this year they were down on previous years, but given how this season has gone plus the awful track record of signing players next year could be very challenging for the club.
It will be interesting to see what crowd we get versus Wigan in about 12 days time. Should be pulling in 17K but with it being a Thursday night, both teams form, particularly Saints, may be lucky to get 14k - which is a big financial hit for the club.