2009 League cup semi final

[Tuddybfc]

Looking at Hull's support of around 1500 fans seems utterly embarrassing for a semi-final at Old Trafford. Just wondering if anyone who was here at WHL in 2009 could hazard a guess how many fans we took?

[burnmark]

Think we got 4000 tickets. I may be wrong though.

[Tuddybfc]

Think we got 4000 tickets. I may be wrong though.

And we sold all 4000?

[burnmark]

Easily

[LS7]

Not really a valid comparison though:

Hull have had recent fa cup final and other Wembley appearances

Several Old Trafford trips in last few years

A week after new year

All credit to the 1500

[LS7]

Ps I was at Chelsea and spurs in that 09 cup run - fantastic memories - esp Chelsea

[Paul Waine]

Ps I was at Chelsea and spurs in that 09 cup run - fantastic memories - esp Chelsea

Me too, plus my son - got him "hooked as a Claret."

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[claret wizard]

It's a very valid comparison. Same trophy at the same stage of the competition. If football is all about familiarity rather than the occasion then we'd be better off dropping down the divisions now, but that's ludicrous. Once you're at the semi final stage those arguments should go away. I'm not greatly interested in either cups early on, but if you're within a sight of a cup then that changes.

[Saxoman]

Ps I was at Chelsea and spurs in that 09 cup run - fantastic memories - esp Chelsea

Did u throw coins?

[dpinsussex]

I was at WHL

[Quickenthetempo]

Hull fans are at loggerheads with their owners to be fair.

[gandhisflipflop]

Did u throw coins?

No he made robbie savage **** himself

[Tuddybfc]

Not really a valid comparison though:

Hull have had recent fa cup final and other Wembley appearances

Several Old Trafford trips in last few years

A week after new year

All credit to the 1500

We'd had an FA cup trip to Arsenal and league cup trip to Chelsea so we'd also had some big games to travel to. In actual fact distance is much less from Hull to Manchester than Burnley to London.

[Tuddybfc]

Hull fans are at loggerheads with their owners to be fair.

Away attendances shouldn't suffer due to that, if anything they increase as it's a chance to support your team while minimising the benefit of the owners. Coventry spring to mind a few years ago

[Saxoman]

No he made robbie savage **** himself

Not Steven Reid..

[Paul Waine]

We'd had an FA cup trip to Arsenal and league cup trip to Chelsea so we'd also had some big games to travel to. In actual fact distance is much less from Hull to Manchester than Burnley to London.

Got to admit, I live in London. The "capital punishment" games were not to far for me to travel. But, I got up to the t'Turf for the 2nd semi-final.

[Dyched]

Hull have been in the Premier League a few times and currently there. Fa cup final recently and a few trips to wembley. We never had at that stage so it's completely different. We were getting a taste of whate could be. A better comparison would be if it was Huddersfield

[Tuddybfc]

Look at even reading then who were there at the weekend, only been a couple of years since their last old Trafford visit and they brought over 5000. Granted the 'Tuesday night effect' but still over 3* more than Hull

[Bin Ont Turf]

I don't usually go in for this but.....

Hull have never travelled well, they still have a third tier league club fan base because up until recently they've never had much to shout about.

Their upward trajectory since moving from Boothferry Park has seen the home attendances rise, which is natural.

I know if Burnley were playing away in a cup semi final anywhere in the country, we'd be better attendees.

[claretdom]

You could argue it shows Hull's protest at the owners is genuine.

Imagine had they played teams like Swansea & Stoke and got gates under 6k & 10k due to boycotting games down to bad owners then suddenly an attendance of 30k turn up at home and they take 6k away just because it was a glamour ti against a side like Liverpool.

Least this shows the mean it rather than use it as an excuse to not attend cos your side is ****

[MiltonKeynesClaret93]

Looking at Hull's support of around 1500 fans seems utterly embarrassing for a semi-final at Old Trafford. Just wondering if anyone who was here at WHL in 2009 could hazard a guess how many fans we took?

How much were we charged back then?
It was £45 a ticket for Hull last night.

[Sausage]

I think BOT has hit the nail on the head. Hull fans were comfortably outnumbered by Sheffield Wednesday at last season's play-off final when the stakes were much higher. I don't doubt that they sold all their tickets for the FA Cup Final, but you only get a pitiful allocation for that anyway.

[Quickenthetempo]

I think BOT has hit the nail on the head. Hull fans were comfortably outnumbered by Sheffield Wednesday at last season's play-off final when the stakes were much higher. I don't doubt that they sold all their tickets for the FA Cup Final, but you only get a pitiful allocation for that anyway.

25k for the cup final.

[Silkyskills1]

If you think it's a 'pitiful allocation' for the FA Cup Final teams now look back to the time we last made the final. 100,000 attendance and both teams received 15,000 tickets each.

[ClaretTony]

If you think it's a 'pitiful allocation' for the FA Cup Final teams now look back to the time we last made the final. 100,000 attendance and both teams received 15,000 tickets each.

And thankfully I got one because it was my first ever season with a season ticket.

[Quickenthetempo]

How much were we charged back then?
It was £45 a ticket for Hull last night.

[aggi]

We were a team on the up at that point as well, enjoying ourselves and playing at grounds/a level we hadn't been to for years.

Hull are despondent, protesting against their board and a bit more familiar with semi-finals and premier league grounds.

[ClaretAndJew]

Adjusting for inflation, that 32 quid is about 40 in today's money just FYI.

[Silkyskills1]

And thankfully I got one because it was my first ever season with a season ticket.

And so did I,CT. But I've posted on here a number of times that my mum, in her infinite wisdom, decided to give it to my 13 year old cousin because she thought he was too old for an Easter egg.

[MiltonKeynesClaret93]

Adjusting for inflation, that 32 quid is about 40 in today's money just FYI.

Fair play then, Hull struggled to sell a lot of PO final tickets last season as well.

[Jambo]

Hull don't travel particularly well but you've got to factor in the discontent with the owners, the fact they're crap, etc

[Claretforever]

Has anyone got a programme handy from towards the end of that 2008-09 season, and could share a picture of the results page? We seem to have put away attendances in there since around the year 2000, and it would be great to see our away followings in the cups. I seem to recall over 6,100 (did we get a couple of hundred extra afterwards?) at Chelsea, and for some strange reason the number 5,188 stands out in my mind (I'm weird like that ) for Arsenal in the FA Cup?

If anyone could post that page I'd appreciate.