Attendance v Fulham on Saturday...

Southover Street Seagull · Nov 26, 2014

Moshe Gariani said:
I'd be amazed if anyone doesn't. Certainly all the big clubs with lots of STHs do it.

I've never seen a list of clubs that do and clubs that don't. I don't disbelieve that many clubs announce these fake attendances now, but find it hard to believe it's every club.

It's shame we can't be different and actually announce who turns up on the day or announce both figures.

Vegas Seagull · Nov 26, 2014

Southover Street Seagull said:
I've never seen a list of clubs that do and clubs that don't. I don't disbelieve that many clubs announce these fake attendances now, but find it hard to believe it's every club.

It's shame we can't be different and actually announce who turns up on the day or announce both figures.

Why bother with people, match day receipts are the key stat, take a look at Corrire Dello Sport and its detailed for every game

Hotchilidog · Nov 26, 2014

Southover Street Seagull said:
I've never seen a list of clubs that do and clubs that don't. I don't disbelieve that many clubs announce these fake attendances now, but find it hard to believe it's every club.

It's shame we can't be different and actually announce who turns up on the day or announce both figures.

Why is it a shame? I just do not get the obsession with this. Surely the most tedious running debate on NSC this season. I fail to see why this upsets so many people, I really couldn't care less.

brightonmark1234 · Nov 26, 2014

i reckon the crowd will be just under 29,000 on saturday

Southover Street Seagull · Nov 26, 2014

Hotchilidog said:
Why is it a shame? I just do not get the obsession with this. Surely the most tedious running debate on NSC this season. I fail to see why this upsets so many people, I really couldn't care less.

It's a shame for me personally, because I'm a traditionalist when it comes to announcing actual attendances and not a hyped up marketing figure of tickets sold. When I first started watching football, attendances meant people who attended a match, so apologies for being a little nostalgic.

Southover Street Seagull · Nov 26, 2014

Vegas Seagull said:
Why bother with people, match day receipts are the key stat, take a look at Corrire Dello Sport and its detailed for every game

Different way of looking at it and good point.

Moshe Gariani · Nov 26, 2014

1,520 available at 14.30.

Looks like approx. 150 sold in West and North combined during past 24 hours and a few more have been released in the East.

Absolute max sold is 29,230. More likely to be c. 28,000.

Revised estimate for Saturday is 28,784.

Mackenzie · Nov 26, 2014

Southover Street Seagull said:
It's a shame for me personally, because I'm a traditionalist when it comes to announcing actual attendances and not a hyped up marketing figure of tickets sold. When I first started watching football, attendances meant people who attended a match, so apologies for being a little nostalgic.

Some of the attendance figures announced at the Goldstone were a joke as well though. Why pay tax on 18,000 tickets when you can announce 11k!!!

Questions · Nov 26, 2014

Return of the Rev said:
Well the guy with the scars around his throat must have been mistaken,we have been attacked with glasses wooden bats returning on the train from the goldstone even the girlies were tooled up! Not always been one way but we have had alot of trouble from a supposedly family friendly club,i first started going to fulham 41 years ago.

That's the Lancing lad isn't it ? I thought that happened up there though.

Return of the Rev · Nov 26, 2014

Questions said:
That's the Lancing isn't it ? I thought that happened up there though.

Behind the west stand at the goldstone :moo:

severnside gull · Nov 26, 2014

29,103

Hotchilidog · Nov 26, 2014

MacKenzie said:
Some of the attendance figures announced at the Goldstone were a joke as well though. Why pay tax on 18,000 tickets when you can announce 11k!!!

Well quite. In the good old days it was the other way round.

BrightonCottager · Nov 26, 2014

Bombadier Botty said:
The last thing we need is a load of Times reading Hooray Henrys, jumpers and rugger shirts tied round their necks, chinos and boating shoes as standard rocking up at the Amex!

At least the Fulham fans sitting in the Brighton parts of the Amex will be easy to spot - anyone (male or female) who looks like Hugh Grant.

Moshe Gariani · Nov 26, 2014

BrightonCottager said:
At least the Fulham fans sitting in the Brighton parts of the Amex will be easy to spot - anyone (male or female) who looks like Hugh Grant.

Please get over yourself with this repeated suggestion about hordes of Fulham fans filling The Amex.

If there are more than 50 Fulham in amongst the 25,000 Albion fans then I'd be amazed - you'd certainly be doing well to "spot" them.

edna krabappel · Nov 26, 2014

Vegas Seagull said:
Come Mister tally man, tally me banana

Half time come an' me wan' go home :thumbsup:

sir albion · Nov 26, 2014

Southover Street Seagull said:
Technically we are not getting that amount though are we? It's all tickets sold now, which is very good as a figure on its own but it's not the actual people who turn up on the day. There is an argument now that if the mediocre season continues the optimistic, occasional fans who bought season tickets this season, won't bother next year and you may get a more accurate 'attendance' figure next season.

I've never been comfortable with the tickets sold figure being announced as attendance.

O.k then...Tell me which club has sold 28/30k tickets for a relegation clash?...Is that better?
Why should we disregard fans who haven't turned up and of whom pay £500 for a St ?

You need to get out more if this pisses you off as most clubs do it end of...get over it :annoyed:

Working class pride · Nov 26, 2014

sir albion said:
O.k then...Tell me which club has sold 28/30k tickets for a relegation clash?...Is that better?
Why should we disregard fans who haven't turned up and of whom pay £500 for a St ?

You need to get out more if this pisses you off as most clubs do it end of...get over it

Its wasting your breath. Some people just want to knock the club. Simster has an issue why Palace were getting similar but a little big bigger crowds in the lat 80's and early 90's. The fact that palace had Ian Wright playing for them, they finished 3rd in the top flight, and got to an FA Cup final might have had something to do with why more returned to palace than us, especially as we had a relegation to the 3rd division and our version of Ian Wright was er, Richard Tiltman and then Kevin Bremner! This says it all, and why the Albion can never win with some people. You will also see that none of the "never will fill Amex brigade" have yet to make the list of clubs who would get 30,000 for Fulham at home in a December championship relegation scrap. Why they are so negative about our support, I just don't know. The team I can understand but the support? Just doesnt make sense. Cheers for the sup[port of a few people but over and out on the subject from me. Was interesting to see Newcastle got 9000 for Oxford at home in this period. If that doesnt illustrate the point then nothing will.

golddene · Nov 26, 2014

Southover Street Seagull said:
I've never seen a list of clubs that do and clubs that don't. I don't disbelieve that many clubs announce these fake attendances now, but find it hard to believe it's every club.

It's shame we can't be different and actually announce who turns up on the day or announce both figures.

Sorry SSS but who gives a stuff about attendances anyway ? tickets sold is the only figure that matters, wether peeps can be bothered/otherwise indisposed is really immaterial, money taken is the only figure that counts absolutely NOTHING else, get over yourself.

bhanutz · Nov 26, 2014

Working class pride said:
Its wasting your breath. Some people just want to knock the club. Simster has an issue why Palace were getting similar but a little big bigger crowds in the lat 80's and early 90's. The fact that palace had Ian Wright playing for them, they finished 3rd in the top flight, and got to an FA Cup final might have had something to do with why more returned to palace than us, especially as we had a relegation to the 3rd division and our version of Ian Wright was er, Richard Tiltman and then Kevin Bremner! This says it all, and why the Albion can never win with some people. You will also see that none of the "never will fill Amex brigade" have yet to make the list of clubs who would get 30,000 for Fulham at home in a December championship relegation scrap. Why they are so negative about our support, I just don't know. The team I can understand but the support? Just doesnt make sense. Cheers for the sup[port of a few people but over and out on the subject from me. Was interesting to see Newcastle got 9000 for Oxford at home in this period. If that doesnt illustrate the point then nothing will.

I agree with everything you say except the game against Fulham is in November and not December

BrightonCottager · Nov 26, 2014

Moshe Gariani said:
Please get over yourself with this repeated suggestion about hordes of Fulham fans filling The Amex.

If there are more than 50 Fulham in amongst the 25,000 Albion fans then I'd be amazed - you'd certainly be doing well to "spot" them.

Err...the adjectives I've used in my posts to describe how many Fulham bought tickets in Brighton parts of the ground were 'some' and 'a few'. The ones I know did it because they live in Brighton and it looked like they wouldn't have got tickets through Fulham because of the club's allocation policy, not because they are at all interested in being involved in trouble.

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