Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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Attendances went down again (probably due to a season of midtable mediocrity, without the "excitement" of a relegation battle). 2013 will see attendances go back up.
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Attendances went down again (probably due to a season of midtable mediocrity, without the "excitement" of a relegation battle). 2013 will see attendances go back up.
Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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How is it untrue? What do you know that everyone else doesn't?
cjd
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It went down.......but a quite pointless statistic in reality, as it is known that the figures released by Crystal Palace bear little resemblance to the truth.
Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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The official attendances released by the club are the numbers I stated. These attendances are the number of people who bought tickets for the game.
I really don't care if a few hundred didn't turn up, it makes no odds to me - they've paid their money. Why does it matter so much to you?
cjd
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Because you amuse me.
Glenn-Murray
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cjd
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I,m not too worried about that. I don't come on here to play the 'village idiot'..........and in any case, I don't think I could ever attain your high standards.
philsussex
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Ok so it went down last season (but you chose to gloss over that fact). But this coming season it's definitely on the up. Because you said so. I see.
Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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No. This season it's definitely on the up because there are 2000 more ST holders.
What part of that is in any way difficult to understand?
Trigger Finger
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- Jul 18, 2011
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I see. Glad to see the old favourite attendance figures being wheeled out as some kind of barometer of success in a time when many clubs' attendances are falling. Stadium? Meh. It'll do, it's got a pitch in the middle. Playing squad? Time will tell. 'Fading' indeed.
Excuse me whilst I get into yours, and others' mindsets, by putting on my tin foil suit and screaming at coathangers dangling from the ceiling.
cjd
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That's a fair comment.
The part where you have only sold 9 or 10,000 when your average attendance was 15,000.
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They key part to the "2000 more ST holders", readers, is the "than this time last year".
Palace have put in place some early booking discounts, so in reality, all that's happening is that the same people as last year have booked STs, but they've simply paid up earlier than they did previously, in order to take advantage. I wouldn't mind betting that come the start of the season, they won't be 2,000 up, with the possible exception of a bunch of free under 10s tickets that won't get regularly used anyway.
These are not 2,000 brand new fans (JCLs?) that have decided to watch Palace all of a sudden.
Palace have put in place some early booking discounts, so in reality, all that's happening is that the same people as last year have booked STs, but they've simply paid up earlier than they did previously, in order to take advantage. I wouldn't mind betting that come the start of the season, they won't be 2,000 up, with the possible exception of a bunch of free under 10s tickets that won't get regularly used anyway.
These are not 2,000 brand new fans (JCLs?) that have decided to watch Palace all of a sudden.
Untrue Edna. Those tickets will be used for every evening game, by adults, to save buying a ticket. Fabulous business decision to allow that. Brilliant.
In fact I wouldn't mind betting that there are at least a small number of free U10 tickets that were signed up for, SOLELY with this in mind.
They would be returning fans, even if they weren't there last season, according to Palace fans anyway.
albion534
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Surprised shitehurst park isn't bursting with all these fans piling in
TheMajor
BHA>CPFC
More like a few thousand if the Bristol City debacle is any thing to judge by. As this was the only home league game where your Club let slip that below 10k attended when the official attendance was given as close to 12k.
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AMEXican Wave
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- Sep 21, 2010
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Exactly - according to them we have plastic premiership fans who don't really support us, but have nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon. On the other hand, their fans are returning hardcore who for reasons of work, family, the economy, hating Jordan etc have missed out for a season or 2.
They want it both ways.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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That is a fair point.
Clubs in the PL will be able to spend even more on transfers/wages to ensure they stay there, whilst those in the Championship will throw money they don't have with the aim of reaching the promised land.
IMO there will be more and more clubs 'chasing the dream' and more and more clubs entering administration, a 10 point penalty is simply not enough deterrent - automatic relegation should apply.
If BHA, with 22,000 STH and no mortgage/debt to repay on our ground, and losing out on players because of our wage structure, WTF are these other clubs paying?