Honey Honey Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 A freedom of information request by BBC Sport has exposed the fake attendance figures given by West Ham, Man City and Southampton last season. The main reason is that clubs have been counting season ticket holders and corporates who can't be arsed to actually go to games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Not a shock that clubs like West Ham and City will do anything to inflate the figures to seem more popular than they actually are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 16 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Not a shock that clubs like West Ham and City will do anything to inflate the figures to seem more popular than they actually are... Ermm, Chelsea clearly are too. Not a surprise. Not a big club and never will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 19 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Not a shock that clubs like West Ham and City will do anything to inflate the figures to seem more popular than they actually are... Chelsea doesn't come out of this looking much good either to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Interesting. 10+ years ago when we were in The Championship I remember the big talk being of attendances being revealed as lower than they were for tax purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 OMG I thought only Arsenal do this... Maybe in the future there will be better reporting on season ticket prices to show that Arsenal's prices work out as being in line with Tottenham's & Chelsea's per game rather than the usual spreading of bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 3% under 55,000 some weeks, 100% full other weeks ..not bad is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, Happy Blue said: 3% under 55,000 some weeks, 100% full other weeks ..not bad is it Pretty shit for the Champions of England to be fair. With that team and that football, should be a sell out every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 49 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said: Pretty shit for the Champions of England to be fair. With that team and that football, should be a sell out every week. You cunts are still stealing the full asian market and half the fairtweather fan market from them to be fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Just now, Devil-Dick Willie said: You cunts are still stealing the full asian market and half the fairtweather fan market from them to be fair Well we are the prominent place for dire football. They must love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Happy Blue said: 3% under 55,000 some weeks, 100% full other weeks ..not bad is it You are just too happy. 7500 empty seats that are reserved or taken and no one turns up, I'd be fuming at my club's hierarchy if that was happening. They're obviously dishing tickets out to corporates that can't even shift them. Give them to school kids for free or something or do what Sunderland did and sell them for a fiver to people on benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, Harvsky said: You are just too happy. 7500 empty seats that are reserved or taken and no one turns up, I'd be fuming at my club's hierarchy if that was happening. They're obviously dishing tickets out to corporates that can't even shift them. Give them to school kids for free or something or do what Sunderland did and sell them for a fiver to people on benefits. People mock these initiatives but they are really good, top level football is far too expensive and often prices out the actual community surrounding the ground. At least we know the real reason abramovich put the stadium on hold now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Prices are totally out of context in relation to the demographics. But in truth clubs (certain clubs and all clubs if they could) are aiming for a whole different type of fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Happy Blue said: 3% under 55,000 some weeks, 100% full other weeks ..not bad is it Your stadium always has loads of empty seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Always thought attendance figures were on tickets sold not bodies in the seats. I believe that is how they come up with attendance in North American sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Complete non story and a waste of time. Someone actually tried to make this a news story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, ScoRoss said: Complete non story and a waste of time. Someone actually tried to make this a news story The publication of attendances by clubs are Infact very important mate. There are all sorts of angles where they're very important but the most interesting one is that clubs manufacture (in cases such as these) a false sense of status in regards to support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNA Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Does anything that isn't negative come out of West Ham these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 16 hours ago, DeadLinesman said: Pretty shit for the Champions of England to be fair. With that team and that football, should be a sell out every week. If the tickets are sold, what can you do if they don't show up for the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 15 hours ago, Harvsky said: You are just too happy. 7500 empty seats that are reserved or taken and no one turns up, I'd be fuming at my club's hierarchy if that was happening. They're obviously dishing tickets out to corporates that can't even shift them. Give them to school kids for free or something or do what Sunderland did and sell them for a fiver to people on benefits. We should be more selective who we sell tickets too to be fair, we should have some sort of rule that if you miss x amount of games, you can't get a season ticket the year after or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 11 hours ago, Gunnersauraus said: Your stadium always has loads of empty seats No, every other week we have fancy dress blue seat day, have you never heard about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 6 hours ago, SirBalon said: The publication of attendances by clubs are Infact very important mate. There are all sorts of angles where they're very important but the most interesting one is that clubs manufacture (in cases such as these) a false sense of status in regards to support. 'Very important' Literally the only people that care are people on the internet that use them in arguments about how 'big' a club is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Happy Blue said: If the tickets are sold, what can you do if they don't show up for the game? Sold? Or bought by the owners to inflate your finances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Blue Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, DeadLinesman said: Sold? Or bought by the owners to inflate your finances Cash in the till, that's all that matters ..could be anything mate, company's? plastics? etc ..it's funny how they all show up for the big games though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Good job figures weren’t released for arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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