19,000 plus.. Really?

[Grappler]

There wasn't. Believe me.

15-16000 at a push. Kop fairly full in the middle. SS not bad. BLUT full in the middle and the JSS very patchy.

pommpey

Good to see you today looking all grown up with that beard!

 

[blade67]

I think that season ticket holders might be counted, even if they don't turn up. Not sure if anyone has ever mentioned this before though.

 

[Silent Blade]

In the 1990s our official attendance figures seemed lower than it looked. I think it was John Thuram who found out after an investigation that we had a few dodgy turnstile operators and he put a stop to them (in 1999 or 2000)

 

[Rudders]

I was speaking to McCabe's taxi driver who said last week to my Uncle's best mate's colleague that they had come up with a brilliant tax dodge to count season ticket holders even if they don't attend and that he had saved enough to build another office block at Thorpe Park which showed grit.

 

[Harry's Game]

Can I ask something?

If you have a season ticket, you know for every game, and if for some reason you aren't able to attend a game, so you're not there..

Then does that mean that the club counts it as you being there,...

..even if you're not?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I'm right 78% of the time.

Its the 22% of your time you spend on here that's.....

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Can I ask something?

If you have a season ticket, you know for every game, and if for some reason you aren't able to attend a game, so you're not there..

Then does that mean that the club counts it as you being there,...

..even if you're not?

do it with Hammond, why not with the fans?

 

[MobileBlade]

Can I ask something?

If you have a season ticket, you know for every game, and if for some reason you aren't able to attend a game, so you're not there..

Then does that mean that the club counts it as you being there,...

..even if you're not?

Thats a good question. BUMP. Wonder if anyone knows.

 

[zablade]

Can I ask something?

If you have a season ticket, you know for every game, and if for some reason you aren't able to attend a game, so you're not there..

Then does that mean that the club counts it as you being there,...

..even if you're not?

Baldrick, are you asking how did the war start?

 

[Harry's Game]

Baldrick, are you asking how did the war start?

... Yes.

 

[BushBlade]

Can I ask something?

If you have a season ticket, you know for every game, and if for some reason you aren't able to attend a game, so you're not there..

Then does that mean that the club counts it as you being there,...

..even if you're not?

Schroedinger's Cat.

 

[Cheets]

Was it in the Bladerunners book where Andy Daykin, when asked if the attendance was massaged downwards in the 80s and 90s, replied "I might have come in towards the end of that"? He went on to say that the trend had changed to massaging them upwards to make a more attractive proposition to advertisers/sponsors.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Kop Watch - Not much change

Vs Burton

Vs Oldham

Vs Warsaw

I count 42 less than Burton in today's crowd, though one might be a fly so make it 43.

 

[stringjunior]

But are season tickets counted even if they don't attend?

I'm not sure it's been mentioned

 

[Barney]

You do know that season ticket holders are counted, don't you?

Even if they don't attend.

 

[Houston_Blade]

You do know that season ticket holders are counted, don't you?

Even if they don't attend.

I feel that someone should have mentioned this before now.

 

[Cheets]

Will they have included Michael Palin in the attendance figure?

 

[Barney]

I feel that someone should have mentioned this before now.

I wasn't sure if anyone had mentioned it so I thought I would clear it up any way.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I wasn't sure if anyone had mentioned it so I thought I would clear it up any way.

Question on your ST, do they count you and the bloke who you sold it to double? Maybe they only now count it at the % of a person that you managed to sell it on at? If so imagine the potential for misquoting the numbers here. At a popular club like ours where ST's are sought after commodities this must happen A LOT.

 

[1973Blade]

My friend, who isn't a season ticket holder, briefly thought about going to the game but decided not to. Is he included in the attendance?

 

[Golden Gordon]

Me and my son didn't use our season tickets on the kop today, we were given free tickets for the south stand so went on there. Will we have been counted twice do you think?

 

[Trigger Blade]

Me and my son didn't use our season tickets on the kop today, we were given free tickets for the south stand so went on there. Will we have been counted twice do you think?

That depends on whether ST holders are counted, regardless of attendance and I don't know whether they are (or whether they aren't).

 

[Ecco1889]

In the 1990s our official attendance figures seemed lower than it looked. I think it was John Thuram who found out after an investigation that we had a few dodgy turnstile operators and he put a stop to them (in 1999 or 2000)

Hey,I'm an ex turnstile operator from 99-00 and I resent that,do you know how tough it is living in my st tropez villa?

 

[I should coco]

Will they have included Michael Palin in the attendance figure?

I believe Joe Root is a big Blade but has something in India today?

Would he have been counted?

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Can someone tell me again season ticket holders count even if they don't attend?

 

[singaporeblade]

Hi all
I haven't commented for a while but I had a season ticket LAST season but didn't use it at all as I had a new contract come up.
Do you think my ticket from last season would have counted for all last season and do you think it counts for this season too?
if it doesn't I feel I have wasted my money.

 

[shorehamview]

Crowd numbers used to be wildly understated when Paul Woolhouse was involved. Apparently he used to take a briefcase full of cash from the turnstiles home with him after every home match. He's rumoured to have had £6,400 from the Wembley semi in '93 alone.

 

[bladesmanluke]

The club have said time and time again they don't count season ticket holders who are not in attendance as that would be illegal, but clearly they're lying. What a surprise

 

[Worksop II]

The posh seats seem to have thrown the towel in for this Season

 

[1973Blade]

The most ridiculous attendance I've known was when we played Port Vale at home in our Division Three prime season in 1989. It was pre Hillsborough and the Kop was absolutely jam packed. The attendance was given at less than 19,000.