attendance/tickets sold.

[ourbob]

Man city got a record attendance yesterday,empty seats everywhere!!
Should it be changed from attendance to tickets sold?

 

[Bladebri]

Man city got a record attendance yesterday,empty seats everywhere!!
Should it be changed from attendance to tickets sold?

Attendance to me means people who are actually there so it's count only bums on seats for me.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

Attendance to me means people who are actually there so it's count only bums on seats for me.

Ours would go down by about 2k if that was the case, there's no way we're getting what's been given as the official gate.

 

[Tyler Durden]

When Man City were shite, Maine Road used to be packed out.

Now they're winning trophies, no fucker turns up.

Man City fans = Misery hunters.

 

[Bladebri]

Ours would go down by about 2k if that was the case, there's no way we're getting what's been given as the official gate.

Probably, but man city will go in some record book for having a record crowd when in fact they haven't achieved that.

 

[vorpal blade]

of course 'attendance' should only count those who attend the match - otherwise its a lie.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I don't think it matters in our case. The crowds we draw in this league are higher than anyone else, no other team comes close.

Which in itself is a bit embarrassing. We're basically the football equivalent of the kid in school who gets held back a year because he's not very bright, and ends up being the tallest boy in the class because he still eats crayons.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Isn't the record low attendance for a league game 13? Stockport v someone, from memory.

But I think what happened was the game was played directly after another game, people stayed on the ground, but only 13 paid to watch the Stockport game, so there were probably, say, 30000 there but the attendance was 13.

Anyway, measuring paying punters and actual attendees are both useful.

If nothing else it's probably just easier to measure who's paid as that way you don't have to ring everyone up, ask if they went, and then establish whether they were telling the truth.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

I don't think it matters in our case. The crowds we draw in this league are higher than anyone else, no other team comes close.

Which in itself is a bit embarrassing. We're basically the football equivalent of the kid in school who gets held back a year because he's not very bright, and ends up being the tallest boy in the class because he still eats crayons.

He's tall because he eats crayons?

I think this overstates the nutritional benefits of crayon consumption.

 

[ourbob]

Isn't the record low attendance for a league game 13? Stockport v someone, from memory.

But I think what happened was the game was played directly after another game, people stayed on the ground, but only 13 paid to watch the Stockport game, so there were probably, say, 30000 there but the attendance was 13.

Anyway, measuring paying punters and actual attendees are both useful.

If nothing else it's probably just easier to measure who's paid as that way you don't have to ring everyone up, ask if they went, and then establish whether they were telling the truth.

A click of a button on a keyboard at the ground shows you how many people have gone through the turnstiles.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

He's tall because he eats crayons?

I think this overstates the nutritional benefits of crayon consumption.

I'm told the orange ones are packed with vitamin C. I'm not convinced though, as I still keep getting a lot of colds.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

A click of a button on a keyboard at the ground shows you how many people have gone through the turnstiles.

Hmm. Easier than I thought. What will they think of next?

 

[ourbob]

Hmm. Easier than I thought. What will they think of next?

What about how many seats left unsold?

We all know who would win that one don't we.

 

[stringjunior]

Man city got a record attendance yesterday,empty seats everywhere!!
Should it be changed from attendance to tickets sold?

Although Citeh extended their ground over the summer so maybe both facts are true.

 

[ourbob]

Although Citeh extended their ground over the summer so maybe both facts are true.

Attendance is how many turned up,not tickets sold,as in attending,you haven't attended!!

 

[bornablade]

Should do away with attendance figures and just disclose the Gate Receipts. Season ticket receipts would be divided into how ever many matches that ticket applied to.

Cinemas / Film Production companies will produce Box Office receipts not how many people went to see a film over a weekend.

Whether we like it or not football is a business and businesses operate and grow using financial statistics and not how many customers have been attracted.

 

[Silent Blade]

Isn't the record low attendance for a league game 13? Stockport v someone, from memory.

But I think what happened was the game was played directly after another game, people stayed on the ground, but only 13 paid to watch the Stockport game, so there were probably, say, 30000 there but the attendance was 13.

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13 people watched Stockport v Leicester City on 7 May 1921 in a Division Two game. Indeed, only 13 people officially paid to watch the game, which was played at Old Trafford because Stockport's ground was closed.

Stockport County were battling against relegation from Division 2 when they entertained Sheffield Wednesday at their Edgeley Park ground on Saturday April 2nd 1921. With County losing 0-1 referee Mason rejected a strong Stockport appeal for a penalty, a decision which was followed by serious crowd problems culminating in windows being broken in the ref's dressing room.

As a result the FA closed Edgeley Park for the final home match of the season. By then Stockport had been relegated and just 13 spectators paid to watch County play Leicester City at Old Trafford on Saturday 7th May 1921, the match kicking off at 6.30 after the same ground had hosted Manchester United v Derby County in the First Division in the afternoon. The paying attendance of 13 would be the lowest ever in the Football League but in reality many of the 10,000 fans who were at the earlier fixture stayed on to watch the second match for free. The actual attendance for the Stockport v Leicester match was estimated at between one and two thousand spectators (the match ended in a 0-0 draw).

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

13 people watched Stockport v Leicester City on 7 May 1921 in a Division Two game. Indeed, only 13 people officially paid to watch the game, which was played at Old Trafford because Stockport's ground was closed.

Stockport County were battling against relegation from Division 2 when they entertained Sheffield Wednesday at their Edgeley Park ground on Saturday April 2nd 1921. With County losing 0-1 referee Mason rejected a strong Stockport appeal for a penalty, a decision which was followed by serious crowd problems culminating in windows being broken in the ref's dressing room.

As a result the FA closed Edgeley Park for the final home match of the season. By then Stockport had been relegated and just 13 spectators paid to watch County play Leicester City at Old Trafford on Saturday 7th May 1921, the match kicking off at 6.30 after the same ground had hosted Manchester United v Derby County in the First Division in the afternoon. The paying attendance of 13 would be the lowest ever in the Football League but in reality many of the 10,000 fans who were at the earlier fixture stayed on to watch the second match for free. The actual attendance for the Stockport v Leicester match was estimated at between one and two thousand spectators (the match ended in a 0-0 draw).

Thanks for this. I'd known the outline of the story for ~40 years but not the details.

Wonder what the genuine lowest attendance people in the ground watching a League game is.

Will Google it in ~40 years time.

 

[blade too long]

prems lowest

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/3039---everton-wimbledon-shared-8516732

 

[blade too long]

The lowest attendance in Football League history recorded 469 fans at a Division Three South game with Luton on 6 December 1930. The match was played at the old West Ham Stadium, which had room for 100,000 people.
the stockport one can be discounted as it was part of a package

the world record professional gate is 4
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/fail...four-fans-allowed-into-millionarios-game.html

 

[vorpal blade]

but this wasn't Wet Sham v Luton was it?

 

[Silent Blade]

Clydebank had low attendances in 1999/2000

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/..._results_in_just_29_tickets_sold_for_cup_tie/