Hillsborough Attendance

[I should coco]

BTW.. they didn't sell out today..empty seats at the kick off all over the ground..

Fake news!
At least 60k in there today, and if Wilder hadn't been such a classless scumbag and allowed us to fluke a win, there would have been 70k there.

Possibly more.

Probably more.

Definitely more, plus the tens of thousands locked out at QPR.

 

[S64 Blade]

Is there any reason why Wednesday fans didn't make any noise whatsoever today? One of the worst home atmospheres I can remember for a Sheffield derby.

It was shocking. Tbf it is usually decent there, but I was so surprised how quiet they were.

 

[Melbourne Blade]

I was actually shocked at how fucking awful their ground is these days. It's in a terrible state. Empty rusty corners and complete lack of uplift investment in what, 20 years? And don't get me started on the pitch.

To say it used to host FA Cup semi finals 25 years ago it's a sad state of affairs.

As wilder said in his post match, we have a better ground. They may beat us on capacity but it's an absolute shit hole.

 

[Blade58]

Didn’t see much bouncing yesterday

Then again, I only saw them bouncing for 90 seconds when we put 4 past them not too long ago

 

[S64 Blade]

Not sure where to post this, so I’ll do it here. But the match day experience there is absolutely horrific.

As usual, the police made a balls up with the trams. Stuck near Hillsborough barracks for ten minutes plus, on a packed tram. Eventually someone pulls the emergency lever and everyone piles off. All the police disappear. Head towards Hillsborough corner and see hundreds of pig fans blocking the route - why, knowing that trams would be coming, do the police never clear this now? It was never an issue years ago. The pigs get a nice escort to the lane, we just get dumped off.

Anyway, we swerved that and walked around towards Penistone Road and through the park. Utter chaos again. The police created a small escort, which we avoided, of Blades who were just acting as sitting ducks really for shit being thrown at them.

After the game, the same nonchalant approach to policing exiting the away end. Again, I don’t remember it being as bad. Tried to get the tram - no chance getting close, so ended up getting a taxi which took about 40 minutes to town.

I’m really glad we’re in town and you can just walk it anywhere afterwards. It’s horrible down there, not just for the football, but it was as a shit show when it was the Arctic Monkeys and getting in/out of the dump.

 

[Balham]

Had an Owls supporting colleague asking why we didn't sell out and was then sent a picture of the away end upper tier with two large blocks of seats virtualy unoccupied. Was this the case from anyone there and if so does anyone know why?

They played silly fuckers and limited out ticket numbers to match what we can give them at the Lane. The lower tier at the Lane holds 2,700 tickets and that's what they gave us out of the 3,700 overall capacity of that deathtrap stand.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Don’t they normally give both tiers to away fans?

They always give both tiers to away fans, around 4000 tickets
But as our away end is smaller with a 2.7K capacity……Chansiri is childlike and wants to do a tit for tat arrangement and only offer us the 2.5K in the upper tier.

Then the problem is SAG become involves.
In the PL, SAG were happy for away fans to be given 2,860 tickets,
However in the Championship insist on the front row not being sold, so away teams receive 2,725 tickets.
However for the Derby at the Lane SAG insisted the front 2 rows were blocked off, so SW were only given 2,420 seats.

At Hillsboro away fans have been given 2,500 in the Leppings Lane upper tier
But SAG restricted it further for our visit down to just over 2,200.

 

[CrookesBlade]

Not sure where to post this, so I’ll do it here. But the match day experience there is absolutely horrific.

As usual, the police made a balls up with the trams. Stuck near Hillsborough barracks for ten minutes plus, on a packed tram. Eventually someone pulls the emergency lever and everyone piles off. All the police disappear. Head towards Hillsborough corner and see hundreds of pig fans blocking the route - why, knowing that trams would be coming, do the police never clear this now? It was never an issue years ago. The pigs get a nice escort to the lane, we just get dumped off.

Anyway, we swerved that and walked around towards Penistone Road and through the park. Utter chaos again. The police created a small escort, which we avoided, of Blades who were just acting as sitting ducks really for shit being thrown at them.

After the game, the same nonchalant approach to policing exiting the away end. Again, I don’t remember it being as bad. Tried to get the tram - no chance getting close, so ended up getting a taxi which took about 40 minutes to town.

I’m really glad we’re in town and you can just walk it anywhere afterwards. It’s horrible down there, not just for the football, but it was as a shit show when it was the Arctic Monkeys and getting in/out of the dump.

We went in the Ball @ Crookes for a couple and had a walk down so was easy enough. Swore I’d never use the tram for a Derby game after the 2-4. Could see a big line of coppers on Hillsborough corner, just took the side streets and swerved all that.

No real aggro til we got just outside Leppings lane. Plenty of nobheads jumping up and down giving it the big un from behind a metal barrier they could very have easily have walked around if they really wanted to have a go.

Outside afterwards a few big groups of pigs stood outside the chippy on Leppings lane giving it the usual…one Blade shouts at them “if you’re gonna do something then fucking get on with it”.

Suffice to say nobody did and had a steady walk back through the park trying and up the hill to the Raven. Few pigs in there talking about how they needed West Brom to lose a few now….let it go lads, that’s your season done.

 

[Greystones Blade]

Not directly linked to this thread … but it’ll be interesting to see what the attendance figures are for the Wendy v Middlesborough match last night 22 October 2025. The ground looked nearly empty on TV. So will the official attendance be the true attendance or will the figure add in the season ticket holders who’ve paid but didn’t attend. 20,000 + or around 7,000?

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Not directly linked to this thread … but it’ll be interesting to see what the attendance figures are for the Wendy v Middlesborough match last night 22 October 2025. The ground looked nearly empty on TV. So will the official attendance be the true attendance or will the figure add in the season ticket holders who’ve paid but didn’t attend. 20,000 + or around 7,000?

The official attendance was given as 7,081. In fairness (and I rarely praise Wednesday fans) that is some boycott.

 

[relish]

The official attendance was given as 7,081. In fairness (and I rarely praise Wednesday fans) that is some boycott.

Especially if that includes the 3,700 Boro fans (which I assume it does).

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Especially if that includes the 3,700 Boro fans (which I assume it does).

It does yes, more away fans that home.

 

[Sheffsteel]

The official attendance was given as 7,081. In fairness (and I rarely praise Wednesday fans) that is some boycott.

That can’t be the official attendance…..think that was just the number of attendees.

Wednesday copy what all the other clubs do…..by giving tickets sold not the number of attendees.
So that’s 17K season ticket holders + 3.6K away fans + tickets bought in advance…means the official attendance must be over 20K.

I reckon the official attendance will be around 21K.

Also let’s be honest here…it’s so much easier to boycott a match when you’re team is bottom of the playing against almost top of the league.
Everyone expected a thrashing on a cold night which was being shown on TV….it’s so enticing to stay at home.
Only losing 0-1 is a good result…..they have been a lot more competitive that us when we were last in the PL.

 

[N20 Blade]

That can’t be the official attendance…..think that was just the number of attendees.

Wednesday copy what all the other clubs do…..by giving tickets sold not the number of attendees.
So that’s 17K season ticket holders + 3.6K away fans + tickets bought in advance…means the official attendance must be over 20K.

I reckon the official attendance will be around 21K.

Also let’s be honest here…it’s so much easier to boycott a match when you’re team is bottom of the playing against almost top of the league.
Everyone expected a thrashing on a cold night which was being shown on TV….it’s so enticing to stay at home.
Only losing 0-1 is a good result…..they have been a lot more competitive that us when we were last in the PL.

I was reading PorkTalk yesterday. There is understandably division amongst them about this. For example, that the boycott should apply to away games too, as Chansiri will get a small cut of the proceeds (e.g. about £8k from Charlton, plus they have 14 days to transfer the remainder of cash taken back to the other club).

Ironically, the main reason for fans still attending away games, is that they don't want to lose their loyalty point privileges, and the Pigs Trust have made no attempt to challenge this (due to the fact their members have a vested interest too).

Tbf fair to them, there is a lot of soul-searching and angst, regarding this, the irony to me, as an outsider, I just don't think Chansiri cares one way or another. One Pig fan, who is quite well-informed, says that culturally, he would prefer to have this situation continue than be seen to sell for less than he wants. If that is true, this could continue for quite some time.

Let's hope it does.

 

[jimmymuir]

Only took them over five years to organise a mass boycott, well done Piggies. As for next month, I'll be making sure I empty my wallet at the concourse to help Chansiri through these tough times.

 

[s20Blade]

Only took them over five years to organise a mass boycott, well done Piggies. As for next month, I'll be making sure I empty my wallet at the concourse to help Chansiri through these tough times.

Hopefully he's kind enough to give us a nice allocation

 

[CPsufc]

Are they going to boycott the derby though?

 

[Badger Blade]

Are they going to boycott the derby though?

If they had anything about them and were serious about what they were doing then they should.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Attendance on BBC Sport is 21k.
Clearly it must have been actually about 7k.
You can't fault the attitude of the players and coaching staff in what must be incredibly difficult circumstances. Boro should have been out of sight by half time but Wednesday were still very much in the game.
It will be interesting to see if they boycott the game with us, given that it will undoubtedly be shown live on TV.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

That can’t be the official attendance…..think that was just the number of attendees.

Wednesday copy what all the other clubs do…..by giving tickets sold not the number of attendees.
So that’s 17K season ticket holders + 3.6K away fans + tickets bought in advance…means the official attendance must be over 20K.

I reckon the official attendance will be around 21K.

Also let’s be honest here…it’s so much easier to boycott a match when you’re team is bottom of the playing against almost top of the league.
Everyone expected a thrashing on a cold night which was being shown on TV….it’s so enticing to stay at home.
Only losing 0-1 is a good result…..they have been a lot more competitive that us when we were last in the PL.

Not sure I got it from here.

Sheffield Wednesday - Schedule 25/26

This page contains an complete overview of all already played and fixtured season games and the season tally of the club Sheff Wed in the season 25/26.

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

 

[Stanthemanfan]

Attendance on BBC Sport is 21k.
Clearly it must have been actually about 7k.
You can't fault the attitude of the players and coaching staff in what must be incredibly difficult circumstances. Boro should have been out of sight by half time but Wednesday were still very much in the game.
It will be interesting to see if they boycott the game with us, given that it will undoubtedly be shown live on TV.

It is, it's actually on itv 1 so no excuse for em not to boycott

 

[Barney Rubble]

I was reading PorkTalk yesterday. There is understandably division amongst them about this. For example, that the boycott should apply to away games too, as Chansiri will get a small cut of the proceeds (e.g. about £8k from Charlton, plus they have 14 days to transfer the remainder of cash taken back to the other club).

Ironically, the main reason for fans still attending away games, is that they don't want to lose their loyalty point privileges, and the Pigs Trust have made no attempt to challenge this (due to the fact their members have a vested interest too).

Tbf fair to them, there is a lot of soul-searching and angst, regarding this, the irony to me, as an outsider, I just don't think Chansiri cares one way or another. One Pig fan, who is quite well-informed, says that culturally, he would prefer to have this situation continue than be seen to sell for less than he wants. If that is true, this could continue for quite some time.

Let's hope it does.

What Chansiri could do is scrap the current loyalty points system and sell away tickets only to those who buy his early bird release of next year's season tickets, under a new points system.

 

[kingy1889]

Had a quick nosey on their forum and they are talking about a mass pitch invasion to try and get the derby called off. I am paying to sit on their South stand and plan to put a fair few quid over them kiosks. Poor Channers needs his £££££££

 

[VictoryBlade]

Attendance on BBC Sport is 21k.
Clearly it must have been actually about 7k.
You can't fault the attitude of the players and coaching staff in what must be incredibly difficult circumstances. Boro should have been out of sight by half time but Wednesday were still very much in the game.
It will be interesting to see if they boycott the game with us, given that it will undoubtedly be shown live on TV.

Typical of the BBC completely out of touch, for example why would they count people NOT in attendance. Therefore the official attendance is just over 7k. BBC propaganda for the masses!!!!!!!!

 

[S64 Blade]

Had a quick nosey on their forum and they are talking about a mass pitch invasion to try and get the derby called off. I am paying to sit on their South stand and plan to put a fair few quid over them kiosks. Poor Channers needs his £££££££

Not arsed if they do tbf, it’d mean an automatic win for us wouldn’t it?

 

[kingy1889]

If they did invade the pitch, I just want the players to get off ASAP and avoid any nastiness.

Ideally, let us have all the tickets. £20 a pop. There you go Chansiri. Go buy some new elephants for your porch.

 

[Selly]

Ironically, the main reason for fans still attending away games, is that they don't want to lose their loyalty point privileges,

As ever, their principles only stretch precisely as far as it takes to actually start impacting them, and no further*.

I'd have far more respect for the boycott if they didn't let those pesky personal impacts get in the way.

*I should say, this is not just a SWFC (1990) supporter thing - many people are willing to protest/take a stand until it actually starts impacting them.

 

[jimmymuir]

Hopefully he's kind enough to give us a nice allocation

Top and bottom tier at a bare minimum.

 

[Snowflake]

Is their main stand still close for safety reasons ?

 

[NewyorkBlade]