JBFC II Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: 7,202 x 3 = 21,606 We get treble their average with 447 to spare. For absolute fairness though we should probably take a look at what our average was in the last season that we were in a similar position to where they currently are. The last time we were high up in L1 was obviously the season we won it - 2014/15. Looking around at a few sources, including those already used it looks as though we averaged 12,056 at home in the league over the whole season. Highest attendance was over 13,700 for Yeovil on Boxing Day. There's an argument that we could have had a higher gate as at the start of that season the Wedlock was demolished - although our max capacity was still around 16,000 at that stage so realistically this probably didn't have a huge affect on our attendances. I’m pretty certain our capacity was around 13.5k that season? Add in to that the fact only Swindon and Yeovil sold out the away end iirc we definitely sold out most home games that season 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rich said: But that was only by 22 and that was including the players of both teams. And the ref and officials.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, JBFC II said: I’m pretty certain our capacity was around 13.5k that season? Add in to that the fact only Swindon and Yeovil sold out the away end iirc we definitely sold out most home games that season You may well be right - just looked up the official match report and from the highlights it shows the end sections of the Dolman, and presumably the Williams netted off. I remembered those stands as being unaffected until later in the rebuild. https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/report-bristol-city-2-1-yeovil-town/ Anyway, the point is that even with 3/4 of a stadium we averaged 50% more than that lot are currently managing...although tbf even 3/4 of a stadium is a vast improvement on 4 tents and a gazebo. Edited October 18, 2019 by ExiledAjax 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, JBFC II said: I’m pretty certain our capacity was around 13.5k that season? Add in to that the fact only Swindon and Yeovil sold out the away end iirc we definitely sold out most home games that season Correct. The following campaign we spent most of the season in and around the bottom 3 only ensuring our survival in the Championship with 2 games to spare. That season we officially had the most ‘full’ stadium, on average, outside of the Premier League. The capacity was reduced to around the 15k mark but considering Rovers barely get above 7k Gasheads at home when they’re doing well it’s clear that City fans are far more loyal to our club, even when we’re in a relegation battle for an entire season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 25 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: There's an argument that we could have had a higher gate as at the start of that season the Wedlock was demolished - although our max capacity was still around 16,000 at that stage so realistically this probably didn't have a huge affect on our attendances. We didn’t have a 16000 capacity that season. The capacity of the Dolman was reduced throughout the season and we even lost the lower tier of the stand by January. As JBFCII correctly points out, we sold out the home tickets for most of our games that season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: We didn’t have a 16000 capacity that season. The capacity of the Dolman was reduced throughout the season and we even lost the lower tier of the stand by January. As JBFCII correctly points out, we sold out the home tickets for most of our games that season. Yep, I forgot about the other stands being affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 16 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Correct. The following campaign we spent most of the season in and around the bottom 3 only ensuring our survival in the Championship with 2 games to spare. That season we officially had the most ‘full’ stadium, on average, outside of the Premier League. The capacity was reduced to around the 15k mark but considering Rovers barely get above 7k Gasheads at home when they’re doing well it’s clear that City fans are far more loyal to our club, even when we’re in a relegation battle for an entire season. Let’s not forget when we were bottom of league one, playing awful football under SOD our attendances still didn’t drop under the 10k mark.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Doncaster United for them tomorrow isn`t it? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 5 hours ago, archie andrews said: our average this season over 22000 theres say 8000...…leaves 14000 don't it? Surely you have failed to use the "Bristol Rovers Play Off attendance calculator". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Last time they actually averaged a more than 10K attendance was in 1976. http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/brir.htm Ahh, that would account for the nostalgic and general hoboness of their rank ugly and pitiful fan base then. Shell suits, tank tops and flares, all very 1970's. As out of date as their stale crisps, Frankie Prince poster and Chasers night club canopy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 They must be gutted that their favourite Rugby team lost to Bristol tonight. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 15ers get their customary penalty - but "hotshot" Nichols misses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 7,659 (563 away). The motorway system just isn't big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said: 7,659 (563 away). The motorway system just isn't big enough. No problem when they fill the fruit market with 25k loyal and blue then. And remember that their attendance is 20% larger if it is calculated using the fingers and toes method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 They think they were cheated. Doncaster had 11 players on the field for the entire game. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 19 hours ago, The Gasbuster said: 15ers get their customary penalty - but "hotshot" Nichols misses They would have probably traded that pen for the customary sending off,as it happened . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 19 hours ago, The Gasbuster said: 15ers get their customary penalty - but "hotshot" Nichols misses They actually mentioned his illustrious goalscoring record on Quest. 3 in 82 I think it was. I can`t wait till they give him away to a league 1 rival and he starts banging them in for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 I see the Bears had 26,399 for the game against Bath. So the two best supported teams in Bristol play at Ashton Gate. Didn't the egg chasers average 16,000 last season ? If the women's team continue to improve on their attendances that would make the Chernobyl residents Bristol 4th team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 I might listen in to them Tuesday night and help will Bolton to their first win of the season. oh,if only it can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 15 hours ago, redsquirrel said: I might listen in to them Tuesday night and help will Bolton to their first win of the season. oh,if only it can happen. Bolton need to get winning pretty damn quickly to have any chance of staying up. They are currently seven wins from exiting the relegation spots. That's a helluva ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 21 hours ago, fatchers said: If the women's team continue to improve on their attendances that would make the Chernobyl residents Bristol 4th team. The City Women's team overtaking the fewers on average attendance would almost be worth them not going out of business for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portred Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 The blue few I work with are some how trying to sit on their high horse this morning congratulating Ashton Gate for the biggest attendance for a sporting event, thinking somehow that it’ll piss us off, then stating it couldn’t be city tho as we were all in Luton being racist. This from a club who evicted Bristol rugby from their spiritual home and certainly have their fair share of bigots. They also claimed they’d get four times their attendance had they a bigger ground. We both lost on Saturday, we’re pissed off, they’re happy cus the rugby generated a bigger crowd than the football. *****. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Portred said: The blue few I work with are some how trying to sit on their high horse this morning congratulating Ashton Gate for the biggest attendance for a sporting event, thinking somehow that it’ll piss us off, then stating it couldn’t be city tho as we were all in Luton being racist. This from a club who evicted Bristol rugby from their spiritual home and certainly have their fair share of bigots. They also claimed they’d get four times their attendance had they a bigger ground. We both lost on Saturday, we’re pissed off, they’re happy cus the rugby generated a bigger crowd than the football. *****. You could remind them it wasn’t the biggest attendance for a sporting event at Ashton Gate - I was in a crowd of nearly 39,000 when we played Liverpool at home in the late seventies ... and that still wasn’t our record crowd ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Portred said: The blue few I work with are some how trying to sit on their high horse this morning congratulating Ashton Gate for the biggest attendance for a sporting event, thinking somehow that it’ll piss us off, then stating it couldn’t be city tho as we were all in Luton being racist. This from a club who evicted Bristol rugby from their spiritual home and certainly have their fair share of bigots. They also claimed they’d get four times their attendance had they a bigger ground. We both lost on Saturday, we’re pissed off, they’re happy cus the rugby generated a bigger crowd than the football. *****. A club that hasn’t averaged 10k in the last 40 odd years would suddenly average 28k in a bigger ground even though they can’t fill their current tented structure. Gaslogic at its very finest... Edited October 21, 2019 by Numero Uno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 New investment possibility? Must be a closet gas head, or a weirdo, or both? https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/man-wants-leave-20k-bristol-3448814 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, myol'man said: New investment possibility? Must be a closet gas head, or a weirdo, or both? https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/man-wants-leave-20k-bristol-3448814 I'm Laura!.. I'm Laura!! https://youtu.be/4SYc_flMnMQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: I'm Laura!.. I'm Laura!! https://youtu.be/4SYc_flMnMQ I’m Laura and so’s my wife . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 19/10/2019 at 22:49, Rudolf Hucker said: 7,659 (563 away). The motorway system just isn't big enough. Are you sure you haven't missed a 2 off the front of the 563, do you think the "we will take loads coz that's what we do" statement might not be true 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, weepywall said: Are you sure you haven't missed a 2 off the front of the 563, do you think the "we will take loads coz that's what we do" statement might not be true What Gasheads really should say is...”we take around 400-500 to most away matches, which is definitely nothing to boast about but that won’t stop us because inside our over inflated balloon heads that’s a ‘massive’ amount, unless da shit take the same number somewhere up North, then we call it embarrassing...it’s what we do...” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 They've drawn Bromley at home. My guess is they will be boycotting the FA Cup (at least for that fixture). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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