Nongazeuse Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Including last night against Birmingham, that makes the 11th City Home league match in row with an attendance of over 20,000 (or 13th in a row if you include the two Manc games). There were also, prior to December, another three league games plus one (Palace) cup in excess of 20,000 crowd. That is really impressive and fair play to everyone involved. This augers well for the long term future - you can't even say that the team performances encouraged the floaters after mid January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Although there wasn't really 20k there last night.. I reckon about 18k tops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Dave Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Official attendance maybe, but there was nowhere 20,000 there last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Felt like 18,000 or thereabouts yesterday. Maybe less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Yes, we know all that (nobody's attendance is what is published ) we can only go by what is published ad it is quite a turnaround. I guess , given a good result on Saturday we will have "bumper" crowds for our last two . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Fans are tremendous at our club . At times the club and team are undeserving of support like ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Thought the atmosphere was great last night, especially from S82. Didn’t look like 20k there though, a lot of empty seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Tomarse said: Although there wasn't really 20k there last night.. I reckon about 18k tops! Good point. My boys and I couldn’t make it. wonder if we were stil counted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohbasso Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, 054123 said: Good point. My boys and I couldn’t make it. wonder if we were stil counted? Yeah you would’ve been, the attendance is the amount of tickets sold for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, Ohbasso said: Yeah you would’ve been, the attendance is the amount of tickets sold for the game. No it's not. They are 2 different things. The attendance is by definition the number of people who have attended. However, the club makes a declaration of the number of tickets sold but describes it as the attendance when it's not. Idiotic if you ask me. They should declare both. Would be hilarious hearing Arsenal's recent attendances vs the number of tickets sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Based on what we've seen this year, the deviation tends to be between 2-3k on announced figures and official figures, at AG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Looked nearer 16k actually present to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Nongazeuse said: Including last night against Birmingham, that makes the 11th City Home league match in row with an attendance of over 20,000 (or 13th in a row if you include the two Manc games). There were also, prior to December, another three league games plus one (Palace) cup in excess of 20,000 crowd. That is really impressive and fair play to everyone involved. This augers well for the long term future - you can't even say that the team performances encouraged the floaters after mid January. encouraged the floaters, is that your way of saying we've been sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Fantastic effort. Shows how far we've come in a realtively short period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, Red Army Faction said: Fantastic effort. Shows how far we've come in a realtively short period. Yup hopefully after a sustained period in this league of decent finishes will push it even higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Red Army Faction said: Fantastic effort. Shows how far we've come in a realtively short period. The support has always been there, any match worth anything in the last 30 years will show that. The problem is we've had too many matches that weren't really worth anything at all in that time. Top end of the championship (and a ground big enough) and they will come. Make it to the PL and Ashton Gate will be bursting at the seams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: Looked nearer 16k actually present to me. And me. I think several of the 20k Championship attendances are somehow inflated. I did hear that all SC holders are included even if they don't attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Robbored said: And me. I think several of the 20k Championship attendances are somehow inflated. I did hear that all SC holders are included even if they don't attend. really? I've NEVER heard that and it's never been discussed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said: The support has always been there, any match worth anything in the last 30 years will show that. The problem is we've had too many matches that weren't really worth anything at all in that time. Top end of the championship (and a ground big enough) and they will come. Make it to the PL and Ashton Gate will be bursting at the seams. The fact it's growth in season ticket sale and lots of young supporters is great too. (Leaving aside the screw up on the prices for a moment). Onceyou get the bug, it's difficult to find the cure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: Looked nearer 16k actually present to me. Agreed, a bit less than 16k imo, and that's including the 1.4k Brummies of course. Couldn't see the Upper Dolman (behind me) but apart from the reasonably full block by S82 I can't remember seeing so many empty seats in the SS , and swathes of empty seats in the Lansdown too. Loads of regulars around me missing in the LD, including half the row behind me.. Good atmosphere from the City fans who did turn up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 8 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: really? I've NEVER heard that and it's never been discussed ! That's a weak attempt at sarcasm Slart..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 I really don't like this business of announcing the attendance ( by definition that means the number of people present at a particular place or event) as the number of tickets sold whether the purchasers actually turned up or not I want to know how many people were actually in the ground to watch the game, what the 'gate' was. For me, from a child, part of the fascination of studying the football results in the Sunday paper, and scrutinising the tables etc. always used to include checking the crowd at every fixture in the League to see which clubs' gates were increasing week by week or otherwise. How a few bad results, it being a local derby, or a new signing could have quite a dramatic effect one way or another.. I found it fascinating - they even used to give a figure for the total attendance at all weekend matches. Just not the same now with club's publishing and shouting about these totally false crowd numbers - I bet it's a bloody American innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City fan 1982 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Me and my lad stayed home and watched Man City ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: I really don't like this business of announcing the attendance ( by definition that means the number of people present at a particular place or event) as the number of tickets sold whether the purchasers actually turned up or not I want to know how many people were actually in the ground to watch the game, what the 'gate' was. For me, from a child, part of the fascination of studying the football results in the Sunday paper, and scrutinising the tables etc. always used to include checking the crowd at every fixture in the League to see which clubs' gates were increasing week by week or otherwise. How a few bad results, it being a local derby, or a new signing could have quite a dramatic effect one way or another.. I found it fascinating - they even used to give a figure for the total attendance at all weekend matches. Just not the same now with club's publishing and shouting about these totally false crowd numbers - I bet it's a bloody American innovation. It's a declaration for tax purposes. Remember the old Les and Des fantasy crowds in the early 90s? Declaring 13,000 when the ground was rammed with about 4,000 away fans there. Those were the days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 33 minutes ago, Red Army Faction said: The fact it's growth in season ticket sale and lots of young supporters is great too. (Leaving aside the screw up on the prices for a moment). Onceyou get the bug, it's difficult to find the cure!!! Tis true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 It's a bit pathetic really. What are they afraid of? Having a few less numbers to print out at the end of the season? Surely they must be able to work out how many actually went through a turnstile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: It's a bit pathetic really. What are they afraid of? Having a few less numbers to print out at the end of the season? Surely they must be able to work out how many actually went through a turnstile. Especially with electronic turnstiles it should be almost instantaneous. Would have thought that the total number is required for insurance purposes anyway so the actual value should be obtainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: It's a bit pathetic really. What are they afraid of? Having a few less numbers to print out at the end of the season? Surely they must be able to work out how many actually went through a turnstile. Could make interesting reading if they declared actual people in the ground going back a few years, very interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, The Bard said: It's a declaration for tax purposes. Remember the old Les and Des fantasy crowds in the early 90s? Declaring 13,000 when the ground was rammed with about 4,000 away fans there. Those were the days.. As you said earlier, they should declare both figures. Number of tickets sold to whoever needs to know it, but the announced attendance should be the number of people actually in the ground. Don't shout about attendances being so great when we can all look around us at AG and see on nights like last night that the figure being bellowed over the tannoy is absolute nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, The Bard said: It's a declaration for tax purposes. Remember the old Les and Des fantasy crowds in the early 90s? Declaring 13,000 when the ground was rammed with about 4,000 away fans there. Those were the days.. What are you suggesting?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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