New Dazzler Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 17 hours ago, WessexPest said: The OP has a fair point - this is only the second opening day the redeveloped stadium has been fully operational so it’s a pointless stat. A much more impactful one would’ve been “City set for biggest opening day home crowd since XXXX.” Thank you, that was exactly the point I was trying to make! I am all for the club trying to put itself forward in the best possible way, but why come out with what is, as you say, a pointless stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 02/08/2018 at 00:40, New Dazzler said: On the official site there is a quote on how wonderful it is that we will be getting the highest crowd for an opening home game since the stadium redevelopment (sorry having a bit of an issue copying/pasting). As this is only the 2nd opening game since the redevelopment (if you remember 2 seasons ago the Upper Lansdown and much of the lower Lansdown was not available for use for the opening game against Wigan), the article is basically saying that this season we will get a higher attendance for out home game against Forest this season than we did for our home game against Barnsley last season! Is this really worth giving a "big-up", think it would have been shocking if we had sold less tickets than for the Barnsley game. I wouldn't have been aware of it unless it was mentioned on here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Just to put a positive spin on how far we’ve come, Preston NE had a measley 13k for there opening game, we were getting those short of figures no so long back... Not trying to sound like LJ but That’s Progress if you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, KeepUpLino said: Just to put a positive spin on how far we’ve come, Preston NE had a measley 13k for there opening game, we were getting those short of figures no so long back... Not trying to sound like LJ but That’s Progress if you like? Measly? The population of Preston is 114k. That’s half the size of Swindon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 To be fair with 15k+ STH’s I’d be surprised if any game this season is under 20k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 02/08/2018 at 09:58, Monkeh said: It will be 24k Saturday 22,395.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefcok Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, KeepUpLino said: Just to put a positive spin on how far we’ve come, Preston NE had a measley 13k for there opening game, we were getting those short of figures no so long back... Not trying to sound like LJ but That’s Progress if you like? 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Measly? The population of Preston is 114k. That’s half the size of Swindon. Plus with United, City and Liverpool all the on the doorstep it is not easy attracting new fans / the younger generation of football supporters to Deepdale. It's also quite expensive to watch PNE week in week out, given the (lack of) wealth in the Preston area. We don't do too bad, given the circumstances, although there's no doubt that we can do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 7 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said: Measly? The population of Preston is 114k. That’s half the size of Swindon. Attendances are measured in numbers not percentages. 13k is a shit Championship crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 44 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Attendances are measured in numbers not percentages. 13k is a shit Championship crowd. Didn’t realise adding context was so offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 6 hours ago, pnefcok said: Plus with United, City and Liverpool all the on the doorstep it is not easy attracting new fans / the younger generation of football supporters to Deepdale. You should count yourself lucky. Imagine trying to compete with the world’s best loved club on your doorstep, like we have too..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, cidercity1987 said: Attendances are measured in numbers not percentages. 13k is a shit Championship crowd. True, but 13,000 out of a population of 114,000 is excellent, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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