only 845 attendance for first sat home game??
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Jamie Wyatt
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"Only" 483 at Welling yesterday in Conf South & 604 at Bromley in Conf National so don't think we should be complaining to loudly!!
Plus 203 at East Thurrock!
Plus 203 at East Thurrock!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Last season we got 877 at home to Canvey Island, so around the same crowd, as Canvey brought the 'difference' in away fans.
Hardly a panic....I was a bit shocked at how one fan said to me before the game he thought it would be 1,800!
Besides...there's been some posters on here moaning about the lack of enjoyment as the crowds got bigger...you can't have it both ways!
Hardly a panic....I was a bit shocked at how one fan said to me before the game he thought it would be 1,800!
Besides...there's been some posters on here moaning about the lack of enjoyment as the crowds got bigger...you can't have it both ways!
toblerone3
Grrrrr
wft. Dulwich Hamlets got the biggest attendance in the League.
PartisanDulwich
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Second highest Hamlet first Saturday game of the season since the 60s #probably and only 30 down on last years first Saturday game - We always start slowly - in fact Tuesday night game was 200 plus up
Pink Panther
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I was hoping we'd get 1,000, but certainly wasn't expecting much more than that. For me the season starts too early, and one regular columnist in last week's NLP was complaining that our league didn't start a week earlier (i.e. the first Saturday in August) like the Southern League and the Conference. Until three years ago the Isthmian league traditionally started on the third Saturday of August; this was amended to the second Saturday in 2013 when the size of divisions increased to 24 and number of fixtures to 46. (Essentially one extra Saturday game and three extra midweek games. Midweek games always produce substantially lower attendances than for the same fixture played on a Saturday - we don't need these extra games.) Plus we have four cup competitions and we've just had ten pre-season games. It's too much. I don't need that much football. I'd rather have fewer games, quality over quantity, then I'd look forward to them more.
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
Spot on BIG. Only really seemed to go flat after the fourth Leiston goal which (unsurprisingly) seemed to knock the stuffing out of the fans and the players. We have s strong Student support and don't believe they are back yet. Should also note that Saturday saw the Camberwell Fair take place in Burgess Park so another event that would have impacted on the family support. Something like 35000 people turned up for that last year.
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blueheaven
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I guess this is probably correct but still always surprises me nonetheless - personally I much prefer going to matches at this time of year when the weather is good, than Nov-Feb when it's wet and freezing (not to mention the now-annual winter-time perormance slump).
Jimbob73
The Wanley Road Massive
Attendances at all game are lower in August. Even Premier League games have lots of empty seats as people are away on holiday etc, this doesn't always show up in attendance figures because most clubs publish the attendance total including season ticket holders even if they are not there. Just have a look on Match of the Day and you will see thousands of empty seats at Arsenal even at 'sold out' matches.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
So 322 empty seats against Liverpool is thousands iyo? Perhaps you could link to where arsenal say they count all season ticket holders as present, or hold your hands up and say it's supposition and not fact.
JimW
支那暗杀团
Agree; we've been a couple of hundred down on our late season average in the Conference National and we have a new manager etc and a fair bit of buzz so although not the excitement of the run-in don't think it's the football that's keeping people away.
NPDHFC
NAC-ITM
Arsenal announce attendances 6,000 higher than official Met Police figures
Arsenal released a statement to explain their position. “We are clear in all our communication that the figure we are announcing reflects the number of tickets sold," the club said.
“The club are comfortable with using ‘number of tickets sold’ as the measurement for attendances, and believe it is a reliable and relevant one. We have no plans to review this at present.
Would say that's pretty clear...
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
It has always been like that down at Millwall too.Lots of empty seats on Saturday that are usually taken by season ticket holders and families.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
Any idea why clubs do this?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
thank you
and if you could, please, with information on 'most clubs publish attendance figures including season ticket holders even if they are not there'.
sleaterkinney
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I got served three times at the bar!. Long may it continue.
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
From that same article - "Arsenal, like most clubs, base attendance figures on the number of tickets sold rather than the number of people in attendance. The official figure will therefore include season ticket holders, whether they are at the game or not."
Paula_G
Flitting in & out like Tinkerbell on Meth
From that same article - "Arsenal, like most clubs, base attendance figures on the number of tickets sold rather than the number of people in attendance. The official figure will therefore include season ticket holders, whether they are at the game or not."
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sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
It would be easy to get an accurate figure of people attending by using the clicker on the turnstile.It's how clubs did it many moons ago.
