kingcole
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Dam - sorry, and I looked for 20 mins before posting too. Doh!
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Attendance tonight... 25,518 (merged)
- Thread starter Husty
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Dam - sorry, and I looked for 20 mins before posting too. Doh!
stugbhafc1
Stuie G
Looked like about 300 from where i sat
My North Stand seat didn't resell last night so it doesn't like like the ticket exchange will kick in for anything but the biggest of games.
I would suggest people use the exchange on here rather than the official one. I certainly will from now on.
This is probably a durrr comment but, being the old cynic, my take is that the official exchange is a method for the club to take already sold seats out of the system to maximise sale of other seats and the exchange will hardly either show a return.
I would suggest people use the exchange on here rather than the official one. I certainly will from now on.
This is probably a durrr comment but, being the old cynic, my take is that the official exchange is a method for the club to take already sold seats out of the system to maximise sale of other seats and the exchange will hardly either show a return.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Charlton seem to have lost about 10k fans in the last few years 
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
Paid Attendance is the sensible way to report things from a business perspective. All professional sports in N. America do it, most clubs in England are now doing it, why not us? Perimeter advertising is more valuable with higher numbers, higher numbers attract more revenue from outside sources, it's no wonder we've apparently gone down this route. Who cares if there were 1500 less in the stadium than actually paid for tickets? If the club sold 25,500 tickets for last night that's good enough for me.
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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The club are looking to maximise revenue from ticket sales figures, they're hardly likely to undermine that are they?
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,319
In that case i'm happy for us to do it now. It therefore gives a fair comparison to us and to prem teams (and teams like Paalce)
c0lz
North East Stand.
Over 25,000 on a evening game with Cardiff not taking up there full allocation is F**king amazing.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
In my previous post - I completely agree with the attendance being that of tickets sold - just saying it would be interesting to see both, how many turn up etc
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
Even more so when it quietens down the likes of Payless fans who were joyfully telling us last year that attendances would halve this season.
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Looked bloody full in the home ends to me.
Brilliant start to the season, will only get better
Brilliant start to the season, will only get better
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By boasting about how many of our Season ticket holders dony show up per match? Alright then.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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No it wasn't. I'm front row ESU and ESL had loads of empty seats - probably only 80% full.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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It would be refreshing if the club didn't choose to go down that route tho - is this another 'Barberism'
(and is he Peter Kenyon in disguise?).For one thing, it makes comparison with previous attendance records etc completely meaningless. Was going to post that it was our highest home attendance since the Southampton FA Cup quarter final - except it probably wasn't.....
They should just report how many were in the stadium watching the game. No need to lie - we should be proud that we're getting 20k plus anyway.
The match wasn't a sell out so the Ticket Exchange wouldn't have been active last night. Only once all home seats have been sold will the Ticket Exchange start up, which as you say will only be for the biggest of games.
Selling to mates or through here is still going to give a much better deal for the buyer and seller, and you don't have to wait until the last minute to have a chance of selling it
Uter
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It would be refreshing if the club didn't choose to go down that route tho - is this another 'Barberism'
For one thing, it makes comparison with previous attendance records etc completely meaningless. Was going to post that it was our highest home attendance since the Southampton FA Cup quarter final - except it probably wasn't.....
They should just report how many were in the stadium watching the game. No need to lie - we should be proud that we're getting 20k plus anyway.
True. It makes historical comparisons somewhat dubious.
But then it also makes present day comparisons with other clubs more relevant (seeing as more clubs now appear to report tickets sold than actual attendances).
It's the difference between saying we average 10,000 more than Palace or we only average 8,000 more. Obviously the former sounds better.
Stuart Munday
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I don't really care how it is calculated but surely the Premier/Football League should ensure that every club uses the same system.