Arsenal attendance yesterday

[Bean]

Watching MOTD last night there was clearly more empty seats than normal at the Emirates but the official attendance was stated as 60,087. I would say it was nearer the 50,000 mark maximum. I assume they automatically count all ST's in the attendance despite there clearly being a lot of no shows, so ultimately the 'official' attendance will never be below 60,000. Disgraceful.

 

[nicko31]

Next season it will start getting a lot easier to watch Arsenal, STH's are starting to throw in the towel..

 

[Smithy]

Next season it will start getting a lot easier to watch Arsenal, STH's are starting to throw in the towel..

I work with an Arsenal STH. She has told me she regrets not getting one at the Amex instead.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

It s a bit of a joke. Mate of mine us a sth and he says they always laugh when they announce a 60k gate and uts quite clear its nowhere near that.

 

[Weststander]

Well known (that for naff PR reasons) they count season tickets sold as fully attending each game.
Twisting the definition of attendance.

 

[Kenneth Wattle]

I had a feeling (don't know if this is true though...) that the clubs have to announce/publish 'attendance' as number of tickets sold for tax/VAT/accounting purposes...

Makes a bit of sense, otherwise what exactly is the point of every club doing so at nearly all levels of the game?

 

[beorhthelm]

Disgraceful.

i'm not sure why anyone would care much really. its of mild interest what attendances are, if the clubs think it needs manipulting im left thinking "meh?".

 

[Bean]

i'm not sure why anyone would care much really. its of mild interest what attendances are, if the clubs think it needs manipulting im left thinking "meh?".

Simply because it's dis-honest and doesn't give a true reflection on how good their home support is.

 

[Gritt23]

Next season it will start getting a lot easier to watch Arsenal, STH's are starting to throw in the towel..

Yep, a friend of mine who is an Arsenal STH has told me he's trying to sell his ticket on for this season. £1,500 for a seat about 10 rows back, behind the goal.

Arsenal may need a reality check on the prices for next season.

 

[beorhthelm]

Simply because it's dis-honest and doesn't give a true reflection on how good their home support is.

aye, it is dishonest. but why the interest in their home support, if its really 50k what does that mean?

 

[Lush]

Danny Baker Twitter: @prodnose "It is two minutes to midnight and Arsenal's game is just coming on MOTD. Says it all."

 

[Bry Nylon]

Yep, a friend of mine who is an Arsenal STH has told me he's trying to sell his ticket on for this season. £1,500 for a seat about 10 rows back, behind the goal.

Unlucky. If it was restricted view it'd probably be worth twice that amount.