- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,645
Just over 400 tickets currently on sale.
Guess they will open up the last couple of blocks after easter. Looks like its gonna be a busy match. If Burnley had any sort support we'd be talking a sell-out.
Bit harsh. Burnley's actually a pretty small place in population terms (about 72,000 people at the last census), easily the smallest town with a current Championship football team. In context, Leeds is about ten times bigger, Brighton & Hove over three times the size, and it's only about 9,000 more people than live in Bognor Regis.
They've been, admittedly looking back through the dim mists of antiquity, a fine old club, founder members of the Football League. It's a 1230 kick off and presumably an expensive old day for their fans. They might not bring two thousand, but equally, I don't think they warrant the sort of stick that Reading so deservedly received.