[Albion] Will it be a new record attendance at the Amex against Watford?

[redoubtable seagull]

Mrs Earle and I have S/Ts and a Parking Ticket for Watford, but are still thrashing around whether we are comfortable in a large crowd.

Not sure why you’d be worried given the covid checks required to get in. Plus you’re sat outside which is low risk and are avoiding public transport.

Get yourself down there!

 

[redoubtable seagull]

"Massively down", "big reduction".... are you comparing August 2019 to August 2021?

And "5000 below capacity", but how far below typical/expected crowd? Few clubs would expect to sell-out their first match of the season.

There was a bit of chat about the low Burnley attendance on one of their message boards. Their crowd was just under 17K but it looked much lower than that, possibly 13K. They normally average 20K a game in the PL. I think they are a bit of an outlier to be fair as not only were their numbers down for the similar reasons shared about how this Saturday might pan out for us but Burnley have not bought anyone, the style of play is not entertaining, there’s no excitement for them at the moment and of course they were playing Brighton. We are hardly a big draw up in’t north.

 

[Kneon Light]

I'd venture no home wins since January is a big factor too.

I must have imagined beating City in our last home game!

 

[chaileyjem]

I'd venture no home wins since January is a big factor too.

We’ve won 4 times at home since Jan 31st and are unbeaten in 5 at the Amex.

 

[Insel affe]

I'd venture no home wins since January is a big factor too.

Uter shite….

 

[Insel affe]

Count me out

Somethings never change eh…

 

[Swansman]

I must have imagined beating City in our last home game!

We’ve won 4 times at home since Jan 31st and are unbeaten in 5 at the Amex.

Uter shite….

He was talking about Burnley

 

[Insel affe]

He was talking about Burnley

Ah, that would make more sense….
Sorry Uter

 

[Nitram]

And how exactly do you plan to show why fans aren't present?! Gonna go around surveying empty seats?!

Why don’t you leave your desk at the Amex marketing department and have a look for us plebs on Saturday?

 

[Eddiespearritt]

Had a nice trip to Burnley with no aggravation at all. And the real feeling Burnley were happy to have us buying tickets from them.

This week although we're at home, it's live on Sky, the faff to get organised to go, the parking problems, all the checks and double checks, and the feeling that the club are really overdoing the bureaucracy make it easy to give it a miss. And not because it's "only Watford". In many ways watching us play a similarly ranked team is more enjoyable than the worry of playing a "big six" mob who'll probably give us a spanking.

Oh - and I can't take my flask.

 

[Giraffe]

Doesn't look like this is going to be even close to the exchange opening which is a shame.

Currently still nearly 1,000 seats left. But they are mostly poor seats. Albeit most of blocks W1A and E1H are available. I get the club want to maximise income by selling these seats first but I suspect some would go if they could get the better seats likely to be available through the exchange than those currently available.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

- People who are isolating

And of course the main one:

- people who can’t go who would usually just give their ticket to a mate but can’t due to silly club rules nobody else has and can’t because they don’t wanna pay £45 extra between them and a mate to use an already bought ticket.

Some will be shocked at the amount of empty seats this season due to the last point I predict.

This will be even more obvious for midweek games. Three of my group travel down from London for games and have always struggled to get away from work and / or find the late return home an issue. Of the others, we have people who, in normal times, work away from the area during the week, have work or family commitments. Often these are late decisions.

In the past, their tickets have been used by the rest of us for a variety of family members, friends and work colleagues (some of the opposition fans) to give them a chance to see a game. Very rarely does money change hands as everyone has benefited at one time or another.

These people are unlikely to pay for a Plus membership so those seats will be empty for a lot of the season.

 

[chaileyjem]

Lots of replies on this thread and i get it but
does anybody on NSC really not have a friend or work colleague or in laws who if offered one or more Premier League tickets for £25 over a season think thats actually really cheap - yes please! where do i sign up ? .

 

[DumLum]

Just 1,179 tickets (excluding 1901) still available.

Can anybody please confirm what I have to do in the unlikely event I bought 2 of these for me and my son?