Wendy boost flagging attendances

[Owler]

All clubs do this, on average 2% of season ticket holders don't turn up for games.

Have you evidence to back this up?

I am astonished that a club can add people to attendances who have never been to the ground in their lives. Surely for health and safety reasons the correct attendance should be given.[/quote]

Doesn't say 2% on this article but I did hear it mentioned on 606 phone a few years ago. - view external link

[aussieowl]

I try educating this fool, but once again he comes bottom of the class.

It's impossible to enter any sort of genuine discussion with lansdowne...worst poster on the footymad network.

[lansdowneoldskool]

All clubs do this, on average 2% of season ticket holders don't turn up for games.

Have you evidence to back this up?

I am astonished that a club can add people to attendances who have never been to the ground in their lives. Surely for health and safety reasons the correct attendance should be given.[/quote]

Doesn't say 2% on this article but I did hear it mentioned on 606 phone a few years ago.[/quote]

Thanks Owler, but that is only evidence of fans not turning up. Apart from Wednesday, is there any evidence of clubs giving away free tickets and then claiming them as part of their match-day attendance when some of them have never been to the ground in their lives?

[awayowl]

Of all there is to talk about in football, is this seriously the best you can manage time and time again, change the friggin record its getting boring.

[braggyowl]

Wish they'd hurry up and fix this bleedin like it button!!!

[lansdowneoldskool]

Oh he'll have skipped passed that Owler and pretended not to have seen it...
Don't know why we actually reply to him anyway...Every time he posts it's a load of sh!t

I've replied to Owler. Please educate me on why your club is claiming that people who have never been to the ground are present at every game.

[SallyKate]

A bless another attempt by a childish blunt to spread a little scandal where none exists. It's standard league practice deary. Read and be educated;if that's possible on both counts.(The second paragraph is the clue hun). Dear oh dear how some just don't know their rules; how silly they are.

This article was taken form the Daily Mail. Not my usual choice of reading but it comers in useful.

"On January 30, Man United published the official attendance for the home game against Southampton as 75,600, but police data said the figure was only 59,666.

Under FA rules, United, as the host club, must publish the a??official attendancea??, which includes everyone who bought or had a ticket for the game whether they went to the game or not.

In December, the Premier League leaders reported crowds of over 75,000 for the games against Sunderland, Newcastle and West Brom, while the police figures were 64,294, 64,996 and 66,847 respectively.

The disparity was even greater for cup games.
It was

[mahatmafoot]

To Owlpig the pitiful. Just over 15k turned up against Carlisle, 3 home games in a week affects peoples pockets. Why don't you mention the meagre 17k pigs that turned up for your game against Leicester, top of the table, and less than 20k against Leeds, Forest, Middlesborough etc.
Poor for such a MASSIVE club with 39000 + seats and in the next tier down from the Premier League. Then you complain about how much money you have when you only get 2/3000 paying customers and still give cheapo and freebie tickets away.

[braggyowl]

Oh he'll have skipped passed that Owler and pretended not to have seen it...
Don't know why we actually reply to him anyway...Every time he posts it's a load of sh!t

I've replied to Owler. Please educate me on why your club is claiming that people who have never been to the ground are present at every game.[/quote]



Impossible...Everyone knows you can't educate pork...
Don't slam the door on the way out will you.

[braggyowl]

To Owlpig the pitiful. Just over 15k turned up against Carlisle, 3 home games in a week affects peoples pockets. Why don't you mention the meagre 17k pigs that turned up for your game against Leicester, top of the table, and less than 20k against Leeds, Forest, Middlesborough etc.
Poor for such a MASSIVE club with 39000 + seats and in the next tier down from the Premier League. Then you complain about how much money you have when you only get 2/3000 paying customers and still give cheapo and freebie tickets away.

Aren't you fed up of talking attendances every day of your life?

WTF is wrong with you Mahat?

All you ever do on pigsmad is start thread after thread about us, day in, day out..
Get a life mate FFS...

We know it must hurt you, and always has, living in our shadow but friggin hell Mahat surely after all these years of us being bigger and better than you it's got easier to live with...Surely!

Chill out mate..And the