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16.900, not in a million years, unless someone brought loads and never turned up!
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Where did you get that attendance from? I agree never & reckon about 12/13 thousandOriginally posted by Boo Radley View Post -
They count all season ticket holders whether they turn up or not.
To get the attendance figure its season ticket holders + single ticket purchases + away fans.
Back in the day I could understand underestimated attendances and pocketing cash purchases. But Im not sure why they would overestimate attendances - unless its a naughty FFP income boost wheeze....?Comment
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I have supported Rangers for 55 seasons, since March 1969.
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I remember those tax fiddles back in the day.Originally posted by SheepRanger View Post
You would be at an almost sold out match, and the Sunday papers recorded it at 6 or 7k
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Yup..it was commonOriginally posted by Fraggy View Post
I remember those tax fiddles back in the day.
You would be at an almost sold out match, and the Sunday papers recorded it at 6 or 7k
Directors straight down the casino with a bag of cash.Comment
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No way was there nearly 17k , gaps in all the stands .
Lots of supporters don't live in London so give night games a miss .Comment
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I saw that figure in I newspaper and thought it was ridiculous. We don't have STs in school end but there must've been at least 1500 empty seats in that stand. That would mean the club sold virtually every single available non-ST seat in the remaining 3 stands to get a crowd of 17K, or put another way: every empty seat in the home stands was an absent ST holder. Cobblers!
It's called an "attendance" for a reason - counting ST holders who have given the game a swerve (probably due to fact the club are a shambles and an embarrassment at LR) is pretty ropey irrespective or not that some other clubs do the same thing.
Fact is, if say Fulham did this we'd be pouring scorn, derision and pity on them. Call it what it is..... If the attendance is 12K then report it as 12K.Comment
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Free Kids tickets. Mate, Arsenal fan, was offered tickets through his sons sports club. You could take up to four kids each.
We send them out, count as sold, 80% probably don't turn up.Comment
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ST holders sitting by me didn't turn up , they live in Kent , Croydon and Brighton .
One of my kids has ST he only went to one home game last season and one this season he lives in Berkshire .
I know a few more that pic and choose as they have STs and don't live local .
If u finish at 5 and live in Kent do u really want to sit in traffic , then get home in the early hours then get up for work at 6 am .Comment
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Im suprised more ST holders dont try and recoup some of the cost by selling on twickets. I buy most of my tickets through ST holders who csnt go.Originally posted by 72bus View Post
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my row in E block all with named seats was empty bar 1 or 2 - i put on the match thread 5 mins before KO the ground was pretty empty no way did 10K suddenly come in in 5 mins - there was no way there was 16k+ there last night. Lower school end 2/3rd empty - big gaps in the Loft too.Comment
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That probably explains the smattering of Rs "fans" in the bottom tier of school end - I wondered who they were and why they went in there. Oh well, for the handful of kids who did take advantage of a freebie, at least they might have had their appetites whetted by the decent game, result and atmos.Originally posted by Isleworth116 View PostComment
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Looks alright that.... How does it physically work in terms of you receiving the "ticket" and getting through the turnstyle?Originally posted by SheepRanger View PostComment
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