SilvaisSkyBlue
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No one mentions the more recent one reference GMP Police and Trafford Council reporting of crowd figures matching united’s as that last paragraph is absolute pure nonsense from them, I can only think they did not have the figures to hand and/or just plain lied.Funny how no one ever posts this one, event though it's 5 years more recent.
Are clubs giving the full picture on attendances?
Arsenal's official attendance figures have often been questioned, but Manchester City and West Ham are among other clubs whose published figures differ from police and council numbers.www.bbc.co.uk
- West Ham: Newham council says the average attendance at West Ham was 42,779 based on the 12 games it attended - which is 12,530 fans fewer than the club's season average figure of 55,309.
- Manchester City: Greater Manchester Police's average figures were 7,482 lower than club figures, again based on 12 games.
- Southampton: Hampshire Police figures were an average of 4,246 fans lower than figures issued by the club.
- Tottenham: Brent Council says crowds at Wembley Stadium were on average 3,740 less than the club's stated numbers.
- Chelsea: Hammersmith and Fulham council says its average was 3,505 fans lower than club numbers, based on six games.
- Watford: Hertfordshire Police says its average was 2,602 fans fewer than club figures, based on four games.
- Manchester United: Trafford Council and Greater Manchester Police both said United's published attendance figures matched its own, based on 12 games.
Not a chance united or any team in the league would have matching attendance figures from their respective Police forces to their own, as you and everyone knows there are always no shows and people who don’t attend a particular game for whatever reason, so that indisputable fact negates anything said in that paragraph, in short it’s complete bollocks.
Not to mention united have their cup scheme in operation and there are sometimes 10,000 + non-attendees for those games.
united are the largest supported club in the country attendance and otherwise, but to say their published figures match GMP is just nonsense.
GMP as proven by local and national overseers of that particular organisation are not to be trusted with any of their respective figures published on anything they touch.
As for Trafford Council, as someone who has had contact with them, I assure you they may not be populated with the most punctilious types.