Kenney_The_Blue
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Re: 40,000 empty seats, it's only the league cup...Lol.
Good read!!
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Rags caught lying about attendances (merged)
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Re: 40,000 empty seats, it's only the league cup...Lol.
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Re: 40,000 empty seats, it's only the league cup...Lol.
Typical Rags .
Is there turnover as big as they say or is that a fabrication as well !!
Typical Rags .
Is there turnover as big as they say or is that a fabrication as well !!
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Think a lot are missing the point.
The article is not saying they are not selling the tickets, it is saying the tickets are getting sold but for whatever reason a large number are not attending. Therefore, the only impact on turnover would be the match day tat, prawn butties and shiraz that's not getting sold.
This'll be one of the reasons why they are thinking of hiring an acoustics expert I expect - in order to see what they can do to make up the noise for the shortfall in people.
The only real capital you can make of this (as has been pointed out already) is the fact they love singing their little ditty about empty seats at our place when there is actually a problem with it at the swamp.
The article is not saying they are not selling the tickets, it is saying the tickets are getting sold but for whatever reason a large number are not attending. Therefore, the only impact on turnover would be the match day tat, prawn butties and shiraz that's not getting sold.
This'll be one of the reasons why they are thinking of hiring an acoustics expert I expect - in order to see what they can do to make up the noise for the shortfall in people.
The only real capital you can make of this (as has been pointed out already) is the fact they love singing their little ditty about empty seats at our place when there is actually a problem with it at the swamp.
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Who has 650 million fans in the world?
"Well, we all know about the thousands of empty blue plastic seats, but....
Manchester United are adding as many as 24,000 fans on to crowd attendances compared with the actual number of people watching games at Old Trafford, according to police data.
Sir Alex Ferguson's team have not had a single crowd over 70,000 for a league match, police say, not taking in Monday's game against Manchester City. The club, in contrast, recorded attendances in excess of 75,000 every time. Instead Greater Manchester police's figures claim the average crowd for league matches, excluding City, is 10,000 below what the club say. The police records state it is 65,601 rather than the official figure of 75,527. In all competitions it is 61,739 rather than the club's 73,653.
United are still the best-supported club in England by some distance but the new set of figures claim Old Trafford was not even half-full for the Capital One Cup tie against Newcastle in September. The police recorded the number of people who passed through the turnstiles at 33,409. United gave the crowd as 46,358. In the next round, against West Ham, the disparity was even bigger. The police put down the crowd as 51,724, whereas United recorded it as 71,081.
When United played Cluj in the Champions League in December, having qualified for the knockout stages, the crowd was announced as 71,521. In fact, the police say it was 46,894.
The disparity is because United, in common with other clubs, release the number of people who bought tickets, whether or not they attend. The police keep their own record of actual match-goers for safety purposes and have released the data to the Redsaway fans' website under the Freedom of Information Act.
The figures show the high number of supporters who will buy tickets for matches without going. Arsenal are among the clubs who suffer the same problem on a large scale.
United's largest crowd of the season for a league match, according to the police, was 69,933 for Liverpool's visit in January (the club put it at 75,501). The lowest was against Southampton later that month. On that occasion the official attendance was given at 75,600 when, according to the police, the genuine figure was 59,766. In other words, almost 16,000 ticket-holders stayed away.
The Real Madrid match in the Champions League attracted the one 70,000-plus attendance at Old Trafford this season, in the data. The police recorded it at 72,299 whereas United declared it was 74,959, lower than any domestic league match because of Uefa's seating restrictions."
Daniel Taylor, Guardian (April 12 2013)
"Well, we all know about the thousands of empty blue plastic seats, but....
Manchester United are adding as many as 24,000 fans on to crowd attendances compared with the actual number of people watching games at Old Trafford, according to police data.
Sir Alex Ferguson's team have not had a single crowd over 70,000 for a league match, police say, not taking in Monday's game against Manchester City. The club, in contrast, recorded attendances in excess of 75,000 every time. Instead Greater Manchester police's figures claim the average crowd for league matches, excluding City, is 10,000 below what the club say. The police records state it is 65,601 rather than the official figure of 75,527. In all competitions it is 61,739 rather than the club's 73,653.
United are still the best-supported club in England by some distance but the new set of figures claim Old Trafford was not even half-full for the Capital One Cup tie against Newcastle in September. The police recorded the number of people who passed through the turnstiles at 33,409. United gave the crowd as 46,358. In the next round, against West Ham, the disparity was even bigger. The police put down the crowd as 51,724, whereas United recorded it as 71,081.
When United played Cluj in the Champions League in December, having qualified for the knockout stages, the crowd was announced as 71,521. In fact, the police say it was 46,894.
The disparity is because United, in common with other clubs, release the number of people who bought tickets, whether or not they attend. The police keep their own record of actual match-goers for safety purposes and have released the data to the Redsaway fans' website under the Freedom of Information Act.
The figures show the high number of supporters who will buy tickets for matches without going. Arsenal are among the clubs who suffer the same problem on a large scale.
United's largest crowd of the season for a league match, according to the police, was 69,933 for Liverpool's visit in January (the club put it at 75,501). The lowest was against Southampton later that month. On that occasion the official attendance was given at 75,600 when, according to the police, the genuine figure was 59,766. In other words, almost 16,000 ticket-holders stayed away.
The Real Madrid match in the Champions League attracted the one 70,000-plus attendance at Old Trafford this season, in the data. The police recorded it at 72,299 whereas United declared it was 74,959, lower than any domestic league match because of Uefa's seating restrictions."
Daniel Taylor, Guardian (April 12 2013)
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Re: Who has 650 million fans in the world?
Absolutely hilarious!
Absolutely hilarious!
meeesh
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Re: Who has 650 million fans in the world?
Fuck me if I see another thread on this......................................
Fuck me if I see another thread on this......................................
Re: Who has 650 million fans in the world?
I'm enjoying it personally.
meeesh said:Fuck me if I see another thread on this......................................
I'm enjoying it personally.