United Thread 2015/16

[philiph20]

Yep Personally it's the media that go on about our empty seats that annoy me from other fans I except it as it is! But empty gates spouting from the media who are on freebees at these grounds what pisses me of!

Nobody used to mention empty seats until 5 years ago.

 

[waspish]

Nobody used to mention empty seats until 5 years ago.

I know and we know why it started! Only stick left

 

[philiph20]

Unfortunately that will no longer happen. The GMP were greatly embarrassed when the original figures were released, following a Freedom of Information request from a rag fan group suspicious of the club's official attendance figures, as the GMP figures were never meant for public consumption. I put in a FOI request to the GMP for last season's games but was told that the information wasn't available. Seeing as they had all the detailed information just two seasons before I challenged this but was given the same reply. It looks like the club has 'had a word'.

Maybe they sent the 'MIBS' round to 'have a word', these Primark clad scroates need to keep active.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

even on the first page most of the comments say it all

http://www.redcafe.net/threads/post-match-vs-ipswich.409781/

Embarrassing, so nobody on the site could be arsed going to the game.....even our current resident pair of scummy rag posters couldn't be arsed.

 

[DiscoSteve]

It is damning that the ONLY League Cup tie over the last two days reported on BBC Sport website that DOES NOT HAVE an attendance figure against it is the one at the Swamp

Even Sunderland with 21 thou and Newcastle with 33 thou weren't so ashamed to admit theirs
Never mind poor old Preston with 5 thou

 

[laserblue]

All those empty seats at the swamp just shows you what sort of attendance the rags would get for CL and FA Cup games if their season tickets holders weren't forced to buy tickets. They declared a full house for the Cambridge replay last season but from what I was told by a rag mate who went there were about 30,000 empty seats. Apparently about 15,000 empty seats for the Brugge game also claimed as a full house. All that after forcing 55,000 S/T holders to buy tickets so they can declare full houses.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

It is damning that the ONLY League Cup tie over the last two days reported on BBC Sport website that DOES NOT HAVE an attendance figure against it is the one at the Swamp

Even Sunderland with 21 thou and Newcastle with 33 thou weren't so ashamed to admit theirs
Never mind poor old Preston with 5 thou

I've even had a look on the Ipswich OS,which has all the attendances next to the fixtures........nothing down for this game.

 

[silverback]

What is the split on gate receipts for cup games? That will reveal all.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

I've even had a look on the Ipswich OS,which has all the attendances next to the fixtures........nothing down for this game.

The rags OS claims there were 5,500 Ipswich there.

Fuck me,quoting myself now.

 

[M18CTID]

I don't know why they don't just announce the figure. Every fucker apart from delusional brainwashed armchair Rags knows it was far from a sell-out last night and they've announced all the other attendances of early round home league cup games over the past few years - usually in the mid 40-000's - so I'm unsure why they're being so secretive about it this time round.