We had a bigger attendance than...

cafcsinger

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

Bedsaddick

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

shine166

Derby are not selling season tickets, walk ups only.. so there numbers are pretty big considering. 

Lincsaddick

well over 30,000 at Sunderland and 20,000 + at Ipswich who'll need the ticket cash to pay all the new boys

RodneyCharltonTrotta

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Chris_from_Sidcup

Bit of a stretch to include Luton and Bournemouth! 10k has got to be a sell out for Luton and Bournemouth doesn't hold much more.

Fortune 82nd Minute

cafcsinger said:

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

And Stoke. They only had 9,068 which is awful. 

JoshrewCAFC

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Bedsaddick

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

cafcsinger said:

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

And Stoke. They only had 9,068 which is awful. 

They had 19K

Lincsaddick

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

they have never had what might be called 'mega' support even years ago when winning the top title .. an area with a large non football going Asian population and lots of competition from other clubs in Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester

randy andy

Blackburn have been poorly supported for generations. They rarely sold out even when winning the premier league. Average attendance of 25,272 in a ground that held over 30,000 (biggest attendance that season was 30,545 against Newcastle)

Fortune 82nd Minute

Bedsaddick said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

cafcsinger said:

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

And Stoke. They only had 9,068 which is awful. 

They had 19K

Sounds more likely but definitely reported as 9,068 in the papers. Someone can't type!

cafcsinger

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Bit of a stretch to include Luton and Bournemouth! 10k has got to be a sell out for Luton and Bournemouth doesn't hold much more.

Bournemouth getting 9k, i thought that was shocking.

MrLargo

cafcsinger said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Bit of a stretch to include Luton and Bournemouth! 10k has got to be a sell out for Luton and Bournemouth doesn't hold much more.

Bournemouth getting 9k, i thought that was shocking.

Particularly considering West Brom would have brought plenty with them.

Bedsaddick

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Bedsaddick said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

cafcsinger said:

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

And Stoke. They only had 9,068 which is awful. 

They had 19K

Sounds more likely but definitely reported as 9,068 in the papers. Someone can't type!

killerandflash

cafcsinger said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Bit of a stretch to include Luton and Bournemouth! 10k has got to be a sell out for Luton and Bournemouth doesn't hold much more.

Bournemouth getting 9k, i thought that was shocking.

Poor though their capacity is only 11364

I always though Bournemouth missed out on reaching a whole new generation of fans due to their small ground. In the PL they could have easily sold 20000, as many of those would have stuck around for at least the first season of Championship football

BlackburnCharlton

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

Had heard a few weeks ago they had only sold 3k season tickets. Fans very disillusioned. Same capacity as the valley roughly.

BlackburnCharlton

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Exactly what has been said to me in me local. Not sure the exact price but that was the point that was made. Also  area demographics changing and club has not tried to address this sufficiently.

Lincsaddick

BlackburnCharlton said:

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Exactly what has been said to me in me local. Not sure the exact price but that was the point that was made. Also  area demographics changing and club has not tried to address this sufficiently.

do they have the same problem as we had under Duchatelet ? .. that is a hatred of the owners ? .. Venkys are still putting money into the club and Rovers are holding their own in the Championship .. Saturday's win over Swansea was a very good result .. last time I was there there was a cute young girl singer/guitarist (somebody Clough ?)playing in the space next to the stands and plenty going on around the ground.. I know sometimes it is inevitable, but I don't like to see any founder member of the Football League struggling

stoneroses19

Bournemouth may have a tiny ground of just over 11k, but still think 9,200 is poor attendance for first game of the season against a relegated premier league side, especially considering 1,200 of that was a sold out away end. 

Henry Irving

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Bedsaddick said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

cafcsinger said:

We got 17,639 on Saturday which is not bad in my opinion, maybe around what you'd expect and of course helped by the Massives 3,000. 
Having a quick glance at the Championship attendances we had more people in than: 
 Cardiff City v Barnsley – 17,431
 Derby County v Huddersfield Town – 16,249
 Queens Park Rangers v Millwall – 16,127
 Fulham v Middlesbrough – 16,058
 Preston North End v Hull City – 12,452
 Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City – 10,260
 Luton Town v Peterborough United – 10,019
 AFC Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – 9,254

I'm a little surprised by this, I know Derby are a mess at the moment but shocked to see their attendance so low for them. Are a fair amount of people put off by going to a football match due to feeling anxious about covid? 

And Stoke. They only had 9,068 which is awful. 

They had 19K

Sounds more likely but definitely reported as 9,068 in the papers. Someone can't type!

HR manager probably

Lincsaddick

stoneroses19 said:

Bournemouth may have a tiny ground of just over 11k, but still think 9,200 is poor attendance for first game of the season against a relegated premier league side, especially considering 1,200 of that was a sold out away end. 

you need to check their attendances before their promotion push and time at the top .. I don't know, but I doubt that over time the Cherries have historically attracted big attendances,  and not enlarging their stadium or moving to a new and bigger one might prove to be a shrewd move as inevitably (I M O) their time at the top was always going to be short term and the owners would not want to be left with a white elephant, that is a big and expensive stadium that would never (or very rarely) be full of money spending spectators 

soapy_jones

Lincsaddick said:

stoneroses19 said:

Bournemouth may have a tiny ground of just over 11k, but still think 9,200 is poor attendance for first game of the season against a relegated premier league side, especially considering 1,200 of that was a sold out away end. 

you need to check their attendances before their promotion push and time at the top .. I don't know, but I doubt that over time the Cherries have historically attracted big attendances,  and not enlarging their stadium or moving to a new and bigger one might prove to be a shrewd move as inevitably (I M O) their time at the top was always going to be short term and the owners would not want to be left with a white elephant, that is a big and expensive stadium that would never (or very rarely) be full of money spending spectators 

Lucky Dutchetwat owns ours!

Lincsaddick

soapy_jones said:

Lincsaddick said:

stoneroses19 said:

Bournemouth may have a tiny ground of just over 11k, but still think 9,200 is poor attendance for first game of the season against a relegated premier league side, especially considering 1,200 of that was a sold out away end. 

you need to check their attendances before their promotion push and time at the top .. I don't know, but I doubt that over time the Cherries have historically attracted big attendances,  and not enlarging their stadium or moving to a new and bigger one might prove to be a shrewd move as inevitably (I M O) their time at the top was always going to be short term and the owners would not want to be left with a white elephant, that is a big and expensive stadium that would never (or very rarely) be full of money spending spectators 

Lucky Dutchetwat owns ours!

and ain't that a kick in the head !!

redman

randy andy said:

Blackburn have been poorly supported for generations. They rarely sold out even when winning the premier league. Average attendance of 25,272 in a ground that held over 30,000 (biggest attendance that season was 30,545 against Newcastle)

To be fair, the population of Blackburn is only 120,000 and most of the other major towns in the area have league teams; Preston, Burnley and even Accrington. 

BlackburnCharlton

Lincsaddick said:

BlackburnCharlton said:

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Exactly what has been said to me in me local. Not sure the exact price but that was the point that was made. Also  area demographics changing and club has not tried to address this sufficiently.

do they have the same problem as we had under Duchatelet ? .. that is a hatred of the owners ? .. Venkys are still putting money into the club and Rovers are holding their own in the Championship .. Saturday's win over Swansea was a very good result .. last time I was there there was a cute young girl singer/guitarist (somebody Clough ?)playing in the space next to the stands and plenty going on around the ground.. I know sometimes it is inevitable, but I don't like to see any founder member of the Football League struggling

Venkys are less unpopular now than at first when they made loads of Duchelet / Meire style mistakes. Now go under the radar much more. Have been around for years. Doesnt make them popular, just not as unpopular as they once were.

letthegoodtimesroll

BlackburnCharlton said:

Lincsaddick said:

BlackburnCharlton said:

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Exactly what has been said to me in me local. Not sure the exact price but that was the point that was made. Also  area demographics changing and club has not tried to address this sufficiently.

do they have the same problem as we had under Duchatelet ? .. that is a hatred of the owners ? .. Venkys are still putting money into the club and Rovers are holding their own in the Championship .. Saturday's win over Swansea was a very good result .. last time I was there there was a cute young girl singer/guitarist (somebody Clough ?)playing in the space next to the stands and plenty going on around the ground.. I know sometimes it is inevitable, but I don't like to see any founder member of the Football League struggling

Venkys are less unpopular now than at first when they made loads of Duchelet / Meire style mistakes. Now go under the radar much more. Have been around for years. Doesnt make them popular, just not as unpopular as they once were.

Is that less unpopular because fewer and fewer people are giving a shit anymore and are simply fading away ?

Stig

Our protests were so much betters than Blackburn's. The grammar police would never have let an apostrophe like this one slip through the net.

BlackburnCharlton

letthegoodtimesroll said:

BlackburnCharlton said:

Lincsaddick said:

BlackburnCharlton said:

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Exactly what has been said to me in me local. Not sure the exact price but that was the point that was made. Also  area demographics changing and club has not tried to address this sufficiently.

do they have the same problem as we had under Duchatelet ? .. that is a hatred of the owners ? .. Venkys are still putting money into the club and Rovers are holding their own in the Championship .. Saturday's win over Swansea was a very good result .. last time I was there there was a cute young girl singer/guitarist (somebody Clough ?)playing in the space next to the stands and plenty going on around the ground.. I know sometimes it is inevitable, but I don't like to see any founder member of the Football League struggling

Venkys are less unpopular now than at first when they made loads of Duchelet / Meire style mistakes. Now go under the radar much more. Have been around for years. Doesnt make them popular, just not as unpopular as they once were.

Is that less unpopular because fewer and fewer people are giving a shit anymore and are simply fading away ?

Not just that, they make fewer mistakes than they did. Have put their hand in their pocket for a few transfers as well. But it's been championship mid table life for a bit now. Can you imagine how shit that would be?

killerandflash

Blackburn were without their star player on Saturday (Armstrong who's about to leave), had a bench full of kids and seem to have made NO signings at all this summer. Hardly surprising that crowds are down

Ferryman

JoshrewCAFC said:

Bedsaddick said:

Only 10k at Blackburn . That’s poor 

I think I saw somewhere that their cheapest season ticket is £450 or something like that. In a working class area, probably hit massively by the pandemic, it's just ridiculous. Quite a bit more expensive than the season before the pandemic too I believe. 

Venky's are plugging £400k a week losses!