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Inflated crowd figures . . . at Old Trafford

Airman Brown
Airman Brown Posts: 15,792
in General Charlton
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/12/manchester-united-attendances-police-figures

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,248
    incredible difference to actual attendance
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    I wonder if Millwall do this ;0)
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,792
    stonemuse said:

    incredible difference to actual attendance

    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.

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,980
    I'm pretty sure we have done the same thing several times this season .
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Bedsaddick said:

    I'm pretty sure we have done the same thing several times this season .

    That's because we count absent season ticket holders. Wouldn't apply to cup games.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,156
    PL54 said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    I'm pretty sure we have done the same thing several times this season .

    That's because we count absent season ticket holders. Wouldn't apply to cup games.
    Still count comps
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,868
    A couple of years back United bought in a rule that you had to buy cup tickets if you had a season ticket. One of the fans groups was going to take them to the OFT, but I never heard how they got on. That might explain how they are counting large numbers who never actually turned up for cup games.

    http://espnfc.com/print?id=593968&type=story
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,792
    edited April 2013
    Stu_of_Kunming said:

    PL54 said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    I'm pretty sure we have done the same thing several times this season .

    That's because we count absent season ticket holders. Wouldn't apply to cup games.
    Still count comps
    Few comps are issued (at Charlton) for cup games because over a certain number the home club has to pay the away club and into the pool as if they were paid tickets. Our cup crowds are pretty accurate as a result.

    I agree the United discrepancy must relate to tickets "sold" as part of season tickets. There's no other obvious explanation for a 25,000 gap.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,156
    I was talking about united! I'd imagine they can afford to give away more tickets if they decided they wanted to!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Inflatable crowd numbers...inflatable fans.

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