I watched a bit of the West Ham v Wolves

comment by Just go already (U21166)
posted 8 minutes ago
I watched a bit of the West Ham v Wolves game yesterday, and noticed thousands of empty seats...

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Yeah it's terrible, it's almost as if thousands of people purchased tickets and then couldn't attend due to the biggest rail strike in decades.

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That may be a valid excuse for yesterday but it's missing the point of the article.

Let's be generous and say there were 45k in the OS yesterday then if West Ham gave that as the gate most folk would say not a bad crowd for a game between two poor teams during a rail strike but instead they gave the crowd as over 62k and turn themselves into a laughing stock.

They should stop trying to appear to be more popular than they are and remember that 45k is 5k+ more than Chelsea get.

Pawl

Get your point however it's possible WHU don't know the actual attendance, they sell the tickets but have nothing to do with the stewarding or stadium operation.

comment by Just go already (U21166)
posted 1 minute ago
Pawl

Get your point however it's possible WHU don't know the actual attendance, they sell the tickets but have nothing to do with the stewarding or stadium operation.
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Oh come on JGA, I'm sure modern technology can tell us how many go through the turnstiles.

Spurs have sold out every Prem game at home so far this season but the gate is never quite 62.8k because by the law of averages there will always be a few who can't make it due to unforeseen circumstances.

As others have said attendance means how many are in the stadium not tickets sold.

At our ground some tiers of hospitality don’t go through turnstiles. Players lounge, some guests the same. Flip side some still sneak their kids or mates through despite the stewards.

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 1 minute ago
At our ground some tiers of hospitality don’t go through turnstiles. Players lounge, some guests the same. Flip side some still sneak their kids or mates through despite the stewards.
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OK, do you think that's what has happened at West Ham?

Bearing in mind their gate seems to be about 17k on the high side.

comment by Just go already (U21166)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
I watched a bit of the West Ham v Wolves game yesterday, and noticed thousands of empty seats...

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Yeah it's terrible, it's almost as if thousands of people purchased tickets and then couldn't attend due to the biggest rail strike in decades.

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Arsenal v Spurs had a capacity crowd, so no excuse West Ham stadium couldn't be full. They just ain't a big enough attraction, even though they practically give tickets away.

Arsenal v Spurs had a capacity crowd, so no excuse West Ham stadium couldn't be full. They just ain't a big enough attraction...

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Not really a fair comparison, getting lifts, Ubers or whatever for a massive local derby or doing it for a game against Wolves.

With everything said it is clear we had a fair number of empty seats yesterday, you could see it from the inside.

What I'd be genuinely interested in knowing is if many clubs simply report number of tickets sold (possibly prior to the game) and the press put that down as "attendance" for brevity and convenience.

All grounds in the PL now use scanning methods on digital tickets, very few now actually use paper tickets and if they do these will need to be scanned to avoid/find counterfeit tickets.

comment by Just go already (U21166)
posted 1 hour, 1 minute ago
Arsenal v Spurs had a capacity crowd, so no excuse West Ham stadium couldn't be full. They just ain't a big enough attraction...

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Not really a fair comparison, getting lifts, Ubers or whatever for a massive local derby or doing it for a game against Wolves.
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Or a Europa Conference game last season