ThomasSWFC Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I had 1 empty seat next to me and maybe 4 or 5 infront Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 we should register to the football league to officially reduce our attendance. People keep saying the capacity on the upper west is 4200 - they'll never be 4200 in that stand again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 There were about 5 seats near us that were empty o kop as well. In fact kop was 55% empty. Just people moving and that made it look otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Does anyone no if there are any plans to alter the leppings lane end of the ground? This would be a great idea, I'm surprised no one's mentioned it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 As I said, there were 9 of us in the North, and only 2 sat in their seats, and then only briefly So it would have been easy to spot those 7 seats and think they hadn't been taken. When it's busy, plenty don't sit in their seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 The Kop was dead. It was only because it started spitting while people were queing at the turnstiles so when people got inside they hung their coats over the spare seats to dry them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrbluesky Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 2 seats in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I was on the North stand and can confirm it was at least 40% empty, I've seen the pictures and it do admit it does look a lot fuller than it actually was. Are you being serious ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Are you being serious ? He is - I had the same opinion The amount of people wearing blue made it hard to differentiate between them and the seats though. Makes it hard to give a really guess of how empty it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelswfc Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 He is - I had the same opinion The amount of people wearing blue made it hard to differentiate between them and the seats though. Makes it hard to give a really guess of how empty it was Everyone should wear red so that you can differentiate between fans and seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semedo's ferret Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Sell out to home fans. Odd empty seat because some season ticket holders genuinely can't get every game. Five seats next to me are taken by season ticket holders yet they've been sat in probably 5 times! Money to burn some people. The ground should be reclassified 'cos it's more like a 35k stadium now. Still, I'm happy keeping it at 39900 or whatever the exact figure is. Looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 My seat was unoccupied on Sat, but only because of a prior holiday planned. I don't have money to burn, but I have still attended most of the games, so I am prepared to forgo the odd game and pay the ST price so that I know I have retained my seat for the entire season, and have been guaranteed it for the play-off game, and sod the POTG fans. It is still commercially a better prospect for me than cherry-picking games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 He is - I had the same opinion The amount of people wearing blue made it hard to differentiate between them and the seats though. Makes it hard to give a really guess of how empty it was Haha ok thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Sell out to home fans. Odd empty seat because some season ticket holders genuinely can't get every game. Five seats next to me are taken by season ticket holders yet they've been sat in probably 5 times! Money to burn some people. The ground should be reclassified 'cos it's more like a 35k stadium now. Still, I'm happy keeping it at 39900 or whatever the exact figure is. Looks better. They've probably been at the games but not sat in their season ticket seats. I don't always sit in my seat on kop, obviously when its full like Saturday there's no option to go and sit somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbloke no1 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Complimentary tickets aren't included and we give plenty of these away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j17tjp Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 How many do you think will be there for the playoff game, considering its on tv ? I'll be getting 2 tomorrow (Thursday) WAWAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) How many do you think will be there for the playoff game, considering its on tv ? I'll be getting 2 tomorrow (Thursday) WAWAW It will definitely be a sell out.I don't think they'll be many left for general sale. 14,000 season ticket holders already purchased. 5,000 members 2,000 foundation members 2,500 new season ticket holders who can purchase from tomorrow. 50% of season ticket holders purchasing additional ticket. 30,000ish. Edited May 4, 2016 by bradowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 There were around 4k season ticket holders that didn't go on Saturday. It didn't look like it but almost half of the North Stand was actually empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Further evidence that the Leppings Lane end needs pulling down. Even putting aside any points about it being a.) a sh*t tip and b.) a relic of the disaster (which ARE both a factor in it needing to come down), it's also a source of lost revenue for the club. I imagine having a 39k capacity stadium that you can only "sell out" at 32k due to away fan numbers and/or police and safety restrictions must have Chansiri pulling his hair out. Fair enough Hillsborough sell outs have been rather sparing over the last decade, but if the club has ambition then we can't be held back over the ridiculous seating and capacity situation that the Leppings Lane and NW corner represent. If we got promoted we'd be the only club in the top flight with visibly empty seats that either aren't or can't be sold. That whole end of the ground needs a start-from-scratch re-think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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