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Post by bermudastone on Apr 19, 2019 22:05:34 GMT
Despite all that has gone on in this crap season nearly 2000 folks turned up today to watch The Stones play the 2nd bottom side !
Going to be a very interesting season next year ?
COYMFS
P.S. Kent CC got well thrashed today - you can't win them all !!!
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Post by sword65 on Apr 20, 2019 3:30:10 GMT
Normally at this time of year I start dreading the 8 week gap between the end of the season and the pre season friendlies as that is 8 void Saturdays to fill , but this year I find myself welcoming them for I need a break after this awful year. The world snooker champs are just beginning followed by the cricket world cup and so there is plenty to watch whilst our bald septagenarian and Hakan ,whose name sounds like a camel clearing his throat and his after match interviews sound like a camel clearing it's arse,are left to sweat out the summer months with some hard graft. I don't envy there task and will think of them often as I sit by a beach with an ice cold can of beer just chilling and resting my fucked up bones. There is though seven more days yet to suffer that's just 2 pitiful performances more before we can all breathe a sigh of relief that it is finally over.
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Post by 61666 on Apr 20, 2019 7:41:19 GMT
Despite all that has gone on in this crap season nearly 2000 folks turned up today to watch The Stones play the 2nd bottom side ! Going to be a very interesting season next year ? COYMFS P.S. Kent CC got well thrashed today - you can't win them all !!! No they didn't. The main stand was half full at best. The Genco was barely one third. A single line, by no means continuous, down both sides and, second half, about 50 in the town end. A thousand at best, unless the rest were in the Spitfire. With nothing to watch on the pitch, I had time to do a head count and on that basis we can assume that the vast majority of season ticket holders had something better to do. And who can blame them. |
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Post by sword65 on Apr 20, 2019 8:00:15 GMT
Despite all that has gone on in this crap season nearly 2000 folks turned up today to watch The Stones play the 2nd bottom side ! Going to be a very interesting season next year ? COYMFS P.S. Kent CC got well thrashed today - you can't win them all !!! No they didn't. The main stand was half full at best. The Genco was barely one third. A single line, by no means continuous, down both sides and, second half, about 50 in the town end. A thousand at best, unless the rest were in the Spitfire. With nothing to watch on the pitch, I had time to do a head count and on that basis we can assume that the vast majority of season ticket holders had something better to do. And who can blame them. Less than 50 in the Spitfire with 10 minutes to go. |
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Post by pedant on Apr 20, 2019 11:30:00 GMT
No they didn't. The main stand was half full at best. The Genco was barely one third. A single line, by no means continuous, down both sides and, second half, about 50 in the town end. A thousand at best, unless the rest were in the Spitfire. With nothing to watch on the pitch, I had time to do a head count and on that basis we can assume that the vast majority of season ticket holders had something better to do. And who can blame them. Less than 50 in the Spitfire with 10 minutes to go. The main stand was half full at best. that's 400 The Genco was barely one third. that's 550 A single line, by no means continuous, down both sides 200? and, second half, about 50 in the town end.
I don't know what the 'real' figure was but your own sums take it comfortably above your "thousand at best".
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Post by daveu on Apr 20, 2019 11:46:22 GMT
Less than 50 in the Spitfire with 10 minutes to go. The main stand was half full at best. that's 400 The Genco was barely one third. that's 550 A single line, by no means continuous, down both sides 200? and, second half, about 50 in the town end.
I don't know what the 'real' figure was but your own sums take it comfortably above your "thousand at best".
Oh come on. As if we haven't more to worry about than whether or not the club is over reporting attendances, and what would they gave to gain anyways other than a higher VAT bill? By all means have a moan about performances, after all that's fully justified, but if you're moaning about reported attendances then you really need to sort your life out. |
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Post by 1018 on Apr 20, 2019 12:35:17 GMT
I thought there was around 1,500 & just shook my head when the official figure was announced.
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Post by Better things to do in life on Apr 20, 2019 17:49:22 GMT
I thought there was around 1,500 & just shook my head when the official figure was announced. We are not all imagining it - the official attendances towards seasons end at JWW have been way above reality. If they are accurate then some of our earlier 2000 + crowds were actually 3000 so something odd is going on. Don’t know why? But it is strange for so many of us to notice it. |
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Post by Nick on Apr 20, 2019 19:00:20 GMT
I think there has been some misunderstanding for some fans who think that season ticket holders are not counted in the official attendance if they are absent.
The fact is all season ticket holders are counted whether they attend or not.
Probably at least 400 STH's missing on Friday but they all counted in the official attendance.
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Post by jdl on Apr 20, 2019 22:21:13 GMT
I think there has been some misunderstanding for some fans who think that season ticket holders are not counted in the official attendance if they are absent. The fact is all season ticket holders are counted whether they attend or not. Probably at least 400 STH's missing on Friday but they all counted in the official attendance. We had a poster on here a few months ago who had worked in the office at JWW and he (I assume) stated categorically that attendance is based on clicks at the turnstiles (+ VPs, etc). ST holders who don't turn up, aren't counted. No idea what the truth is on this, I heard the same rumours at WHU (but equally without proof), but I fail to see why the club would do it. What do they have to gain from making up the figures? |
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Post by gromley on Apr 20, 2019 22:51:21 GMT
Anyone who has paid to attend the game (or been issued with a free ticket) is included in the "attendance" whether or not they actually show up.
However, if we wanted to prove this point categorically, then perhaps everyone could stay away from the final home game of the season and we would I am sure see that the "attendance" would still be impressively high.
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Post by sword65 on Apr 20, 2019 23:49:14 GMT
Anyone who has paid to attend the game (or been issued with a free ticket) is included in the "attendance" whether or not they actually show up. However, if we wanted to prove this point categorically, then perhaps everyone could stay away from the final home game of the season and we would I am sure see that the "attendance" would still be impressively high. You have a good point. If we sold 2500 season tickets then everybody boycotted the first game would the attendance still be 2500 even if the stadium eas empty? |
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Post by jdl on Apr 21, 2019 1:59:45 GMT
Anyone who has paid to attend the game (or been issued with a free ticket) is included in the "attendance" whether or not they actually show up.However, if we wanted to prove this point categorically, then perhaps everyone could stay away from the final home game of the season and we would I am sure see that the "attendance" would still be impressively high. How do you know this? |
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Post by gromley on Apr 21, 2019 19:13:31 GMT
To be honest, I can't prove it categorically in the case of Maidstone, but it is common practise (and confirmed by other clubs) - although as I understand it there are no hard and fast rules about how clubs calculate attendance. In the case of cup games though where there is a "revenue share" I'm sure it must be based on ticket sales rather than bums on seats (or bums standing by the riverside), obviously season tickets don't come in to play here, but there are still potentially pre bought tickets not used. The fact that it seems to be the norm and that it fits the observations that reported attendance numbers are far more stable than a visual view of 'actual' attendance leaves me pretty confident that this is in fact the case. I didn't see the post where someone claiming to be an 'insider' said that it was based on actual numbers through the turnstiles, but I would doubt this unless it was an official statement from the club. Back when I was a season ticket holder, I don't ever recall anyone clicking a counter or in any other way recording my entrance. |
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