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Post by jdl on Mar 18, 2014 14:55:38 GMT
I heard much speculation/assumption on Saturday, and later read much the same on here that the attendance figure announced at the game can't have been true. Why is this? What do the club have to gain by undercounting the crowd?
On a related note, although the ground was pretty full, there was still a fair bit of room in the town end, so if that really was 2,300ish, I think we could easily get 2,500 in the ground, if not 3,000.
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Post by oxfordinmaid on Mar 18, 2014 14:58:01 GMT
I heard much speculation/assumption on Saturday, and later read much the same on here that the attendance figure announced at the game can't have been true. Why is this? What do the club have to gain by undercounting the crowd? On a related note, although the ground was pretty full, there was still a fair bit of room in the town end, so if that really was 2,300ish, I think we could easily get 2,500 in the ground, if not 3,000. Use your brain !!! |
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Post by ontheup on Mar 18, 2014 15:04:35 GMT
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Post by suffolkstone on Mar 18, 2014 16:15:42 GMT
I heard much speculation/assumption on Saturday, and later read much the same on here that the attendance figure announced at the game can't have been true. Why is this? What do the club have to gain by undercounting the crowd? On a related note, although the ground was pretty full, there was still a fair bit of room in the town end, so if that really was 2,300ish, I think we could easily get 2,500 in the ground, if not 3,000. Well that is my favourite post of the year..Quite brilliant.. |
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Post by toonarmy on Mar 18, 2014 16:18:14 GMT
It's not about the space around you when it comes to capacity it's about suitable exits to leave the ground if an incident were to occur.
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Post by townendphil on Mar 18, 2014 17:01:54 GMT
Will you take that hat off!! The one with H&S written on it
And re the original post...really? You need to ask? Not sayin that the figure the club gave is false and weren't there sat so can't judge myself what it was.
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Post by preciousstone on Mar 18, 2014 17:48:43 GMT
Official capacity must be 2296 no? the club might let another few hundred into the stadium for H and S reasons ie to avoid a riot in car park if you try and lock them out...
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Post by jdl on Mar 18, 2014 18:35:00 GMT
It's not about the space around you when it comes to capacity it's about suitable exits to leave the ground if an incident were to occur. I know this, we've discussed it before. I was merely commenting on the apparent capacity of the ground, not the capacity permitted for other reasons. |
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Post by jdl on Mar 18, 2014 18:43:58 GMT
I heard much speculation/assumption on Saturday, and later read much the same on here that the attendance figure announced at the game can't have been true. Why is this? What do the club have to gain by undercounting the crowd? On a related note, although the ground was pretty full, there was still a fair bit of room in the town end, so if that really was 2,300ish, I think we could easily get 2,500 in the ground, if not 3,000. Use your brain !!! Do you honestly think that I didn't think about this before posting, that I didn't "use my brain"? Obviously (from my post) I couldn't understand it, so I thought I'd ask on here. Unfortunately, I am none the wiser. The H&S aspect I could understand - as, no matter how big the gate (excepting the few really big games), there never seems to be anyone left outside. But when the figure was announced on Saturday, people in the crowd were shouting "taxman", so they were presumably implying something else. But what? Also, in my many years at Upton Park, I often also heard the official attendance announcements being derided. But UP is almost NEVER full! So that surely can't be H&S? So why do fans (apparently generally) think the figures are being under or ever reported? |
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Post by pat1969 on Mar 18, 2014 18:51:04 GMT
Johny, I believe that when the ground was built it was with a capacity of 3,000, however h and safety bods decided to reduce that and I believe the original 2,226 simply came about due the amount attending the Brighton game. The official capacity is now the 2,292 or whatever it is. I think it's generally accepted there is space for 3,000 but perhaps not enough exits, plus exceeding the capacity is not something you'd officially do.
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Post by stoneslive on Mar 19, 2014 22:56:04 GMT
Official capacity must be 2296 no? the club might let another few hundred into the stadium for H and S reasons ie to avoid a riot in car park if you try and lock them out... I believe that the "official" capacity is now 2,500 after the terracing at the Town End was extended and the family enclosure created. |
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Post by Sennockian69 on Mar 20, 2014 12:19:59 GMT
Official capacity must be 2296 no? the club might let another few hundred into the stadium for H and S reasons ie to avoid a riot in car park if you try and lock them out... I believe that the "official" capacity is now 2,500 after the terracing at the Town End was extended and the family enclosure created. Until this is formally announced conspiracy theories regarding the attendance figures will abound.  |
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