West Brom boycott

[ousefox]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Hopefully a FOI request goes in for the actual number not the propaganda number.

Not sure why I keep reading this on here. You can't FOI the club.

[Voll Blau]

6 minutes ago, ousefox said:

Not sure why I keep reading this on here. You can't FOI the club.

Club have to submit the actual figure to the cops, from what I've read.

[Skidmark]

Still debating going or not tomorrow. I won't even watch it on the telly if not. Would rather work.

[Gamble92]

1 hour ago, Skidmark said:

Still debating going or not tomorrow. I won't even watch it on the telly if not. Would rather work.

****ing hell cheer up a bit

[kyleolly]

It’ll get postponed with the snow, unsafe conditions outside the ground for the 35 Leicester fans attending 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

8 hours ago, ousefox said:

Not sure why I keep reading this on here. You can't FOI the club.

Club provide the actual number to the council, who you can FOI to.

[Raj]

2 hours ago, kyleolly said:

It’ll get postponed with the snow, unsafe conditions outside the ground for the 35 Leicester fans attending 

Never not when its on Sky, remember a decade ago V Middlesborough it was horrendous and still went on cos of Sky.

Sky own footy.

 

 

[LinekersLugs]

Won’t be attending tonight 

And will not until a DOF/MD and CEO are in place 

we need change 

[Bellend Sebastian]

15 minutes ago, Raj said:

Never not when its on Sky, remember a decade ago V Middlesborough it was horrendous and still went on cos of Sky.

Sky own footy.

 

 

That was the day when most businesses in town let everyone out early and it took them hours to get home, whereas if you left at normal time it didn't take much longer than usual for a lot of people. A few lessons learned there.

 

Also, fell on my arse in the Bingo car park walking to the game, but so much snow by then in a fun way

[CrazyKopCorner]

It barely registers to me that we have a game these days. 

 

That Boxing Day and New Years days lack of effort has broken my flimsy connection to these complete and utter waste of spaces 

[Raj]

10 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

That was the day when most businesses in town let everyone out early and it took them hours to get home, whereas if you left at normal time it didn't take much longer than usual for a lot of people. A few lessons learned there.

 

Also, fell on my arse in the Bingo car park walking to the game, but so much snow by then in a fun way

I remember trying to drive to that game, made it out of my close and saw loads of cars crashing into ach other so fvcked off back home!!

 

[Edingleyfox]

I’ve missed a couple recently partly due to family stuff but tonight a commute down the A46 possibly minus 4 on the way back isn’t looking good . Too late to list it and probably 100 for sale in my block anyway. 
I think could be down to £20k tonight 

[Grebfromgrebland]

19 hours ago, Collymore said:

What about if it could be organised that all the boycotters go to the ground still but protest before, during and after the game outside?

 

A few hundred people would be quite noticeable. 

It's a bit cold though isn't it?

[Bordersfox]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Club provide the actual number to the council, who you can FOI to.

They'll just use one of the FOI Act exemptions, commercial sensitivity or information provided in confidence.  These will need to pass an internal public interest test threshold, which they will.  It would then be on the applicant to appeal.  Which they'll probably, but not inevitably, lose.  

 

Most likely a local journo that actually does this, fairly common practice.  

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Just now, Bordersfox said:

They'll just use one of the FOI Act exemptions, commercial sensitivity or information provided in confidence.  These will need to pass an internal public interest test threshold, which they will.  It would then be on the applicant to appeal.  Which they'll probably, but not inevitably, lose.  

 

Most likely a local journo that actually does this, fairly common practice.  

None of that works for West Ham.

[Bablemikey]

9 hours ago, goose2010 said:

Gonna be -5 tomorrow night apparently, will put a few more off especially in the family stand I would have thought 

Is that the temperature or the XG?

[Bordersfox]

8 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

None of that works for West Ham.

Good luck to you then. I hope you do get the information and that's a useful precedent.  I deal with FOIs regularly for a central government department and not a chance we'd be giving information provided by commercial stakeholders up in the first instance.* Be interesting to know if the fan groups won on appeal or whether it was released voluntarily.  

 

*a lot does obviously depend on particular circumstances.  Was or is the West Ham stadium publicly subsidised for example (I think it was), that will absolutely lower the threshold on the public interest test. 

Edited 5 January by Bordersfox

[LCFCJohn]

15 minutes ago, Edingleyfox said:

I’ve missed a couple recently partly due to family stuff but tonight a commute down the A46 possibly minus 4 on the way back isn’t looking good . Too late to list it and probably 100 for sale in my block anyway. 
I think could be down to £20k tonight 

Maybe I have not interpreted your post how you meant it but I’m not sure this is the thread to essentially say, you don’t support the boycott (as it sounds like you’d go if the weather was good), but your not supporting the team by not going but would also have not supported the boycott in putting your ticket for resale if it was not too late/you thought it would sell 

[whoareyaaa]

Should easily be less than 20k tonight 

[ramboacdc]

1 hour ago, Raj said:

Never not when its on Sky, remember a decade ago V Middlesborough it was horrendous and still went on cos of Sky.

Sky own footy.

 

 

Who can forget that Ipswich away game on Sky. That was insane.

 

First time in a while I have had a promo email from the club telling me tickets were on general sale.

 

The game being in -1 and a few other factors will make the attendance worse, but its simple for the club to excuse it away that it was just because of the weather etc. Will be interesting to see how the figures go with the next boycott.

[CosbehFox]

Anything about weather, kids going back etc is a loose excuse really for the club because the reasoning is the same why people are boycotting. They are totally apathetic to the use of their season ticket. 
 

When we had buckets of snow v Watford or even the FA Cup game v QPR last season, people were still making an effort. 

[Muzzy_no7]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Club provide the actual number to the council, who you can FOI to.

Mate of mine had this response from Leicester City Council in response to a FOI request for actual attendance figures:

 

‘The Council does not hold this information. Therefore this letter acts as a refusal notice under section 17.1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because, in accordance with section 1.1 of the Act, this information is not held by Leicester City Council.

 

We do issue a general Safety Certificate for Leicester City Football Club, but this states a maximum capacity that the ground can hold on matchdays. There is no requirement for the club to share attendance figures for any match.‘

[Finnegan]

Have just seen the FOIA conversation. Could have saved you the effort. 

[lanefox]

For those attending are we actually allowed to bring blankets and a flask 

[Leicesterpool]

If going tonight id advise not to buy any food or drink. That will hit club hard also, eat and drink before.