Attendance Figures

[Lutterworth Fox]

Anybody else noticed that we now have to wait a couple of days for the 'official' attendance at home matches to be announced. Until recently they were published literally after full time.

Guess now it gives them time to massage the figures to suit whichever scenario they choose.

[HP1]

2 minutes ago, Lutterworth Fox said:

Anybody else noticed that we now have to wait a couple of days for the 'official' attendance at home matches to be announced. Until recently they were published literally after full time.

Guess now it gives them time to massage the figures to suit whichever scenario they choose.

There was clearly 31k there yesterday. As there was last week, and every home game this season. The king power brand is good and strong 😀

[Muzzy_no7]

FOI’s have already been done to the City council who claim they don’t hold the figures. 
 

I would suggest someone do a FOI to the Police. 

[jonthefox]

21 minutes ago, HP1 said:

There was clearly 31k there yesterday. As there was last week, and every home game this season. The king power brand is good and strong 😀

Hi Top 

[Edingleyfox]

My guess was around 24k yesterday. I wasn’t sure how many left after the second goal. 

[Foxes1]

38 minutes ago, HP1 said:

There was clearly 31k there yesterday. As there was last week, and every home game this season. The king power brand is good and strong 😀

Or 30999 after Top cleared off at half-time.

[dmayne7]

It's funny because at Gillingham (local team as a kid), they would actually understand report the figures so that they paid less tax. Then again, Paul Scally (owner) is an absolute crook, whereas Top's a total narcissist so that probably explains why we over inflate

[Sinnoh]

15 minutes ago, Edingleyfox said:

My guess was around 24k yesterday. I wasn’t sure how many left after the second goal. 

A lot left after that, I had to queue to leave the carpark 😅

[nnfox]

I thought I saw somewhere once that they automatically count all season ticket holders in the attendance, regardless whether they show up or not.  Not sure if true.

[markko]

This season they have sold season tickets and many do not seem to be going. There will be a drop off next season. How many existing and new ones will want to commit next season after last season and this one?

[Leicester_Loyal]

1 minute ago, markko said:

This season they have sold season tickets and many do not seem to be going. There will be a drop off next season. How many existing and new ones will want to commit next season after last season and this one?

Next season anyone who wants a ST will likely get one, can't see there being a waiting list after the season we've had.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, Lutterworth Fox said:

Anybody else noticed that we now have to wait a couple of days for the 'official' attendance at home matches to be announced. Until recently they were published literally after full time.     Guess now it gives them time to massage the figures to suit whichever scenario they choose.

They always used to announce it, a few minutes after the final whistle.

 

I think it's pretty obvious why they've stopped doing this ... announcing the crowd as 31,000 when we can all see it was about 24,000, would just elicit hoots of derision.   Even our incompetent Club officials can see that.

 

They now just wait a few days, hoping the moment's past and you've got on with your life.     And the "tickets sold" figure typically appears on the BBC match report between one and seven days later.     Pathetic!

[Blue ROI]

Our Attendance is about as reliable as Teslas accounts 

[gazzaa2]

How many won't renew? Surely in the thousands. Outside the PL I don't see many new STH's taking them.

[adejo92]

23,934 vs Oxford.

 

20,880 vs Charlton.

 

Official.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

They're irrelevant to be honest. Tickets sold rather than actual attendances, thousands don't turn up, tens of thousand leave before full time.

[adejo92]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

They're irrelevant to be honest. Tickets sold rather than actual attendances, thousands don't turn up, tens of thousand leave before full time.

Tickets sold don't necessarily count on 'official' attendance.

 

Its calculated by the turnstiles and whats been scanned.

 

Like I said, 20,880 was the official attendance for yesterday. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

Tickets sold don't necessarily count on 'official' attendance.

 

Its calculated by the turnstiles and whats been scanned.

 

Like I said, 20,880 was the official attendance for yesterday. 

Where is that published? 

[adejo92]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Where is that published? 

I am not sure it is, but its a case of 'trust me bro' 

 

Its the true figure, but i'll leave it there.

[HP1]

1 hour ago, jonthefox said:

Hi Top 

If anyone wants to know where i was for the 2nd half yesterday, my good friend caleb okoli text me to say he got off work early so we went for a beer in the town centre, or in my case a tomato juice

Edited 1 February by HP1

[fox_favourite]

The attendance is falling, that is for sure. Average of 23k I reckon. Just imagine the League One campaign....!

[Heathrow fox]

1 hour ago, worth_the_wait said:

They always used to announce it, a few minutes after the final whistle.

 

I think it's pretty obvious why they've stopped doing this ... announcing the crowd as 31,000 when we can all see it was about 24,000, would just elicit hoots of derision.   Even our incompetent Club officials can see that.

 

They now just wait a few days, hoping the moment's past and you've got on with your life.     And the "tickets sold" figure typically appears on the BBC match report between one and seven days later.     Pathetic!

I thought they used to announce the attendance around the 80th minute mark.They would also say including c amount of away fans.Pretty sure most clubs still do this.

Which is why the current tactic is like you said.Pathetic 

[FoxesFan#1]

5 minutes ago, Heathrow fox said:

I thought they used to announce the attendance around the 80th minute mark.They would also say including c amount of away fans.Pretty sure most clubs still do this.

Which is why the current tactic is like you said.Pathetic 

Where I go now (Brackley Town) they proudly announce attendance around 75-80 minute mark without fail and publish the away number too.

 

Having said that I was at Curzon FC (I know! What excitement!) a few weeks back and they take two weeks to publish their crowd... yet they really don't need to as you can count the crowd it's that low!

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, adejo92 said:

Tickets sold don't necessarily count on 'official' attendance.

 

Its calculated by the turnstiles and whats been scanned.

 

Like I said, 20,880 was the official attendance for yesterday. 

Are you mad?

 

There was over 27,000 Vs West Brom which on that basis means there must have been over 60,000 there yesterday and a new club attendance record. 

[Guest worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, adejo92 said:

I am not sure it is, but its a case of 'trust me bro' 

Its the true figure, but i'll leave it there.

You'll have to do a little better than that, to convince us all ... but if you genuinely know someone ITK, then fair enough.