20,000 empty seats (1 Viewer)

[CJparker]

Attendance last night was reported as 12,600 - this means we had very nearly 20,000 empty seats. Expect that to be a fairly common sight this season - is there any other club in the league that has so many empty seats for a typical home game?

 

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[SkyBluesAndy]

Over 12k for a Tuesday night game is a good attendance at this level really, despite how many empty seats there are.

 

[bulkoskyblue]

Over 12k for a Tuesday night game is a good attendance at this level really, despite how many empty seats there are.

agree there Andy, after the years of shit we have had to put up with 12k on a Tues night in the soul less bowl on the edge of town is a decent effort.

 

[SonofErnie]

Double any other crowd in league 1 last night

 

[ggrady]

It's a good crowd. We have to face it we would struggle to fill the stadium if we were in the prem let alone division 3

 

[valiant15]

That could turn out to be our biggest gate this season.

 

[Coventrycityfc]

It's about the bums on seats not the empty ones! We tried giving seats away for a £1 and still no great difference. Really can't grumble at 12k + for a Tuesdsy evening ! PUSB CTID

 

[ThisManHere]

12.6k for a Tuesday night game is very good at this level.

This was more than all other League One games and more than a few Championship games....

 

[ccfcway]

offer free advertsiisng to local firms if they buy some season tickets, then put banners around the top 20 rows of so, reducing the capicity and making the ground feel a bit fuller..

Lets face it, its not going to get any busier this season

 

[valiant15]

If we have a crap season I meant. Didn't anyone notice all the chinese folks there last night?

 

[Si80]

There was never 12K there last night.

The Lloyds stand was as sparse as it always is. Telegraph stand was empty compared to last season. Only stand that was near full was the "old" Tescos stand. I reckon Sheffield Utd brought 1.5k max with them, and at best their was 10k there.

 

[valiant15]

Anyone notice that the attendence wasn't announced during the game? I thought there was about 10k max there aswell.

 

[Tommo72]

Attendance last night was reported as 12,600 - this means we had very nearly 20,000 empty seats. Expect that to be a fairly common sight this season - is there any other club in the league that has so many empty seats for a typical home game?

I think we have to try and forget the amount of empty seats this season.....

If we do well there will be bigger crowds than last night for sure.....and bigger away followings with MK Dons, Swindon, Notts County, Walsall, Shrewsbury and Portsmouth likely to bring more than 1500, depending on other factors.

 

[fernandopartridge]

There was never 12K there last night.

The Lloyds stand was as sparse as it always is. Telegraph stand was empty compared to last season. Only stand that was near full was the "old" Tescos stand. I reckon Sheffield Utd brought 1.5k max with them, and at best their was 10k there.

There was comfortably 12k there. The Tesco stand probably holds in the region of 10k itself, even at 60% capacity it's half the gate.

 

[CJparker]

Hey, I wasn' criticising as I thought 12k was pretty good too, if true

I just am genuinely interested about whether there are any other clubs with as much surplus capacity as us

 

[Tommo72]

There was comfortably 12k there. The Tesco stand probably holds in the region of 10k itself, even at 60% capacity it's half the gate.

I'd agree, defo 12k there.

 

[ashbyjan]

I believe 12k was about right and considering it was a Tuesday night in the 3rd division that is testament to the core fan base we have. I was expecting 8-10k but shows that if we do start winning we could get 15k. Its a bit of a culture shock for most City fans when we realise we are being considered the "big boys" of the division - not a situation we are used to and will take a bit of getting used to.

 

[Dan Griffin]

Why was the tesco stand corner uncovered?

 

[fernandopartridge]

I believe 12k was about right and considering it was a Tuesday night in the 3rd division that is testament to the core fan base we have. I was expecting 8-10k but shows that if we do start winning we could get 15k. Its a bit of a culture shock for most City fans when we realise we are being considered the "big boys" of the division - not a situation we are used to and will take a bit of getting used to.

Don't say that, it's 'disrespectful' to other teams.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Why was the tesco stand corner uncovered?

It probably just hasn't been replaced since the Olympics. Also isn't the covering sponsored? Perhaps the sponsor has removed their sponsorship.

 

[pusbccfc]

Why was the tesco stand corner uncovered?

The club probably didn't have time to put up the netting after the Olympics

 

[fernandopartridge]

Hey, I wasn' criticising as I thought 12k was pretty good too, if true

I just am genuinely interested about whether there are any other clubs with as much surplus capacity as us

It's 38-39% of capacity, it's actually probably proportionately no worse than a lot of other teams.

 

[Diehard Si]

They include season tickets in attendance whether they go or not.

We need to net more areas off though. Bunch people in together.

Or maybe do like they did in Poland. Paint the seats diff colours do it looks like people on the crowd and not empty seats