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Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stayingup » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:39 pm

Current form is really good and yet there were at least 1000 empty seats yesterday. Hard to understand that.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Vino blanco » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:44 pm

Loads of Burnley fans over here in Benalmadena on holiday.
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Aclaret » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:45 pm

Hands up, sorry I couldn't make it yesterday but as a season ticket holder would I be counted as being on the game ?

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by jrgbfc » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:48 pm

Aclaret wrote:Hands up, sorry I couldn't make it yesterday but as a season ticket holder would I be counted as being on the game ?
Yeah non attending season ticket holders are included in the attendance.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stayingup » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:50 pm

Vino blanco wrote:Loads of Burnley fans over here in Benalmadena on holiday.
What 1000? Haha.

I flew back this week from Spain.

What I hear from fellow Clarets who pick their games is that they get seats with poor views and often get wet in either of the two lowers. Perhaps we need another tier on the Bob Lord for better viewing and more comfort. Our current form deserves full houses.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by dougcollins » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:55 pm

I wouldn't want to watch that game every week, however.
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stayingup » Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:07 pm

dougcollins wrote:I wouldn't want to watch that game every week, however.
Yep but they dont play Everton every week. Personally I love watching us win and our Keeper and CB's alone are a joy to watch.
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Jimmymaccer » Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:40 pm

We had some blue noses behind us in the JML lower yesterday but they were good value..........spent all match taking the pith commentating on the match, and Pope’s knock it long to Wood........

Then we scored so they went back inside to get more beer to drown their sorrows!
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by DefourFiveSix » Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:21 pm

Think a lot of the fairweather fans have got "used" to Prem football so every game isn't the draw it once way. Just hope we don't become renowned for having a half empty ground eventually. We sell out against the Big Six easily although I wonder how many away fans snap up tickets given how easy it is.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by COBBLE » Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:45 pm

I would like to understand if the club has a strategic approach to growing the attendance numbers. I'm thinking about creating a brand image that will appear to supporters across the world.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Burnleyareback2 » Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:52 pm

COBBLE wrote:I would like to understand if the club has a strategic approach to growing the attendance numbers. I'm thinking about creating a brand image that will appear to supporters across the world.
Interesting side note, I work for a Finnish company and over there a couple of times in September. For the first time in 6 years they knew all about Burnley as we played Pukki a few weeks ago.

At least 3 of them had plans to go to Norwich before Christmas with +10 friends.

Most of Finland are Norwich fans right now.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Sutton-Claret » Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:56 am

According to BBC attendance was 20650 - but as the OP says there seemed to be more empty seats than the figure suggests.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:52 am

To steal a Man City song.

We've been to Aberdeen
And Istanbul.
Athens as well.
But we still get empty seats, empty seats at home.
Empty seats at home.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Bosscat » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:58 am

Sutton-Claret wrote:According to BBC attendance was 20650 - but as the OP says there seemed to be more empty seats than the figure suggests.
Thats because season ticket holders who do not attend for whatever reason... holiday etc etc are counted

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Chester Perry » Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:29 am

Sutton-Claret wrote:According to BBC attendance was 20650 - but as the OP says there seemed to be more empty seats than the figure suggests.
which leaves 1896 seats empty - rather more than the 1000 or so suggested

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Spijed » Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:43 am

We only got 20,802 against them two seasons ago, which suggests Everton are not as big of a draw as some of the bigger clubs.
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:48 am

Spijed wrote:We only got 20,802 against them two seasons ago, which suggests Everton are not as big of a draw as some of the bigger clubs.
I think that was a lunchtime kick off live on Sky.

But the turf is full of Liverpool and Man Utd fans that take their kids on who are Burnley fans because we're in the premier league.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Chester Perry » Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:01 am

Attendance for some is not about success or even performance (though it helps) it is about connection to a community - for all football is the global game the best supported team in the world is a college American Football team - Michigan State - no roof and some very poor and cold weather at times

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:29 am

I think the simple fact is that Football’s not cheap, even with Burnley’s competitive pricing. Folk will pick and choose matches. I don’t have a ST this time around, and missed this one because I was away. I’m not even sure if I’d have attended if I’d have been home.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by NottsClaret » Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:36 am

I can only remember a couple of 20k crowds in the first 20 years of watching Burnley. Now we average that, so it's not all bad. Give or take a few hundred, when did we last get many more on than we do now?

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by jrgbfc » Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:37 am

30 quid isn't exactly cheap, especially if you have to take the kids and buy them a drink or a hotdog to keep them quiet, turns into an expensive day out.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stan Tastic » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:06 pm

I seem to remember when were in the top flight in the mid-seventies the average attendance at home was around 18,000 and that was with much cheaper admission prices.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Leisure » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:13 pm

Burnley v Everton

14/15 - 19927
16/17 - 21416
17/18 - 20802
18/19 - 21484
19/20 - 20650

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stalbansclaret » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:17 pm

Interesting, and bear in mind that 2018/19 was Boxing Day so not surprising a sell out or near sell out. As has been said above I always regarded 18k as “a good crowd” watching Burnley in my relative youth.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by J_Grimshaw » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:21 pm

Fess up that I am a season ticket holder but get to about 8 home matches a year. Keep it going cos it bumps me up the list when buying tickets for away games. Live a 20 minute train journey to London so get to all the London, South matches (that said went to Villa and going to Leicester).
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Leisure » Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:27 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote:Interesting, and bear in mind that 2018/19 was Boxing Day so not surprising a sell out or near sell out. As has been said above I always regarded 18k as “a good crowd” watching Burnley in my relative youth.
And on Saturday there would have been 18k home fans on. Not bad for little old Burnley!

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by turfytopper » Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:01 pm

J_Grimshaw wrote:Fess up that I am a season ticket holder but get to about 8 home matches a year. Keep it going cos it bumps me up the list when buying tickets for away games. Live a 20 minute train journey to London so get to all the London, South matches (that said went to Villa and going to Leicester).

I live in Crawley and couldn't make Saturday either. The kick off time for the Chelsea game makes it really difficult too....but I'm planning a motorbike weekend...just hoping for reasonable weather.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by UpTheClaretsFCBK » Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:36 pm

I was a season ticket holder until last December when I moved to Bangkok. I'm hoping to attend two away games and two homes games next when I'm home in December.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Stayingup » Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:40 pm

Sutton-Claret wrote:According to BBC attendance was 20650 - but as the OP says there seemed to be more empty seats than the figure suggests.
Apparently they count season ticket holders who dont turn up in the official attendance.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by SammyBoy » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:11 pm

This is the first time in ages I've not had a season ticket. The past few years I found I was missing way too many games due to other commitments, still try and get to a few matches though.

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by tim_noone » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:27 pm

Leisure wrote:Burnley v Everton

14/15 - 19927
16/17 - 21416
17/18 - 20802
18/19 - 21484
19/20 - 20650
Burnley v Everton 67/68 -- 44.000 :D

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Leisure » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:54 pm

tim_noone wrote:Burnley v Everton 67/68 -- 44.000 :D
Not quite - 22,592 and the game at Goodson was 54,324

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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by Helmshore Claret » Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:41 pm

Would love to watch a game like Saturday's every week. Being able to defend,is an art which the football authorities have done everything humanly possible to destroy .The Clarets defending was superb and their 'seeing the game out' masterful. I don't know why, but I never find winning boring and when Henndrick scored,the only people not dancing up and down were the many Everton fans(JML block6) dressed 'inconspicuously' in plain clothes. Hope MI6 never employ them.
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Re: Empty seats yesterday

Post by tim_noone » Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:06 pm

Leisure wrote:Not quite - 22,592 and the game at Goodson was 54,324
Sorry 28th January 67 ...I'm older than I thought 44.000 plus FA Cup game 66/67 :D

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