15-01-2015, 19:04
(This post was last modified: 15-01-2015, 19:10 by St Charles Owl.)
To be fair to MS, he said we would need a 60k stadium if we were to ever get in to the top 6 in the prem!! I think we would be able to sell out the Wednesday part of the ground in a lot of the games if we were in the prem, so that is approx 31,000, add in the away fans, which is generally higher as well and I think we would see crowds of between 32 and the 39 capacity most games. We currently have 16k season ticket holder I believe, I could see that easily rising to 22k in the prem if not more, and the longer we stay in the more it will rise.
Arsenal were indeed averaging in the mid to high 20s back before the prem took off, and that was in a stadium that held 40k but the prem is a different beast now to what it was since we were last there. Most grounds are over 90% full every game, with Villa having the worst percentage at 75%. We would pick up fans from places we didn't know we had them and as above the away support will be a lot bigger for most games.
Well I am predicting over 25k, suppose it depends how many Bolton bring!!
By your math here we would be right on a 30k average, particularly when you add another full house in Man City. We won't be topping 40k antime soon though as the current capacity is 39,812 and the crows nest would be left empty for virtually all games, so that brings it down to 38,500 at most.
Arsenal were indeed averaging in the mid to high 20s back before the prem took off, and that was in a stadium that held 40k but the prem is a different beast now to what it was since we were last there. Most grounds are over 90% full every game, with Villa having the worst percentage at 75%. We would pick up fans from places we didn't know we had them and as above the away support will be a lot bigger for most games.
(15-01-2015, 19:01)Southeyowl Wrote: Tickets are a Tenner on Saturday (from a season ticket no.) and we wont top 25,000
Well I am predicting over 25k, suppose it depends how many Bolton bring!!
(15-01-2015, 18:56)Imre varadi Wrote: Yes we would thurnyfish !! if we where in the prem today we would struggle when we play teams like stoke wba liecester crystalpalace swansea southampton Burnley QPR westham Aston villa ..... we would get 30,000 against chelsea sunderland newcastle everton arsenal spurs hull and Liverpool & manutd would top 40,000 !!
By your math here we would be right on a 30k average, particularly when you add another full house in Man City. We won't be topping 40k antime soon though as the current capacity is 39,812 and the crows nest would be left empty for virtually all games, so that brings it down to 38,500 at most.