Interesting take on attendances

[cornishbaggie]

   

If we build it, will they come ?

[Borin' Baggie]

The Hawthorns capacity is comfortably under 26k now with 700 seats in the SME and a few more in the MC not available. That would put us around a similar percentage as Leeds

[ColliersWoodBaggie]

Highest attendance (a sell out) was 25.409 v Leeds so far. Suggests the capacity is below 26k

[Borin' Baggie]

Highest attendance (a sell out) was 25.409 v Leeds so far. Suggests the capacity is below 26k

And that was before the MC was closed!

[MrFizz]

All them non-attending kids innit.

[MrBater]

Random question, do all clubs calculate attendances in exactly the same way these days? Or do some still cou t numbers through gates?

[Spandaubaggie]

All them non-attending kids innit.

This and some. 
I've got 3 of the tickets, with my son and his one mate always there. There are no shortage of takers from his mates for the other ticket too, including a Villa mate, who I am glad to see in the Brummie as he's never been to a match we haven't won.
It's poor those empty seats, and even in supposed sell outs there must be 2-3000 of them.

[SONGTHRUSH]

When it's a so called 'sell out' I'd say there's no more than 24,000 in the ground with all the ST no shows (mainly kids' tickets of course).

[CaptainFantastico]

I think given the state the club was in in August and the desire to maximise how many turned up we did the next thing.

From next season they just need to make it that only one cheap child seat can be bought per full adult or oap ticket. Simple enough

[ColliersWoodBaggie]

Yes, the Coventry game was a sell out the day before the match, and in the East Stand, where I was there were around 5 empty seats nearby.