RL Tragic Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, RL Tragic said: Doesn’t matter how you dress that attendance up that’s really poor . Just to confirm not saying Archie Gordon was dressing it up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 45 minutes ago, Spidey said: Sorry for being that guy, but there’s a worrying number of empty seats here It just isn't anything like a sellout is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Anyone know what the highest England v France attendance in England is? Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, gingerjon said: Anyone know what the highest England v France attendance in England is? 1951 they got 31.8k. 22k in the 2013 WC Quarter Final. This should sit between those. Against GB there was a 50k and a 37k, but we are talking 60 to 70 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, gingerjon said: Anyone know what the highest England v France attendance in England is? The highest in the last few decades was 22,276 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Cup. You have to go back the 1950s for a bigger crowd at an England-France match. Edited October 22, 2022 by Big Picture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I do sympathise with anyone who got caught in the traffic at Bolton. Absolutely horrible place when anything goes wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL Sutton Coldfield Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) 23,648 announced Edited October 22, 2022 by RL Sutton Coldfield 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, Big Picture said: The highest in the last few decades was 22,276 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Cup. You have to go back the 1950s for a bigger crowd at an England-France match. Highest England v France game in England in 70 years then. And to think some people will be disappointed. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, RL Sutton Coldfield said: 23,638 announced Still 5K left 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, RL Sutton Coldfield said: 23,638 announced That makes the total now 132,832 and the average 11,069. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Looked and sounded good in the TV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratman Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Good crowd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, gingerjon said: Highest England v France game in England in 70 years then. And to think some people will be disappointed. It's an OK crowd. I think it's clear we can ignore any sales updates from official sources. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Great crowd and looked good on TV But makes little sense compared to what they were saying in the press - 3k seats left and restricted seats open? 28,723 is the capacity - unless some seats were taken up for screens etc. So either a lot of seats were blocked off for some reason or comments in the press were loose with the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Dave T said: It's an OK crowd. I think it's clear we can ignore any sales updates from official sources. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 12k for Sheffield then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, Leonard said: 12k for Sheffield then. That's the risk now. Fingers crossed for 20k. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithfulbyname Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Leonard said: Great crowd and looked good on TV But makes little sense compared to what they were saying in the press - 3k seats left and restricted seats open? 28,723 is the capacity - unless some seats were taken up for screens etc. So either a lot of seats were blocked off for some reason or comments in the press were loose with the truth. Or maybe people bought tickets and didn't show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Leonard said: Great crowd and looked good on TV But makes little sense compared to what they were saying in the press - 3k seats left and restricted seats open? 28,723 is the capacity - unless some seats were taken up for screens etc. So either a lot of seats were blocked off for some reason or comments in the press were loose with the truth. I think the media box takes space, although not sure why we are giving up so much capacity at grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 minute ago, faithfulbyname said: Or maybe people bought tickets and didn't show up They'd still count in the total, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, faithfulbyname said: Or maybe people bought tickets and didn't show up I have wondered that. I have a friend with 3 x tickets for Sheffield and can't make it. I had a spare for Italy v Sco as a friend who came to SJP went home early Sunday etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, Dave T said: They'd still count in the total, I think. Yes they would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dave T said: It's an OK crowd. I think it's clear we can ignore any sales updates from official sources. Why, didn’t say there was 5k tickets unsold? Which is about right isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, Chrispmartha said: Why, didn’t say there was 5k tickets unsold? Which is about right isnt it? No. Over a fortnight they told us there were fewer than 5k. Then this week they told us there was a huge surge and there were fewer than 3k. That was around Tuesday. Clearly they were working to a reduced capacity, so they will claim their update was right, but there were a lot of empty seats in expensive Central seats under the camera, so it didn't look like they were unable to be sold. We may as well just say its a sellout and claim our capacity was 23.7k. But it is what it is, I thought England played well and thankfully Bolton always looks good on TV, its a decent stadium layout with steep banking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dave T said: No. Over a fortnight they told us there were fewer than 5k. Then this week they told us there was a huge surge and there were fewer than 3k. That was around Tuesday. Clearly they were working to a reduced capacity, so they will claim their update was right, but there were a lot of empty seats in expensive Central seats under the camera, so it didn't look like they were unable to be sold. We may as well just say its a sellout and claim our capacity was 23.7k. But it is what it is, I thought England played well and thankfully Bolton always looks good on TV, its a decent stadium layout with steep banking. Ok, organisers embellishments aside it was a good crowd which sounded and looked good on TV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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