[Archived] The Old Gate Debate

[Lee]

At the beginning of the week they'd sold more than 21000 tickets for that game.

[CAPT KAYOS]

I bet they bring more than the ticket allocation anyway.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Looking like a potential full house at the jjb come Saturday......thank your lucky stars for that Liverpool attendance Gav!

[Hughesy]

Any news on amount of tickets sold for Chelsea so far Lee?

[SAS]

well looks like chelsea are bringing 6k with only 100 tickets left :s

but they said theyd sold out last year too, and only 2,000 wer ther

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

If they balls it up against Utd and need a point to win the league their fans just might be all over bloody Ewood come Tues!!

Edited April 27, 2006 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[pleasure]

If they balls it up against Utd and need a point to win the league their fans just might be all over bloody Ewood come Tues!!

402725[/snapback]

doubt it with our much meligned ticket policies, blackburnians will struggle to get in. easier to get in fort knox than ewood.

if i get accosted by a spiv, on my way to the ground, i might flog my ticket for a few quid!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

doubt it with our much meligned ticket policies, blackburnians will struggle to get in. easier to get in fort knox than ewood.

if i get accosted by a spiv, on my way to the ground, i might flog my ticket for a few quid! 

402727[/snapback]

Bet you made a fortune from the infamous Citeh game fella!!!

[pleasure]

Bet you made a fortune from the infamous Citeh game fella!!!

402731[/snapback]

no man, i watched the game. when i got in the ground, an attractive city fan was sat in my seat! watched the game from the comfort of my lap. we've been friends ever since, strictly plutonic of course....

[Hughesy]

I was offered £160 per ticket for the City game. The guy said he wanted 8 or however many i could get and that he would give me £160 per ticket.

I said "No thanks".

[roversWASmylife]

Wigan v Pompey

Attendance, 21,126 according to Five Live.

[cletus]

***GAV`S £50 BET UPDATE***

Pompey`s visit to the JJB saw Wigan`s final home game of the season attract a crowd of 21,126. It affect Gav`s £50 bet like thus:-

Rovers average home league gate is 20,783 after 17 home games

Wigan`s average home league gate has finished at 20,610 after all 19 homes.

(Rovers are an average of 173 ahead)

Rovers total home league gates are 353,314

Wigan`s total home league gates finished at 391,587

(Rovers are 38,273 behind, with 2 games left to play)

2 final home gates exceeding 19,137 per game will see GAV reign triumphant over his Wigan supporting colleague/mate/associate.

[Gav]

Can I again say a big thank you to Cletus for the way in which he's kept the interest going in this thread all season.

My Bolton supporting colleague, who I made the wager with, is telling me that I’ve nothing to gloat about because only just beating Wigans average attendance is nothing to write home about. I pointed out to her that if I’d have taken the alternative wager of us finishing higher than Bolton I’d have won that also.

Doubt she'll pay up but I’ll keep you posted.

[Yorick]

damn......

Edited May 2, 2006 by Yorick

[thenodrog]

My Bolton supporting colleague, who I made the wager with, is telling me that I’ve nothing to gloat about because only just beating Wigans average attendance is nothing to write home about. I pointed out to her that if I’d have taken the alternative wager of us finishing higher than Bolton I’d have won that also.

Doubt she'll pay up but I’ll keep you posted.

404060[/snapback]

Here's a gud un for sorting out arguments guys. (You can make some money out of our neighbours with this too!

http://www.european-football-statistics.co...ttn/attneng.htm

btw Gav I dont want to cherry pick but check out BRFC v Notlob over the years and especially the 2001 season in Div 1 when we were both promoted. First time all the Lanky clubs have been in the same div for years, all clubs enjoyed a good season but where were the others then?

Also t'big club along the M65 with their countless thousands who cannot get in most weeks dont show up too well at all over the GENERATIONS.

Unfortunately our recent demise in crowd stats is there for all to see! 10 teams in the 1st div with higher averages is bloody poor. We are defying gravity big time and it cannot go on forever!

Edited May 2, 2006 by thenodrog

[RevidgeBlue]

We are defying gravity big time and it cannot go on forever! 

404127[/snapback]

Yes it can assuming reasonable management on the pitch and the Sky/TV money set up the way it is!

[krislu]

Doesnt even look close to a sell out at Ewood today...

[jim mk2]

Attendance 20,243.

[Ste B]

Apparently there are 1000 kids coming for free on Sunday... Bet should be safe now.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Attendance 20,243.

404167[/snapback]

We were getting bigger crowds when we went down,I am totally at a loss to explain what is happening.

[AndyC]

forget all the talk of the size of the crowd.

i only saw the 2n half on Sky tonight, but those of you who were there were immense!!!

Sky showed loads of footage of the crowd chanting away and the atmosphere looked electric! Even the Jack Walker stand seemed to be chanting which I've not seen since VE Day ;-)

Well done boys - we might not be a so called 'big club' but you did us proud tonight!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Fair play Andyc...numbers aside,when Rovers fans get their act together they can make quite a roar!

Lets all hope the numbers situation improves next season......it must

Edited May 2, 2006 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Billinge End Blue]

Very few under 12s on tonight, with it being a school night and 8pm kick off...

Could be a factor, as well as the TV viewing of matches becoming habitual for increasing numbers....

Is it true that since Christmas all but two Rovers games have been screened live?

The main thing for the non-attenders to consider though is that they missed out on being a part of a priceless atmosphere in the last ten minutes or so ( and the post-match jubilation )! Super win and Europe here we come!

[Gav]

I've won so f**k it

We're all going on a european tour

[philipl]

Gav, tight squeeze- another 600 less last night and you'd have been sweating.

Hopefully all the stayaways were feeling as sick about not being at Ewood last night as I was.