Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted December 30, 2023 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 28/12/2023 at 16:41, blandy said: Also, what’s very weird is that the club have stopped releasing the attendances for games, or at least the media no longer publish them for our games. I’m guessing, but it seems like either someone isn’t doing their media liaison job as openly as previously and in a way all other clubs do, or that someone somewhere is deliberately hiding information. As it’s more or less coincidental with the introduction of these “not universally popular” so called premium, super expensive packages it looks like they’re hiding the poor take up of these packages leading to empty seats. So maybe someone somewhere high up decided to ramp up income by introducing these packages and now the poor take up is being hidden from fans and media alike. It’s lamentable and the secrecy is actually quite revealing and concerning at the same time. Someone somewhere has a Heck of a character flaw. Arsenal still listed as tbc in the programme, Sheffield United also joining it on the tbc list and the game before that was our largest attendance for decades...by one. Nothing on the BBC for todays game. What sort of weird circumstance do a club have to be operating under when they're afraid to release their attendances? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted December 30, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2023 29 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: What sort of weird circumstance do a club have to be operating under when they're afraid to release their attendances? It’s a question for the next one, perhaps - “Given all clubs must report, under rule L.41, actual gate figures (as opposed to tickets sold) to the Premier league board for each home game, for what reason has the club held back from releasing attendance figure to supporters via either the media, or via the programme? And when will the club end this ridiculous veil of secrecy?” 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted December 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, blandy said: It’s a question for the next one, perhaps - “Given all clubs must report actual attendance figures (as opposed to tickets sold) to the Premier league for each home game, for what reason has the club, held back from releasing attendance figure to supporters via either the media, or via the programme? And when will the club end this ridiculous veil of secrecy?” The club understands the needs to release actual attendance figures and will provide an update in due course. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) On 28/12/2023 at 15:34, Mark Albrighton said: About page 39 (for me) in the new club badge thread there is discussion about the survey. The club published the survey on 2nd October. Look how much better the round badge looks when the lion is yellow. Edited December 30, 2023 by maqroll 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 When did they stop releasing attendances, I hadn’t noticed they had stopped doing it until today. Pretty sure they’ve released them most games this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, WHY said: When did they stop releasing attendances, I hadn’t noticed they had stopped doing it until today. Pretty sure they’ve released them most games this season. The club understands that it stopped releasing attendances and will provide an update about when this started in due course. Edited December 30, 2023 by fightoffyour 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2023 There is a clear lack of demand for attendance figures to be released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Having never been to one of these, honest questions: does anyone ever follow up on the club response to a question, to get specifics or call them on these things? The reports I read come off as a lot of “disappointment” but never “when pressed in follow up on that issue….” is that even viable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 31, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 31, 2023 15 hours ago, 479Villan said: Having never been to one of these, honest questions: does anyone ever follow up on the club response to a question, to get specifics or call them on these things? The reports I read come off as a lot of “disappointment” but never “when pressed in follow up on that issue….” is that even viable? I think you've misunderstood what these meetings are for. It's to tick a box saying that fans were "involved". It could be a useful communications channel, but at the moment they are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjavfc Posted December 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2023 20 hours ago, WHY said: When did they stop releasing attendances, I hadn’t noticed they had stopped doing it until today. Pretty sure they’ve released them most games this season. Believe it or not this actually hit the mainstream today on the TalkSPORT “Warm-up” radio show with Max Rushdon and Barry Glendenning. They play guess the attendance on their Sunday show with comedian Justin Moorhouse using the Saturday fixtures. Max changed the fixture last minute to the villa game and was frantically trying to google the attendance in real time to no avail. Then Barry plus all the producers were trying to find it online as well and this took up about 2 minutes of air time with no one able to find the attendance before the whole game was abandoned and the show ended in farce Heck has a lot to answer for! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) Burnley attendance 41613 with hundreds unsold in the away end Edited January 3 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 3 Author Moderator Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Burnley attendance 41613 with hundreds unsold in the away end Where's that figure coming from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: Where's that figure coming from? They still announce the attendance when you show up to the stadium I'm pretty sure at least they have done so every time I've attended a match this season which is 4 times including vs Legia Warsaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 3 Author Moderator Share Posted January 3 14 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: They still announce the attendance when you show up to the stadium I'm pretty sure at least they have done so every time I've attended a match this season which is 4 times including vs Legia Warsaw. They haven't at the last three unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Yeah it’s kind of annoying that they’ve stopped announcing the attendance figure and the scores in other games tbh….especially when you can’t get signal to check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: Where's that figure coming from? https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/aston-villa/attendances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 3 Author Moderator Share Posted January 3 4 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/aston-villa/attendances Interesting. I wonder where they're getting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 4 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Interesting. I wonder where they're getting them. Not sure but can’t find the Sheffield United one anywhere and I have found a couple of figures for the Arsenal game but they both say 49412 which just cannot be correct. I’ve got a feeling the Arsenal game might be 42412. Edited January 3 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 3 Author Moderator Share Posted January 3 5 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Not sure but can’t find the Sheffield United one anywhere and I have found a couple of figures for the Arsenal game but they both say 49412 which just cannot be correct. I’ve got a feeling the Arsenal game might be 42412. I've got a feeling people are guessing and then copying each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycv Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Was there an informal FAB meeting on 30 January? I think I saw there was somewhere, but can't find anything to back that up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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