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Post by Trowbridge_Gas on Oct 23, 2022 9:38:57 GMT
What’s going on with our capacity then? I’ve been to two games this season, both ‘sell outs’, including sold out away ends I think (FGR and yesterday). Attendance at both has been just over 9k.
Understand we restricted capacity to less than 10k post Covid to avoid requirements for testing. Then there was the family stand on top of the east terrace which reduced it, kids not being allowed to stand at front of terrace anymore, and reduced capacity for first two games of this season due to idiocy last season.. as far as I know the only of these issues which remains is the kids not being allowed to stand at the front.
Surely this doesn’t account for over 2,000 people? I remember when sell outs were well over 11k, and sometimes close to 12k!
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Post by syg on Oct 23, 2022 10:02:54 GMT
It makes no sense.
Pretty certain we had a 12k attendance in the conference, or high 11k+. So we now have now lost nearly 3k on our capacity, due to losing one front row of standing spectators.
We had 250 more v argyle than we did against Cambridge, but argyle had way more than 250 fans Cambridge.
Who knows what our capacity is? Or it randomly selected for each match?
There was plenty of spare capacity available yesterday.
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Post by Trowbridge_Gas on Oct 23, 2022 12:54:46 GMT
Glad I’m not the only one confused by it..
Brilliant game yesterday btw! UTG 🏴☠️
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Post by toteend3 on Oct 23, 2022 13:36:16 GMT
What’s going on with our capacity then? I’ve been to two games this season, both ‘sell outs’, including sold out away ends I think (FGR and yesterday). Attendance at both has been just over 9k. Understand we restricted capacity to less than 10k post Covid to avoid requirements for testing. Then there was the family stand on top of the east terrace which reduced it, kids not being allowed to stand at front of terrace anymore, and reduced capacity for first two games of this season due to idiocy last season.. as far as I know the only of these issues which remains is the kids not being allowed to stand at the front. Surely this doesn’t account for over 2,000 people? I remember when sell outs were well over 11k, and sometimes close to 12k! The missing 2000 fans were abducted before the match by Aliens - please see picture of one of the Green men (no not a Plymouth fan) and the UFO’s lighting up the pitch an hour after the game about to drop them back safely. Attachments:
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Post by syg on Oct 23, 2022 15:27:13 GMT
Tom is going to explain it in his programme notes v Fleetwood
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2022 16:01:19 GMT
Tom is going to explain it in his programme notes v Fleetwood Shouldn’t be too long an article. |
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Post by barleycorn48 on Oct 24, 2022 14:32:09 GMT
If we speeded up the search for a new ground we wouldn't be having this conversation,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2022 14:58:57 GMT
If we speeded up the search for a new ground we wouldn't be having this conversation, To be fair, the owner has only been in place for close to 7 years. |
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Post by The Concept on Oct 24, 2022 17:33:18 GMT
Talk in places that the capacity has been reduced because we're no longer allowed to stand in gangways and walkways is a myth.
We were never supposed to stand in the walkways and gangways (although the club did produce an excellent season-ticket video, featuring a young lad standing on programmes at the front), it was just that a blind-eye was turned.
H&S would never include the walkways and gangways when calculating the stadium capacity and issuing the safety certificate.
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Post by The Concept on Oct 24, 2022 17:47:18 GMT
It is rather strange: looking down from the East Stand at the end of last season, when a few games were given out as 'sold out', there seemed spare room on the terraces.
Things have gone from one extreme to the other. There used to be talk on the terraces that the official attendances were under-reported.
I wasn't there at the particular game, but I do recall lots of comments from people saying they felt crushed, and it was close to dangerous, a few years back against Barnet, and the crowd was given out as just 8,400, and back then people were spread out more standing in the gangways and walkways.
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Post by Bamber Gashead on Oct 24, 2022 22:38:34 GMT
It is rather strange: looking down from the East Stand at the end of last season, when a few games were given out as 'sold out', there seemed spare room on the terraces. Things have gone from one extreme to the other. There used to be talk on the terraces that the official attendances were under-reported. I wasn't there at the particular game, but I do recall lots of comments from people saying they felt crushed, and it was close to dangerous, a few years back against Barnet, and the crowd was given out as just 8,400, and back then people were spread out more standing in the gangways and walkways. 8,527 (248) v Barnet 01 Feb 2013. |
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Post by The Concept on Oct 25, 2022 9:17:47 GMT
It is rather strange: looking down from the East Stand at the end of last season, when a few games were given out as 'sold out', there seemed spare room on the terraces. Things have gone from one extreme to the other. There used to be talk on the terraces that the official attendances were under-reported. I wasn't there at the particular game, but I do recall lots of comments from people saying they felt crushed, and it was close to dangerous, a few years back against Barnet, and the crowd was given out as just 8,400, and back then people were spread out more standing in the gangways and walkways. 8,527 (248) v Barnet 01 Feb 2013. Crikey! Coming up to 10 years ago. I was in Rome on a stag do (having seen Italy beat France in the 6 Nations) and was trying to keep up with the scoreline ... where's that time gone! |
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Post by Curly Wurly on Oct 25, 2022 16:02:46 GMT
Tom is going to explain it in his programme notes v Fleetwood I'm sure he'll be more succinct, but our reduced capacity follows more clarity / tighter regulations outlined by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority in 2018 and possibly a stricter interpretation of the rules by the current Safety Advisory Group.
This link provides a worked example of the capacity calculations, which take into account: i. the numbers that can safely be accommodated in any section ii. the number of people able to reasonably enter that part of the ground iii. the number of people able to reasonably leave the ground and iv. the emergency exit capacity. The lowest of these numbers is applied to the capacity of any section.
Been remarked upon before, but the example is very similar to the Mem.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 27, 2022 9:38:58 GMT
It makes no sense. Pretty certain we had a 12k attendance in the conference, or high 11k+. So we now have now lost nearly 3k on our capacity, due to losing one front row of standing spectators. We had 250 more v argyle than we did against Cambridge, but argyle had way more than 250 fans Cambridge. Who knows what our capacity is? Or it randomly selected for each match? There was plenty of spare capacity available yesterday. Certainly looked that way when viewing photos. The west terrace looked like each person had a fair amount of space around them |
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Feb 5, 2023 14:01:23 GMT
Muff took 3,700 to Sheff Wed yesterday.Asked for more but refused.That is more than the average gates at Burton ,FGR ,Fleetwood and Accrington.  |
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Post by JeffNZ on Feb 5, 2023 15:31:51 GMT
Muff took 3,700 to Sheff Wed yesterday.Asked for more but refused.That is more than the average gates at Burton ,FGR ,Fleetwood and Accrington. View Attachment... and an overall attendance of 33,442. We have no chance of financially competing with clubs capable of of those types of attendances. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 17:13:56 GMT
Muff took 3,700 to Sheff Wed yesterday.Asked for more but refused.That is more than the average gates at Burton ,FGR ,Fleetwood and Accrington. View Attachment... and an overall attendance of 33,442. We have no chance of financially competing with clubs capable of of those types of attendances. We can’t compete with Rotherham over the last decade let alone Sheffield Wednesday. |
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Post by Gasmad on Feb 5, 2023 18:01:28 GMT
... and an overall attendance of 33,442. We have no chance of financially competing with clubs capable of of those types of attendances. We can’t compete with Rotherham over the last decade let alone Sheffield Wednesday. It’s not about competing,it’s about who we are and what we can achieve with the resources we have,forget about Wednesday,Rotherham etc we’re BRFC like it or not a league one club at best but probably league two if being honest. |
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Post by fatherjackhackett on Feb 5, 2023 23:23:51 GMT
We can’t compete with Rotherham over the last decade let alone Sheffield Wednesday. It’s not about competing,it’s about who we are and what we can achieve with the resources we have,forget about Wednesday,Rotherham etc we’re BRFC like it or not a league one club at best but probably league two if being honest. And you are happy with that and think it’s acceptable? Because I’m ruddy well not. The stench of stagnation permeates throughout the club on a matchday right now. |
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Post by toteend3 on Feb 6, 2023 7:08:54 GMT
Many more ‘pitty patty’ dog s**te performances like Saturday, and the ‘Mem’s capacity won’t matter a hoot!
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