The honest truth is.......

in the PL, revenue from actual match day fans is such a small part of any clubs income that making the ground bigger doesn't really make much difference to the bottom line.

Posted By: usacanary on May 5th 2024 at 23:36:41

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Average home attendance 24,905 (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:00:26
- Some numbers (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:18:38
  - No way is this correct.....2021/22 - 28,810 (PL) (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:20:48
    - Indeed. A typo. 26,810. (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:27:22
- Is that including Bristol rovers? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:42:24
- Where'd that # come from? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 20:37:36
  - EFL stats Twitter (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:52:36
    - That is home fans only…. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:53:16
      - Ah, always read the small print (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:55:46
        
        ^^not a stats guy (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 5, 21:01:10
        
        Or in this case, the really fucking big print 😂😂 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:57:42
        
        I wonder how it compares to other seasons. Cost of living comments are valid (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:59:46
        
        Tbf (total minus away support) (NCFC) - jamesward, May 5, 20:58:54
        
        Smallest bit of the title, bigger than the list of clubs and attendances 😉 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 21:01:12
      - Yep total minus away fans (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:55:37
  - and this site says (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:45:37
    - What if you add a number for the Plymouth home match? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 20:54:42
    - Lowest official attendance is 25.3k….. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:48:47
      - Its showing WBA at home as 25,180 (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:54:30
        
        Wiki says 25.8 for that. But makes no difference to the point (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 20:57:03
        
        wiki is a crock, likewise transfermkt (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:05:21
        
        👍 I was just using it as a basic sense check of something that didn’t seem right (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 21:09:04
        
        This is no place for sense. Away with you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 21:11:02
        
        Im finding a lot of errors on that site....one example (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:03:29
  - we stand corrected then (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:39:25
- Miraculous how Ipswich have gained 14000 new fans. (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, May 5, 20:30:06
  - Leeds and Ipswich have the most fair weather fans. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:33:00
- There has been a genuine cost of living problem. Things have to give sometimes. (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, May 5, 20:26:44
- Would probably be worse with a bigger ground...... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 20:22:04
  - Yes (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 21:24:12
    - The only reason a club would consider ground expansion is..... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 21:30:58
      - A few notes here (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:16:26
        
        Agreed (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:28:56
        
        Not to mention that... (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:20:08
      - Sorry (NCFC) - Chair_of_the_Bored, May 5, 21:48:38
        
        "Aging" fan base is also the loyal fan base (as much as some moan). More importantly, the (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:23:53
        
        Average would increase with a bigger standard deviation (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:23:03
        
        Now this is something I can get on board with. (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:32:18
        
        Again... WHY would any club increase capacity if...... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:21:34
        
        The business case is for the club to work out. However (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:39:18
        
        Norfolk's population (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 5, 22:08:38
        
        Who cares about watching our reserves in the FA Cup these days? (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:22:22
        
        So the club should run the risk of fiscal ruin (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 6, 00:35:24
        
        I agree on cost, but it would be good if more casual tickets were available (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 5, 23:21:00
        
        Counter point.... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:28:39
  - Show every game on an app for £10 or a home/away season ticket (NCFC) - littletinyphil, May 5, 21:18:23
    - Lol. No that income is priceless. Far less overhead, and promoted “growth” which is what (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:28:21
      - How do you know what they’ll be looking for? (NCFC) - littletinyphil, May 5, 23:37:17
      - The honest truth is....... (NCFC) - usacanary, May 5, 23:36:41
        
        But the fan engagement it creates generates shirt sales etc, and that does matter (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, May 5, 23:42:02
- inflation , energy costs etc (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, May 5, 20:07:11

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