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What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:24 pm
by King Kev
I want to update our Fixture List but can't find out what the crowd was on Wednesday night.

The OS says 47228 [urlnp=http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Match-reports/2010/November/City-v-United]LINK[/urlnp]

The BBC says 47210 [urlnp=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9163093.stm]LINK[/urlnp]

The Premier League says 47679 (which I think would be a record?) [urlnp=http://www.premierleague.com/page/MatchReports/0,,12306~51790,00.html]LINK[/urlnp]


How the hell can 3 different sites show 3 different attendance figures for the same match, and which one is most likely to be accurate?

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:30 pm
by Wonderwall
That is typical ha ha.. surely they all get their info from the same source?

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:34 pm
by Dameerto
Maybe one figure is using tickets issued, and one is using bodies through the 'turnstiles'? Just speculating.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:47 pm
by King Kev
Dameerto wrote:Maybe one figure is using tickets issued, and one is using bodies through the 'turnstiles'? Just speculating.

What about the 3rd figure?

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:08 pm
by gillie
King Kev wrote:
Dameerto wrote:Maybe one figure is using tickets issued, and one is using bodies through the 'turnstiles'? Just speculating.

What about the 3rd figure?

Thats from a little guy whose job it is to count heads during the game.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:15 pm
by LookMumImOnMCF.net
King Kev wrote:
Dameerto wrote:Maybe one figure is using tickets issued, and one is using bodies through the 'turnstiles'? Just speculating.

What about the 3rd figure?

That's a limited edition figure : )

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:15 pm
by Dameerto
Third figure is based on programs sold... (no, Im not being serious)

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:30 pm
by mr_nool
(47228 + 47210 + 47679) / 3 = 47372

edit: toddlers and small children make up for the 0.332

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:52 am
by john@staustell
The SKYTEXT summary the next day gave the 47,679 figure. But as the OS said 47,228, it seems every other source - like KK - held off to get the right figure.

47,679 would indeed be a record, but I just cant see us suddenly getting an extra 200+ in with the segregation etc for this match, over our previous bests.

Mind you the OS thought the Poznan game kicked off at 7pm, so.........................

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:32 am
by gillie
We can't have had record coz the rags entitlement was reduced coz of persistant standing.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:57 am
by Im_Spartacus
gillie wrote:We can't have had record coz the rags entitlement was reduced coz of persistant standing.


Plus, about 30% of the boxes were empty, a good 20/30% of the directors box (sad that they couldnt even give away the tix) plus there were a lot of empty single seats all over the stadium.

I would be very very surprised if the number of people actually in the stadium was anywhere near 47000 - and whilst it might have been reported as such, it was very very far from an attendance record

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:31 pm
by King Kev
If anybody got a programme today can you let me know what they put the attendance as for Wednesday night please, I'll use that.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:34 pm
by Brad
In todays match programme it says the attendance for the derby was 47,228

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:37 pm
by King Kev
That'll do for me. Cheers Brad.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:38 pm
by Brad
No probs.

Re: What Was The Attendance For The Derby??

PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:41 pm
by craigmcfc
How could you doubt our OS figures. Shame on you