: Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:29 pm  

DemonUK wrote:

.... Glow could have made some for them with all that plywood he is trying to get rid of

Not seen Mr Barton around for a while either.

maurice wrote:

Trevor has taken a box.

Just to clarify if Trevor is in a box its nowt to do with me and my plywood

Re: attendance : Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:09 pm  

leyther forever wrote:

I said to my lad about 2170ish

Seriously, what is the West Stands Capacity? If it is around 3500 then it was at the very least 60% full = 2100. If it is 3000 then there was 1800. With around 700 in the North then we had between 2500 and 2800 on. This is without the 43 in the East

No way was there only 2177 unless I have got some of my educated guesses incorrect. It was probably around 2700

I do not understand the point in giving out an inaccurate attendance. There must be some other than corporate attendees being missed out. They must not be counting season ticket holders but why I ask you?

Even if the scanner stoped working (or they couldnt be ar$ed with it as it was too slow) they were still taking a tally on the numbers going through the turnstyles and surely there is a counter on the turnstyles.

If someone in the know wants to prove my estimates incorrect then please feel free to do so.

Does it matter? Well yes I think it does. How can we guage how successful the move to the new stadium has been in increasing attendances without a fair and direct comparison?

Just read its 3600.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:00 am  

The Nephews nor my ST were scanned..........

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:18 am  

Talking to one of the turnstile operators last night they stopped scanning at the request of security to ease congestion outside, the scanner is to stop the same ticket being used twice, attendance is done by a counter on the turnstile.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:45 pm  

glow wrote:

Talking to one of the turnstile operators last night they stopped scanning at the request of security to ease congestion outside, the scanner is to stop the same ticket being used twice, attendance is done by a counter on the turnstile.

If that is correct what was the point of having the swipe cards? They work at MU but then the scanners are on the outside of the turnstiles rather than having a person take the card off you and scan in it in the turnstile

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:21 pm  

We got there about 2 15 and the scanner was broke so they wrote something down on paper instead probably the no.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:55 pm  

worldcup wrote:

If that is correct what was the point of having the swipe cards? They work at MU but then the scanners are on the outside of the turnstiles rather than having a person take the card off you and scan in it in the turnstile

They also work at the Reebok, where cards are taken from fans, swiped by the turnstiles operator then returned to the fan.

Think you're just suffering systems teething problems TBH.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:07 pm  

itsatry! wrote:

We got there about 2 15 and the scanner was broke so they wrote something down on paper instead probably the no.

I got there at 2.40 and they were just making a tally of entrants (pointless when the turnstyle has a counter) and did not write down the number.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:06 pm  

leyther forever wrote:

I got there at 2.40 and they were just making a tally of entrants (pointless when the turnstyle has a counter) and did not write down the number.

Probably got fed up after a while writers cramp maybe

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:36 pm  

itsatry! wrote:

We got there about 2 15 and the scanner was broke so they wrote something down on paper instead probably the no.

Didn't we ko at 1?