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Attendance Thread - Fulham

is BobBob lost said:
"Vulnerable to comments"?

Since we increased the capacity from 42k to 48K we will have had about 100 games where there were more than 42k.
Should we have turned away all those people from each of those games because we were "Vulnerable to comments" when the ground wasn't full?
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No it just should never have been expanded in the first place.
 

As far as our capacity goes, we sold out 42k when successful and had to limit season tickets so there was a floating few thousand to randoms. The expansion to 48k seemed the right thing at that point and I don't remember anyone questioning it. It felt like sky's the limit (pun intended). The first two seasons of 48k saw many sell outs with the only empty seats being in the away end. No one could foresee the ridiculous collapse of 19 and 15 pt seasons that knocked the living daylights out of our momentum and fan base. Scepticism set in and there have been doubts ever since.

If we ever get back in the prem and manage to play the style of football we are doing now, which you could argue Brighton or even Brentford are, I'm sure we'd be 45k plus every week. A sniff of top 6 and we are selling out if fans believe the club isn't there to just be dogged and fight relegation every year.
 
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seaham ftm said:
No it just should never have been expanded in the first place.
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Of course it should, 42k is to small for us hence over 100 games with higher attendances.🤷‍♂️
pixie345 said:
As far as our capacity goes, we sold out 42k when successful and had to limit season tickets so there was a floating few thousand to randoms. The expansion to 48k seemed the right thing at that point and I don't remember anyone questioning it. It felt like sky's the limit (pun intended). The first two seasons of 48k saw many sell outs with the only empty seats being in the away end. No one could foresee the ridiculous collapse of 19 and 15 pt seasons that knocked the living daylights out of our momentum and fan base. Scepticism set in and there have been doubts ever since.

If we ever get back in the prem and manage to play the style of football we are doing now, which you could argue Brighton or even Brentford are, I'm sure we'd be 45k plus every week. A sniff of top 6 and we are selling out if fans believe the club isn't there to just be dogged and fight relegation every year.
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This, I think people forget the absolute shite we've had over the years.
 
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Mad Ry said:
You could clearly see that was a tongue in cheek comment. Like I said. Technically I am a mackem. I was born in Sunderland. Brought up in Boldon Colliery. But I don't say hewla hewp, compewter or redchester (for register) other than that. I bleed red and white. Chill.
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Hewla hewp skewl ffs man my kids are southerners and piss there self when I say fillum
Mad Ry said:
You could clearly see that was a tongue in cheek comment. Like I said. Technically I am a mackem. I was born in Sunderland. Brought up in Boldon Colliery. But I don't say hewla hewp, compewter or redchester (for register) other than that. I bleed red and white. Chill.
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Better than hooooola hooooop
 
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Tracker
35,256 Total Seats Made Available For Sale In Lower Bowl
26,296 Home Fans
1,236 Corporate(Half Of Corporate)
500 Away Fans
Less c650 Blanked Out
27,382 Total
8,960 Available Seats For Sale In Lower Bowl
 
pixie345 said:
As far as our capacity goes, we sold out 42k when successful and had to limit season tickets so there was a floating few thousand to randoms. The expansion to 48k seemed the right thing at that point and I don't remember anyone questioning it. It felt like sky's the limit (pun intended). The first two seasons of 48k saw many sell outs with the only empty seats being in the away end. No one could foresee the ridiculous collapse of 19 and 15 pt seasons that knocked the living daylights out of our momentum and fan base. Scepticism set in and there have been doubts ever since.

If we ever get back in the prem and manage to play the style of football we are doing now, which you could argue Brighton or even Brentford are, I'm sure we'd be 45k plus every week. A sniff of top 6 and we are selling out if fans believe the club isn't there to just be dogged and fight relegation every year.
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Agree. Sustained success = increasing the capacity.
 
CaptainRed said:
Tbf there's a lot who think people in County Durham should support us and not the mags so it stands to reason that they should think the same of you being from Northumberland and supporting SAFC. Not something I agree with but at least they're not being hypocrites I suppose.
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It's not the same at all, Captain Mag.

It's Sunderland supporters who think people in County Durham should be Sunderland supporters.

But it's also Sunderland supporters, not Skunks, who he was on about saying that he should be a Skunk. Not even remotely the same.
 
The Town Hall Clock said:
It's not the same at all, Captain Mag.

It's Sunderland supporters who think people in County Durham should be Sunderland supporters.

But it's also Sunderland supporters, not Skunks, who he was on about saying that he should be a Skunk. Not even remotely the same.
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Thick as pig shit you mind.
 
The Town Hall Clock said:
It's not the same at all, Captain Mag.

It's Sunderland supporters who think people in County Durham should be Sunderland supporters.

But it's also Sunderland supporters, not Skunks, who he was on about saying that he should be a Skunk. Not even remotely the same.
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I don’t think he’s a mag mind mate.
 
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