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Attendance Thread - Watford

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Grumpy Old Man said:
That is simply the way it's done. I've never said it should or could be done now. However, normal trading flows are a completely different order of magnitude in the PL, when it could become desirable and possible. You're making unwarranted objections about what was a theoretical response. If it ever were to happen, that's the way it would have to be done. It's as simple as that.
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Ok mate. 'Last post on this.

Have a look at the accounts of most top flight clubs, including SAFC's when last in that division, they're struggling to pay their current bills. I think something like 75% of SAFC's revenue went on player wages, that's before match day costs, capital expenditure, non playing staff and so on. There is no money left over for extending the ground or repaying the finance on that extension.

There is no evidence in SAFC's history that we could fill a 49,000 ground every week, let alone a 60,000 ground, and so a club struggling to turn a profit would be hoying money down the drain by extending the ground thereby guaranteeing financial unsustainability.

We'd need a benefactor like Man City's who pours money in to get us into Europe and then maybe.

It's as simple as that.
 
DiscopantsSoL said:
I mentioned them in previous post P24 has 307 seats and half of P26 160 so 80ish. but then you deduct 2 rows from the bottom tier.
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Apologies @DiscopantsSoL , I had missed that post.

But you would agree that there are approx 3,500 seats in that area , which are not available to Sunderland fans ? 307 + 160 + the front rows + 2891 = 3500

So our non segragated capacity ( as I included the segragation seats ) of 48,339 less that 3,500 ( unavailable to us ) added to the 900 Watford , would make a sellout of around 45,700

Unless a way is found to open up more seats to our fans up there.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Ok mate. 'Last post on this.

Have a look at the accounts of most top flight clubs, including SAFC's when last in that division, they're struggling to pay their current bills. I think something like 75% of SAFC's revenue went on player wages, that's before match day costs, capital expenditure, non playing staff and so on. There is no money left over for extending the ground or repaying the finance on that extension.

There is no evidence in SAFC's history that we could fill a 49,000 ground every week, let alone a 60,000 ground, and so a club struggling to turn a profit would be hoying money down the drain by extending the ground thereby guaranteeing financial unsustainability.

We'd need a benefactor like Man City's who pours money in to get us into Europe and then maybe.

It's as simple as that.
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The stadium has never had a 49000 capacity
we had 2 consecutive seasons ave 47000 in the Reid days when we had a half decent team , that’s evidence enough
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Ok mate. 'Last post on this.

Have a look at the accounts of most top flight clubs, including SAFC's when last in that division, they're struggling to pay their current bills. I think something like 75% of SAFC's revenue went on player wages, that's before match day costs, capital expenditure, non playing staff and so on. There is no money left over for extending the ground or repaying the finance on that extension.

There is no evidence in SAFC's history that we could fill a 49,000 ground every week, let alone a 60,000 ground, and so a club struggling to turn a profit would be hoying money down the drain by extending the ground thereby guaranteeing financial unsustainability.

We'd need a benefactor like Man City's who pours money in to get us into Europe and then maybe.

It's as simple as that.
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Plenty of evidence marra of filling/almost filling the 49,000 stadium. This season we have been touching 40,000 and tomorrow will be around 43,000-44,000. Do you really believe we couldn't average an extra 9000 in the greed league?

2 seasons in a row were virtual sellout every game under Reid, the only empty seats were usually in the away end.

A successful SAFC team could easily fill a 60,000 stadium.
 
45000 with a pretty poor away turnout is absolutely fantastic given the past few year.win lose or draw Saturday the players deserve a round of applause afterwards

*off the pitch still a f***ing shambles and worse than ever but Saturday hats off to the players everything else can wait another day
 
joebolton said:
Apologies @DiscopantsSoL , I had missed that post.

But you would agree that there are approx 3,500 seats in that area , which are not available to Sunderland fans ? 307 + 160 + the front rows + 2891 = 3500

So our non segragated capacity ( as I included the segragation seats ) of 48,339 less that 3,500 ( unavailable to us ) added to the 900 Watford , would make a sellout of around 45,700

Unless a way is found to open up more seats to our fans up there.
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Yeah pretty much spot on
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Ok mate. 'Last post on this.

Have a look at the accounts of most top flight clubs, including SAFC's when last in that division, they're struggling to pay their current bills. I think something like 75% of SAFC's revenue went on player wages, that's before match day costs, capital expenditure, non playing staff and so on. There is no money left over for extending the ground or repaying the finance on that extension.

There is no evidence in SAFC's history that we could fill a 49,000 ground every week, let alone a 60,000 ground, and so a club struggling to turn a profit would be hoying money down the drain by extending the ground thereby guaranteeing financial unsustainability.

We'd need a benefactor like Man City's who pours money in to get us into Europe and then maybe.

It's as simple as that.
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Kid for a quid.
 
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