Empty seats

[SkippyjonJones]

lets stop showing games on the TV that aren;t sold out. If clubs want the TV money then they have to sell the seat - even if it means giving away the tickets to fill the stadium.

[Nebraska Red]

where did you get that idea?

 

why would the clubs bother to try and sell tickets? they get the TV money anyway and they don't have to employ some old codger to sell tickets at a window.

[Cobs]

i notice Newcastle didn't sell out their ground yesterday...

[The Hitman]

'Boro's ground looks less than half full most of the time.

[Gilps]

i notice Newcastle didn't sell out their ground yesterday...

 

 

But those loyal Geordies turn up in their droves every week and always have

[Coyler]

Maybe there were no number nines playing.

[jon_hall]

 

But those loyal Geordies turn up in their droves every week and always have

 

Aye they all go, all 4 million of the f*****s.

 

I think they had les then 30,000 for the last UEFA match there the other week.

[johngibo YPC]

'Boro's ground looks less than half full most of the time.

 

not many people live in Middlesborough

[Ronnie Whelan]

not many people live in Middlesborough

 

 

They have all been scared away by those talking CCTV camera's.

[JohnnyH]

But on the back of television showing lots of football isn't interest at it's highest and attendences up on the 70s and 80s? I read it somewhere, might not be true, but it's what I read.

[Guest ritchie_50]

But on the back of television showing lots of football isn't interest at it's highest and attendences up on the 70s and 80s? I read it somewhere, might not be true, but it's what I read.

 

It reached its peak a couple of years ago and now attendances are dipping, ironically about the time Abramavich bought the league. Crowds are higher in Germany now.

[Bootle Buck]

 

But those loyal Geordies turn up in their droves every week and always have

 

Only when the sign Big Name Players