Can't get enough bums on seats at the Amex? No problem....

[dingobruce]

With attendances languishing at around 4,000, Italian Serie B football team Triestina Calcio decided to give the fans rattling around their 32,454-capacity stadium some company.

Giant vinyl sheets, painted with virtual fans, were used to fill the 10,000-seat Colaussi stand.

While it might have given the impression there was something to shout about, it did not please everyone.

One fan reportedly called the move "depressing", adding: "It's as if we're sending out the message that Trieste has no flesh-and-blood fans, just cardboard cutouts."

 

[Lord Bracknell]

... and it's only €15 (£12.78 at today's rates) to get in to watch them lose against unbeaten league leaders AC Siena on Saturday.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I've been to that stadium,
lovelly ground.

 

[8ace]

Didn't Milan once play a European game there because they were forced to play 200km away from the San Siro due to previous crowd trouble?