[Albion] Empty seats

[Dirty Dave]

I don't want this to be a negative thread, given a decent performance and result today.

Just an observation that there were an awful lot of empty seats all over the ground today, probably the most this season.

Had we been on a decent run or had something riding on the game, that certainly wouldn't have been the case.

So have many people just not fancied it today and lost a bit of enthusiasm? For the record, despite going, I certainly felt very meh beforehand but have somewhat got some mojo back.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Don’t know what you mean, it was another sell-out

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

I don't want this to be a negative thread, given a decent performance and result today.

Just an observation that there were an awful lot of empty seats all over the ground today, probably the most this season.

Had we been on a decent run or something riding on the game, that certainly wouldn't have been the case.

So have many people just not fancied it today and lost a bit of enthusiasm. For the record, despite going, I certainly felt very meh beforehand but have somewhat got some mojo back.

It meant the hardcore were there who are proper fans. I prefer that than the plastics.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

We have some tourists.
They won't always turn up.

So does every other Prem club.

It matters not.

 

[bluenitsuj]

I think it's great. No queues for food or drink or toilets or trains. What's not to like.

 

[Grassman]

Not too many regulars missing in my part of the WSU. The North though! Where did they all go?

 

[Elbow750]

See thread 'Anyone actually going on Sunday?'
Loads of good explanations why people couldn't go, including resceduling from Saturday. I put my seat on the exchange but it didn't sell. Not surprising given our recent woeful form and lack of goals.

I'm so pleased we won, and sad to have missed it due to attending my grandson's first birthday party. I suspect many others had family commitments that they wouldn't break ( poor performances dont help), and little to play for. In better times seats on the exchange are snapped up. Expect a full house for remaining home games...

 

[portlock seagull]

Don’t know what you mean, it was another sell-out

And some of them turned up!

 

[Beach Hut]

Some of us are not in the UK

 

[Hovegull]

Lots of the regulars in my block weren’t there.
East lower looked very patchy.

 

[StonehamPark]

Watching on TV from Canada, the camera showed quite a few empty seats across the East stand.

End of season, nothing really to play for, recent performances and results post-Europa have been generally middling at best.
I don't blame those for giving it a miss today.

 

[HeaviestTed]

Bank holiday weekend, not a big 6 side, nothing to win or lose - lots of people didn’t go.

I had an amazing time

 

[A1X]

Worth remembering this was a comparatively late move of dates too with Villa only qualifying for their semi a couple of weeks ago, which will have meant plenty with plans had to skip it

 

[Milano]

The east is always the first as its families. I’ve suggested before that the family stand should be in the west lower, north end. That way you’ve not got as many empty seats for TV and the kids are by the players warming up.

 

[Weststander]

Overseas holidays … did any Albion supporter dare take one in the run in a year ago? “Quality time with my family” … was that being wheeled out a year ago?

A bit of a malaise from a shit calendar year has shirley impacted interest in going.

 

[faoileán]

It meant the hardcore were there who are proper fans. I prefer that than the plastics.

But that's not true... I know a couple of hardcore Albion fans who could not get out of family commitments on a Bank Holiday weekend. Their tickets didn't re-sell because the part time supporters have lost enthusiasm after our recent terrible displays...

 

[BluesRockDJ]

It meant the hardcore were there who are proper fans. I prefer that than the plastics.

Wasn't worth driving up from Dorset on a BH Weekend.......not a plastic fan , just being realistic, it's all good if you live near Brighton !

 

[5Ways Gull]

In the old days the first weekend in May was normally cup final weekend,which marked the end of the domestic season. Here we are still with 3 games to go. I think there is actually too much football. If we look back over the last 18 months we have had a mid season World Cup (FFS!), that led to an extended end to last season. Then there was the normal intra season internationals. No wonder clubs, not just us, have suffered massively with injuries. I think people are getting matchday fatigue?

 

[portlock seagull]

Wasn't worth driving up from Dorset on a BH Weekend.......not a plastic fan , just being realistic, it's all good if you live near Brighton !

I feared the worst today but drive round the m25 and down m23 was almost best ever today. Not a jam at all anywhere, inc Wisley interchange. Straight into Mill Road, no queue, no delays. Absolutely perfect day!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I don't want this to be a negative thread, given a decent performance and result today.

Just an observation that there were an awful lot of empty seats all over the ground today, probably the most this season.

Had we been on a decent run or had something riding on the game, that certainly wouldn't have been the case.

So have many people just not fancied it today and lost a bit of enthusiasm? For the record, despite going, I certainly felt very meh beforehand but have somewhat got some mojo back.

Bank holiday weekend away with the family, imagine many others in the same boat