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| Quote: NickyKiss "Last time we played at COM we got 37k on iirc but we decided not to bother building on it.
It's a disgrace imo.'"
City don't want or need the money, you can't force them to allow us to use their pitch.
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Serge A. Storms (aka Clive Woody) - Houston chapels
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| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "Terrible effort really....especially as the game was being played at one of the nicest grounds in the UK at a place where RL is so popular.
How many turned up?
I was going to go to Paris next week to watch Australia v France....mainly for a weekend on the booze.
However I have been given tickets through my work for the Wallabies v England game at Twickenham next weekend so I will be giving France a miss.
How can an event like that attract 82,000 where as the England v Australia footy at Wigan got such a poor crowd?'"
What are you some sort of RFU mouthpiece?
50% corporates is a good start...
Of course it comes back to my two favourite points (as does everything in the context of the marginalisation of the game):
1. exposure; and
2. misinformation.
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| Quote: UllFC "not for the biggest game England can play it isn't IMO
also considering in 2004 we got 38,000 to the COM to watch Britain-Australia
where have the extra 15,000 gone?'"
It was over 40,000...
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Serge A. Storms (aka Clive Woody) - Houston chapels
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| Quote: declaration "I'd guess a lot of willing punters were attending matches of our national sport.'"
The cricket?
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| Quote: Catalancs "Do you really think the football clubs would be happy for there to be 26 big blokes 'ripping up their pitch' a day or two before/after their precious superstars will be on it?'"
Another furphy.
Soccer's concentration in the box actually damages pitches more.
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| Quote: Barry_McKenzie "
I was going to go to Paris next week to watch Australia v France....mainly for a weekend on the booze.
However I have been given tickets through my work for the Wallabies v England game at Twickenham next weekend so I will be giving France a miss.
How can an event like that attract 82,000 where as the England v Australia footy at Wigan got such a poor crowd?'"
Ah the irony! ![Laughing icon_lol.gif](images/smilies//icon_lol.gif)
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| Quote: JB Down Under "Ah the irony!
mmm, just what I was thinking.
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| Well my parties seats were taken up by some idiots who claimed their seats had been taken, they refused to budge and the stewards were useless. On the plus side we got better seats in the end but we missed like 15 minutes of the first half.
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| Quote: Gijou "Another furphy.
Soccer's concentration in the box actually damages pitches more.'"
I think most people know that given that it's usually balder than Tele Savalas in the penalty areas and centre circle. Mark Lawrenson, Alan Amith and the like just like to prove they really are ignorant every once in a while.
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| Quote: Gijou "It was over 40,000...'"
No it wasn't.
It was 38,572.
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| I usually go to at least a couple fo matches, but this year I simply can not be bothered. I have been watching them on Sky, its cheaper, warmer and I can vent my speeen without worrying about people sat around me.
I think the game was well attended and the empty seats looked like the dearer ones.
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| Quote: r4yne "Well my parties seats were taken up by some idiots who claimed their seats had been taken, they refused to budge and the stewards were useless. On the plus side we got better seats in the end but we missed like 15 minutes of the first half.'"
Blessing in disguise?
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| Does anyone else not think that the 2.30 KO affected the turn out?
I had a game myself and so had to watch the game on sky plus later.
Had it not clashed, i'd have been there with another 10-15 people instead we all watched it at mine after the game.
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| Quote: Earthworm Jim "Does anyone else not think that the 2.30 KO affected the turn out?
I had a game myself and so had to watch the game on sky plus later.
Had it not clashed, i'd have been there with another 10-15 people instead we all watched it at mine after the game.'"
BBC's decision?
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