The SPL chairman Lex Gold (brilliant name, no question) was blowing the league's trumpet very hard indeed earlier this week, boasting that attendances were up compared to 2007 and "That represents about 700 extra fans coming to our games each weekend". This implies that the league is more popular and supporters are coming in bigger numbers.
For some reason, the press seem to have been unkeen to ask any questions about this. The first one would be to ask just how big a success is an increase of 700 fans across a total of six matches? That's less than 150 per game. Then, how much does Hamilton's average attendance improve on the Gretna fiasco of last season? According to soccernet, the Accies average 3,851 at home, while last year's whipping boys brought in 2,632. So that's an increase of 1,200 per home game, and with Hamilton at home every fortnight you could say they contribute 600 of those 700 extra fans.
Whoop-de-do.
All right, I know that Goldie (can I call him that?) is comparing 2008 to 2007, not 08/09 to 07/08. Just as well, since the same stats I used as above actually show a marginal drop in SPL average attendances, even despite Hamilton's extra numbers.
Sorry, Lexie, you're just lucky that the media are so flaming gullible.
L.
For some reason, the press seem to have been unkeen to ask any questions about this. The first one would be to ask just how big a success is an increase of 700 fans across a total of six matches? That's less than 150 per game. Then, how much does Hamilton's average attendance improve on the Gretna fiasco of last season? According to soccernet, the Accies average 3,851 at home, while last year's whipping boys brought in 2,632. So that's an increase of 1,200 per home game, and with Hamilton at home every fortnight you could say they contribute 600 of those 700 extra fans.
Whoop-de-do.
All right, I know that Goldie (can I call him that?) is comparing 2008 to 2007, not 08/09 to 07/08. Just as well, since the same stats I used as above actually show a marginal drop in SPL average attendances, even despite Hamilton's extra numbers.
Sorry, Lexie, you're just lucky that the media are so flaming gullible.
L.
1 comment:
I'm of the opinion that given the price of tickets and the standard of product on offer, 700 more fans every week is an absolute miracle.
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