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I mean, its pretty much universally accepted they doctor the attendances they get.

 

By “doctor” I assume you mean report the number of tickets sold* rather than actual attendees. Much like us and the vast majority of teams.

 

*or given away for free

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Not sure how many Preston took like but if that stand the video is taken from is anything like the other 3, there cant be anymore than 9-10 thousand there. It's empty.

That is fucking grim for them like, fair enough they might have sold +20k season tickets this season and are still counting then but next season none of the people who bought and don't attend will go surely. Reality might well bite then then, at last.
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Not sure how many Preston took like but if that stand the video is taken from is anything like the other 3, there cant be anymore than 9-10 thousand there. It's empty.

That is fucking grim for them like, fair enough they might have sold +20k season tickets this season and are still counting then but next season none of the people who bought and don't attend will go surely. Reality might well bite then then, at last.

 

Even worse for them is that the tickets are worth 40% less than this season. I’d expect in league one they’d be looking at 15k at best. That in the books is around 9k worth of sales...that’s got to hurt them.

 

 

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It depends how they do next season. If they're winning every week the current no-shows who give up their season tickets will come back on a game to game basis.

 

Their average attendance next year could be anywhere from about 15k to 30k really depending on how they do. People like a winning team regardless of what division it's in.

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Obviously their season ticket sales will fall off a cliff next season, but whether attendances go drastically down (15k) will probably depend on whether they can cobble together a half decent side that might actually win a few matches. It doesn’t really matter what league you’re in, if you can get a winning side together, you’ll attract people. However, whether they can even manage to do that in League One seems questionable at the minute.

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For example Sheff Utd were averaging 21k last year with highs of 30k.

 

Sunderland are a bigger club with historically higher attendances, if they're putting together a fun title charge of that magnitude they will comfortably beat out that.

 

If they remain a disorganised mess and slump to mid-table, their attendances will be even worse than this year.

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As shambolic as they are at the moment, and as toxic as the club is right now, it would take something special for them to struggle again next year in League One.

 

Their wage budget as a percentage of turnover permitted by FFP, even with half of it eaten up by the likes of Cattermole/Rodwell hanging around, will still leave them with 5 or 6 times the budget of clubs down there. So long as they're proactive they could hoover up all the best players in that division as the vast majority move around on free transfers.

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For example Sheff Utd were averaging 21k last year with highs of 30k.

 

Sunderland are a bigger club with historically higher attendances, if they're putting together a fun title charge of that magnitude they will comfortably beat out that.

 

If they remain a disorganised mess and slump to mid-table, their attendances will be even worse than this year.

 

Yep. If they’re right up the top attendances will be good (might even have to open the top tier!). Around the playoffs and they’ll probably be not too bad. Anything less than that and they’ll be woeful.

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Whats this bollocks about Amanda Staveley being at their last few games :lol:

Someone took a picture of a women with blonde hair from one of their games a few weeks ago and said it was Staveley. It obviously wasn’t, but you know, that doesn’t stop idiots from gossiping.
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For example Sheff Utd were averaging 21k last year with highs of 30k.

 

Sunderland are a bigger club with historically higher attendances, if they're putting together a fun title charge of that magnitude they will comfortably beat out that.

 

If they remain a disorganised mess and slump to mid-table, their attendances will be even worse than this year.

 

Yep. If they’re right up the top attendances will be good (might even have to open the top tier!). Around the playoffs and they’ll probably be not too bad. Anything less than that and they’ll be woeful.

 

In 87 their attendances went up about 25% in the 3rd division, then fell again by about the same amount on return to the 2nd division.

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Don’t think I have seen an emptier stadium. Except for occasional reserve games at SJP, which always struck me as quite a eerie experience. Must be demoralising to play there and surely leads to the players following suit and also not giving a shit.

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