Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[pauliewalnuts]

Pretty full today.  Lots to moan about but I don’t think its fair to say there were loads of empty seats on this occasion.

Certainly was lower trinity , the TV don't lie .

I saw your comment during the match on that and didn't really know what you were talking about - a few in the sector closest to the North Stand, but that's about it.

[pauliewalnuts]

And as it happens, I am re-watching the match now, and still don't see what you're on about.

[kippaxvilla2]

The thing about season ticket holders is true.  They want day trippers. It’s an American football thing.  Some people fancy going to see the ball game one week.  The next week some other people want to go and see the ball game.  The only problem is the catchment area isn’t the size of California.

[Percy McCarthy]

Averaging 41,302 this season in league, CL & cup.

[Brend'Watkins]

The attendance on MOTD was stated as 42,450 or thereabouts. Someone is telling porkies.

[Louzie0]

42,386, yesterday.

42,682 is the highest attendance this season, v Manc Utd.
The lowest is 34,851 v Palace in the Carabao Cup.

There are a couple of others sub 40,000 but all the rest are 41K+ or 42k+.

All the attendance figures are in the Guess The Crowd Divisions thread, at the top of every update.

[Brend'Watkins]

I’m not suggesting there is any shenanigans on your part Lou’. There clearly wasn’t that many at VP today but the club must give those figures.

[kippaxvilla2]

I’m with Tim I could definitely see empty seats in the lower trinity on motd towards the end of the first half mind. The ones by the tunnel.

[Dave]

I’m not suggesting there is any shenanigans on your part Lou’. There clearly wasn’t that many at VP today but the club must give those figures.

Aren't these things always tickets sold rather than bodies through the gates?

So any season ticket holder who can't be arsed with the cold is still included in the attendance.

[Chris Smith]

I’m with Tim I could definitely see empty seats in the lower trinity on motd towards the end of the first half mind. The ones by the tunnel.

Probably not the best time to judge the crowd as people start heading down to get their Bovril from around 35th minute.

[Des Little]

Should we just start publishing gate receipts per game (including GA+ obviously) as opposed to the attendance? That’s all that really matters these days?

Edit - in fact they’d probably publish the till takings before the match result

[dave.woodhall]

I’m not suggesting there is any shenanigans on your part Lou’. There clearly wasn’t that many at VP today but the club must give those figures.

Aren't these things always tickets sold rather than bodies through the gates?

So any season ticket holder who can't be arsed with the cold is still included in the attendance.

It's been a Premier League rule since about 1996 but it's still used to hint that something iffy's going on.

[saunders_heroes]

Empty seats in the lower Trinity were just before half time when a lot of fans leave their seats early. A lot of nitpicking from some fans desperate to put a negative slant on all things Villa. I’ve been going to the Villa since the late ‘70s and this is the biggest consistent support we’ve had in all that time.

[stubbsyandy]

This

[ChicagoLion]

Empty seats in the lower Trinity were just before half time when a lot of fans leave their seats early. A lot of nitpicking from some fans desperate to put a negative slant on all things Heck.

FTFY.