[skyclad99]

Attendance published as 23,298. Watching from tv can't believe that was accurate. There were loads of spare seats all around. The slightly quieter atmosphere in the stadium probably helped Stoke more than us.

Has been a bone of contention with me for a long time. Apparently they count all of the season ticket holders, whether you turn up or not. The figure actually reflects the number of tickets sold, which includes ST's, so not a true reflection of he number that actually attended the game, which would be easy to do as they are checked in electronically on the gate. 

[gazberg]

Attendance published as 23,298. Watching from tv can't believe that was accurate. There were loads of spare seats all around. The slightly quieter atmosphere in the stadium probably helped Stoke more than us.

Believe the attendance is how many tickets were sold, not the amount through the turnstiles. Could be wrong though

[alex1]

Believe the attendance is how many tickets were sold, not the amount through the turnstiles. Could be wrong though

I guess a lot of regulars were put off by the comical kick off time.

[gazberg]

I guess a lot of regulars were put off by the comical kick off time.

I was going to go as back from London for birthday weekend but, as you say, the kick off time out me off so I stayed in bed asleep till 130pm 😎

[KN22]

Attendance published as 23,298. Watching from tv can't believe that was accurate. There were loads of spare seats all around. The slightly quieter atmosphere in the stadium probably helped Stoke more than us.

Around 19000 would be my estimate based upon looking around yesterday. Early kick off time was an issue for sure as is the usual apathy from some of our 'fanbase'

[iwastherein68]

In my humble opinion, the club made a mistake in selling season tickets for £23 if they did not intend to "police" use of them. I appreciate and support the idea of encouraging the enticing of young supporters, but  £23 is a "throw away " amount for some people and some have been purchased by people for very casual use by children or even adults. I have seen no-one checking admissions into the East Stand, either last season or this season, and I do know that some are being misused. The bottom line is even if we had the ability to attract a full house we would never actually see it at present because of the number of kids not attending games, and thereby making seats unavailable for sale.

If yow want a bit more room by ya, buy an extra sate.

[TheBaggieMan]

Historically, Season Ticket holder numbers  were always added to the ticket cash sale numbers at the Hawthorns giving a grand total of the attendance even if said ST holders did not turn up on the day.
The cash was placed into leather bags and walked to the offices by the turnstile operators for counting and the hope the cash matched the recording of clicked cash sales. I believe the turnstile operators were called by the crowd ‘The Baggies’ hence the origin of our nickname.

[Tony Goddens Gloves]

If the attendance really was 23k then our capacity must be 30k plus so there you go we have a 30k + stadium lol

[costa blanca baggie]

Historically, Season Ticket holder numbers  were always added to the ticket cash sale numbers at the Hawthorns giving a grand total of the attendance even if said ST holders did not turn up on the day.
The cash was placed into leather bags and walked to the offices by the turnstile operators for counting and the hope the cash matched the recording of clicked cash sales. I believe the turnstile operators were called by the crowd ‘The Baggies’ hence the origin of our nickname.

A bob or two were made by turnstile operators allowing customers to jump over the old style entrances.