Now the question then is when the club said "with" did they mean "plus" or "including", clearly the Press Association who provide the info for the BBC took it as the former whereas I took it as the latter...
The family stand had several areas with quite a few rows of empty seats. Again it seems strange given that you couldn't buy 2 seats together on Friday. It did look very full at the end towards the away end but the middle section in particular wasn't full at all.
I wonder if the club ever looks at this to try and understand what is the issue.
Understandably the table for the home crowd is very similar to that for the total crowd, because we all underestimated. Nobody was within 100. The order of the top two was reversed - @Commoner take a bow for being closest.
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6452 with 542 Grecians
6245, with 470 away.
6800 with 500 away
6123 with 430
6900 with 600 Grecians
6,262 with 489 away
Bloody hell 7699!
At least one positive then.
On the clubs official twitter they announced 7082 with 617 away fans
That sounds like what was announced in the stadium too.
617+7082=7699
Says 7699 on the BBC
Hoping it’s 7082 as I’d be 182 out
Now the question then is when the club said "with" did they mean "plus" or "including", clearly the Press Association who provide the info for the BBC took it as the former whereas I took it as the latter...
Looking at it I’d have said it was just over 7k including away but then I’ve never won a “guess the sweets in the jar” in 50 years of trying.
Great attendance to get over 7,000 v Exeter who only brought 600. Family stand was rammed today and a great atmosphere.
The family stand had several areas with quite a few rows of empty seats. Again it seems strange given that you couldn't buy 2 seats together on Friday. It did look very full at the end towards the away end but the middle section in particular wasn't full at all.
I wonder if the club ever looks at this to try and understand what is the issue.
Just checking with the club that it was 7082, seeing as I have used the BBC as the final authority in the past.
Will work out the spreadsheets with 7082 as the figure and publish them on here once I have a confirmation.
Thanks everybody for your patience.
Belated many congratulations to @MindlessDrugHoover, closest and the only forecaster to be within 100 of the bumper crowd.
Congratulations to @Commoner, @wwfcblue, @Twizz and for @ForeverBlue who were all within 250.
We all 32 of us predicted less than the actual crowd.
Top twenty for the total attendance:
Top twenty for the away support: [Actual 617]
Congratulations to a top two @ForeverBlue and @NewburyWanderer who tied with predictions that were just 14 away. Mentions for @wwfcblue, @Manboobs, @DJWYC14, @Twizz, myself and @MindlessDrugHoover who were all within 50.
Understandably the table for the home crowd is very similar to that for the total crowd, because we all underestimated. Nobody was within 100. The order of the top two was reversed - @Commoner take a bow for being closest.