Attendance Prediction / Discussion - Burton Albion (h) - Sat 30th July - Match 1
Yonder sky is lightens, slowing turning blue and this thread is a sign that sunthing is just below the horizon and that the warmth of a new season will be on us.
How many will be there to greet it, full of anticipation and hoping to either bask in its glory or at least preparing to enjoy the odd sunny interval?
All are welcome to predict the attendance on Saturday, the closest prediction gets crowned 'Forecaster of the Week' on here. I have the idea that this should be a forecasting competition and I have the view that increasingly the actual attendance is more knowable as kick off approaches, unlike the score , which in Wycombe's case is not knowable until at least10 mins after the game should have ended.
I will again run a very similar season long competition where what counts are the best ten of your predictions over the whole season. This will be free to enter, but I would also encourage all to also join in @DevC's excellent score prediction charity contest which I will post on very soon so it too reaches the top of the gasroom.
Can I also give a shout out for @railwaybeth's 'King of the Mountains' competition which closes in 5 days time when the season starts! It requires a prediction of the top five home and away attendances for the season and a punt on the games with the highest attendance for each calender month. I am going to post on that thread too to bump it up the list before it is too late.
First game last season was Accrington at home which attracted 4551. Burton at home last season was a Tuesday night and had an away crowd of 102. So with all my fingers in the air I go:
5149 with 222 Brewers.
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Given there are train strikes I will go with 4987 with 234 Brewers
4425 with 181 Brewers
4747 with 345 Brewers.
4824 with 201, thanks!
5109 with 243 concerned that Jimmy Flloyd may not know what he is going to get.
6001 with 187 away
Thanks again for this @railwaysteve
4321 with 123
Not sure how many do rely on train transport but worth a reminder that a number of train operators drivers are on strike (inc Chiltern) which has certainly reduced the attendance by one (unless ST holders still count)
Hmm holidays and cost of living make this hard to predict. Let’s have 4567 with 159 seeing us go top of the table.
4567 including 222 from Burton.
Apologies @Manboobs but I already had that figure in mind before I saw that I’d been pre-empted.
5,990 with 162 Burton.
4444 with 222 Burtonites.
4,678 with 234 Brewers
4987 with 285 brewers
4,956 including 213 away
4818 with 278 from the beer town
4400 with 245 Brewers
5400 with 235 away please
4895 including 186 Brewers.
5,388 including 252 Brewers.
4,891 including 227 Brewers
It will be an honour to share the glory with you @micra
4500 tomorrow with 198 from Burton
4638 with 221 away, thanks.
4812 with 291 in the away end. Thanks!
4702 with 168 in suits
4878 with 212 away
It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the season. I fear come the Autumn and early winter many clubs will see some shockingly low attendances, including us. When the energy price cap goes up by an eye watering figure (again), weather turns cold, inflation hits 11%, and interest rates go to 3% a lot of people will really be feeling the pinch. If we get a crap draw for FA Cup R1 I suspect we’ll see one of our lowest ever crowds for a competitive first team match.
4442, because neither @Trevor nor @Wanderer82 are coming, 224 Brewing a storm
Under that scenario I'm not going so...
It'll just be you.