Not back from the razzmatazz of The Hundred final until late yesterday so apologies for this being somewhat tardy.
Many congratulations to @Commoner and a pat on the back for myself for having the away crowd forecast spot on - neatly done too as they were proper bookends being the first and last predictions.
Lots of quality in between the bookends too - noteworthy congratulations to @DevC who has managed to be closest with the total crowd and miss the away crowd by just one - setting what is virtually a Manchester City standard there. Congratulations to @wwfcblue who missed by 2, congratulations to @NewburyWanderer who missed by 4, congratulations to @Erroll_Sims, @micra, @username123, and @Forest_Blue who all missed by 6, nobody missed by 8 but congratulations are due to @MFH_Blue who was out by 10.
Top Twenty for the Home Crowd: [Calculated 4380]
Congratulations to @DJWYC14 - closest on a difficult number to forecast - the first game of the season - online tickets not available to 'casual' home / neutral supporters because of the risk of fervent (entitled) away supporters buying tickets in the home end.
Congratulations also due to @DevC, @wwfcblue and @Commoner for being within a hundred and it was worth mentioning that all three of the them were close in all three of the predictions.
Please watch out for the Rotherham thread which I hope to put up today.
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6,000 including 1,848 Brummies.
6,454 with 1824 away
6,790 with 1,875
Train back to Birmingham will be interesting tomorrow with Wolves and Villa also playing in London.
Birmingham, Villa and Wolves all on one train.
6,453 with 1826 Peaky Blinders
6050 including 1850 away fans
5738 with 1838 Birmingham
6264 with 1846
32 predictions in so far:
Average for Total Crowd: 6591
Average for Away Crowd: 1826
The average for the home crowd is running at 4764
I will try the gentle reminders thing for - @Commoner, @DJWYC14. @LDF. @Onlooker, @silverfox and @wycwyc who all predicted the Wrexham game. I know some of you will have plans to predict.
And perhaps @A_Worboys @Blue_since_1990 @floyd @LordMandeville @our_frank @peterparrotface and not least @Wendoverman will appreciate a mention that they have been serious competitors in the past.
The deadline will be 14:00 this afternoon.
Thanks for the vote of confidence! I believe my estimate is realistic, time will tell, of course.
6,400 (1,800 away)
6,189 with 1,799 away
6,812, with 2,110 most welcome visitors from the Second City.
6152 with 1844 Birmingham
6,224 takes it
1,848 away.
Well done. You’re a lot closer than most.
I’m not sure how you make it early summer. Only a fortnight left.
Yeah to be fair you're right there, I guess is the lack of sunshine this year!
Top Twenty for the Total Attendance: [Actual 6224]
Many congratulations to @DevC - Forecaster of the Week - missing by just 14 with a prediction of 6238.
Congratulations to @DJWYC14, @wwfcblue, @Commoner and @SmiroludyBlue who were all wiithin one hundred.
Other tables to follow, probably tomorrow as @railwaybeth and myself are travelling to watch The Hundred Final live.
I haven't done all the sense checks this morning so apologies if your entry is missing or wrong. Please let me know if this is the case.
Top Twenty for the Away Crowd [Actual 1844]:
Not back from the razzmatazz of The Hundred final until late yesterday so apologies for this being somewhat tardy.
Many congratulations to @Commoner and a pat on the back for myself for having the away crowd forecast spot on - neatly done too as they were proper bookends being the first and last predictions.
Lots of quality in between the bookends too - noteworthy congratulations to @DevC who has managed to be closest with the total crowd and miss the away crowd by just one - setting what is virtually a Manchester City standard there. Congratulations to @wwfcblue who missed by 2, congratulations to @NewburyWanderer who missed by 4, congratulations to @Erroll_Sims, @micra, @username123, and @Forest_Blue who all missed by 6, nobody missed by 8 but congratulations are due to @MFH_Blue who was out by 10.
Top Twenty for the Home Crowd: [Calculated 4380]
Congratulations to @DJWYC14 - closest on a difficult number to forecast - the first game of the season - online tickets not available to 'casual' home / neutral supporters because of the risk of fervent (entitled) away supporters buying tickets in the home end.
Congratulations also due to @DevC, @wwfcblue and @Commoner for being within a hundred and it was worth mentioning that all three of the them were close in all three of the predictions.
Please watch out for the Rotherham thread which I hope to put up today.