I must say though....It was probably the best atmosphere from the home crowd all season. Not fantastic by all means....but better.
******Moving the Family area to the side of the pitch is the only solution****** Ellerslie made a decent noise, I tried to join in from B Block But Having no voice, it just made most around me laugh. Think Blackburn must of only taken just over half their allocation. They've been poor on the road for ages so makes sense. Seen worse 0-0's.
Because its a chore to watch us. As for the atmosphere, the commentators mentioned it several time about how quiet it was. Blackburn also looked like they were 1k short of their allocation so that leaves 1k short in our areas.
It probably was the lowest home league crowd of the season but I expect it was higher than when we played them in the Premier League. If you look at attendances for this game you will always find that they are on the low side. Plus early december is also a bad time for enticing larger numbers. What amazed me was how big the crowd was on tuesday against Bournemouth.
Well we're already getting more than half the 25K as it is in the championship. Over the last few years our average for the season has been...... 2012/13 17,779 2011/12 17,295 2010/11 15,635 2009/10 13,348 2008/09 14,003 2007/08 13,958 2006/07 12,936 2005/06 13,440 2004/05 16,055 This season so far it's 17.006 So what's happened in the last few years that have jumped our attendance up from 13/14k to 17k? Being in the premier league so the away support has been better certainly helps plus I'd hope maybe people can see we are going in the right direction. I don't think it'll be too much to think that we can start getting 20000+ in a brand new stadium built in a new area. We need relative success though...for us that means premier league status and keeping it. We lost many young supporters in the late 90s and 2000s because we were a mediocre team, and having new young supporters joining the ranks is vitally important. Plus of course having reasonably priced season tickets and match day tickets for the casual supporter.
Back in the 90s we often barely topped 10,000 for PL games and averaged around 11-12,000. The only full houses were some London derbies and ManU & Liverpool...
Yup, better than it has been for a while. 16,331 on Tuesday, 15,987 yesterday. I suppose some people must've chosen between the midweek +weekend fixtures. Both Bournemouth + Blackburn only took the upper school allocation, so didn't really contribute to the crowd either. It'll be a sellout V Leicester, and pretty much every week with 1 home game will be a sellout. I'm quite enjoying watching us win a lot. I'd ask whether you enjoyed seeing 3 decent goals on Tuesday, but I can tell that you weren't there. I'm looking forward to going to the Blackpool & Leicester games too, it's always fun seeing your team play when they've made a good start to a season. I do wonder why some QPR fans follow football at all, because it seems like 'supporting' their side is just a constant source of misery every week. This season is an absolute blast compared to the dirge of the past two years. It's a pleasure seeing a side that competes, and wants to be here. Has everyone forgotten how depressing last season was? Give me 1-0's against Charlton any week.
What has changed then? Why in the 90s were we not even getting 10,000 for top flight football but now get over 17,000 for 2nd tier football? Especially with football now saturated on TV compared to then...plus internet streams showing nearly all top flight games plus selected others from lower leagues. Maybe one reason could be safety, not nearly as much trouble at grounds now as there was back then, so young and old, male and female turn up without fear. More international feel about it with top stars from around the globe over here now. A combination of many things have probably contributed to more people now going to live games than they used to.
The average age of attending fans seems to be higher now than in the past, which could present a problem for the future. A couple of my friends turned 60 recently and now get discounted season tickets (I qualify next year). This is very welcome, but wouldn't discounts for 21-30 year-olds would be more forward-looking.?
Have to agree with that. I said a couple of months ago that there were some here that would rather see their negative outlooks on the team proved right so they can bask in their own negativity and say I told you so, than see us do well and have to admit they were wrong.
As i said to my 2 lads last season. It would be so easy following Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal or Liverpool, 'cos they (mostly) win, week in,week out and have facilities we could only wish for. But thank god we don't support THEM 'cos we are QPR...and very proud of the fact. Being able to follow us week in, week out to places like Doncaster, Burnley and S****horpe, see us lose and STILL look forward to the next week.....thats the sign of a true supporter.
I think it was the '96 relegation and subsequent meltdown that ultimately reinvigorated the Club. It was when we were in the sh*ts in League One that everyone rallied around and came to the Club's aid. The Club became stronger for the experience and it extracted more loyalty from the fans. You know like, its only when you go through the bad times that you can appreciate the good etc. Our attendances have been up ever since that period. We're currently averaging over 94% capacity. Are there many other Clubs up and down the leagues achieving those figures? Make no mistake, if we build a bigger stadium, we will fill it. Cardiff are a prime example.
Blackburn brought about three men and a dog. I doubt the home attendance was any different to most games this season.
