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[Barchullona]

It's 3:00 p.m Saturday afternoon.
All 92 of the teams in the top 4 leagues in England have a match that k.o. at that time that day.
That's 46 games around the country (can't remember if Cardiff or Swansea are playing at home).
Manchester City vs Liverpool (Sat 3:00 p.m. k.o.) is the only match being televised/streamed live.
There's a persistent drizzling rain forecast over most of the U.K. predicted to start @ 1:30 and last until 6:30 p.m
Many local pubs are predicted to be showing the streamed live match.

Will the attendances at the other 45 non televised matches go up, go down or remain the same ?

Unless you knew how many planned to go and then changed,their mind it is impossible to know.

 

[Sir Cheshire Ben]

With there being no PL or Championship games this weekend there will be less of an impact. Some Supporters of other clubs will go to lower league clubs to get there football fix making the impact less obvious.

It’s absolutely chucking it down in Cheshire today & I’ve covered a lot of it. Many “decide on the dayers” will look have looked out of the window & paid up & watched at home or watched down the pub rather than take the time to go. A family of four, maybe £60 plus extras in exchange for a fiver between them to watch at home.


EDIT: I quoted the wrong post.

 

[SydneyTiger14]

With there being no PL or Championship games this weekend there will be less of an impact. Some Supporters of other clubs will go to lower league clubs to get there football fix making the impact less obvious.

It’s absolutely chucking it down in Cheshire today & I’ve covered a lot of it. Many “decide on the dayers” will look have looked out of the window & paid up & watched at home or watched down the pub rather than take the time to go. A family of four, maybe £60 plus extras in exchange for a fiver between them to watch at home.

If the weather is that bad and people are deciding last minute, then I suspect a large chunk of those (let's say 60-75%) would have decided not to go anyway and rented a movie/gone down the pub/done something else with their afternoon. Instead, the club is now recovering some of that income through a streaming service.

I acknowledge there's arguments both ways, and a lot of people are in the "Don't change what's always come before" camp, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that point of view, it's just a difference of opinion.

 

[tigerscanada]

Unless you knew how many planned to go and then changed,their mind it is impossible to know.

Ah, the Stockport Syndrome !