Premier Club members in the West Lower and people in boxes have cup games included in their season tickets, I wonder of they weren't counted?
I think Dr. Allam had a few numbers shaved off so next season, assuming the name change goes ahead, he can claim FA cup attendances have gone up and more people want to see Hull Tigers. Remember most attendances include a sizey away attendance compared to the mere 300 last night, and the west upper is usually open so a lot of fans that would be peppered about all the stands are packed tighter in to less. The number announced was probably correct.
If you work on the basis that the Upper West and the North had nobody in them at all, it still leaves 15,500 seats in the other three stands and there's no way they were only two-thirds full, there was barely an empty seat in the East and the West Lower was pretty full too.