Attendance issues

[5ft811st2 Durham]

For me Villa Park just isn't a magical place anymore prinipally because of the loss of the Holte and the Trinity.

Now it looks soulless and unspiring.

 There's also something particularly conspicuous and depressing about empty sky blue seats.

Why are most of our seats that colour anyway when it's only our secondary colour?

Paint them claret for God's sake, we don't want to look like the Ricoh! 

[Ads]

I cannot agree with that. Villa Park looks immense.

[Irish villain]

I cannot agree with that. Villa Park looks immense.

Agreed. Probably the most attractive stadium in the PL. It is beautiful.

[pauliewalnuts]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

[Dan England]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

That is one frightening stat. How are we still a Premier League club?

[Pete3206]

We still get 30,000+ for every home game, despite years of tripe. Our fans are brilliant.

It's easy to focus on the empty seats, hats off to those who turn up every match.

[KevinGage]

I cannot agree with that. Villa Park looks immense.

Agreed. Probably the most attractive stadium in the PL. It is beautiful.

It needs finishing. 

The Trinity is still a bit of a mess, particularly the bit that disappears down by the North Stand. 

Maybe the old Trinity had to go, but I'd have hoped by now that a guy more sensitive to our history than Ellis (as RL supposedly is)  might have made more of an effort to give the new stand a bit of self respect. 

The roof slopes down like the old one, so a replica of the gable (as Sheffield Wednesday, Notts County and a few others have managed) with the lion rampant wouldn't be impossible.   A better replica of the old claret and blue balcony rather than the current cheap looking effort would be a nice touch too. 

A re-design of the exterior, incorporating a design similar traditional red brick facade has proved popular at baseball grounds in the US, and would help to make the approach look more like Villa Park rather than an industrial estate.

The goalpost structure that supports the Holte roof looks naff with the exposed steelwork, as does the shed they've stuck in the corner for Sky/ BBC et.c.  Ibrox illustrates what can be done to give the corners a better finish, whilst still keeping the stands separate. 

[not3bad]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

That is one frightening stat. How are we still a Premier League club?

Last season finished at the right time.

[PaulWinch again]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

Indeed it is incomprehensibly bad. Fans can be criticised for not attending all you want, but those statistics show that the team really hasn't deserved much support. Frankly the attendances have been decent given the dross that has been served up.

[Ad@m]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

Indeed it is incomprehensibly bad. Fans can be criticised for not attending all you want, but those statistics show that the team really hasn't deserved much support. Frankly the attendances have been decent given the dross that has been served up.

Absolutely.

I missed the Swansea game as I was on holiday so my season ticket has given me 1 victory in the last 12 months.

I work that out at £500 a victory - bargain!!!

[exiled on the wirral!]

Won 1 of our last 19 PL games, and 3 of the last 28.

It's not really difficult to work out why the attendances are shite.

Indeed it is incomprehensibly bad. Fans can be criticised for not attending all you want, but those statistics show that the team really hasn't deserved much support. Frankly the attendances have been decent given the dross that has been served up.

Absolutely.

I missed the Swansea game as I was on holiday so my season ticket has given me 1 victory in the last 12 months.

I work that out at £500 a victory - bargain!!!

Me too i missed the Swanse game due to a wedding, and i missed our last minute winner against Fulham i had left by then.

[London Villan]

Nothing better to do this evening.

Not exactly fortress Villa Park is it... winning fewer than half our home matches for the last fours years is hardly going to attract a fair-weather supporters.


11/12 4 wins 33873
10/11 8 wins 37194
09/10 8 wins 38573
08/09 7 wins 39812
07/08 10 wins 40029
06/07 7 wins 36214
05/06 6 wins 34112
04/05 8 wins 37354
03/04 9 wins 36622
02/03 11 wins 34975

[AV82EC]

Nothing better to do this evening.

Not exactly fortress Villa Park is it... winning fewer than half our home matches for the last fours years is hardly going to attract a fair-weather supporters.


11/12 4 wins 33873
10/11 8 wins 37194
09/10 8 wins 38573
08/09 7 wins 39812
07/08 10 wins 40029
06/07 7 wins 36214
05/06 6 wins 34112
04/05 8 wins 37354
03/04 9 wins 36622
02/03 11 wins 34975

Jesus, only 2 seasons out of 10 where we've won more than 50% at home, thats not great.

[olaftab]

We still get 30,000+ for every home game, despite years of tripe. Our fans are brilliant.

It's easy to focus on the empty seats, hats off to those who turn up every match.

Agreed that our fans  the 30000 or so who are there every home game are brilliant however there are 5x that in and around Birmingham who can't be bothered. I would like just 10% of those to get to VP. I accept  that there are economic and other reasons why we shouldn't expect anymore.

[PaulWinch again]

To be honest it takes something quite spectacularly incompetent to have a record as bad as ours, it really does. It's an absolutely appalling record.