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**chestersaint** · 08-07-2012, 08:06 AM

Just thought I'd post a topical comparison for you all that occurred to me. Today, Wimbledon centre court will host the final watched by 15,000 fans. Last season (2011 - 2012), the average home attendance for Pimply was 15,015. In a nutshell, the blue few command the same attendance as a tennis match between a Scotsmen and a Swiss.
At the end of next season we should probably expect Pimply to see a comparison to.......?

**saintmatt** · 08-07-2012, 08:17 AM

Difference is that's centre court's capacity, they could quite comfortably average 50-60k there during the 2 weeks if they had extra seats, probably more.

That said, hopefully Bournemouth'll be able to scrap it out with skates for best attendance..!

Prepare for the hilarious in-jokes about the p*mpey takeover thread in the lounge btw (in the off-topic forum section)

**CB Fry** · 08-07-2012, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by chestersaint

Just thought I'd post a topical comparison for you all that occurred to me. Today, Wimbledon centre court will host the final watched by 15,000 fans. Last season (2011 - 2012), the average home attendance for Pimply was 15,015. In a nutshell, the blue few command the same attendance as a tennis match between a Scotsmen and a Swiss.

...which twenty odd million will watch on TV this afternoon. Pretty dodgy comparison.

**Mouldy Coat** · 08-07-2012, 08:27 AM

And despite how old Wimbledon is as a venue, it is still far more modern and sophisticated than the shat pit down the road

**dubai_phil** · 08-07-2012, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by CB Fry

...which twenty odd million will watch on TV this afternoon. Pretty dodgy comparison.

Probably nearer 120 million thanks to global coverage making it even dodgier.

But then pcfc is all about dodgy

**JPTCount** · 08-07-2012, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Mouldy Coat

And despite how old Wimbledon is as a venue, it is still far more modern and sophisticated than the shat pit down the road

fratton park is older, as a venue....

**Tokyo-Saint** · 08-07-2012, 09:59 AM

Having been to both Wimbledon and Fratton park this year, I can tell you there is absolutely no comparison.

**Delboy Dave** · 08-07-2012, 12:46 PM

To be fair, Wimbledon is only 2 weeks a year. If Wimbledon was on every Saturday for as long as the football season I doubt you'd get 15k a week

**saintmatt** · 08-07-2012, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Delboy Dave

To be fair, Wimbledon is only 2 weeks a year. If Wimbledon was on every Saturday for as long as the football season I doubt you'd get 15k a week

I think you probably would, don't forget Wimbledon gets these attendances on weekdays. And equally if Saints played everyday for two weeks (including weekdays), with only weak opposition in the first week, I doubt you'd get the average attendance we get with games spread across a season (primarily on weekends)

**Thedelldays** · 08-07-2012, 12:57 PM

don't forget, wimbledon the worlds premier tennis competition

nothing in pompey or indeed fratton is the souths premier anything..let alone the world

**KelvinsRightGlove** · 08-07-2012, 02:30 PM

15,000 is just the centre court capacity, Wimbledon as a whole has a much higher capacity and much higher crowds on a daily basis across the tournament.

**stardustonmyfeet** · 08-07-2012, 11:20 PM

Compare Wimbledon to Portsmouth? Just stop it.

Would be more appropriate to compare Pompey with the parking situation around Silverstone.

**SaintBobby** · 08-07-2012, 11:49 PM

I went to the final today (got a flukey ticket).

Seats were selling for many thousands of pounds on the black market. (one of the Sunday papers said it was £32,000 for a pair).

Don't get that too often at Fratton Park - don't think they can even sell their allocation at Wembley.

**BlakeySFC** · 09-07-2012, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by SaintBobby

I went to the final today (got a flukey ticket).

Seats were selling for many thousands of pounds on the black market. (one of the Sunday papers said it was £32,000 for a pair).

Don't get that too often at Fratton Park - don't think they can even sell their allocation at Wembley.

Were you the guy in the old school Sanderson Saints shirt?