The Football.....

[Dave7]

Some good footy on today.
Just watched a good Derby with Liverpool beating the Toffees 2:1.
ManU vs Chelsea on later should be interesting.

 

[postman]

Grealish played well today,he had a smile on his face,i hope he enjoys his time at Everon.

 

[postman]

I think Potter's time at West Ham might be at an end this week.

 

[AndyRM]

He's having a bad spell for sure.

 

[postman]

What a weekend for Postman,all his teams won today.
Leeds
Liverpool
Salford
Wrexham

And finally Sheffield United lost wonderful weekend.

 

[PaulSB]

Hmmm........Rovers are 1 - 0 up, Ipswich are playing with ten men, the heavens open and torrential rain results in match abandoned.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I think Potter's time at West Ham might be at an end this week.

They picked the wrong Potter. It should have been Harry rather than Graham.

 

[bluenotebob]

Rovers are 1 - 0 up, Ipswich are playing with ten men, the heavens open and torrential rain results in match abandoned.

Time to lay a new pitch with better drainage?

Is 16,000 a normal gate at Ewood Park? Seems low for a Championship match

Nearly 10,000 more than that down the road at the Toughsheet for BWFC v Wigan (a League One game).

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Time to lay a new pitch with better drainage?

Is 16,000 a normal gate at Ewood Park? Seems low for a Championship match

Nearly 10,000 more than that down the road at the Toughsheet for BWFC v Wigan (a League One game).

Bolton Wigan is a local derby.

 

[bluenotebob]

Bolton Wigan is a local derby.

Correct ... but I'm not sure what your point is.

Over 25,500 at today's game at the Toughsheet - and at the previous home game (6th Sept against AFC Wimbledon), the crowd was just over 20,000.

I think those are really good figures for League One games. I'm surprised at how low the crowd was at Ewood today hence my question to @PaulSB

 

[StuAff]

Pompey lost at home to Sheffield Wednesday…hopefully there will be plenty of better days. Without Schmid and now Shaughnessy for weeks....But at least the neighbours lost as well. There only have to be three worse teams in the division for us to stay up, and if one of those play at St Mary's even better!

 

[PaulSB]

Time to lay a new pitch with better drainage?

Is 16,000 a normal gate at Ewood Park? Seems low for a Championship match

Nearly 10,000 more than that down the road at the Toughsheet for BWFC v Wigan (a League One game).

Unusually, I'm season ticket holder, I wasn't at the game as I'm in London for a few days. Friends who went tell me this was the sort of torrential downpour which simply doesn't drain quickly due to the sheer volume of water. There was a lot of local flooding. From what I gather today's rain was exceptional.

No, there is no need for a new pitch or improved drainage. The issue with drainage at Ewood is the ground drains into the River Darwen immediately behind the stadium. If the river floods above a certain level it rises above the outflow from the pitch drainage system meaning the pitch system struggles to cope. Obviously I don't know the river level today.

Attendance? The population of Blackburn is +/- 115,000, the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen is 162,000. Yes, I know folk travel from further afield, the point is the local catchment area is small. With the exception of Wrexham and PNE all the Championship clubs are based in major conurbations or cities. PNE with a population of 155,000 have an average attendance of around 16,000. Wrexham average 12,800.

There are issues surrounding the club ownership that impact attendances but even so average attendance is about on par with clubs from similar catchment areas.