Arsenal.com sticking a massive middle finger up at the media

[Ollie the Optimist]

after all the bollocks the media spouting baout our low attendance and bashing of our club and fans, the website has put this up. shame sky etc wont mention the facts as it means they cant laugh and have a go at Arsenal anymore

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Arsenal Football Club has thanked fans who proved their loyalty by turning up in huge numbers to support the team on Tuesday night for the Carling Cup Third Round match against Shrewsbury Town.

The 46,539 tickets sold against League Two side Shrewsbury Town was the biggest in the Carling Cup Third Round and the second highest of all the 26 matches played in the Premier League and Carling Cup since the weekend.

An Arsenal spokesman said: “We would like to thank our fans for their fantastic support. The Carling Cup competition is not part of the Arsenal season ticket package and we also have a run of three home matches in the space of eight days, so this was a magnificent show of support. It was also great to see so many Shrewsbury fans at the game. They helped create a terrific atmosphere”

Attendances of all Premier League played over the weekend of Saturday 17th September 2011 and Carling Cup Third Round matches played on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st September:

Manchester United v Chelsea	Premier League	75,455
Arsenal v Shrewsbury Town	Carling Cup	46,539
Chelsea v Fulham	Carling Cup	37,632
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool	Premier League	36,129
Aston Villa v Newcastle United	Premier League	34,248
Sunderland v Stoke City	Premier League	32,296
Everton v Wigan Athletic	Premier League	31,576
Leeds United v Manchester United	Carling Cup	31,031
Manchester City v Birmingham City	Carling Cup	25,070
Fulham v Manchester City	Premier League	24,750
Wolverhampton Wanderers v QPR	Premier League	24,189
Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal	Premier League	22,637
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers	Carling Cup	22,261
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool	Carling Cup	21,897
Bolton Wanderers v Norwich City	Premier League	21,223
Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion	Premier League	20,431
Everton v West Bromwich Albion	Carling Cup	17,647
Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur	Carling Cup	15,023
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United	Carling Cup	10,208
Cardiff City v Leicester City	Carling Cup	8,697
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Millwall	Carling Cup	7,749
Southampton v Preston	Carling Cup	7,414
Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient	Carling Cup	7,104
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough	Carling Cup	5,448
Burnley v MK Dons	Carling Cup	4,134
Aldershot v Rochdale	Carling Cup	3,334

In addition to the Arsenal supporters inside Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, over 27,000 Arsenal Members watched the full delayed coverage of our victory over Shrewsbury Town on Arsenal Player.

[Cripps_orig]

Compare it to past attendances of our games in the same round in the same competition and that attendance is 10,000 odd less than the next one.

Comparing it to other attendances from other games when we have such a big ass stadium tells us f all.

Media are right. It was the lowest Emirates crowd since we moved there and the fans are voting with their feet

[Ollie the Optimist]

Compare it to past attendances of our games in the same round in the same competition and that attendance is 10,000 odd less than the next one.

Comparing it to other attendances from other games when we have such a big ass stadium tells us f all.

Media are right. It was the lowest Emirates crowd since we moved there and the fans are voting with their feet

not really, yes its a bigger stadium but chelsea fulham was a derby game, they were 5000 people short of full captacity, that says something to me but it didnt get mentioned by the media

[Power n Glory]

But hasn't that always been the case with Chelsea? They always find it hard to shod tickets, right?

It doesn't matter what other clubs do in comparison, if we're 10,000 short compared to last year then that is saying something. I was able to get tickets for a £10. That's cheap. Have we ever had a situation where the tickets are that cheap and we don't fill the stadium? This looks like the first and it's no coincidence.

[Power n Glory]

Also, I really don't like the idea of the club using the site to 'spin' an agenda and paint a picture of everything being rosy. People aren't idiots and assuming a few positive press stories will sway things is pretty insulting.

[Ollie the Optimist]

But hasn't that always been the case with Chelsea? They always find it hard to shod tickets, right?

It doesn't matter what other clubs do in comparison, if we're 10,000 short compared to last year then that is saying something. I was able to get tickets for a £10. That's cheap. Have we ever had a situation where the tickets are that cheap and we don't fill the stadium? This looks like the first and it's no coincidence.

well yes, i dont think we really have ever sold out the stadium in the CC, i remember a few years ago we had scum in semi final and we only had 50 odd thousand, we were at least 5000 short of capaticty iirc. and tickets then were only a tenner.

your other point, i think its right the site did try to defend itself, the media had suddenly started bashing the club over it so they put it out to actually show the media how wrong they were

[Cripps_orig]

Also, I really don't like the idea of the club using the site to 'spin' an agenda and paint a picture of everything being rosy. People aren't idiots and assuming a few positive press stories will sway things is pretty insulting.

Did you miss the first post of this thread?

[Ollie the Optimist]

Did you miss the first post of this thread?

and this coming from the man who wants us to sign Hargreaves on the basis he scored a goal against a championship club

[Cripps_orig]

and this coming from the man who wants us to sign Hargreaves on the basis he scored a goal against a championship club

Could be worse. I could be like you and think the Arsenal site werent proved wrong by the media cos they compared our attendance to a team like Aldershots

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