Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Injury Time]

As anyone who has attended in last couple of seasons suspected...

One of the main stories this morning centres around ACTUAL attendance figures. I think it was pretty clear last season that Arsenal weren’t always filling their pretty stadium.

TICKETS WERE SOLD

For sure, they were. But the gaps around the ground are pretty apparent.

Here are the stats from A is for Arsenal.

* on average the actual attendance was 5,998 lower than that stated by the Club
* on average 6,550 seats were empty per game
* the worst attended match was Fenerbahce at 44,779, which was 15,559 lower than capacity and 11,492 below the official attendance
* the best attended game was Liverpool in the league at 57,341
* the real average attendance was 53,788 compared to 59,786 announced by the Club
* a total of 173,945 seats went unoccupied at home games last season

[Marc Overmars]

Such a waste.

[I am invisible]

When you break it down to an average number of games lost per season ticket holder, it's not actually that bad - less than 3 games missed per person per season, which probably isn't unreasonable given the likelihood of other commitments / illness / travel problems / etc throughout the footballing year? However, it's still a hell of a lot of tickets that could potentially be going on general sale to other fans who aren't lucky enough to have a season ticket. Surely there's an easy fix here somewhere?

[Letters]

Surely there's an easy fix here somewhere?

Ticket Exchange

[Injury Time]

As anyone who has attended in last couple of seasons suspected...

Not just us...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...e-figures.html

[Munchies]

[Penguin]

from Arsenal.com

We haven't won an opening game since 09/10... need to put that right against Palace.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

It's Oxlade's 21st birthday today. Twitter users, wish him Happy birthday on there pls.


Also, Jack's happy birthday message to him:

http://instagram.com/p/rt7Zveiz_S/



Top tier banter.

[Master Splinter]

No Anthony Taylor to hand the opposition pelanties, man advantages and goals this year.

Also, Reina . Almost as big an Arsenal legend as Stevie 'Slippy' Me.

[Niall_Quinn]

This from the Telegraph today:

Bacary Sagna's laserlike delivery from the right is going to be hugely missed when Arsenal attack.