| I genuinely can’t believe it 09:37 - Dec 26 with 10693 views | LeistonBlue |
We’ve actually sold out a regular season league one(!) match against Oxford United, with no ticket promotion or anything of the like. Just blows my mind  . This club is going places.. |  | | |  |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 13:35 - Dec 26 with 2098 views | Trequartista |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 12:05 - Dec 26 by bluebudgie |
Just to put the incredible support into context, we played QPR on Boxing day just 5 years ago and the crowd was a very poor 18,696 so it just shows with the right ownership, manager, and all-round feel-good factor this club is thriving, gaining over 10000 fans in 5 years. |
18k is not too bad considering how bad morale was becoming. Burley's 1996/97 and 1997/98 play-off bound teams attracted boxing day crowds of 16k and 17k respectively.
Another incredible one to note is the 27k that turned up in 2005 to watch Royle's fading team spluttering to 15th place. [Post edited 26 Dec 2022 13:36]
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 14:21 - Dec 26 with 1981 views | Illinoisblue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 13:35 - Dec 26 by Trequartista |
18k is not too bad considering how bad morale was becoming. Burley's 1996/97 and 1997/98 play-off bound teams attracted boxing day crowds of 16k and 17k respectively.
Another incredible one to note is the 27k that turned up in 2005 to watch Royle's fading team spluttering to 15th place. [Post edited 26 Dec 2022 13:36]
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The Royle years saw a number of large crowds. A bar chart of our average over the last 20 years would be interesting. Aside from a loyal core of 12-15k, there’s lot of variation. |  |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 15:36 - Dec 26 with 1914 views | WestSussexBlue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 13:27 - Dec 26 by Bobbychase |
Beat QPR 2-1 but tbf, it was a late Chambers header past Rob Green, who had been attempting to wind up the SBR all afternoon, and was very enjoyable indeed. |
0-0, One of MM happy to set up and take the point games. |  | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 16:04 - Dec 26 with 1853 views | Radlett_blue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 14:21 - Dec 26 by Illinoisblue |
The Royle years saw a number of large crowds. A bar chart of our average over the last 20 years would be interesting. Aside from a loyal core of 12-15k, there’s lot of variation. |
Well, out crowds held up well in the first 4 seasons after relegation at 24-25k. They had steadily declined to 16-17k in Mick's early seasons. The play-off season saw them back up to over 19k, then a slow decline again to 16-17k. Amazingly, we averaged over 19k in the first season back in League 1, then nearly 22k & currently over 25k average. |  |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 17:08 - Dec 26 with 1781 views | Swansea_Blue |
It’s fantastic really. The only downside is we’re a quiet bunch (always have been). I don’t know what it was like in the ground, but you rarely heard any crowd noise on iFollow. Amazing that so many are turning out though. Shows the pull of a bit of decent football. |  |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 00:44 - Dec 28 with 1654 views | Brads |
Was really surprised to see numerous empty seats in every stand so the actual attendance must have been a lot lower than the one that was announced. Guess a lot of season ticket holders didn’t go. Given that it was a sell out, including restricted view, it’s a shame that more didn’t make the effort to give away their tickets. Especially as the ticket office can email a PDF etc. |  | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 03:49 - Dec 28 with 1608 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 00:44 - Dec 28 by Brads |
Was really surprised to see numerous empty seats in every stand so the actual attendance must have been a lot lower than the one that was announced. Guess a lot of season ticket holders didn’t go. Given that it was a sell out, including restricted view, it’s a shame that more didn’t make the effort to give away their tickets. Especially as the ticket office can email a PDF etc. |
I didn’t go. Boxing Day has no trains and it’s one of our busiest days of the year in the betting industry so I was working it. But nobody round here would go to an Ipswich game randomly unless it was a mate coming with me. Can imagine there were a few in the same boat as me who wouldn’t have anyone who’d want to travel to Ipswich on Boxing Day - free ticket or not. |  |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 05:05 - Dec 28 with 1562 views | Brads |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 03:49 - Dec 28 by The_Romford_Blue |
I didn’t go. Boxing Day has no trains and it’s one of our busiest days of the year in the betting industry so I was working it. But nobody round here would go to an Ipswich game randomly unless it was a mate coming with me. Can imagine there were a few in the same boat as me who wouldn’t have anyone who’d want to travel to Ipswich on Boxing Day - free ticket or not. |
That’s understandable and fair enough, but also what I meant about the PDF’s. I guess not many people know about it. The ticket office can email you a ‘print at home’ ticket if you can’t make it, so it can easily be forwarded to whoever, and you don’t necessarily need to know who you’re passing it on to etc. If it’s advertised under the ITFC hashtag on Twitter and posted on here etc, someone will usually snap it up. I sold 4 tickets (not season tickets) last week on behalf of a family member who couldn’t make it in the end.
I expect the club will launch an official ticket exchange at some point in the future. It works well at clubs like Spurs as you can usually get tickets for all the sold out games, even last minute. Think Norwich do it as they take a cut. | | | |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:29 - Dec 28 with 1437 views | Churchman |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 11:41 - Dec 26 by Lord_Lucan |
Just had a quick look.
Highest I can find in Robson years was 28,476 v Arsenal in 75/76 and we got 29,596 against Norwich on Monday 27th Dec in 82/83
Either way this game is pretty unprecedented.
Interestingly while researching I note that in 60/61 we played Norwich away on 26th and then again at home on 27th - we won them both. |
Attached is a list of average attendances over the years.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/besucherzahlenentwicklung/verein/67
Before 1992, the ground had standing of course, which allowed for greater capacity. In 74/75 the ground record was broken for the Leeds cup game but if memory serves me right, there were a few league games with a crowd around the 30k mark.
Our attendance figures this year are remarkable for what is a dross league. Carry this momentum on and the capacity will become an issue - hopefully. What a nice problem to have if that comes about.
The oddest double header fixture is the Fulham games of I think 1963. A 10-1 humiliation on Boxing Day and a 4-2 win the following day. |  | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:34 - Dec 28 with 1413 views | itfcjoe |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:29 - Dec 28 by Churchman |
Attached is a list of average attendances over the years.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/besucherzahlenentwicklung/verein/67
Before 1992, the ground had standing of course, which allowed for greater capacity. In 74/75 the ground record was broken for the Leeds cup game but if memory serves me right, there were a few league games with a crowd around the 30k mark.
Our attendance figures this year are remarkable for what is a dross league. Carry this momentum on and the capacity will become an issue - hopefully. What a nice problem to have if that comes about.
The oddest double header fixture is the Fulham games of I think 1963. A 10-1 humiliation on Boxing Day and a 4-2 win the following day. |
Obviously weren’t as close together (although thibk Fulham home was 28th) but when we lost 9-0 to Man U we beat them 3-2 at Portman Road that season, they lost the title by a point that year |  |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:38 - Dec 28 with 1387 views | DJR |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:29 - Dec 28 by Churchman |
Attached is a list of average attendances over the years.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/besucherzahlenentwicklung/verein/67
Before 1992, the ground had standing of course, which allowed for greater capacity. In 74/75 the ground record was broken for the Leeds cup game but if memory serves me right, there were a few league games with a crowd around the 30k mark.
Our attendance figures this year are remarkable for what is a dross league. Carry this momentum on and the capacity will become an issue - hopefully. What a nice problem to have if that comes about.
The oddest double header fixture is the Fulham games of I think 1963. A 10-1 humiliation on Boxing Day and a 4-2 win the following day. |
The interesting thing from that link is how low our crowds were in our two spells in the Premier League, especially the first spell. |  | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:39 - Dec 28 with 1382 views | Radlett_blue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 00:44 - Dec 28 by Brads |
Was really surprised to see numerous empty seats in every stand so the actual attendance must have been a lot lower than the one that was announced. Guess a lot of season ticket holders didn’t go. Given that it was a sell out, including restricted view, it’s a shame that more didn’t make the effort to give away their tickets. Especially as the ticket office can email a PDF etc. |
I cannot believe the game was sold out, even for the home fans (a large chink of the away section was blanked off). Plenty of small groups of unoccupied seats, generally in some of the poorer viewing positions. These wouldn't be season ticket holders not turning up. | |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 11:18 - Dec 28 with 1286 views | DJR |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:39 - Dec 28 by Radlett_blue |
I cannot believe the game was sold out, even for the home fans (a large chink of the away section was blanked off). Plenty of small groups of unoccupied seats, generally in some of the poorer viewing positions. These wouldn't be season ticket holders not turning up. |
Around me in upper SBR, there were numerous empty seats normally occupied by season ticket holders. I can only assume that people were spending time with their in-laws etc, coupled with the fact that there were no trains.
Incidentally, in the olden days the announced attendance would have been virtually identical to the actual attendance. The reasons for this were presumably that there were far fewer season ticket holders, people didn't travel from as far afield, and there were far fewer other things to do. | | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 11:36 - Dec 28 with 1265 views | TrumptonBlue |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:29 - Dec 28 by Churchman |
Attached is a list of average attendances over the years.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/besucherzahlenentwicklung/verein/67
Before 1992, the ground had standing of course, which allowed for greater capacity. In 74/75 the ground record was broken for the Leeds cup game but if memory serves me right, there were a few league games with a crowd around the 30k mark.
Our attendance figures this year are remarkable for what is a dross league. Carry this momentum on and the capacity will become an issue - hopefully. What a nice problem to have if that comes about.
The oddest double header fixture is the Fulham games of I think 1963. A 10-1 humiliation on Boxing Day and a 4-2 win the following day. |
Worth noting that the stats in that link are incomplete pre-1992 so the averages are incorrect.
Actual pre-1992 averages:
1938/39 11941
1946/47 13087
1947/48 13379
1948/49 13385
1949/50 13405
1950/51 13117
1951/52 11261
1952/53 9428
1953/54 15854
1954/55 15389
1955/56 15489
1956/57 14372
1957/58 18285
1958/59 14261
1959/60 13768
1960/61 15095
1961/62 22863
1962/63 19044
1963/64 16004
1964/65 13428
1965/66 12473
1966/67 15835
1967/68 18617
1968/69 23593
1969/70 20715
1970/71 20432
1971/72 20924
1972/73 22241
1973/74 22381
1974/75 24924
1975/76 25299
1976/77 26698
1977/78 23569
1978/79 21655
1979/80 21585
1980/81 24626
1981/82 21815
1982/83 19671
1983/84 17417
1984/85 17052
1985/86 14442
1986/87 12028
1987/88 11766
1988/89 12546
1989/90 12789
1990/91 11813
1991/92 14276 |  | | |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 11:55 - Dec 28 with 1238 views | DJR |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 11:36 - Dec 28 by TrumptonBlue |
Worth noting that the stats in that link are incomplete pre-1992 so the averages are incorrect.
Actual pre-1992 averages:
1938/39 11941
1946/47 13087
1947/48 13379
1948/49 13385
1949/50 13405
1950/51 13117
1951/52 11261
1952/53 9428
1953/54 15854
1954/55 15389
1955/56 15489
1956/57 14372
1957/58 18285
1958/59 14261
1959/60 13768
1960/61 15095
1961/62 22863
1962/63 19044
1963/64 16004
1964/65 13428
1965/66 12473
1966/67 15835
1967/68 18617
1968/69 23593
1969/70 20715
1970/71 20432
1971/72 20924
1972/73 22241
1973/74 22381
1974/75 24924
1975/76 25299
1976/77 26698
1977/78 23569
1978/79 21655
1979/80 21585
1980/81 24626
1981/82 21815
1982/83 19671
1983/84 17417
1984/85 17052
1985/86 14442
1986/87 12028
1987/88 11766
1988/89 12546
1989/90 12789
1990/91 11813
1991/92 14276 |
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| I genuinely can’t believe it on 02:10 - Dec 29 with 1133 views | Brads |
| I genuinely can’t believe it on 09:39 - Dec 28 by Radlett_blue |
I cannot believe the game was sold out, even for the home fans (a large chink of the away section was blanked off). Plenty of small groups of unoccupied seats, generally in some of the poorer viewing positions. These wouldn't be season ticket holders not turning up. |
More restricted view seats were added later in the week when the regular seats had all been sold…and after that the ground map showed as sold out. As I said, I could see numerous empty seats in all four stands (not just the away buffer or seats with a poorer view), which is unusual for this season. I took a photo during the game and it’s noticeable on that when you zoom in. Don’t think I can add it to this post? It was clear that a sizeable number of season ticket holders didn’t attend. Lack of public transport and people having other plans obviously had an impact, as others have suggested.
The official attendance that’s made public includes all seats sold, plus comps given away etc. I think the actual numbers through the turnstiles are recorded for Police/safety reasons though. When we were in the Championship, someone who’s wife is a steward also mentioned that they (the stewards) had been told what the figure was. It’d be interesting if both figures were routinely made public for comparison. | | | |
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