TIL 1010 4,738 Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) Yesterday the official attendance for Qatar v Equador was given as 67,000 in a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 and today they gave the attendance for Senegal v Netherlands as 1,700 above the capacity of 40,000 when the commentators said the ground had thousands of empty seats and probably only three quarters full. Weird ! Edited November 21, 2022 by TIL 1010 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naturalcynic 629 Posted November 21, 2022 Have they announced the England vs Iran crowd? I’m guessing about 223,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted November 21, 2022 Considering the population of Qatar is only 200K, the rest are migrant workers, then they must all be going to games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commonsense 621 Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said: Considering the population of Qatar is only 200K, the rest are migrant workers, then they must all be going to games. Or possibly some people have traveled from abroad! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,341 Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, TIL 1010 said: Yesterday the official attendance for Qatar v Equador was given as 67,000 in a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 and today they gave the attendance for Senegal v Netherlands as 1,700 above the capacity of 40,000 when the commentators said the ground had thousands of empty seats and probably only three quarters full. Weird ! Weird ? We are talking about Qatar here Tilly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,289 Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, TIL 1010 said: Yesterday the official attendance for Qatar v Equador was given as 67,000 in a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 and today they gave the attendance for Senegal v Netherlands as 1,700 above the capacity of 40,000 when the commentators said the ground had thousands of empty seats and probably only three quarters full. Weird ! Poor head-count.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,226 Posted November 21, 2022 The stadiums have been 3/4 full at very best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,123 Posted November 21, 2022 They're counting the dead migrant workers buried under the stands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairy Canary 698 Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said: Considering the population of Qatar is only 200K, the rest are migrant workers, then they must all be going to games. Half the 200k are women and I haven’t seen many Qatari ladies attending. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted November 21, 2022 They will count tickets sold not bums on seats anyway, so even an empty stadium would be announced as full capacity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted November 21, 2022 Comical Ali's doing the figures.Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf - Wikipedia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,738 Posted November 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, AJ said: They will count tickets sold not bums on seats anyway, so even an empty stadium would be announced as full capacity They may be so but so far we have seen two games where the official attendance has exceeded the stadium capacity, one by 7,000 and the other by 1,700. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,396 Posted November 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said: They may be so but so far we have seen two games where the official attendance has exceeded the stadium capacity, one by 7,000 and the other by 1,700. These represent the re-sold returns from people pissed off with the continued stance of the Qatari government towards LGBTQ+ people. So fully justified in counting these as well. Perhaps? 🤔 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,123 Posted November 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, TheDarkKnight said: Damn you! You got there first! 😉 The migrants didn't... ... cos they're dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 501 Posted November 22, 2022 Perhaps the count is by the same guy who does the NCFC attendance figures 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRock 170 Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, TIL 1010 said: Yesterday the official attendance for Qatar v Equador was given as 67,000 in a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 and today they gave the attendance for Senegal v Netherlands as 1,700 above the capacity of 40,000 when the commentators said the ground had thousands of empty seats and probably only three quarters full. Weird ! unfortunately the numbers are fictitious, just like Qatar's record on Human Rights and Workers Rights. 💩 Edited November 22, 2022 by TheRock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,738 Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Argentina v Saudi Arabia announced as 8,000 above capacity. I am hearing what has been said about resold tickets being counted twice in the attendance but how on earth does that work when a tragedy necessitates a head count of those who actually entered the stadium ? Edited November 22, 2022 by TIL 1010 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,738 Posted November 22, 2022 15 hours ago, daly said: Perhaps the count is by the same guy who does the NCFC attendance figures I haven't heard our attendance being given as 31,000 since our official capacity has been just over 27,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,226 Posted November 22, 2022 Well it was certainly a tragedy for the Argentians today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,341 Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, TIL 1010 said: Argentina v Saudi Arabia announced as 8,000 above capacity. I am hearing what has been said about resold tickets being counted twice in the attendance but how on earth does that work when a tragedy necessitates a head count of those who actually entered the stadium ? Tilly, the Qataris don't do tragedy and if they did they'll think of something to gloss over it. As far as thery're concerned in Truman's World everything is always tickety-boo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erraticus 55 Posted November 22, 2022 23 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: Considering the population of Qatar is only 200K, the rest are migrant workers, then they must all be going to games. Population is c3M. Not much less than Wales Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,334 Posted November 24, 2022 On 22/11/2022 at 16:32, TIL 1010 said: Argentina v Saudi Arabia announced as 8,000 above capacity. I am hearing what has been said about resold tickets being counted twice in the attendance but how on earth does that work when a tragedy necessitates a head count of those who actually entered the stadium ? There will be no catastrophe, it's Qatar, it's perfect, nothing bad ever happens there. Official. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
