Linfield vs Cliftonville
Wonder what kind of attendance will be there.
Go on Cliftonville
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Linfield vs Cliftonville
Wonder what kind of attendance will be there.
Go on Cliftonville
Why is this game on a Monday night - is it on Sky?
Yes, SKY Sports 1. 7:30pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
Would have predicted a draw for tonight's game but seen that Cliftonville have got a small defensive crisis at the moment so I'll go with a 2-0 home win
Thanks. :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by Graemerz
0-0 not a bad result for us! we are still 4 points behind now but with 2 games in hand!! Did anyone on here watch it? what did you make of the coverage?
Pitch was a disgrace
and the crowd looked lost inside Windsor tonight - should have stuck em all in the lower tiers
game weren't bad though
Pitch hasn't recoved form the Northern Ireland v Denmark game and given the weather we have had recently the groundsman did superbly well to get it to that standard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
That was the original idea... dunno why it never happened... maybe something to do with the PSNI.Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
Their was a good crowd at the match 1000 or so Cliftonville and around 3000 Bluemen.
Cliftonville may have brought more, hard to tell in the North Stand, we don't normally get crowds in their
Steve i would have estimated 1400 cv and 4000 blues considering from where i was seated in the kop stand the south stand seemed full to capacity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
Good to see that times have changed up there:rolleyes: ............
http://www.presseye.com/photolibrary...=1667&im=36869
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Now Jeebus, that is a scurrilous use of a camera and obviously does not reflect the reality of the situation which is that they're simply drying it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Right Steve?
Oh because 2 or 3 tw@ts do that, the rest of us are the same.
I've no love for the Republics flag at all, but I do not condone the sectarian statement of burning it. 99% of Linfield fans would be against Sectarian chanting/symbols/symbolic gestures.
I'm sure it made a lot of your days seeing that. Some sad people.
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Originally Posted by waide
Well according to the Linfield fans favourite Redsman Mr Parker over on the ILS there were 1000 tickets sold by Cliftonville for this match! Probably would have had a few more going if it wasn't for the strict ticketing arrangements!
Hmmm I think they may get in trouble for that with Belfast city council as burning flags outside of the summer flag burning season is strictly prohibited!:DQuote:
Good to see that times have changed up there:rolleyes: ............
http://www.presseye.com/photolibrary...=1667&im=36869
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My guestimates must be quite accurate thenQuote:
Originally Posted by SolitudeRed
oh and :D for the 2nd part in bold.
Ha, it's a bit ironic that the little fire starter is wearing a green jacket whilst being surrounded by plenty of fans in blue :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Enough on the flag burning lads.
It's the first time I've seen Cliftonville in action and I was a little disappointing. I've read a lot about them being a footballing side but they didn't seem to have a great game. I suppose that's down to them playing Linfield who are a very robust side and a better quality compared to what Cliftonville would normally face. Cliftonville looked very slight by comparison to Linfield's eleven.
Peter Thompson looked industrious and skillful up front but Ferguson seems to be waning in influence. Is he verging on past it?
[quote=Poor Student;849666]Enough on the flag burning lads.
It's the first time I've seen Cliftonville in action and I was a little disappointing. I've read a lot about them being a footballing side but they didn't seem to have a great game. I suppose that's down to them playing Linfield who are a very robust side and a better quality compared to what Cliftonville would normally face. Cliftonville looked very slight by comparison to Linfield's eleven.
Peter Thompson looked industrious and skillful up front but Ferguson seems to be waning in influence. Is he verging on past it?[/quote]
Five years ago. i know i'm going to get stick from my fellow bluemen.
Both sides didn't do themselves justice last night,cliftonville are a better footballing side than what they looked last night,and linfields last couple of five nil wins have the exeption rather than the rule.Although we are sitting top we haven't started to play anything like bluemen have come to expect this past few seasons,if the blues don't get their act together the title is in real danger of going east or north belfast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
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Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
1875 Bluemen and 1287 Redsmen.Quote:
Originally Posted by waide
Upper teirs were used in case of bad weather. Reds fans were happy enough with that as you get a much better view.Quote:
Originally Posted by Réiteoir
3 of our normal back 4 were unavailable due to suspension and injury which lead to having a major shake up in who played where and we certainly could not play our normal shape. One of the back 4 who did play, played through the pain barrier with a major injury but so depleted was our squad we had little choice but to play him. With all that considered I was happy to come away with a point and put the title challange back into our own hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Complete and utter ballix. Atleast 2500 Bluemen was at the game. The Cliftonville figure may be right though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
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Originally Posted by Poor Student
Past it atleast 2 years ago. Still could be used as a bit part player and can play against the likes of Limavady, Armagh, Larne, Donegal Celtic etc. Shouldn't be anywhere near the first team against Glens, Reds, Ports and Setanta Cup opposition.
Those figures are from Linfield FC so unless they are talking ballix...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Graemerz
MP you were at the match,do you think the figures linfield quoted are correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
Very likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
Graemerz,it really annoys me that linfield come off with figures like this we do ourselves or the IL no favours.
There was nearly as many blue men in the Kop as their was in the North Stand. I find those figures very very questionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
In a word - YESQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
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Originally Posted by Graemerz
"Computer says no" ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
That was just the Viewing Lounge.
They are.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
Not the figures that I got from Linfield FC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr_Parker
Which where?Quote:
Originally Posted by David
12,000 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
Depends.. for HMG Tax and Revenue, it was 10 Cliftonville and 30 of us.. and everyone at the club is a volunteer, so no pay :)
I would say it was about 3 or 4 to 1 (Us to Reds).. regarding the seating arrangements, we all thought that the Reds were going to be on the lower deck, but alas no.. and the pitch.. lets just say that it is doubtful it will be better this season. The Denmark game cut it up so bad, then with the snow and rain, it is ruined for the season I would say.. which is pretty bad for the groundsman, as he had it beautiful before that match :(
So there was 1287 Redsmen thats a pretty good crowd considering the strict ticketing arrangements!
So how many Linfield fans were at the match then if the figure given by Parker and Linfield is incorrect?
PS If Linfield FC are lying (as is being claimed here) I find it strange that a club which doesn't want to play football on a Sunday has no qualms about lying about its own attendance figures:confused:
3500 with around over 900 away. Not sure if this takes into consideration those that used side gate which apparently there were quite a few given the queues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Bruce
The side gate was used for ST holders so you would find a few hundred probably wasn't included in the attendance.Quote:
Originally Posted by David
So my estimate of 3000 Linfield 1000 Cliftonville wouldn't have been far off.