I headed down to the Emirates Stadium last night for the first leg of the FA Youths Cup between Arsenal and Man Utd. It finished 1-0 to the Arsenal.
A massive crowd of 38,187 at the game (a record for the competition) - almost the same as at the Villa v Arsenal game in the Premier League. It was helped by an admission price of £5, or £3 in advance, and I think £1 for kids. It meant lots of kids there, who could not normally afford £40 for a Premier League game.
It was a smart move by the marketing dept though, as the food units ran out of food, and the merchandise shop did massive business as lots of Dads treated little Johnny. It just goes to show too the attraction of a new stadium and an appetite for live football at reasonable prices.
A few Irish and N Irish lads on the Man U squad too.
Yes it was announced at the game and reported in some of today's London evening papers.
The previous round, also at the Emirates, saw 11,610 at the game v Cardiff. That game had its kick off delayed by 15 mins to to long queues for tickets outside - they werew caught on the hop.
they should try something like this for some of the premiership clubs that complain about low attendances! one game with prices like a fiver each wont kill the clubs bank accounts, teams like wigan, blackburn,boro,sheffield utd and many more are never anywhere near full week in week out
its getting worse and worse
Is the FA youth cup final on in Wembley?
monday, 2nd april @ 7.30Originally Posted by robbiesdrogs
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