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Post by andycapp on May 14, 2024 17:33:10 GMT
So Boring Wood get relegated and then Arsenal Women decide to play most of their matches at the Emirates. Must mean a big drop in Boring Woods income.
Hopefully Palace won’t do the same with their women’s team.
Arsenal Women will play all their home games at the Emirates Stadium from next season; the club announced plans for 11 games to be played at the ground next term - eight Women's Super League and three Champions League games, if qualification for the group stages is secured.
Home legs in any Champions League knock-out ties would also be staged at the Emirates.
Remaining fixtures, including all domestic cup matches, will take place at Arsenal's Meadow Park ground in Borehamwood.
Six WSL games played at the Emirates this season saw an average crowd of just over 52,000, which included two sell-outs and three WSL attendance records.
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Post by sufc18 on May 14, 2024 17:38:54 GMT
It looks as though the Arsenal decision is based on crowd sizes and capacity? I wonder what sort of crowds have Palace Women’s team been getting at Selhurst Park vs at VBS if they’ve been playing any of their matches at Selhurst.
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Post by davef on May 14, 2024 18:10:14 GMT
Their best at Selhurst Pk was 6976 for their final game when they clinched promotion. They only got over 5,000 in one other game there.
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Post by andycapp on May 14, 2024 18:41:27 GMT
That’s when they were playing London Lionesses, Lewis, Watford, Blackburn.
A bit different next year when they will be playing Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United, West Ham.
Also the pitch at GGL will need to be better next year as playing at Selhurst they will be guaranteed a superb surface.
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Post by halftimet on May 16, 2024 14:24:21 GMT
The pitch might benefit if we could utilise some of the palace groundstaff and technology as part of the pitch sharing arrangement.
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