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So they've opened 11 & 12, but not 13?

There was absolutely nothing to stop the club requesting meetings about this weeks ago. And it is down to the club to decide anyway

We're no different to any other fans

So we’ll get 1/8 of Sunderland’s crowd?

I’m pretty sure there was a table on twitter that had our distance as something like third lowest. However it was surprising that when averaged out the difference wasn’t massive. There were about 10 other clubs that only had about an extra 30 miles to do on average

The silence/uncertainty is where I question the competency. The decision on whether those blocks can be opened or not should’ve been made weeks ago. Why have they left it until now?

Why do we only get 1/8 of it? Does the rest go to the EFL or something?

Its easy to forget how we spent a third of the season in the relegation zone, and had 3 Saturday games moved to the evening. We would've been at least 21k without that.

Does make you wonder how they can budget for a season's income when they can't even predict the attendance for the clubs biggest game in decades

There was no more than a few hundred difference between those two games

Because 5k empty seats are not exactly going to inspire the players, and when the TV cameras pick up all those empty blocks the world will see just how tinpot we really are.

There is only 25k home tickets sold, same as the Blues game

Lessons should've been learned after the Blues game. The fact that they'll be less people at this game than that one is incompetency of the highest order

Any action taken by the licensing committee can be legally challenged. We don't know what the details are with the insurance etc. If that is the issue the club should come out and say so. You won't be able to embarrass the SAG or the police, as they will correctly point out that the club...

The council can’t “dictate” anything. They have to operate within the confines of the law. The licensing committee would only have grounds to act if the club’s actions directly threatened the safety of fans.

It would be if some prat hadn't sold Boro tickets in block 9

I think 25 & 26 have already been sold

Its all very simple. The ground is allowed to let in 32k people to watch games. The Police and SAG advise the club on segregation and away numbers. The club can choose or not choose to take this advice. If fans safety is put at risk then the club is liable to prosecution and a reduction in...

That's not relevant. The ground is given a safety certificate which specifies it capacity. It doesn't specify how many of the other 91 clubs are allowed to attend.