Somebody in amongst that lot seem to be suggesting it's a football league rule to state the total number of tickets sold in order to make the league appear more popular rather than it being a club decision. In that case why doesn't the league just buy all unsold tickets to all games? Job done
It makes a mockery of the whole system when people not at the game are included in the attendance, more so when it's a sh*t-load of free tickets that hardly anybody bothered with.
Attendance. noun noun: attendance the action or state of going regularly to or being present at a place or event. "my attendance at church was very patchy" synonyms: presence, appearance, attending, being there; informalturning up, showing up, showing "you requested the attendance of a doctor"
If free tickets don’t work Coventry City are considering issuing legal summonses enforced by bailiffs . They shall go to the ball