Goals missed by sneaking out early

london-stadiumResearch has shown that the average Premier League football fan ducks-out of home games seven minutes and 37 seconds early to avoid the hustle and bustle of leaving the stadium and the inevitable traffic getting away from the ground.

The findings, from money saving website Voucherbox.co.uk, reveal that the average Premier League fan missed eight goals by leaving early last season, representing an average wastage of £72.63 of a season ticket price, based on the share of goals missed.

West Ham fans leaving 7.5 minutes early last season missed 5 home goals last season. In the case of the Hammers, 26% of home goals were scored in the last 7.5 minutes.

Already this season you would have missed two home goals by leaving early in just three games played at the London Stadium.  Arthur Masuaku scored in the 93rd minute of the Bolton cup game and last weekend Cheikhou Kouyaté scored in 87th of the Spurs derby.

League table of last 7.5 minutes of home league fixtures for 2016/17 season:

Team Goals for Goals against Total goals Season ticket price % of goals scored by home team in final 7.5 mins Wastage of ticket price
Arsenal 7 2 9 £1,035 18% £185.77
Chelsea 11 1 12 £750 20% £150.00
Southampton 4 3 7 £584 24% £137.41
Everton 10 3 13 £515 24% £122.62
Swansea City 7 6 13 £419 26% £108.63
Crystal Palace 5 6 11 £420 21% £87.50
Manchester United 4 2 6 £550 15% £84.62
Bournemouth 5 5 10 £550 14% £78.57
West Ham United 5 5 10 £289 26% £76.05
Liverpool 4 1 5 £685 9% £60.89
Watford 3 5 8 £505 12% £60.60
Burnley 4 3 7 £390 15% £60.00
Tottenham Hotspur 3 3 6 £765 6% £48.83
Manchester City 5 4 9 £299 14% £40.41
Leicester City 3 5 8 £395 10% £38.23
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 4 7 £495 7% £32.28
Newcastle United 4 2 6 £329 8% £26.86
Huddersfield Town 5 2 7 £179 15% £26.32
West Bromwich Albion 1 3 4 £399 4% £14.78
Stoke City 1 5 6 £294 4% £12.25
 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter