Jose Mourinho reckons he feels as if Chelsea had been “playing in an empty stadium” this season such is the quietness of the crowd inside Stamford Bridge.He could easily be joined by Sam Allardyce after the findings of sound recordings taken every sixty seconds at Premier League grounds taken and published in the Daily Star.For despite them having a crowd bigger than five other clubs, the Hammers come out in joint bottom place as far as decibel levels are concerned.
Here are the findings:
Decibel level (out of 120) 84Southampton v Leicester (31,297)
Decibel level 78Sunderland v Everton (43,476)
Decibel Level 78
Tottenham v Stoke (35,699)
Decibel Level 78
West Brom v Newcastle (26,476)
Decibel Level 78
Liverpool v Chelsea (44,698)
Decibel Level 77
Swansea v Arsenal (20,812)
Decibel Level 76
QPR v Man City (18,005)
Decibel Level 76
Burnley v Hull (16,998)
Decibel Level 74
West Ham v Aston Villa (34,857)
Decibel Level 74
Sadly I have to say I’m not surprised. For a large portion of the game against Villa the West Ham crowd were quiet and at one point the away crowd sang “is this a library?” to us. Having said that, the noise level in the last 5/10 minutes was incredible.