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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:38 pm

' Very Very Interesting / But Worrying '

Our home crowds are Declining, even with Away Support to the Cardiff City nearly doubling and prices coming down.

Free bus travel / Bigger ticket offers / Half season tickets at £2.50p a game.

Neil Warnock,Vincent Tan & Vince Alm & Me( Very worrying) have all commented strongly about Dissapointing home crowds.

Cardiff City are worried, so it is worth looking at.


Our Average Home Support is down by over 3,000 fans (not including Away Support has increased at the CCFC Stadium).



I just copied and pasted this from Mike Morris :thumbright: :bluebird:

VERY INTERESTING STATS :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:


This is how the average crowd has been going since the start of the season, Our average home Support has been sliding,even though our club has continued to be TOP 3 for the nearly 6 Months,

1 23,899
2 20,872
3 20,088
4 19,850
5 21,312
6 20,900
7 20,557
8 19,981
9 19,576
10 19,322
11 19,205
12 19,411
13 19,283
14 19,170

The average attendance after home match 13 is the lowest it has been all season. The club are currently 3rd, a position they have been higher than for the majority of the season. To average 20,000 crowds, the club must average 21,291 over the next 9 games.

These are the average crowds in 2011-12. The last season before the you-know-what. Cardiff were 3rd after home game 14, having spent the first half of the season in 8th/9th spot.

1. 22,639 (5.3% lower than this season)
2. 22,826 (9.4% higher)
3. 22,505 (12% higher)
4. 22,167 (11.7% higher)
5. 22,234 (4.3% higher)
6. 22,163 (6% higher)
7. 21,949 (6.8% higher)
8. 21,960 (9.9% higher)
9. 22,025 (12.5% higher)
10. 22,024 (14% higher)
11. 22,147 (16.4% higher)
12. 22,273 (14.7% higher)
13. 22,266 (15.5% higher)
14. 22,289 (16.3% higher)

The average crowd in 2011-12 season is 3,119 higher than this season. The ticket prices are unchanged. The team are performing as well as, if not better. In real terms it is less expensive to watch Cardiff City now than it was in 2011/12. On Home match day 3 of 2011/12 Cardiff played the glamorous Doncaster Rovers with 8 points from 5 games, and being 6th in the league. The crowd was 21,863. Cardiff City, this season, played QPR having won all of their previous games. The crowd, 18,520. A difference of 3,343.

In the course of 6 years, the club have lost an average of 3,119 fans a game - despite being better placed on the pitch. I doubt if Newport County are averaging 3,119 fans.

I've heard that there are too many games, too few games, silly kick-off times, and all sorts of other reasons for the drop in crowds. Not one person seems willing to point the finger at Vincent Tan. They prefer to point at a fickle fan base, but here are figures from a season that pales in comparison to this current season - 2011/12 provided ample opportunities for the fickleness of fans to shine through.
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Postby carlccfc » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:40 pm

A lot of effort has gone into that post fair play.

Very interesting also when you compare the two seasons.
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Postby Bakedalasker » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:41 pm

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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:47 pm

Bakedalasker wrote:No comment.



No Comment from me as well, the facts are all there :thumbright: :bluescarf:
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Postby thomasblue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:00 pm

Our level of attendance as a championship club is around 20k
A lot of floating fans who turn up for big games bump that up to around 24k.
Premier league football sells the ground out.

We are not alone a lot of clubs are getting half empty grounds.

City need to get the kids from schools involved. Open the top tier and give free tickets to all the schools. That is the future and the only way to get future attendances up if not in the premier league.

The figures in this post are interesting but you need to put kickoff times and days next to them to be able to judge it
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Postby 2blue2handle » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:04 pm

So between 19 and 20k not great to be honest considering out position but I think that's about it for the club. The rest are floaters and will be back when the offers are on.

Maybe we should go back to Red to get the crowd back :lol:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:07 pm

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Unfortunately . Damaged due to tan and his clan .lost at least 4 thousand season ticket holders because of all the messing about .but if we get through to play man city watch all the assholes who didn't go to our home game rushing for tickets :evil: :evil:
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Postby Leytonstoneblue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:08 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Bakedalasker wrote:No comment.



No Comment from me as well, the facts are all there :thumbright: :bluescarf:


Seems like some of our support, even when presented with cast iron stats and facts, will still argue the toss :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:14 pm

Usual typical excuse
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:17 pm

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The club is guilty of doing very little, in terms of initiatives to drum up new support, and encourage lapsed supporters. No good emailing, tweeting and facebooking existing fans as they’re attending anyway!
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Postby darts » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:19 pm

TAN is at fault he destroyed my club.
will never forget Bluebirds running out in w...te at Bournemouth
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Postby grange_end1927 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:23 pm

I have not stopped going with my boy,yet i know many local Cardiff boys don't go anymore cause of Tan :bluebird:
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Postby darran1927 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:24 pm

Crowds should be higher, I don't believe it's all down Tan, as crowds were still high when he rebranded us. I believe it's down to the fact that some fans were there in hope we would get promoted last few seasons (before relegation from premiership) and wanted to be there for when we did . Well we've done it now and think the novelty has worn off with some fans. I accept that some fans stopped going because of tan but they would have stopped season we rebranded (and attendances were still high then).

We had relegation and that's when attendances started to decline. We had OGS for a bit when relegated then this is where I believe problems started. We didn't sign a named manager (slade)and show any ambition, it looked like the club were happy to stay in the championship and slades negative boring football didn't help. Slade in his press conferences stated we were "no longer shopping in Harrods " and were getting rid of any players with value. The club had to trim wage bill from years of overspending(which needed to happen) but this will put the floating fan off attending. As fans want to see good attacking football (we were not getting this with slade) we then had Trollope and looked doomed still cutting wages no ambition again, think floating fans by now found something else to do Saturday afternoons.
The fans are there as they turned up for the cheap deals this season . Honestly I thought attendances would have improved by now, the tickets are cheap, but floaters still not getting the bug back to come regularly again. I think Sunderland game was better than i expected attendance wise with way crowds have been this season with the fact we lost 4 in a row and early kick-off and sky (should have been more) . Don't know what else the club can do other than get promoted to improve attendances tbh
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Postby wez1927 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:32 pm

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Rod Young:
The club is guilty of doing very little, in terms of initiatives to drum up new support, and encourage lapsed supporters. No good emailing, tweeting and facebooking existing fans as they’re attending anyway!

That's bullshit the club do email out and Facebook the prices are the best they've been for years sorry but fans are partly to blame
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Postby WelshPatriot » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:33 pm

there are any number of reasons for it but the clubs marketing team need as boot up the ass, aside from facebook posts advertising deals (and you'll only see that if your following the club page) I don't see Cardiff City promoting itself anywhere.
Am I alone in never have heard a radio advert recently on one of the local stations?

I see Cardiff blues on the back.of buses but not Cardiff City.
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Postby wez1927 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:35 pm

Forever Blue wrote:' Very Very Interesting / But Worrying '

Our home crowds are Declining, even with Away Support to the Cardiff City nearly doubling and prices coming down.

Free bus travel / Bigger ticket offers / Half season tickets at £2.50p a game.

Neil Warnock,Vincent Tan & Vince Alm & Me( Very worrying) have all commented strongly about Dissapointing home crowds.

Cardiff City are worried, so it is worth looking at.


Our Average Home Support is down by over 3,000 fans (not including Away Support has increased at the CCFC Stadium).



I just copied and pasted this from Mike Morris :thumbright: :bluebird:

VERY INTERESTING STATS :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:


This is how the average crowd has been going since the start of the season, Our average home Support has been sliding,even though our club has continued to be TOP 3 for the nearly 6 Months,

1 23,899
2 20,872
3 20,088
4 19,850
5 21,312
6 20,900
7 20,557
8 19,981
9 19,576
10 19,322
11 19,205
12 19,411
13 19,283
14 19,170

The average attendance after home match 13 is the lowest it has been all season. The club are currently 3rd, a position they have been higher than for the majority of the season. To average 20,000 crowds, the club must average 21,291 over the next 9 games.

These are the average crowds in 2011-12. The last season before the you-know-what. Cardiff were 3rd after home game 14, having spent the first half of the season in 8th/9th spot.

1. 22,639 (5.3% lower than this season)
2. 22,826 (9.4% higher)
3. 22,505 (12% higher)
4. 22,167 (11.7% higher)
5. 22,234 (4.3% higher)
6. 22,163 (6% higher)
7. 21,949 (6.8% higher)
8. 21,960 (9.9% higher)
9. 22,025 (12.5% higher)
10. 22,024 (14% higher)
11. 22,147 (16.4% higher)
12. 22,273 (14.7% higher)
13. 22,266 (15.5% higher)
14. 22,289 (16.3% higher)

The average crowd in 2011-12 season is 3,119 higher than this season. The ticket prices are unchanged. The team are performing as well as, if not better. In real terms it is less expensive to watch Cardiff City now than it was in 2011/12. On Home match day 3 of 2011/12 Cardiff played the glamorous Doncaster Rovers with 8 points from 5 games, and being 6th in the league. The crowd was 21,863. Cardiff City, this season, played QPR having won all of their previous games. The crowd, 18,520. A difference of 3,343.

In the course of 6 years, the club have lost an average of 3,119 fans a game - despite being better placed on the pitch. I doubt if Newport County are averaging 3,119 fans.

I've heard that there are too many games, too few games, silly kick-off times, and all sorts of other reasons for the drop in crowds. Not one person seems willing to point the finger at Vincent Tan. They prefer to point at a fickle fan base, but here are figures from a season that pales in comparison to this current season - 2011/12 provided ample opportunities for the fickleness of fans to shine through.

You are banging on about crowds but you don't go every game ,times change people stop going for diffent reasons as you know also the youngsters of today would prefer to stay home playing on there Xboxes ,I bet our fickle fans would flick back if we get promoted,this season we are up on last and that's what counts
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Postby Leytonstoneblue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:35 pm

darts wrote:TAN is at fault he destroyed my club.
will never forget Bluebirds running out in w...te at Bournemouth
What does he expect

Destroyed the club is over the top, but he certainly dented many supporters pride with the re-brand
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Postby WelshPatriot » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:42 pm

wez1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Reply Twitter


Rod Young


@Bluebeetle1927

Replying to @AnnisAbraham

Rod Young:
The club is guilty of doing very little, in terms of initiatives to drum up new support, and encourage lapsed supporters. No good emailing, tweeting and facebooking existing fans as they’re attending anyway!

That's bullshit the club do email out and Facebook the prices are the best they've been for years sorry but fans are partly to blame


That's OK if your on the mailing list or following then on facebook. What are they doing to attract new support?
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:42 pm

wez1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:' Very Very Interesting / But Worrying '

Our home crowds are Declining, even with Away Support to the Cardiff City nearly doubling and prices coming down.

Free bus travel / Bigger ticket offers / Half season tickets at £2.50p a game.

Neil Warnock,Vincent Tan & Vince Alm & Me( Very worrying) have all commented strongly about Dissapointing home crowds.

Cardiff City are worried, so it is worth looking at.


Our Average Home Support is down by over 3,000 fans (not including Away Support has increased at the CCFC Stadium).



I just copied and pasted this from Mike Morris :thumbright: :bluebird:

VERY INTERESTING STATS :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:


This is how the average crowd has been going since the start of the season, Our average home Support has been sliding,even though our club has continued to be TOP 3 for the nearly 6 Months,

1 23,899
2 20,872
3 20,088
4 19,850
5 21,312
6 20,900
7 20,557
8 19,981
9 19,576
10 19,322
11 19,205
12 19,411
13 19,283
14 19,170

The average attendance after home match 13 is the lowest it has been all season. The club are currently 3rd, a position they have been higher than for the majority of the season. To average 20,000 crowds, the club must average 21,291 over the next 9 games.

These are the average crowds in 2011-12. The last season before the you-know-what. Cardiff were 3rd after home game 14, having spent the first half of the season in 8th/9th spot.

1. 22,639 (5.3% lower than this season)
2. 22,826 (9.4% higher)
3. 22,505 (12% higher)
4. 22,167 (11.7% higher)
5. 22,234 (4.3% higher)
6. 22,163 (6% higher)
7. 21,949 (6.8% higher)
8. 21,960 (9.9% higher)
9. 22,025 (12.5% higher)
10. 22,024 (14% higher)
11. 22,147 (16.4% higher)
12. 22,273 (14.7% higher)
13. 22,266 (15.5% higher)
14. 22,289 (16.3% higher)

The average crowd in 2011-12 season is 3,119 higher than this season. The ticket prices are unchanged. The team are performing as well as, if not better. In real terms it is less expensive to watch Cardiff City now than it was in 2011/12. On Home match day 3 of 2011/12 Cardiff played the glamorous Doncaster Rovers with 8 points from 5 games, and being 6th in the league. The crowd was 21,863. Cardiff City, this season, played QPR having won all of their previous games. The crowd, 18,520. A difference of 3,343.

In the course of 6 years, the club have lost an average of 3,119 fans a game - despite being better placed on the pitch. I doubt if Newport County are averaging 3,119 fans.

I've heard that there are too many games, too few games, silly kick-off times, and all sorts of other reasons for the drop in crowds. Not one person seems willing to point the finger at Vincent Tan. They prefer to point at a fickle fan base, but here are figures from a season that pales in comparison to this current season - 2011/12 provided ample opportunities for the fickleness of fans to shine through.

You are banging on about crowds but you don't go every game ,times change people stop going for diffent reasons as you know also the youngsters of today would prefer to stay home playing on there Xboxes ,I bet our fickle fans would flick back if we get promoted,this season we are up on last and that's what counts


43 years in a row I had a season ticket and 771 football grounds I have done.
9 years in Div 4 I never missed a home or away game :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluebird:
Never ever stopped going through bad results/relegations etc

Been away with 11,50,80 City fans, never saw you :D

You've def not been there that much :D

I live in Spain now and guess what still bought a season ticket, so I am still counted in yesterdays crowd :D :thumbright:
And guess what I don't give a f**k if we play Man City, I am flying home for Bolton home, big name games,don't attract me, I support Cardiff City, not the opposition :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluebird:


WARNOCK/TAN/ALM/ OUR CLUB ARE CONCERNED BY OUR CROWDS & SO SHOULD ANY LOYAL CITY FANS SHOULD BE :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluescarf:

If you read correct I never wrote the post :thumbright: :bluebird:



YES AGREED IF PROMOTED FOOTBALL FANS WILL FILL OUR STADIUM TO SEE THE OPPOSITION SADLY / THEY SHOULD BE THERE FOR CARDIFF CITY NOW :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluebird: :bluebird:
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Postby Leytonstoneblue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:45 pm

wez1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:' Very Very Interesting / But Worrying '

Our home crowds are Declining, even with Away Support to the Cardiff City nearly doubling and prices coming down.

Free bus travel / Bigger ticket offers / Half season tickets at £2.50p a game.

Neil Warnock,Vincent Tan & Vince Alm & Me( Very worrying) have all commented strongly about Dissapointing home crowds.

Cardiff City are worried, so it is worth looking at.


Our Average Home Support is down by over 3,000 fans (not including Away Support has increased at the CCFC Stadium).

I think the point is though Wez, that many supporters had their faith taken away by the whole re-brand episode and once the habit has been broken and the blind loyalty has been shattered its very difficult, to not just get those supporters back but to get them back to how they felt about the club before and attending in any regularity.


I just copied and pasted this from Mike Morris :thumbright: :bluebird:

VERY INTERESTING STATS :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluescarf: :bluescarf:


This is how the average crowd has been going since the start of the season, Our average home Support has been sliding,even though our club has continued to be TOP 3 for the nearly 6 Months,

1 23,899
2 20,872
3 20,088
4 19,850
5 21,312
6 20,900
7 20,557
8 19,981
9 19,576
10 19,322
11 19,205
12 19,411
13 19,283
14 19,170

The average attendance after home match 13 is the lowest it has been all season. The club are currently 3rd, a position they have been higher than for the majority of the season. To average 20,000 crowds, the club must average 21,291 over the next 9 games.

These are the average crowds in 2011-12. The last season before the you-know-what. Cardiff were 3rd after home game 14, having spent the first half of the season in 8th/9th spot.

1. 22,639 (5.3% lower than this season)
2. 22,826 (9.4% higher)
3. 22,505 (12% higher)
4. 22,167 (11.7% higher)
5. 22,234 (4.3% higher)
6. 22,163 (6% higher)
7. 21,949 (6.8% higher)
8. 21,960 (9.9% higher)
9. 22,025 (12.5% higher)
10. 22,024 (14% higher)
11. 22,147 (16.4% higher)
12. 22,273 (14.7% higher)
13. 22,266 (15.5% higher)
14. 22,289 (16.3% higher)

The average crowd in 2011-12 season is 3,119 higher than this season. The ticket prices are unchanged. The team are performing as well as, if not better. In real terms it is less expensive to watch Cardiff City now than it was in 2011/12. On Home match day 3 of 2011/12 Cardiff played the glamorous Doncaster Rovers with 8 points from 5 games, and being 6th in the league. The crowd was 21,863. Cardiff City, this season, played QPR having won all of their previous games. The crowd, 18,520. A difference of 3,343.

In the course of 6 years, the club have lost an average of 3,119 fans a game - despite being better placed on the pitch. I doubt if Newport County are averaging 3,119 fans.

I've heard that there are too many games, too few games, silly kick-off times, and all sorts of other reasons for the drop in crowds. Not one person seems willing to point the finger at Vincent Tan. They prefer to point at a fickle fan base, but here are figures from a season that pales in comparison to this current season - 2011/12 provided ample opportunities for the fickleness of fans to shine through.

You are banging on about crowds but you don't go every game ,times change people stop going for diffent reasons as you know also the youngsters of today would prefer to stay home playing on there Xboxes ,I bet our fickle fans would flick back if we get promoted,this season we are up on last and that's what counts
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:48 pm

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Imo the whole atmosphere in the ccs is terrible,the canton do their best but compared to ninian Park it’s rubbish,that is a major factor imo!
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Postby Bluebina » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:49 pm

A lot have finished because of modern football, woman and children and a game atmosphere, away fans miles away, it's ten times more boring than it was ten years ago.

Cardiff fans used throw coins and bottles of piss, now some are saying we should sing we love you Coleman (a Swansea fan) and clap him, thousands have given up their season tickets and watch when they fancy it and on TV.

When they come back it's so quiet, they don't rush to revisit. If we break back into the top two and start winning again some will come back for the football even though the atmosphere is rubbish, but it will never be the same. I predict crowds will continue to drop year on year, unless we get to the premiership of course, and then those floating glory hunter type fans will want to come.
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Postby pembroke allan » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:49 pm

So we've lost around 3k of fans from 6yrs ago I guess nothing as changed economically, socially, even sky That as an effect on crowds? Or is it soley down to (Rebrand) as people are suggesting? As matter of interest the walk up crowds is roughly the same as 2011! And ST sales gone from roughly 18k to 14k. Oh forgot prior to 2011 we had the best 5 yrs on the field anyone can remember wondering if that had anything to do with higher crowds.? And since relegation had the worst period on field and off it guess that hasn't effected crowds ? Also Wonder if crowds are higher than last season or year before Because of NW? Basically lots of things determine support not just one :thumbup:
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Postby rhysCCFCemma » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:53 pm

ive been down the city twice in 8 years and both times my kids had free tickets from school i supported the city when we were shit i didnt attend 1 game in the premier league after followinh the city in some right shitholes in all weathers times days ect the reason i dnt attend anymore is cos i got kids and cany afforf to maybe i will when there grown up but im no less a bluebird than i ever been
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Postby Bluebina » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:54 pm

Forever Blue wrote:Reply from FB

Gareth Staphnill:

Imo the whole atmosphere in the ccs is terrible,the canton do their best but compared to ninian Park it’s rubbish,that is a major factor imo!



Spot on its so dull, ask yourselves how does it compare to the Leeds or Man City in the FA cup games ???

Yes it will be a big crowd if we do get through to Man City but how will the atmosphere compare ???
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Postby bridgendbluebird30 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:57 pm

In fairness the club has tried most things to increase attendances however is there a percentage out there who want to see a bit of ambition? I.e. investing in the squad. We are in an excellent position to fight for promotion but how can you compete against the likes of Wolves and Derby who seem to spend money for fun.

Fair play rules always seem to be banded around as a reason for not investing but there have been no/few ‘major signings’ for 3-4 years. Players like Lewis Grabban would be an excellent addition to the squad however we seem to shop either in the basement bargains or loan deals.

No one wants to put the club in a perilous position financially but would the extra incentive of a 100-200m promotion purse and thousands more coming through the gates be worth slightly loosening the purse strings. There must be many fans out there waiting for the club to show some ambition. Give the manager the chance to add quality to our current squad and it could be bingo.
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Postby rhysCCFCemma » Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:59 pm

and the 2 occassions the atomsphere was dire not like it was before i started chanting and got told to shut up by aloasd of do gooders were before every one would join in
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:04 pm

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Postby skiprat » Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:09 pm

Plastic or not the only way city will get respectable crowds is to get to the premier league and STAY there .the lower leagues is done and dusted .god knows we've bumped around for ever getting no where .ye I know we've had play offs and cup finals but the sad facts remains we haven't won a major trophy for 91 years and only spent 16 years in the top flight in our entire history.you don't build a fanbase on failure.look at wolves probably going up for their 64th season in the top flight to be joined by I believe villa,105 seasons and derby 65 seasons in the top division.
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Postby Bluebina » Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:21 pm

skiprat wrote:Plastic or not the only way city will get respectable crowds is to get to the premier league and STAY there .the lower leagues is done and dusted .god knows we've bumped around for ever getting no where .ye I know we've had play offs and cup finals but the sad facts remains we haven't won a major trophy for 91 years and only spent 16 years in the top flight in our entire history.you don't build a fanbase on failure.look at wolves probably going up for their 64th season in the top flight to be joined by I believe villa,105 seasons and derby 65 seasons in the top division.



That's a good point :thumbup:
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