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[13th_choice_seamer]

Brighton another great example.

They were filling that ground long before they got promoted to the Prem

 

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[Grendel]

It’s not just the City of Derby, though. Being a county team anchors greater support locally, too. The same applies to Leicester - people from Loughborough still consider themselves ‘Leicester‘ by virtue of living in the county of Leicester. By comparison, Coventry’s support may not be that widespread as the city boundaries are tightly knit and it’s not a guarantee that all Warwickshire folk are committed to Coventry.
That‘s not to say the support we have from Warwickshire towns isn’t great, it’s just not a given as Coventry isn‘t a hub for a large conurbation in the same way that Derby, Leicester and Nottingham are.

Wasnt there some analysis that said 20% of our support is from Leamington Warwick areas?

 

[pusbccfc]

They were filling that ground long before they got promoted to the Prem

They were getting crowds in the low to mid 20s in the first few years there, just like we were when we moved to the Ricoh. They progressed and we didn't.

That's before you consider the things Brighton have done to make it a good stadium for home fans to visit including the free train etc.

 

[pusbccfc]

Wasnt there some analysis that said 20% of our support is from Leamington Warwick areas?

I'd love to know the statistics but I reckon 30% of our season tickets are from outside of the city boundaries. There's loads of Coventry fans in Nuneaton/Bedworth alongside the other Warwickshire towns and further afield.

 

[13th_choice_seamer]

They were getting crowds in the low to mid 20s in the first few years there, just like we were when we moved to the Ricoh. They progressed and we didn't.

That's before you consider the things Brighton have done to make it a good stadium for home fans to visit including the free train etc.

Actually mid-20s was the capacity when that ground opened, it later expanded to its current size.

 

[CV22SBA]

I'd love to know the statistics but I reckon 30% of our season tickets are from outside of the city boundaries. There's loads of Coventry fans in Nuneaton/Bedworth alongside the other Warwickshire towns and further afield.

The villages surrounding Rugby have large numbers of ST holders. Binley Woods, Wolston, Brinklow & Dunchurch to name a few. Rugby itself has also attracted a much younger crowd following city in the last couple of years.

 

[pusbccfc]

The villages surrounding Rugby have large numbers of ST holders. Binley Woods, Wolston, Brinklow & Dunchurch to name a few. Rugby itself has also attracted a much younger crowd following city in the last couple of years.

Agreed, I know more people who support Coventry from outside the city.

Many Coventry living mates couldn't care less about the club.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

The villages surrounding Rugby have large numbers of ST holders. Binley Woods, Wolston, Brinklow & Dunchurch to name a few. Rugby itself has also attracted a much younger crowd following city in the last couple of years.

I'm from Cov but have lived in Rugby for 30 years. Yes it has a number of Leicester City supporters and your usual Man U "fans" but it is a Coventry City town essentially, and it always has been.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

I'm from Cov but have lived in Rugby for 30 years. Yes it has a number of Leicester City supporters and your usual Man U "fans" but it is a Coventry City town essentially, and it always has been.

I agree with you there

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

They were getting crowds in the low to mid 20s in the first few years there, just like we were when we moved to the Ricoh. They progressed and we didn't.

That's before you consider the things Brighton have done to make it a good stadium for home fans to visit including the free train etc.

They had I think 22k season ticket holders in the Championship

 

[blunted]

It's impressive to be honest. Most of those clubs above have been in the Prem in more recent times.
And then factor in the fall in our support over the last 10 years after playing away in both Northampton and Birmingham. To get those missing fans back so quickly shows the potential of our support.
The atmosphere and the support at the Ricoh has been great since our return - and our away support must be the loudest in the division.
I remember gates of 8,000 in the early 80s at HR for top flight games - never would have imagined 20,000 in the Champ if you'd asked me back then.

Read the other day that virtually all clubs lost a third of their support as an average in the 70s, early 80s due to hooliganism, crap facilities and poor clogging football. I certainly stopped going away getting fed up with all the violence. So it was not just us. Late 60s under Jimmy Hill with several seasons of success, and the Villa on a downward spiral, we were the best supported club in the Midlands. Remember Clough saying we were a bigger club than Derby when they won the old Division One. The sky was the limit for us in those days. If we can maintain our upward trajectory (which gets harder from here on in), I wonder how many we could attract. I think a few neutrals would come to watch us for the classy football and the awesome atmosphere.

 

[Grendel]

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Are there any cities other than Bradford who average less as a percentage of population?

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Are there any cities other than Bradford who average less as a percentage of population?

Not sure, maybe Plymouth?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Are there any cities other than Bradford who average less as a percentage of population?

Difficult to draw simple boundaries in cities in big metropolitan areas

Birmingham even allowing for two clubs
Leeds possibly
Bristol even with two clubs

 

[Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon]

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Pretty decent numbers for Sunderland, Wednesday and Ipswich there, none of those have had much to shout about in recent years.

ST sales for us next season will be very interesting given the price rise and general shittiness of alot of people's finances. Hopefully the upward trajectory continues, would be brilliant to see big crowds up there on a regular basis.

 

[Johhny Blue]

Difficult to draw simple boundaries in cities in big metropolitan areas

Birmingham even allowing for two clubs
Leeds possibly
Bristol even with two clubs

Don’t forget Norwich is a small town in Ipswich and vice versa

 

[Grendel]

Difficult to draw simple boundaries in cities in big metropolitan areas

Birmingham even allowing for two clubs
Leeds possibly
Bristol even with two clubs

if you extend it to the greater area the population around Coventry without a league team near it is nearly 900,000

Coventry and Warwickshire population soaring, census shows

www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[fernandopartridge]

if you extend it to the greater area the population around Coventry without a league team near it is nearly 900,000

Coventry and Warwickshire population soaring, census shows

www.coventrytelegraph.net

That's true but then the edges of that greater area go very close to a number of larger clubs. I don't think that's the same certainly for Leeds but Bristol either.

I do agree with you that our average gate relative to the size of the city is nothing special, but then our long term success isn't either.

 

[SkyblueDad]

Blame sisu, twice when our regular gates were nudging 1500 they moved us away from a Cov reducing our home attendances to 5000 on a good day, we have managed to claw that back and now have about 17000 regular support and rising.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Blame sisu, twice when our regular gates were nudging 1500 they moved us away from a Cov reducing our home attendances to 5000 on a good day, we have managed to claw that back and now have about 17000 regular support and rising.

The numbers we’re getting now are only beaten by first couple of seasons at Ricoh.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Leaves 2,280 away supporters average this season - has to be the most visited in the EFL?

 

[13th_choice_seamer]

when did "game week" become a thing?

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

when did "game week" become a thing?

When everything had to be Americanised.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

When everything had to be Americanised.

*Americanized.

Thank you.