"through thin and thin" is more like it
Wouldn't it be nice just to have more people show up to games regardless of whether you consider yourself more legitimate than them?
No, but remember to keep hold of your ticket so you can lord it over them when they do.
They have always had big gates though.
Not sure about that, I'd imagine most the returning Southampton support are just previously disillusioned or disinterested Saints fans rather than secret Man Utd/City/Chelsea/etc fans. I'd hope the same for us if we ever returned to some kind of prominence.
When you look at our dwindling crowds it's people who are staying away largely because of SISU, or because of our worsening status (the two going hand-in-hand). If we were to improve either SISU will have swanned off to let someone else get in or they'll have turned round public opinion with success so those people would return. I don't think we've really lost fans to the big teams, we've just lost fans.
I'd like to think that if we even started mounting a challenge in this division we'd see a bit of extra interest, if only going by that Leeds game where there was a decent crowd (inevitably let down). Without some kind of momentum or success going for us, a lot of people don't want to subject themselves to uninspiring expense against unfashionable sides. After years of nothingness it's hard to blame a lot of them.
:jerkit:
Anyone else reckon today will be sold out? :thinking about:
Just wondering if we get to the Prem again, how many "fans" will say they were there through thick and thin? :facepalm:
Trust me, this is not the case. I know loads of Southampton fans, and they abandoned their team in league 1, then re-joined in promotion to the championship
As in the 2-1 game in Feb?
Like those twats dressed as in tuxedos when we played them. We saw them after the game, later that night on the town, and they admitted that they preferred the 'rugger'....bunch of pricks.
Can't remember exactly when it was, but it was being built up quite a bit and a win would have had us hovering around the top six and we ended up losing. Might have been season before last? I remember it was a bumper crowd for our usual numbers.
They have always had big gates though.
No the season before when we were doing decent under Boothroyd, lost 3-2 and had a crowd of like 28kAs in the 2-1 game in Feb?
No the season before when we were doing decent under Boothroyd, lost 3-2 and had a crowd of like 28k
Saints probably had bigger attendances than us in League 1 when we were in the Championship. They had a sell out crowd one boxing day v Exeter if I remember rightly!
This is just the same with any club in the world.
Fortuna Duesseldorf of my hometown returned to top flight this season for the first time in 15 years.
Sold 1.500 season tickets in third division, 17.000 in the last season in second division and the club stopped selling season tickets this season when numbers hit 31.000 - fourth most in German top flight.
I really don't think this might be different anywhere on the planet.
Im not saying those who dont go to every game are plastic fans. Im on about people who support Man U every week, but then go back to supporting your Southamptons or Coventrys when they do well
2011-12: 26,419 (The Championship)
2010–11: 22,160 (Football League One)
2009–10: 20,982 (Football League One)
2008–09: 17,849 (The Championship)
2007–08: 22,253 (The Championship)
2006–07: 23,556 (The Championship)
2005–06: 23,614 (The Championship)
2004–05: 30,610 (The FA Premier League)
2003–04: 31,699 (The FA Premier League)
2002–03: 30,680 (The FA Premier League)
2001–02: 30,633 (The FA Premier League)
Whats your point?
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