Middlesbrough, Southampton, Norwich, Derby, Forest, Cardiff, Leicester, Ipswich, West Brom, Birmingham, Brighton would all have more than 20k home fans tomorrow if in our position!
I definitely saw him score one v Man City in 1986- a tap in at the kop end. Was that all he scored for us?
I'll take your word it was a tap in. I was still queueing to get in!
Middlesbrough, Southampton, Norwich, Derby, Forest, Cardiff, Leicester, Ipswich, West Brom, Birmingham, Brighton would all have more than 20k home fans tomorrow if in our position!
lol, I thought it was in the second half so I must be wrong, or that was some session you were on
All the clubs I've mentioned have been in a dire mess over the years, administration, ground closures, threats of liquidation, when have i said no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20 000, your just making stuff up!We will never know however I very much doubt it. None of them have had anything like the shit we have, the type of thing which loses you a generation of supporters.
Plus going from your list, up until the club imploded (in a way that none except Brighton could compete with), we had crowds bigger than most of your selection. What you’re saying doesn’t make sense.
We get more home fans now than we did in the Premier League and if we continue to do well then that number will grow. And with football the way it is as a massively well marketed global ‘product’, if we ever got promoted then more often than not we’d sell out.
You are saying that no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20,000 home fans, I’m saying that’s nonsense.
If its the game I'm thinking it was in the first couple of minutes. Don't think he scored many more
Some of the teams being mentioned represent towns and cities where football is the exclusive focus for spectator sports. Coventry has always had numerous sports teams scrapping for local support at various times.
Rugby Union, Rugby League, Speedway, Ice Hockey, Basketball etc. - they don’t all play at the same time of the year, but in a blue collar city, folks don‘t necessarily have the spare cash to follow more than one sport, year round.
Also, Coventry has always been a diverse place where family roots aren’t necessarily as dedicated to the city as you might find in other places. And Coventrians are pretty forgiving of none-sky blue supporting natives whereas some other cities seem to be far more partisan?
We will never know however I very much doubt it. None of them have had anything like the shit we have, the type of thing which loses you a generation of supporters.
Plus going from your list, up until the club imploded (in a way that none except Brighton could compete with), we had crowds bigger than most of your selection. What you’re saying doesn’t make sense.
We get more home fans now than we did in the Premier League and if we continue to do well then that number will grow. And with football the way it is as a massively well marketed global ‘product’, if we ever got promoted then more often than not we’d sell out.
You are saying that no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20,000 home fans, I’m saying that’s nonsense.
Tap in at the Kop 2-2 draw, Adams got the early goal.lol, I thought it was in the second half so I must be wrong, or that was some session you were on
All the clubs I've mentioned have been in a dire mess over the years, administration, ground closures, threats of liquidation, when have i said no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20 000, your just making stuff up!
Tap in at the Kop 2-2 draw, Adams got the early goal.
All the clubs I've mentioned have been in a dire mess over the years, administration, ground closures, threats of liquidation, when have i said no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20 000, your just making stuff up!
Well historiclly and now it is at 20k, but hopefully it goes up, I wanna see 25k home fans but at the moment its not, maybe around March time and still top 6 it willBut you did say it?
“I think we've hit our ceiling with around 20k home fans and that's the same from our premiership days”
Well historiclly and now it is at 20k, but hopefully it goes up, I wanna see 25k home fans but at the moment its not, maybe around March time and still top 6 it will
Just remembered that goal now, and also thought it was second half. Maybe he scored more than two as I think he scored against Arsenal too.lol, I thought it was in the second half so I must be wrong, or that was some session you were on
You said what happened 40 years ago is irrelevant, why are they getting bigger crowds than us in a league below!It’s not the area that helps Ipswich as much as their history- Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson, League Champions, won the FA Cup, won a European tournament- that counts for a lot.
You said what happened 40 years ago is irrelevant, why are they getting bigger crowds than us in a league below!
Your all over the place!
Go and pour yourself a shandy!
You were talking about Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson and the FA Cup, that's getting on for 50 years!It’s not 40 years ago, Ipswich we’re more having trips to the Sam Siro when we were busy selling everyone and on the verge of catastrophe
You were talking about Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson and the FA Cup, that's getting on for 50 years!
How's the shandy bass going down!
Tomorrow will be our biggest crowd of the season, in the top 2 or 3 outside the PL, and probably 2-3K below what it was have been without the early kick off and TV coverage. Why all the angst? Couldn't care what Ipswich are getting, their crowds in the final few championship years were pretty shite tbh.
Anyhow, one thing that is for certain, regardless of the size of the crowd, the quality of the support, they backing we give, pisses all over just about every other club in the league.
Anyhow, one thing that is for certain, regardless of the size of the crowd, the quality of the support, they backing we give, pisses all over just about every other club in the league.
Tomorrow will be our biggest crowd of the season, in the top 2 or 3 outside the PL, and probably 2-3K below what it was have been without the early kick off and TV coverage. Why all the angst? Couldn't care what Ipswich are getting, their crowds in the final few championship years were pretty shite tbh.
Anyhow, one thing that is for certain, regardless of the size of the crowd, the quality of the support, they backing we give, pisses all over just about every other club in the league.
Middlesbrough, Southampton, Norwich, Derby, Forest, Cardiff, Leicester, Ipswich, West Brom, Birmingham, Brighton would all have more than 20k home fans tomorrow if in our position!
Club saying 24000 so could be up to 25000 think that’s cracking for early kick off live on skyCan there be an arguing about historical attendances thread and one about the West Brom game so I can check up on what the prediction is for tomorrow.
I suggest we call the West Brom one “West Brom Attendance”
All the clubs I've mentioned have been in a dire mess over the years, administration, ground closures, threats of liquidation, when have i said no matter what happens we are limited to an absolute maximum of 20 000, your just making stuff up!
There is a new account on YouTube that shows Cov games from the 80s, it showed one late in the season in 84 where the gate was Villa's lowest of the season and it looked like less than 1k Cov there, gate was 15k
Yes, and I think part of that comes with the same people consistently turning up which I think is happening but in decent numbers unlike some previous seasons
Better get on the motorway now if I want to get through the turnstiles before KOClub saying 24000 so could be up to 25000 think that’s cracking for early kick off live on sky
Completely fenced in nowBetter get on the motorway now if I want to get through the turnstiles before KO
Still find it baffling that people continue to buy the random tickets in the Tesco stand and not behind the goal. Still plenty left there.
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