Historically big clubs

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Man City not the best example….clubs like Sunderland and Newcastle dipped to 15-18k regularly back then…..boro even less sub 10k

Maybe not , Man City were a well supported big city club long before the money came along

Boro not on the same level as Newcastle, Sunderland

[A Quiet Monkfish]

What's driven our attendances in modern times has been as much to do with expectation and recognising the club's ambitions as to actual playing status. In the Rick Wright promotion season we averaged [I think] over 8,000, bigger than clubs in the [now] Championship. In our last game of the season we had 17,000 - more than Chelsea watched Everton at Stamford Bridge. As has been said, the club missed a chance to progress when it had momentum on it's side..