I'll admit I knew next to nothing about football in Turkey before City employed Erol Bulut, but I'd always imagined the sport was very popular over there. However, it turns out the Turkish top flight is seriously small time by comparison to most European leagues, which is a surprise to me considering the population of the country.

The crowds for Dimitrios Goutas's last two home games for Sivasspor were as low as 2,026 and 3,350, and he'd apparently played in front of a league crowd of just 963 back in January.

Meanwhile, the attendance for Erol Bulut's final home game as manager of Gazientep, which happened to be a 2-1 defeat to a Sivasspor side featuring Goutas, was 4,710. But that was considerably bigger than some of their crowds earlier in 2022/23 campaign, which apparently got as low as 600.

If the figures I've read are correct, just eight teams in the Turkish Super Lig averaged crowds of more than 10,000 last season, while only four averaged more than 20,000.

It's no wonder these guys look so pleased to be working in the Championship.