Quote Originally Posted by Canton Kev View Post
The 60’s and 70’s saw bumper crowds all across the UK and up and down the pyramid.

Avg attendance in Division 1
1960 - 1970 was ~31k.
1970 - 1980 was ~27k
1980 - 1990 was ~ 20k

Then in 1992, the first year of the Premier League, the average attendance was 21,600. A decade later the average was 35,500. Last season the average hit 40,000+ for the first time ever.

If you compare that first decade of the PL with the rest of the pyramid you can see why we lagged behind.

1st tier. 21,400 > 35,500
2nd tier. 10,500 > 15,400
3rd tier. 5,400 > 7,000
4th tier. 3,400 > 4,500

Premier League teams on average saw their crowds grow by 2/3rds. 3rd and 4th tier teams by less than 1/3rd.

We missed out and have been stuck playing catch-up.
Excellent thanks.

Our crowds grew in the last ten years but have since regressed.

My question still remains, why isn’t there widespread support in the city of Cardiff itself?

The valleys, Barry, Bridgend, Caerphilly all heartlands yet Cardiff seems to be people disinterested. Must be the only city in Europe with such an issue, where we do the hard bit of convincing fans to travel to home games but not those fans who are close to the ground.