`I think 17,600 or so was OK, it was on Sky and it was 12.30pm kick off. I think Sunderland would have had more fans if the kick off had been at 3pm, I wonder what time they had to start out on their buses? For City it's probably offset by the money Sky give us.

Although, compared to a few other clubs our crowds don't compare very favourably. It's fair to say though that teams like Middlesbrough, Leeds, Sheffield United, Wolves etc have usually had better crowds than us for years.