The Turkish Super Lig

[Moodybluebird]

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I had a few dates with a Turkish woman from Bridgend who was originally from Istanbul and a big Fenerbache fan

She was nuts

Eventually married some Italian bloke who owned a chippy

Do you usually share fruit with Turkish women Sludge ?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Do you usually share fruit with Turkish women Sludge ?

I had a bite of peach 🍑

[the other bob wilson]

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Not especially relevant, but I had a check on the crowd for the game in Turkey when we played Gostepe Izmir in the Cup Winners Cup in 69/70. There was a pretty impressive 24,000 for the first leg in Turkey where City had a nightmare first thirty five minutes when the tie was all but put beyond them, Goztepe (as they're now called) were 3-0 up by that time and that turned out to be the final score. The return leg saw sub Ronnie Bird score late on to give City a win on the night, but they went out 3-1 on aggregate at the Second round stage.

I think Goztepe are the only Turkish side City have ever played. They're in the Turkish second tier now and judging by this thread's content, they don't play in front of 20,000 plus crowds too often these days.

It seems to me that the Turkish set up is similar to the Scottish one, but with three, not two, really well supported clubs who clean up when it comes to trophy winning - the rest are also rans, but with Goutas being rated Sivasspor's third best player last season by the who scored site, he should be okay in the Championship. The third best player in an SPL side (not Celtic or Rangers) would tend to be of Championship quality.

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

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Most Turkish fans support either Fenerbahce or Galatasaray (and to a lesser extent Besiktas). That's why crowds are low elsewhere.

Same in Greece. Most support either Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, or AEK (except in the north where it's PAOK or Aris only).

Sludge would have a field day with all the plastics in the southern Med.

[splott parker]

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Talking to the locals in Istanbul the other week, many weren’t aware of the Turkey/Wales game. I found that strange, I always had the impression that it was a passionate, football mad country.

[OurManFlint II]

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I sometimes here the Championship is the 4th most supported league (in the world i doubt it, still skeptical in Europe) and the average attendance is about 16k. I suppose it would make sense if you ever thought about it.

[Mr Soul '68]

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Most Turkish fans support either Fenerbahce or Galatasaray (and to a lesser extent Besiktas). That's why crowds are low elsewhere.

Same in Greece. Most support either Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, or AEK (except in the north where it's PAOK or Aris only).

Sludge would have a field day with all the plastics in the southern Med.

I have worked and lived in Turkey. Most of the football supporters there support Fenerbahce or Galatasaray as their first team with their local team coming a very poor 2nd. So, definitely even more 'plastics' in Turkey than the UK.

I went to see Antalayaspor in their opening game of the season back in '98/99. I was surprised at how sparse the crowd was. They were in the top division and had finished mid-table the previous season.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Apparently, the city of Gazientep (where Bulut was last working) has a population of more than 2,000,000, but they average crowds of between 4,000 and 5,000 for their Turkish top flight matches.