ATTENDANCE last night ? 7/8 ?

[BLUETIT]

What did they announce it as ?

Definitely only 6 or 7000 there

Welcome to league 1

[Trigger]

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More than that there surely but definitely not the 16/17k they announced

[EastbourneBlue]

Re: ATTENDANCE last night ? 7/8 ?

What did they announce it as ?

Definitely only 6 or 7000 there

Welcome to league 1

Think our crowds could potentially go up in League 1 rather than down. Everyone is bored silly.

The visit of Lincoln City offers something different 😭

[lincoln blue]

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Think our crowds could potentially go up in League 1 rather than down. Everyone is bored silly.

The visit of Lincoln City offers something different 😭

Absolutely and a very close away match for me. Yay! Every cloud?

[Canton Kev]

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12-13k

[poc]

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12-13k

where

[Canton Kev]

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where

Certainly closer to 12k than 6k.

6k is the sort of crowds we get in the cup when we only open 4 blocks in the middle of the Ninian and a few bits in the Grandstand.

[JamesWales]

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Certainly closer to 12k than 6k.

6k is the sort of crowds we get in the cup when we only open 4 blocks in the middle of the Ninian and a few bits in the Grandstand.

Yeah exactly. For context, each block in the stadium is about 1000 seats. It does annoy me that clubs aren't made to report the actual attendance (West Ham had thousands of empty seats v Newcastle but still reported 62,000 for example) but there was far more than 6,000 there.

[Stanmore Bluebird]

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What did they announce it as ?

Definitely only 6 or 7000 there

Welcome to league 1

Why so much apathy for the City in Cardiff compared with places like Derby, Coventry, Norwich and Ipswich whose population get behind their local sides in big numbers?

[JamesWales]

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Why so much apathy for the City in Cardiff compared with places like Derby, Coventry, Norwich and Ipswich whose population get behind their local sides in big numbers?

I think it's cyclical. Ipswich and Coventry have certainly had these spells in recent years where their crowds were where ours now are.

Derby perhaps less so. That does seem to be one of those real footballing towns that will always get great crowds.

[splott parker]

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Why so much apathy for the City in Cardiff compared with places like Derby, Coventry, Norwich and Ipswich whose population get behind their local sides in big numbers?

They were all in the top flight, some very successful as well before and during the ‘plastic supporter’ era really took off. We were knocking about the dungeon and lost a generation of fans who wanted a bit of glamour & success while the four you’ve mentioned were rubbing shoulders with the likes of Liverpool, Man U etc and sometimes getting the better of them on the pitch. By and large fans stuck with their local club, ours drifted, our last top flight seasons in the early 60s a distant memory.

[Canton Kev]

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Why so much apathy for the City in Cardiff compared with places like Derby, Coventry, Norwich and Ipswich whose population get behind their local sides in big numbers?

Football attendances took off in the 90’s with the introduction of the Premier League.

On average the top flight has seen attendances increase by ~100% over the last 30 years, second tier teams by ~70%, third tier teams by ~50% and fourth tier teams by ~25%. The biggest increase happened roughly between 1992 and 2002. A period where we happened to be languishing in the lower leagues and Derby and Coventry were Premier League teams for almost all that time and Ipswich spent half in the PL and half in the Championship.

In 1992, the average attendance in the Premier League was ~20k, in 1997 it was ~28k, in 2002 it was ~35k. Last season it was 38,500.

If you were a top flight team in 1991, you won the proverbial golden ticket when it comes to future attendances.

[TheBirchgrovePub]

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I think it's cyclical. Ipswich and Coventry have certainly had these spells in recent years where their crowds were where ours now are.

Derby perhaps less so. That does seem to be one of those real footballing towns that will always get great crowds.

Not much to do in those places probably has a lot to do with it.

Sporting wise we have Cardiff Blues, Cardiff Devils, Welsh international football and rugby games on our doorstep, Glamorgan, Welsh Fire.

If you want to watch live sport in Ipswich or Norwich you watch the local football team. Derby have a cricket team and that’s about it. Think it has an impact