Last home game v Yeovil ?
8000 at the racecourse
Can't fault that
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Last home game v Yeovil ?
8000 at the racecourse
Can't fault that
Great support home and away but still underperforming on the pitch
How come? Isn’t that about twice what they used to get when they were a league club?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/w...nces/2019-2020
Pre covid.
Not having a dig at their attendances since, but it's pretty obvious why. It's not that their great fans that follow their team through thick and thin...
They've had 9800 this season as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Hard to imagine how/why.
The takeover I should imagineQuote:
Originally Posted by goats
Wrexham fans have really got behind the club since they left the football leagueQuote:
Originally Posted by goats
The town seems proud of its football club
And Wrexham Lager
Is that still made ?
Oh yes they areQuote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
They have very good support considering the size of Wrexham compared to say ......Newport
Their last away game ? 1000 away fans
That's excellent at that level 👏
Sam Hammam took over CCFCQuote:
Originally Posted by City123
Crowds went up
Not really, they've averaged less than 4,000 most of that timeQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
The takeover has breathed new life into the club and attendances are up
Because of the takeover mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Like I said, can't knock it, but there's a good reason for their bigger followings recently.
In the interest of good natured debate I have offered up a link pre covid of their attendances.
I don't know of many clubs that would get the following they have in the league they are in . Even before the takeover .Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
They had better support pre takeover than we did before hamman booted us up the arse .
Yep! Wrexham Lager is lovely. Britain's oldest lager and in recent years they changed the recipe back to the original Victorian recipe.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
It's always £1.50 a bottle in Co-ops and honestly it's really good.
I have no real thoughts on Wrexham FC but their owners seem like good eggs and the Canadian one looks like me accordign to my mum
Sludge is a ****ing traitor. I knew it. A little bit of Hollywood and off he goes. That's why he always loves it when we're shit. He's a closet Wrexham fan. Coincidentally, he hasn't posted about a mumsy, middle-aged TV presenter for months. It makes total sense now. Which one do you think he likes best? Ryan Reynolds or Rob McElhenney?
They must have potential, as local fans they have the entirety of North Wales as a catchment. I guess it’s only the relative proximity to the Merseyside clubs and their vast respective history that probably eats away at their base
Genuine question though, do they attract fans from across North Wales? I've never really thought of Gwynedd or Anglesey or northern coast towns as being Wrexham areas. They really do seem to look to Merseyside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitman
Gwynedd probably more into that cart racing stuff from S4C too
Yeah the takeover has definitely helped increase the interest there.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
I don’t think it’s a bad thing though, Wrexham had been doing nothing of note for years. So something was needed to increase interest.
I imagine most clubs would see a bump in attendances after big takeovers.
Lets face it. They are getting crowds because of a Hollywood actor. Thats it. When the novelty wears off it will be business as usual.
Think it’s more north east. Did get talking to a Wrexham fan that was from somewhere in Gwynedd the last time Wales played in Denmark. I’d say that’s a minority though, I think football fans from that corner of Wales follow their local Welsh league teams and/or follow one of the big Merseyside clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
They’ve had an uptick in interest and attendance because of the obvious but even before that I’d say they had pretty respectable crowds given the last 15 or so years they’ve had on the pitch in that division.
I wonder what sort of crowds the city would get if we had been in the same position.
I was in Wrexham last week and what’s different with this takeover is the whole town have got right behind the club and it’s owners. There’s life size cardboard cutouts of Ryan Reynolds in the pubs FFS!! :hehe:
One of my wife’s friends (late 40s and single Sludge) mentioned that ‘Mullin had scored again…’ and she always hated football.
Interestingly, Wrexham haven’t spent a penny of the cash Reynolds and McElhenney originally put up… all the current investment has come from the increased attendances (S/Ts), merch, Tik Tok etc… they’re on the up! They’ll be challenging us and the jacks within 5 years. Good luck to ‘em. :thumbup:
And by the way, Wrexham Lager is a lovely drop these days… and their bootlegger pilsner is not bad either. He’s crackers that bootlegger fella.
Yeah I agree, they do get good crowds and have a loyal fan base. I just didnt think they really drew fans from across North Wales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kind of Blue
In fairness, if you're in Bangor, Llandudno etc then I don't think Wrexham is really any closer than Liverpool.
Yeah agreed, “capital of north Wales” etc. Although I’m not really arsed when south Walians follow one of the big Lancastrian clubs, I do tend to think it’s fair game if you’re a north Walian. Totally anecdotal and based on random encounters at Wales games but proportionally Everton seem to be well supported by the gogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
A few know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Mad to think a whole other thread about bickering was started off the back of this thread but the longer we stick around the more it rises to the top as the real truth.
It's understandable when you are only an hour or so away from Liverpool or Manchester to support their football clubsQuote:
Originally Posted by Kind of Blue
But when you live in Cardiff or close by then you can get fecked as far as I am concerned
Wrexhams support even before this takeover was higher than most clubs in league 2Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
And I don't know how long you have been following Cardiff but the last time we were in the bottom divisions our support wasn't very different from theirs .
I answered why I think they are what they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I haven't shit on it, I've given a pretty obvious answer as to why they now have a following so big.
I'm not really sure what else there is to carry on with here.
It is extraordinary that at the low point City's crowds were below Darlington, Scunthorpe, Torquay United (Torquay!!!!) and Hartlepool.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm - click on England 1990/91
Factoring in our moderately successful history, stadium size, city size and catchment area you could say that relatively speaking almost the lowest crowds in the history of British football occured at Cardiff City in the late 80s / early 90s.
Ain't that the truth
The answer is Wrexham have always been well supported for a town of their population , even before the American takeover .Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
You're right SLUDGE you're right SLUDGE your right...Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Now can that be my last in this thread. Thank you.
You may also have the last word as your little cherry on top....
The whole thing has a feel good factor for Wrexham and there is probably a film, in the planing stages, as we speak about the whole episode.
However, what happens when the new owners get bored and the positive publicity/ local opinion dies down a bit?
Am I being a pessimist but does this end with an acrimonious fall out and Wrexham left in the lurch ,as the absentee owners realise that non/ lower league football is not for them?
I don’t know but the odds are not healthy, based on other clubs and big time owners jumping in from nowhere.
As a disclaimer , I have never forgiven Wrexham fans for smashing the windows of the hired minibus that meant a long, cold and ultimately expensive return journey to Barry.
No idea on how committed the owners are - they seem it, but it did strike me as a strange move. Not only are Wrexham about as unglamorous as it gets, the conference is also a very difficult league to get out of, with only the champions guaranteed of promotion. You could have hell of a side at that level and finish second three years in a row and ur still stuck down there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majorblue
I hope it succeeds mind and the Racecourse Ground becomes four-sided again and can host the odd Welsh game