Historically big clubs

[goats]

We played man city start of 83 84 season ?

Beat them , bodin scored

About 8500 there at Ninian

Lost up at Maine Road to two late goals after hemmerman scored

25000 if I remember

The theatre that is being played out these days with all the money is a different league but even back then Maine Road was a big old school ground and Man City were a big club

Man City not the best example….clubs like Sunderland and Newcastle dipped to 15-18k regularly back then…..boro even less sub 10k

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Man City not the best example….clubs like Sunderland and Newcastle dipped to 15-18k regularly back then…..boro even less sub 10k

Maybe not , Man City were a well supported big city club long before the money came along

Boro not on the same level as Newcastle, Sunderland

[A Quiet Monkfish]

What's driven our attendances in modern times has been as much to do with expectation and recognising the club's ambitions as to actual playing status. In the Rick Wright promotion season we averaged [I think] over 8,000, bigger than clubs in the [now] Championship. In our last game of the season we had 17,000 - more than Chelsea watched Everton at Stamford Bridge. As has been said, the club missed a chance to progress when it had momentum on it's side..