Historically big clubs

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Not quite true.

When we won promotion in 1993 we had a higher average attendance than when we had promotion in Hammam's first season in 2000/01. Even the two seasons before Hammam arrived saw not too dissimilar averages to that promotion season.

However, in our promotion attempt in 2001/02, we had our first +10k average since 1976/77, although our attendances fluctuated from 17k to start and end the season, to 8k for a couple of games against unfancied sides after an average run. Our crowds got better as we mounted a promotion push.

I don't know when you started supporting Cardiff City but our years of hopping between the old Division 2 then Division 3 showed that we were not a well supported club

We got some good individual gates under Rick Wright but they were not sustained

We have always been able to pull very big crowds but sustaining them is the problem

Teams like Bristol Rovers , Plymouth and even Swansea were often better supported than us in the old fourth division

We could occasionally get big crowds due to a bit of form and the fact we had a big ground relatively speaking

It's always been this way , I sincerely hope one day we are getting 33000 every week

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I don't know when you started supporting Cardiff City but our years of hopping between the old Division 2 then Division 3 showed that we were not a well supported club

We got some good individual gates under Rick Wright but they were not sustained

We have always been able to pull very big crowds but sustaining them is the problem

Teams like Bristol Rovers , Plymouth and even Swansea were often better supported than us in the old fourth division

We could occasionally get big crowds due to a bit of form and the fact we had a big ground relatively speaking

It's always been this way , I sincerely hope one day we are getting 33000 every week

Crowds in the 80s and 90s were mainly poor but we also know that was across football in the UK, not helped by hooliganism. Wolves had horrific crowds in the 4th tier. Basing any opinions on our attendances on those years is stupid.

We've had 14 seasons at our new stadium and never averaged lower than 16k. Things haven't been as good as this since the 1950s. Next season we'll have more than 16k again.