Quote Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa View Post
It was a boycott, it was the lowest crowd ever at CCS for any game, by nearly 1500.

Whether the organisers were smart doesn't matter, it worked. 8 days later we played in blue. It wasn't a coincidence.
I'm sure there wasn't a boycott - I went along to that game and I'm pretty sure it was a combination of general frustration at how the club was progressing, Slade's boring football, unattractive opposition and the fact it was being shown live on TV that brought about the low crowd. Of course, the rebrand was.a leading factor in supporter dissatisfaction at the club and the low turn out seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back as far as playing in red went, but there was no organised boycott of the game as I recall it - I almost certainly would not have gone if there had been.