bs14gas
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Post by bs14gas on Jul 23, 2016 23:22:20 GMT
Danny Kelly and Tony Cascarino were talking on today's breakfast show about the depth of quality and size of clubs in England compared to for example France lique 2 were attendances quickly fall to the low thousands and hundreds in third tier....TC makes the point by stating Bristol Rovers averaged 7000 when in our 5th tier!
Nice to be noticed positively.
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Post by mangogas15 on Jul 24, 2016 7:36:44 GMT
Danny Kelly and Tony Cascarino were talking on today's breakfast show about the depth of quality and size of clubs in England compared to for example France lique 2 were attendances quickly fall to the low thousands and hundreds in third tier....TC makes the point by stating Bristol Rovers averaged 7000 when in our 5th tier! Nice to be noticed positively. Heard that too |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jul 24, 2016 7:53:55 GMT
I work regularly next to European folk of varying nationalities. Absolutely none of them believe or understand the phenomenon of well supported lower league clubs.
I think Italy might come closest as I know one guy whom supports a serie b team whom had similar crowds to us in 4th division. Maybe Sabadell is a good example?
We might have 7000 average at home, also we bolstered away attendances too, in many cases doubling the average gate.
And the likes of Mangotsfield and Bath with four figured attendance just for a friendly? The likelihood is, this may well be their highest gate of season.
We really should be looking to cultivate lower league clubs with fair opportunity and chance to grow, rather than encourage elitism..
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 24, 2016 9:20:27 GMT
I work regularly next to European folk of varying nationalities. Absolutely none of them believe or understand the phenomenon of well supported lower league clubs. I think Italy might come closest as I know one guy whom supports a serie b team whom had similar crowds to us in 4th division. Maybe Sabadell is a good example? We might have 7000 average at home, also we bolstered away attendances too, in many cases doubling the average gate. And the likes of Mangotsfield and Bath with four figured attendance just for a friendly? The likelihood is, this may well be their highest gate of season. We really should be looking to cultivate lower league clubs with fair opportunity and chance to grow, rather than encourage elitism.. I work with an.Italian guy who supports Taranto in Serie C/Serie D. They have like a 20k plus ground but get anywhere between 1,500 to 20,000 depending on who they are playing. The big crowds are for the play off games in the main i think |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jul 24, 2016 9:38:12 GMT
My Italian friend is from and supports Avellino. The Mercury to Sun of Napoli.
They get around 5000 at home in a stadium that holds 25,000.
When he came to UK he followed Yeovile as they played in same colours as his home club (sound familiar?), until someone - don't know who? *WINK* showed him a better way!
I'm off topic so shall stop now. But one last observation: it is a fascinating scenario that we are completely out of step with our European friends in relation to enjoying our national game in attendance numbers. I'm quite proud of that as a participant..
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Post by shakes on Jul 24, 2016 10:37:55 GMT
Luckily football is it like supermarkets who, over time, swallow up all customers to the detriment of the local, more genuine establishments (where the product is a more enjoyable experience on the whole). We should be promoting local football and not encouraging the growth of the profit sapping tax avoiding mercenary big companies (also known as EPL)
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 24, 2016 12:42:40 GMT
Luckily football is it like supermarkets who, over time, swallow up all customers to the detriment of the local, more genuine establishments (where the product is a more enjoyable experience on the whole). We should be promoting local football and not encouraging the growth of the profit sapping tax avoiding mercenary big companies (also known as EPL) Until we are there obviously  |
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Post by c4h10 on Jul 24, 2016 13:21:35 GMT
Luckily football is it like supermarkets who, over time, swallow up all customers to the detriment of the local, more genuine establishments (where the product is a more enjoyable experience on the whole). We should be promoting local football and not encouraging the growth of the profit sapping tax avoiding mercenary big companies (also known as EPL) Until we are there obviously I don't expect many people to understand, but I do hope that we never are there. |
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Post by DudeLebowski on Jul 24, 2016 13:45:38 GMT
Until we are there obviously I don't expect many people to understand, but I do hope that we never are there. I've expressed the exact same view, don't worry. |
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Post by mangogas15 on Jul 24, 2016 17:51:21 GMT
I work regularly next to European folk of varying nationalities. Absolutely none of them believe or understand the phenomenon of well supported lower league clubs. I think Italy might come closest as I know one guy whom supports a serie b team whom had similar crowds to us in 4th division. Maybe Sabadell is a good example? We might have 7000 average at home, also we bolstered away attendances too, in many cases doubling the average gate. And the likes of Mangotsfield and Bath with four figured attendance just for a friendly? The likelihood is, this may well be their highest gate of season. We really should be looking to cultivate lower league clubs with fair opportunity and chance to grow, rather than encourage elitism.. I'm sponsoring mufc this season and the finance manager said their biggest game was rovers but Hereford will bring 1,000 fans for every away game this season having just come up. Which kind of proves your point aswell. It's a British thing with football. Look at the Scottish and welsh and irish leagues. Its amazing these clubs are still going. Rovers Hereford but also newport and Wimbledon prove that teams never die. Torquay will hopefully push on after staying up last season. |
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Post by mangogas15 on Jul 28, 2016 22:19:09 GMT
Another shout this morning from the swansea academy manager nigel rees. Rovers v Yeovil last season. He said he was surprised how intense and passionate league 2 was.
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