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And if you look at the rest, nobody really had a crowd of note!
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on May 17, 2014, 09:14:32 amAnd if you look at the rest, nobody really had a crowd of note!Grimsby 10709, looks like they are suffering the lost generation effect now, either that or the Humber Bridge eroded their support
Never is not quite right Jim
You only have to look at the crowds at the Keepmoat and see the age groups that go. They're either people of my age or young kids, there's very little in between. Neither of my two are Rovers fans, and I've tried, but when they were teenagers the Rovers were in the Conference and them, and their friends weren't interested.It's not one generation missing, it's more like two.
1957-58 11,1291958-59 6,664
Quote1957-58 11,1291958-59 6,664What caused that near-50% drop? Relegation to tier 3 I presume.Anyone fancying graphing attendances and league position over the years?
Actually, the following graph is probably more informative. Instead of showing the Rovers' attendances, I've divided that by the average attendance for the whole Football League. So that accounts for big long trends of football becoming less or more popular nationally
As this clip clearly shows. We have never commanded big crowds. This was the first day of the season in 1973. I've been watching since 1981 and we only averaged 3000 ish for years.
Smash and Grab. And did you spot the friendly against Third Lanark? Another badly used club. They died though. Like Clydebank did a generation later. I believe Third Lanark's ground is still there.BobG