Rovers attendance - Page 3

jaysay · 02-09-2012, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

No, he's not, he's an Everton fan!

Dingle Everton they're both the same

Houseboy · 17-09-2012, 10:43

Stanley have the same problem they always had. They are sandwiched between Rovers and Burnley and nothing will change that. I do go to Stanley occasionally (not as much as I would like) but I think that too much of their support is like me (Burnley or Rovers fans on a day off). It is a shame because they have come back from the dead and local people should be proud of them but old habits are hard to break, especially where football is concerned.
The one thing I do like when I go there is the atmosphere. I'm whisked back to the days when football was a working man's game. Basic facilities, cold and people not eating prawn sandwiches with their champagne.
Long live the likes of Stanley, they are real football, not premiere league hype and prima donnas on telephone number wages.

churchfcrules · 17-09-2012, 11:07

it doesnt help, when a season ticket at rovers is cheaper than stanley, burnley not much more.

loyalties are loyalties, but with waining crowds all round (ok the rovers thing is part in protest, i was at the last home game, at rovers, and official figures just short of 14 thousand, and for most of match it was like an away game), bums on seats are harder to come by, and what are the clubs doing to get the "waverer" like me there.

i have to admit i was only at rovers game, because i had free tickets for players lounge,as as a guest of Bruno, he is mate of a mate

Houseboy · 17-09-2012, 14:06

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

it doesnt help, when a season ticket at rovers is cheaper than stanley, burnley not much more.

loyalties are loyalties, but with waining crowds all round (ok the rovers thing is part in protest, i was at the last home game, at rovers, and official figures just short of 14 thousand, and for most of match it was like an away game), bums on seats are harder to come by, and what are the clubs doing to get the "waverer" like me there.

i have to admit i was only at rovers game, because i had free tickets for players lounge,as as a guest of Bruno, he is mate of a mate

Rovers attendances were always going to fall considerably after relegation, quite apart from the protest. Every team, maybe with the exception of Man Utd back in the seventies, suffers a considerable fall. Firstly there are the fairweather fans (all clubs have them). They are the ones who have swallowed the premiere league hype about it being the "best league in the world" (questionable when you look at the quality in Spain and the attendances in Germany). They are the "fans" who feel it is somehow below them to "support" a non-prem team. They are not really supporters at all, just glory hunters. Secondly there is the inevitable drop in visiting support: it's a little bit different having 5/6,000 visiting fans from United, City Chelsea etc. and playing Brighton, Peterborough or Doncaster on a cold midweek.
I doubt if Rovers will touch anywhere near 20,000 this season apart the odd big game (Burnley, Bolton or one of the big midlands clubs if they are doing well).
The Championship boasts good attendances (last I looked the 5th or 6th best supported league in Europe), good quality football and far more competition than the premiership could ever offer (3 or 4 teams looking at the championship with the rest just happy to avoid relegation).
Rovers fans should get used to it in the second tier - it's all you've got for a while, and not many relegated teams go straight back up (a few fall straight through).

jaysay · 17-09-2012, 18:10

See the Dingles were down to 10,000 at weekend

cashman · 17-09-2012, 18:15

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Originally Posted by jaysay

See the Dingles were down to 10,000 at weekend

Probably was only half of that,the extra digits make counting hard work.

Wynonie Harris · 17-09-2012, 22:15

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Originally Posted by Houseboy

The one thing I do like when I go there is the atmosphere. I'm whisked back to the days when football was a working man's game. Basic facilities, cold and people not eating prawn sandwiches with their champagne.
Long live the likes of Stanley, they are real football, not premiere league hype and prima donnas on telephone number wages.

Well exactly, so it's about time you started coming along a bit more. We even play our matches when your lot are away, so you've no excuse. Versus Aldershot on Saturday, it'll be a good match, so let's be 'avin' yer!

cashman · 18-09-2012, 06:10

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Well exactly, so it's about time you started coming along a bit more. We even play our matches when your lot are away, so you've no excuse. Versus Aldershot on Saturday, it'll be a good match, so let's be 'avin' yer!

yep even get yeh a drink in oaklea pre-match.

Wynonie Harris · 18-09-2012, 08:56

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Originally Posted by cashman

yep even get yeh a drink in oaklea pre-match.

Now then, a drink from Cashy, followed by a match at Stanley. Saturdays don't get better than that!

jaysay · 18-09-2012, 08:57

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Originally Posted by cashman

yep even get yeh a drink in oaklea pre-match.

Bribery will get you everywhere

Houseboy · 18-09-2012, 09:26

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Originally Posted by jaysay

See the Dingles were down to 10,000 at weekend

Come on Jay, it was nearly 11,000 and there were only about 5 Posh fans there. Give us a break.

Houseboy · 18-09-2012, 09:31

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Well exactly, so it's about time you started coming along a bit more. We even play our matches when your lot are away, so you've no excuse. Versus Aldershot on Saturday, it'll be a good match, so let's be 'avin' yer!

Honestly I couldn't agree with you more but I can't even afford to go to every Burnley game, let alone extras at Stanley. I consider myself a bit of a Stanley fan but historically I'm Claret (I was only very young when the original Stanley went under) and, as I said, loyalties tend to stay with real fans. I will go occasionally I promise, but my team must come first.