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GLP said:
Why do people keep on referring to this Chelsea match as if it was attended by our stay away fans? It wasn’t. It was largely attended by tourists who came to see Chelsea and will more than likely not step foot in the KC again.
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Notice who it is literally the only match ever referenced as well?

In what must be around 80 home games since we were last in the PL, there's only one match that is ever referenced, while the other 79 are ignored...
 
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GLP said:
Why do people keep on referring to this Chelsea match as if it was attended by our stay away fans? It wasn’t. It was largely attended by tourists who came to see Chelsea and will more than likely not step foot in the KC again.
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Exactly , loads of people near me that had obviously never been to City before and had come to see
Chelsea players they usually watch on TV
 
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GLP said:
Why do people keep on referring to this Chelsea match as if it was attended by our stay away fans? It wasn’t. It was largely attended by tourists who came to see Chelsea and will more than likely not step foot in the KC again.
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So the cheap tickets had nothing to do with it ?
FFS you were campaigning for concessions for long enough and when the club finally relented on it for this game, they returned. I remember the very next league game when prices were back to normal, £30 plus to see Preston or someone the crowd was back to normal. Morale of the story, price it right and they will come.
 
Urika Peece. said:
I'm not doubting that at all. There has been no feel good factor at city since New Years Day, one win in 17 games doesn't entice many to want to leave the pub/armchair and venture out and support the team.
Likewise there isn't much feel good factor about when a club is fighting a relegation battle.
When we were attracting decent gates in the lower leagues at the KC it was because we were wining and going for back to back promotions. I doubt if we'd have been getting 20k if we were stuck in the bottom three not being able to buy a win from anywhere.
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It was because people felt the club were moving forward. Even when we stayed Inthe championship on the last day despite losing a lot of games people still felt connected to the club and the overall direction of travel was a positive one.

It's not as simple as short term results and performances, but pride and identity too.
 
Quill said:
You're right, we were a different club in 06/07.

We didn't have owners who were asset stripping and destroying the club and being the main thing driving the fans away.

Also, by that logic, wouldn't a winning team in the Championship get bigger attendance than a losing team in the Prem?




I'm guessing you think that Blackpool's attendances had little to do with the Oystons, either...
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Yes which just proves what I posted, fans support a winning team no matter what league they are in.
 
Urika Peece. said:
I'm not doubting that at all. There has been no feel good factor at city since New Years Day, one win in 17 games doesn't entice many to want to leave the pub/armchair and venture out and support the team.
Likewise there isn't much feel good factor about when a club is fighting a relegation battle.
When we were attracting decent gates in the lower leagues at the KC it was because we were wining and going for back to back promotions. I doubt if we'd have been getting 20k if we were stuck in the bottom three not being able to buy a win from anywhere.
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There's only one thing that's going to stop the decline of this club and it's got nothing to do with results.

We've got owners everyone wants rid of, we've got a manger that everyone wants rid of and a squad that everyone thinks is pretty **** and about to get worse. Our priority next season will be staying in League One, while the calamity twins continue to oversee our decline.
 
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Urika Peece. said:
Yes which just proves what I posted, fans support a winning team no matter what league they are in.
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A winning team helps, of course it does, but people also need to be able to identify with the club too. At the moment if we have a decent run a lot will see it as temporary because they see the direction the club is ultimately heading. Where were the fans when we were pushing top 6 earlier this season?

You're looking at a piece of the jigsaw and thinking it's the whole picture. It isn't.
 
Urika Peece. said:
Yes which just proves what I posted, fans support a winning team no matter what league they are in.
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By that logic, our highest attendance would've come in 2004/05, when we had the most wins in a season we've had since we moved into the KCOM.

It's quite obvious the ownership is the main reason for the attendance drop, I don't get how you don't understand that.
 
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Urika Peece. said:
So the cheap tickets had nothing to do with it ?
FFS you were campaigning for concessions for long enough and when the club finally relented on it for this game, they returned. I remember the very next league game when prices were back to normal, £30 plus to see Preston or someone the crowd was back to normal. Morale of the story, price it right and they will come.
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For the 'price to be right', the club would need to be paying people to attend!
 
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Mckechnie Orange said:
A winning team helps, of course it does, but people also need to be able to identify with the club too. At the moment if we have a decent run a lot will see it as temporary because they see the direction the club is ultimately heading. Where were the fans when we were pushing top 6 earlier this season?

You're looking at a piece of the jigsaw and thinking it's the whole picture. It isn't.
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I am not at all. Read my original post. I am under no illusions as all as to where our multiple of problems lie.
 
Kempton said:
I ****ing loved the great escape. Warren Joyce, Sargent Whittle and Co. What year was that? My memory's **** for that kind of thing.

Escaping the drop to the conference is one of my memories. I think I'm right in saying David Brown was our top goalscorer with 14 thay season.

Unless I'm talking bollocks again :cheesy:
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Same season I started going, 98/99.
 
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Urika Peece. said:
So the cheap tickets had nothing to do with it ?
FFS you were campaigning for concessions for long enough and when the club finally relented on it for this game, they returned. I remember the very next league game when prices were back to normal, £30 plus to see Preston or someone the crowd was back to normal. Morale of the story, price it right and they will come.
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I’ll repeat it - most of the increased number of fans in the KC for that match were not Hull City fans. All the empty seats around me that were occupied for that one match are not people I have ever seen at the KC since it opened. I have sat in the same seat since it opened.
 
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