I know all that but you also forget at that time Hull City were playing from a rotting stadium, which was only just 50 years old at the time, and we were bottom of the football ladder. Meanwhile the rest of the Football League were cashing in on the Taylor Report after Hillsboro and using the many grants available to build new stadiums. I remember Martin Fish saying at the time that Hull City couldn't even compete with the likes of Birmingham City. So there was plenty of money about for football, only it all seem to by pass us.
Fish was even envious of the new stand at Peterbourgh United,
I was taken to City for the first time by my dad back in the early 60's as I'm sure a lot of us older ones were. I was hooked the minute I walked into the ground for the first time. He and his brother eventually stopped going when it was obvious that we were only going one way under Terry Neill a few years later, like thousands of others. I kept it up because I loved it.
We then lost a generation or more in the mid 70's right through the Dol*n and Fish era up to Robinson taking over, and let's be honest the crowds were not great then either.
It is that lost generation who's kids and grandkids are todays potential fans, It is that lost generation who should be buying Hull City replica shirts for their kids to wear.
But the facts are the club is built on sand. Our core support is fickle.
Even during the glory days of Sir Adam and Peter Taylor the club were giving tickets away by the shed load to entice the fans back.
So where have they gone ?
Where have the Premier League lot gone ? Didn't we gain any fans from the most successful time in the clubs history in the same way us old crusties got the bug under the Britton/Waggy and Chilton era ?
The answer is in our own hands.
Your either a supporter or your not.
