It seems that info coming out of one side of the deal has consistently been more optimistic re:timescales than the other.
P1...Because they were winning. Crowds go up. It goes with the territory. Despite losing at home in the first game 0-7 to Colchester they went up that year under Paul Lambert, who was manager at Colchester before he took over at Norwich. P2..You sure about that? ..I've driven to and from Norwich on many occasions. You never see a town for miles. Flat Fenlands go on for ever. Nothing much in any direction, except fields of turnips and spuds.
The season they got relegated from the Championship to League one the crowds were up on the season before. They were losing but crowds went up. When we got relegated from the PL then promoted the season after our crowds went down by 6,000 which was 25% even though we were winning so I am not at all sure our crowds would go up following a relegation to League One even if we were winning. And I hope we don't have to find out whether they would or wouldn't any time soon. I am only saying what others have said about them having more fans near them than we have. Which if you compare the population of Norfolk to East Yorkshire is true. But we have more where we are the nearest club. Which is a good job because as has been mentioned before the percentage of our season ticket holders who live outside Hull is high. We are a bit like Sunderland in that regard.
Stand on the boundary of Hull and it's all houses, take one step forward and it's all houses that are in the East Riding. Visit a village like Burnley and stand on their boundary and it's open countryside, a 10 minute car drive and you're in the village. Our city boundaries need expanding big time.
Well, another week passes without any news. I have little idea what processes the EFL go through in these cases, but if they have to scrutinize the agreement the 2 parties reached, then probably their legal department will have to go through it to make sure there is nothing unacceptable. If so, then I can understand why it is taking a bit of time.
Mate. Its a bit like Englands batting. As a nation we're ****ed except for our admin and our media. Acun's wanted if done yesterday since November. If you look at his friends in Turkey then I doub't he's lying when ie says its the hardest negotiation he's ever done....
What, you think nicking land off ERYCC might put 5 more thou on the gate when we're already providing more support than you city trogs fair share? Sort your own **** out.
Who has rattled your ****ing cage. I was agreeing to the city boundaries. I never mentioned anything about adding to City's attendance.
Seems to be a lot of blaming owners and councils for City's woes when it probably just fickle support.
We have a very patchy history particularly in the 90s and very early 00s that mean that a lot of people didn't grow up with it 'rusted on' meaning as soon as the good times end, they find better things to do. Of course that being said, the good times mean plenty have grown up 'rusted on' who were old enough to remember the 08 Play Off Final, FA Cup Final, European jaunt, and other heights through their youth, who are now coming of age. If we were to make it back to the PL in the next year or so and stay there for say, 3-4 seasons, I would suspect we'll start to see younger generations really latch onto the club. This is a big opportunity to really cement an entire generation's association of us with the PL (barring a few seasons here and there in the wilderness). It then means they'll bring their kids, and all of a sudden you have a groundswell of interest and passionate support.
I think its a massive opportunity to build an international support base. Local one is absolutely patchy, especially that within city boundaries. Rather latch onto a team for the price of a skysports subscription than go and watch live football.
