It was Duffen who went on about a one million catchment, I think he threw in York and North Lincolnshire for good measure.
please log in to view this image Close to a million. I do know people who used to travel from over the bridge, so it would be rude to ignore them. Quite a few people I know moved over the bridge to enjoy cheaper house pricing, particularly once they reduced the tolls.
You just confirmed my figures. Hull and East Riding population of about 600,000. Surely, you're not suggesting that Lincolnshire forms part of Hull City's catchment?
That's exactly what I'm saying. Why wouldn't it? I know of people that regularly travel from Grimsby and Scunthorpe. It's like saying we don't have any divisions of Manchester or Leeds United fans in our City
We haven't currently got enough seats to average over 25,000. The fact that cities smaller than ours can achieve crowds in excess of 30k mean it's obviously possible, all it takes is the right circumstances.
Well I can't agree. It's not the same. Our city is full of Man United, Liverpool and Leeds fans because of the fact that those clubs have had very successful histories at some point. Football fans in Grimsby and Scunthorpe are not going to support Hull City in any great number.
A decent number of CTWD members were in York, so we've obviously got plenty fans travelling from there.
No. Sparse, population around Norwich and Ipswich is close. There are more people where Bournemouth are the nearest club. And Brighton.has a fair few. Was in Devon in Sptember a couple of years ago and every pub in most towns were advertising rugby union games, the only football one they mentioned was one Plymouth were playing in.
Look at the map; Norwich is almost as isolated as we are. 60 miles from Hull to Leeds; 48 from Norwich to Ipswich.
The population of Norfolk is about 800k, I know quite a lot of them are a fair way from Norwich, but that's still a hell of a lot of people to draw from.
Brid was always part of the catchment area. When my dad went in Carter's day they used to have 20-30 coaches going from Brid and a supporters club with 1,500 members. I have seen up to 20 coaches on odd occasions in the 1960s and early 70s. This died out as people became better off and started going on the train. For a long time two extra trains used to go from Scarborough on match days. Quite a few Scarborough folk support City but few Middlesbrough despite it being virtually the same distance. Still a fair few come on the train but increased car ownership and the advent of fans getting their kicks vicariously football wise instead of watching their nearest club have seen things alter.
You can't agree on something that is already happening? Wow. If we had sustainable Premier League football, we'd pull from everywhere within a 35-40 minute drive. I sit behind a Geordie at the KC who is a Newcastle fan, but lives locally and has had a ST with us for years, since BP days! The same will happen when new people move to the area for work in the renewable energy sector.
I can accept that some people currently come to watch from Grimsby and Scunthorpe, but I can't accept that there is the potential there to provide the figures of 30,000+ that people are talking about. Not sure what the relevance of the Newcastle fan is. As you say yourself, he lives locally. I used to watch Middlesbrough when I lived there.
I think that it all boils down to entertaining football and getting rid of our present ****ing awful owners.
You can be in Norfolk and be not much further from Leicester than Norwich. One difference is Norfolk folk are unlikely to support a Suffolk team and vice versa but there are plenty of ****ers in Hull and East Yorks who support a bunch of Wessies.
Of course it is as is Lincolnshire. I'd even go as far as including Holland and Belgium or anywhere near the NSF terminals. A Premiership club in Hull playing from a stadium which was big enough to have plenty of seats to sell and were easy to buy would be a huge attraction. To be a 'Premiership club' would mean of course spending more then a couple of seasons there and establishing ourselves.
