Taking this further ........ yes, our support has been largely **** through the 70's, 80.s and 90's. Then along came the change and opportunity we had all craved, thanks to Adam Pearson. During the 00's something really special was finally happening. The City and wider region became interested and engaged once again in IT'S football club. This wasn't just about what was happening on the pitch, nor just about the new stadium, although that was obviously a massive catalyst for this sea-change, but it was also about what was happening off the pitch, meaning how the club went out and engaged with the community. Finally we were building a new generation of support, as well as re-engaging previously lost support.
Adam Pearson took it as far as he felt he could then handed it over.
Duffen, along with Phil Brown, did a damn good job of keeping the momentum going, culminating in that greatest day in history in May 2008.
When we got relegated from the PL, yes, the support dropped off, maybe to be expected to a degree, but the buzz and interest was still there. Growing a fan base doesn't happen over a few years, it happens over decades of nurturing.
Then along came the Allams. Looked great (to 99% of us at least). But then it all started. In short time, they reversed all the good work done over the previous decade and took us back to square one, or even less than square one given that they've managed to alienate and lose previously staunch long term supporters.
As Drew says in bold above, if (only) they'd actually tried to engage with supporters over the last few years.
This is why I absolutely despise the Allams. And welcoming Leeds and Liverpool 'fans' from our own City into the KC like this is yet one more insult to us supporters and to the City of Hull. Some things are way more important than short term money. But that's not how they (the Allams) operate. Utterly despicable.
