Yeah I think this is spot on. There's often a fine line between winning and drawing and landing on the right side of that line is the main factor in whether a game is deemed boring. In 12/13 we scored a very low number of goals and got a very low numbers of points for an automatically promoted team, but we finished 2nd and no one was saying it was boring football. They were happy because we were winning and spent most of the season in the automatic promotion spots, and finished there.
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Yeah I think this is spot on. There's often a fine line between winning and drawing and landing on the right side of that line is the main factor in whether a game is deemed boring. In 12/13 we scored a very low number of goals and got a very low numbers of points for an automatically promoted team, but we finished 2nd and no one was saying it was boring football. They were happy because we were winning and spent most of the season in the automatic promotion spots, and finished there.
Where is the 22,828 we averaged in Div 3 1965/1966? Or the 24,730 we averaged in Division 2 the season after ( speaking from memory, will have to check) which was higher than 4 of our 5 seasons in the PL.
A few years ago there was an article listing clubs all time averages. It will have changed slightly but we were one above Luton Town.
Yeah, me too.
And yes, winning of course tends to bring in bigger crowds. BUT we aren't Arsenal, and we won't be winning most games, and we won't be top of the league.
We're talking about winning fans back and attracting new fans. And we're not talking about you and me. Some entertainment & excitement will help (as well as the results).
Well, myself and others that I know from then are still here. Though some decidedly more ropey than others.
It was a tongue in cheek comment but comparing crowds from the 60s to now isn't really reflective. As others have said, the fanbase is just small right now. It will take time but it will be built I really dont get the rehashing of the argument
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You are correct the table isn't complete and I hadn't noticed. Mea culpa
A more complete list is here:-
https://tigerbase.hullcity.com/tigers-seasons.php
1965/66
SUPPORT
Average Home Attendance : 22,828
Highest Home Attendance : 40,231
Lowest Home Attendance : 12,440
Mind you the year before was
64/65
SUPPORT
Average Home Attendance : 14,629
Highest Home Attendance : 28,399
Lowest Home Attendance : 6,165
According to the Yorkshire Post, Vinagre is 99.99% done:
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spo...-former-brighton-full-back-george-cox-4223974
Now confirmed
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spo...-former-brighton-full-back-george-cox-4223974
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Good examples of our yo yo support down the years.
1966/1967 we had over 90,000 at 3 home games in just over a week.
This is a bit blow your socks off.
I think adding the dynamism he will bring to the left side of the pitch will make a huge difference to the way we are able to carry the ball up the field and attack from both sides.
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Agree Cox looked ****ed against Grimsby given he hasn't had a preseason and even his aggressive play going forward adding something different
We always said going back the years if we ever got to the top flight we would get a fanbase like the clubs who used to bring far more here than we ever took away, Sunderland, the Sheffield clubs, Leicester etc. but we didn’t.
I am sure if the rugby clubs had made a signing it would be on the main page and not tucked away on the sports page. The Yorkshire Post doing a better job than our local paper again.
I suspect we need to move Fleming out before we can sign Cox.