Originally Posted by
upthemaggies
The harsh reality is though, that despite the silly amounts of money Doughty and Fawaz put in, they struggled at the wrong end of the table. Even Derby have had poor seasons despite averaging close to 30k. I doubt Notts would average more than 13k unless Fword dropped a division below us. 13k sounds a lot to us when we've become used to 5k, but 13k in the Championship today would make us the 4th worst supported club in the division, Birmingham City - who are seriously struggling - are currently averaging 20k. Fword are averaging 25k, that is only the 10th best! There's no way Hardy could make up for the shortfall in gate money. He would have to put the club up for sale within two seasons at the latest and even then, it may be too late.