It seems that there are more than a few "fair weather" Sunderland fans as their attendances have dropped from 40,000 when struggling in the prem to 26,000 or less when struggling in the championship.

Someone who went to the last home game reckoned there were less than 16,000 actually in the ground, the 26,000 being the "official" figure including ST holders.

I know our attendances dropped, from 30,000 to 26,000 or so as we struggled in the championship, but thats a lot of fickle fans for an area where they are supposedly "die hard" fans!!