Quote Originally Posted by ancientpie View Post
So what happened in 73 gari ? did your lot suddenly decide to have a season off? or was your support dwindling because we were at a level ? how far should we go back into history to prove a point? (we can go further than you) the fact is that in 73 your average home gate was in the 9,000s & a few years later you were averaging 30 odd thousand can you convince me that this was not bandwagon jumping on a grand scale? don't get me wrong all successful teams need bandwagon fans & I would like to think that if we were the team to make the investment & step we would have got them (although it did tickle me that people who needed directions to your ground were suddenly life long supporters) but my point is that we have & continue to compete with the remnants of these "fans" & their descendants, i realise that I am wasting my time arguing with somebody who chose the easy route but doesn't it seem ironic given your dislike for the Rams that you & yours have followed the sheep ? COYP
9000 was the anomaly not the rule. That is primary school level mathematics for comprehension. Therefore, your argument of Notts having bigger crowds before Clough is incorrect 24 times out of 25.