Quote Originally Posted by PVFC Oldie View Post
I said "over the years", not over the last 22 seasons. Why do folk on here keep picking random periods to support their stats? Since Crewe came into the League the club has played 8 seasons in the second tier. During the same period, Vale have played 28 seasons at that level. Crewe have made 10 applications for re-election because of finishing in the bottom four in that time. Vale have made none. In 26 seasons Vale have had average gates in 5 figures, Crewe haven't managed that once. That's what I meant by "over the years".

I first saw a Vale v Crewe game in 1978. It was the 18th meeting between us after that before I saw Vale lose.

I do not have a big club mentality but I think the facts show that "over the years we have been worse than Stoke but better than you".
We already knew all that; we have chosen these "random" periods to show that in THIS century, size wise you're pretty much just like us within a few hundred regulars.
Not that we give a sh1t, just pointing out a few stats in response to the non ironic comedy jibes that come our way about being tiny and irrelevant, from fans of a club which is pretty much just as tiny and irrelevant.