Where are the missing fans ?

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Can anyone who attended Palmerston in the 60s / 70s tell us what kind other attractions were around in that era that stopped folk going to watch Queens ? I'm just curious after hearing all thats wrong nowadays .

A good question JR, and one I don’t claim to have an answer to. I do remember that back in the day they used to open the big gate on Terregles Street at half time. I saw many a second half that way in the 70s. It boosted the crowd, if not the attendance figures and related income.
From what I remember there wasn’t a hell of a lot going on elsewhere back then, although we did as kids actually go out and play. Nowadays the competition might include Netflix, game consoles and a societal obsession with retail parks. We didn’t have any of these back then.
I had the privilege this week of spending some work related time with a director of Cowdenbeath FC. Now there’s a club with an amazing heritage, surviving, just, on crowds in the low hundreds.
It’s a national malaise. I personally put a big chunk of the blame on Rupert Murdoch. No-one has done more in terms of ripping the guts out of small clubs like ours to line his own pockets.