The funsters

[LSArab]

If I'm being honest our home attendances towards the end of our last stint the Diddy-League were , as you would expect , starting to fall , there's no denying that and while our attendances have indeed been good this season I think its in a way a bit of an adventure for us as most , like myself , are confident we will be coming straight back up this season .

It would be interesting to see just how great our attendances would be had we had to endure the kind of guff that the Fun have had to put up with over the last 50 years particularly if our nearest rivals had enjoyed so many highlights in that same period .

I think I'm right in saying the last time both teams were in the SPL at same time our home gate was an average of roughly 1000 more then the Dee's, certainly not be sniffed at but in the grand scheme of thigs not mind blowing either .

I think when you take in to account we were seldom outside the top 4-5 all season and they were seldom outside the bottom 2 , plus add in to the fact we had an extra home Derby and again taking in to consideration the difference of what our respective clubs have had to consistently endure since the late 70s, there's actually very little in it .

Taking off my tangerine hat for a second , If I'm being honest I think if there's one thing you cant deny them is they've managed to maintain that for this length of time because I doubt i would still be going to watch us week-in week-out if the shoe was on the other foot .

My personal thought is if both clubs were performing at the same level and sat around the same place in the league over a consistent period of time there would be very little between the two clubs in terms of size and home attendances .

But Ultimately and as has been said previously , who really cares !

Totally disagree with this.

We have been the bigger club for 50 years so have bigger support

In the 60s Dundee had had more success

But you can’t ignore the last 50 years - as it stands we are the much bigger club

Our home crowds are usually at least twice theirs irrespective of league and we have much better travelling support

I don’t think they were only 1k below us in attendances when we were both in the Prem - more like 4K more

They are the wee club and have a wee club mentality - forever in our shadow

[DBDU]

Totally disagree with this.

We have been the bigger club for 50 years so have bigger support

In the 60s Dundee had had more success

But you can’t ignore the last 50 years - as it stands we are the much bigger club

Our home crowds are usually at least twice theirs irrespective of league and we have much better travelling support

I don’t think they were only 1k below us in attendances when we were both in the Prem - more like 4K more

They are the wee club and have a wee club mentality - forever in our shadow

With all due respect you can agree or disagree all you like but you are completely ignoring facts while your figure of 4000 is the stuff of fantasy .

I just double checked to make sure I wasn't mistaken about my estimate in the difference of average home attendances last time both clubs were in the same division and as i suspected it was just over 1000 ( 1205 to be precise ) .
Season 2021/2022 Average Home Attendances DUFC 7,065 DFC - 5,860 ( See Link Attached )

Given all the mitigating factors I mentioned previously I don't think there is any doubt my point is a fair one and stands up .
1 extra home derby , The Fun being pretty much rooted to bottom spot all season and never out of bottom 2 while we were playing the last part of season against top 6 teams , us being up at top end of the league and challenging for Europe all season and the fact that as you rightly point out we have been top dogs in terms of success since the mid 70s .

There is nothing between the 2 clubs in terms of size IMO and I think that's actually a good thing for football in the city .

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...club-scotland/