Quote Originally Posted by MikeSB View Post
Sorry, the age I was thinking was the sixties and not the seventies...I was referring to the fifties when crowds were up to 15000 here at Gresty Road, I was there in 1960 among 20,000 fans when we had a draw with the PL Champions and won away at Chelsea in the cup, something our club has never achieved since that time. We gained promotion in that decade too and I was just young and innocent, just like now but slightly older... No, just having the stadium a third full isn't very good...and unless you buy a ST the attendance fee is very expensive..
Thanks for the clarification. 70s weren't anybody's 'golden age' in any respect.
When the women's game was banned by the FA, they were getting near full gates. Until very recently this was not the case. I think we all agree that coaching has had little influence on those statistics. So, I think we can agree that, perhaps, other factors may have an influence.🙂