Monkey Tennis Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, SueSue said: All this bluffing and shite is annoying. Yes would all love attacking free flowing football but in doing so we would concede more goals as we would score. GN is doing a very good job so far with the budget he has. We sit in a playoff spot as we speak. I asked a few months ago would people want promotion and not so attractive football or No promotion with exciting football. most said promotion please. As for the nonsense regards a product people want to see putting attendances down....... I bet all those staying away yesterday will be knocking the door down if we are in the SPL next year. it is nothing to do with product it is down to being a wee bit wet and cold to come and support your team. I was sat next to Callum Semples family who said they have a round trip of 8 hours to come and watch a home game. There was 5 of them. some of our support can’t even walk 10 minutes to watch the game yesterday. dress it up how you like ...... 700 at a home game is piss poor. Callum Semple's family do have a bit more of a personal investment in events than most. Not the best example of the dedication others should aspire to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Flash said: If you are suggesting that the potential pool of people from that era is around 500, that is just wrong. Looking at an old Nightmare on Terregles Street fanzine, crowd numbers are shown from 1971/72 to 1991/92. They may not be 100% accurate, but I imagine they will give a good indication. Average crowds in the 1970s were never in the hundreds. In 1971/72, for example, they were about 2,200. Same in 1975/76, the first season of the new First Division, when there were only 13 home league games. They did show a dip in the early 80s when we were in the Second Division, but recovered in the mid 80s when we were back in the First. The serious and consistent decline only really happened in the early 90s towards the end of the Harkness era. So, although they did fluctuate in the 80s, it is not true to suggest that the crowds were in the hundreds such that there are only that many potential fans from that era around now. According to 'The Roar of the Crowd' by David Ross, these are the figures for our average league gates during the relevant years: 1970-71: 1413 1971-72: 2179 1972-73: 1320 1973-74: 2006 1974-75: 1874 1975-76: 2222 1976-77: 1882 1977-78: 1659 1978-79: 1171 1979-80: 1018 1980-81: 1247 1981-82: 1130 1982-83: 689 1983-84: 829 1984-85: 599 1985-86: 1511 1986-87: 1743 1987-88: 1282 1988-89: 907 1989-90: 737 1990-91: 619 1991-92: 609 1992-93: 586 1993-94: 981 1994-95: 1209 1995-96: 1189 1996-97: 1214 1997-98: 1264 1998-99: 1217 1999-00: 1153 I've no idea what it means, but I was bored, so did it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 27 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Yes, I genuinely got a bit bored with it. The wins stopped feeling meaningful, the more they piled up. Yes that`s understandable. I enjoyed the season and our attacking style which was in sharp contrast to the awful fare the season before, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSue Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Callum Semple's family do have a bit more of a personal investment in events than most. Not the best example of the dedication others should aspire to. 8 hours travel against a 10/15 minute walk. Invested interest or not, it really is poor and you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 31 minutes ago, SueSue said: 8 hours travel against a 10/15 minute walk. Invested interest or not, it really is poor and you know it. Of course it's a poor gate, but people are at liberty not to bother, if they feel like giving it a miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The most entertaining thing yesterday came from The Pars support. One guy never shut up all game and at one point someone further along told him to shut up (though he must have known him as he called him by his name). There was a bit of back and forth which was really quite funny. Others around me were laughing as well. The guy was particularly upset that Higginbotham was taking all the corners and asking the players if no one else could hit one. In the first half he took about 3 in a short period of time and was going from one side of the pitch to the other. By the 3rd (or 4th) corner when Higginbotham was jogging to taking the corner the guy shouts "See! The boy is fucking knackered!" [emoji38] I'm not sure if it was just because he was pished or if the fella maybe has a rage problem, but he wasn't shouting for comical effect, even though he was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 46 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: The most entertaining thing yesterday came from The Pars support. One guy never shut up all game and at one point someone further along told him to shut up (though he must have known him as he called him by his name). There was a bit of back and forth which was really quite funny. Others around me were laughing as well. The guy was particularly upset that Higginbotham was taking all the corners and asking the players if no one else could hit one. In the first half he took about 3 in a short period of time and was going from one side of the pitch to the other. By the 3rd (or 4th) corner when Higginbotham was jogging to taking the corner the guy shouts "See! The boy is fucking knackered!" I'm not sure if it was just because he was pished or if the fella maybe has a rage problem, but he wasn't shouting for comical effect, even though he was hilarious. Was that near the segregation line? He's well known, the back and forth with the guy further along was just banter, I'm sure they are usually on the same bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Yeah. Aye it was definitely a jovial back and forth but it was very amusing nonetheless, plenty of folk were laughing among both sets of fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fae_the_'briggs Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 28 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Yeah. Aye it was definitely a jovial back and forth but it was very amusing nonetheless, plenty of folk were laughing among both sets of fans. Says it all about the standard of football we're being treated to when jokers in the crowd are the best entertainment of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Says it all about the standard of football we're being treated to when jokers in the crowd are the best entertainment of the day. It's Scottish football, there are many things that make us love it. But the quality on the pitch isn't necessary high on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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