Recent content by the_ferret

It's totally irrelevant. Last season Derby averaged 10,000 more than they did in 1967, which was about the time we were getting gates up to 40,000 and over. Just a few years before that though, in 1962 (when I am sure it was very cheap) we averaged 10,000, but that increased to 34,000 in just...

You don't have to go back that far. These things go in cycles. Derby have had a real purple patch recently crowd wise. But like I say, if you look at the figures these things change. Not sure how some people fail to grasp that. Forest clearly, as twice European Champions and a list of...

The point I was making is that if you try to rank clubs in terms of size, and there is no ideal way of doing that, attendances are probably the best gauge. You may disagree, fine. It is a matter of documented fact that our all time average attendance is higher than all of those clubs. Over...

Not sure what you are basing that on, and we'll have to agree to disagree I suppose. The only real measure of where we rank in English football has to be attendances really, and historically we average more than Derby, Forest, Norwich, Southampton, Stoke and Ipswich and I don't see anyone...

We ought to be a club that yo-yos between the top 2 divisions. I just feel we should not accept being a 3 tier club. There are clubs who are very happy to be playing in the 3rd tier, we shouldn't be. Leave that to the likes of Bury, Crawley and Stevanage. It is not 'our level', we haven't...

Oh dear. I suppose none of this matters in the scheme of things, but the idea we are in the same bracket as Swindon (historically) is just laughable. If that's how low our expectations have fallen, if that is the sort of company that some people think we should be keeping then this club is...

It was Leicester I think? Someone at work mentioned it. Can't remember the reason.

It was against Wimbledon in the early to mid 90s. Can't remember the year off the top of my head.

And Leicester and Birmingham is we're judging it on FA Cup and League titles.

The list is not 100% accurate because attendance records go back further for certain clubs, but it is a good guide. Forest had some barren spells - in the 50s Notts County were better supported. Derby County have had very up and down support over the years. About the time we were averaging...

We only ever got one league attendance of less than 10,000 from 92/93 onwards. Some people have terrible memories. Oh, and in 1993/94 Chelsea had a gate of 8000 in the Premier League (against us actually). Quoting shit gates from a time when shit gates were common everywhere is pointless. In...

Firstly, I never said they were good simply because of their Cov connections, in fact I didn't even say they were good, but equally there are those that give them abuse for no obvious reason. A lot of the time it is shit musicians who think they've got more talent. Once had to listen to...

35th? My there is some nonsense in this thread. Somebody please close it and put it out its misery. We averaged nearly 22000 in the championship just a few seasons ago. Highest level of support? How far do you want to go back? 67/68 we averaged 34,000 - that's more people than the Ricoh...

Remind me in what part of Birmingham they have Coventry accents? He was born there but has spent his formative years in Cov, supports the football team and cares about the city. Doesn't seem like that is enough for some people. The other two are from Cov and Kenilworth. Proper Brummies eh...

It was odd. Some of them could have barely been out of primary school. Did chuckle when they were chased off in the car park when they started throwing stones at the coaches - some of the city fans were laughing so much they couldn't run - and at the head of it all was the coach driver!