You might well BE my neighbour.
Is your name Hazel?
No but I do know a Hazel that lives on a main road not too far from a Crossroads junction that would be about 8 mins walk to the Cres. We went to the same school although not in the same year and later worked for the same company.
However...
Coventry City 3 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1.
20 August 1955.
Starting lineup:
GoalkeeperReg Matthews
DefenderRoy Kirk
Full backJohn Austin
Full backLol Harvey
Full backKen Jones
Wing halfNoel Simpson
Outside LeftColin Collindridge
Outside rightAlan Moore
Inside forwardTommy Capel
Inside...
Wouldn't be difficult for you to work out your suggested stat and I'd be interested in what you find. No it's not surprising that fans tend to stay away after a relegation but the 60% decrease in attendances is based over a 10 year tenure by the current owners and not just the seasons that...
You wouldn't think so that's for sure. Maybe if they stuck it out for a long indefinite period and sold enough young talent with sell-on clauses they may get a bit of a return. Put that together with another ground share - somewhere -at a reduced rent then who knows? None of us have any idea do we.
What ever the motive behind the fans reasons for none attendance, be it NOPM, apathy, or just total disenchantment? There is only one common denominator that exists for the period in question from December 2007 to December 2017 and that is SISU: fact.
Whether or not the absentee's are affecting...
According to the Cov Telegraph and Worldfootball.net the average home attendance for the season that SISU took control of the club - 2007/08 - was 19,123. Wikipedia says that the average gate so far for this season is 7,651. Admittedly those figures also take into account the Lower league status...
I remember a well known lady councillor saying the same if we were to beat Macclesfield by 7 goals back in 1999. We did and she did.:o
I think you'll be safe this time though
Yes, but not in the same way that you do. We have family there, not far from the station.
I do have a Cov mate in his late 50's that was stationed there though.