CovValleyBoy
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You've thrown in "achievement" , that wasn't the question Mr G.
You've thrown in "achievement" , that wasn't the question Mr G.It’s a bit like saying when forest first got back to the premier league it’s a bigger achievement then winning the European Cup
You've thrown in "achievement" , that wasn't the question Mr G.
Went to all except united away, as a 6 year old....How many City fans actually attended all of our 87 Cup matches.
There were only about 12000 at the Bolton match but more interestingly only about 4000 at the Man Utd away fixture. So only a max of 4000 could of watched the entire Cup run. Unlikely they went to all of the first 3 fixtures including the 8000 at Stoke. So I'm guessing about 2000 City fans maximum would of been at all 6 matches.
Ok it's only a guess (?)
Interests me because all City fans of a certain age claim to have been at every round in 87.
But were they ??
Gates were often surprisingly low in those days, sometimes 11k / 12k, but there were never any home crowds as low as you've said there.Thinking about this I recall a number of attendances that 87 FAC year under 10k, and possibly as low as 8k. This year we’re packing out our stadium every week.
How many City fans actually attended all of our 87 Cup matches.
There were only about 12000 at the Bolton match but more interestingly only about 4000 at the Man Utd away fixture. So only a max of 4000 could of watched the entire Cup run. Unlikely they went to all of the first 3 fixtures including the 8000 at Stoke. So I'm guessing about 2000 City fans maximum would of been at all 6 matches.
Ok it's only a guess (?)
Interests me because all City fans of a certain age claim to have been at every round in 87.
But were they ??
How many City fans actually attended all of our 87 Cup matches.
There were only about 12000 at the Bolton match but more interestingly only about 4000 at the Man Utd away fixture. So only a max of 4000 could of watched the entire Cup run. Unlikely they went to all of the first 3 fixtures including the 8000 at Stoke. So I'm guessing about 2000 City fans maximum would of been at all 6 matches.
Ok it's only a guess (?)
Interests me because all City fans of a certain age claim to have been at every round in 87.
But were they ??
According to Gemini lowest league game for that season was :-Gates were often surprisingly low in those days, sometimes 11k / 12k, but there were never any home crowds as low as you've said there.
When we win the Championship this year, the rewards will be huge.
We will be shopping at Harrods not Woolworths then(not one for the kids!)
Still the FA Cup for me.
I did
I recall 8000 attendance to watch Wimbledon match at Highfield Rd back in the day. We won 2-1 with a very later deflected shot looping over their keeper. It was raining cats & dogs & I reckon from the Sky Blue stand that when our last minute winner was scored there might of been about 4000+ in the ground.Gates were often surprisingly low in those days, sometimes 11k / 12k, but there were never any home crowds as low as you've said there.
According to Gemini lowest league game for that season was :-
The lowest attendance for a First Division match at Highfield Road that season was 10,305.
• Match: Coventry City vs. Southampton
• Date: December 13, 1986
• Result: 1–1 (Draw)
If we include league cup:-
• Lowest Gate: 6,573 * Match: vs. Rotherham United (2nd Round, 1st Leg)
• Date: September 23, 1986
• Result: 3–2 (Win)
So I think my memory wasn’t too bad. Obviously as the cup run took shape our league home attendancies did get better as more people wanted to ensure they had sufficient ticket stubs for future cup games.
Being a supporter since 1958 I have witnessed our drop into the newly formed 4th division from 3rd devision south.The rise through the divisions to Division 1(Premier) all the way back down only to climb all the way back up.So for me the rise this time after all that has been thrown at us beats the FA cup and our first journey up.
Enjoy The ride.
Well I don't really know what "Gemini" is, but unless I'm going insane it's conjured up that Southampton match in December 1986 out of thin airAccording to Gemini lowest league game for that season was :-
The lowest attendance for a First Division match at Highfield Road that season was 10,305.
• Match: Coventry City vs. Southampton
• Date: December 13, 1986
• Result: 1–1 (Draw)
If we include league cup:-
• Lowest Gate: 6,573 * Match: vs. Rotherham United (2nd Round, 1st Leg)
• Date: September 23, 1986
• Result: 3–2 (Win)
So I think my memory wasn’t too bad. Obviously as the cup run took shape our league home attendancies did get better as more people wanted to ensure they had sufficient ticket stubs for future cup games.
It’s an AI, and you’re right looking at the fixtures this game was a draw and last game of season. Apologies AI is officially shit to rely on!!!!Well I don't really know what "Gemini" is, but unless I'm going insane it's conjured up that Southampton match in December 1986 out of thin air
Yeah there were certainly some sub-10k home league crowds in the early/mid 1980s, and I should know because I was there for all of them! But not in the season that FergieTheFinisher was referring to.I recall 8000 attendance to watch Wimbledon match at Highfield Rd back in the day. We won 2-1 with a very later deflected shot looping over their keeper. It was raining cats & dogs & I reckon from the Sky Blue stand that when our last minute winner was scored there might of been about 4000+ in the ground.
I can vividly remember the remaining City fans on the kop celebrating in the rain & thinking what a pleasure it was to be still in the crowd.
Honestly one of my favourite City moments.
Obviously easily pleased.
It's terrifying to contemplate a future where AI will be calling the shots on matters far more important than the size of Coventry City's historic league attendances.It’s an AI, and you’re right looking at the fixtures this game was a draw and last game of season. Apologies AI is officially shit to rely on!!!!
It's terrifying to contemplate a future where AI will be calling the shots on matters far more important than the size of Coventry City's historic league attendances.
Was reading somewhere that when you pitch one AI against another in a war scenario, they rapidly escalate to nuclear. God help us.“A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer should never make a management decision.”
Wise words from 1979
Was reading somewhere that when you pitch one AI against another in a war scenario, they rapidly escalate to nuclear. God help us.
Back on topic, the FA Cup win is easily worth far more to me than whether we join the Premier League or not.
They are fed with ALL human writing? So Andy McNab, Herodotus, Delia Smith and Benito Mussolini are all given equal credence?There’s actually an interesting reason for that. What an LLM is actually doing is predicting the next most likely word based on training data of basically all human writing. Then it’s told to play the role of a helpful AI. That role is based on all the fiction we’ve written where generally AIs end up going made and starting nuclear war, so that’s what the system playing the role of an AI also does.
That was very good!
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