Londonccfcfan
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Our equivalent was the Ron Atkinson effect around same time.
Except our crowds went up modestly.
I went around then so checked the scores to see if it was that year. So, in 93/4 there were 9k there and we won 1-2, the year after there were 25k there and we drew 2-2 (that’s when I went). Not sure what happened that year to increase it so much.
The bandwagon was well and truly rolling.I went around then so checked the scores to see if it was that year. So, in 93/4 there were 9k there and we won 1-2, the year after there were 25k there and we drew 2-2 (that’s when I went). Not sure what happened that year to increase it so much.
Regardless they did alright before RomanThey had two generous benefactors really, they got a load of cash from Matthew Harding in the 90s which built the foundations for Abramovich, they were getting average gates in the teens in the 90s until Harding started to invest.
When we played them in the PL at Stamford Bridge in May 94, the gate was 8k
I went around then so checked the scores to see if it was that year. So, in 93/4 there were 9k there and we won 1-2, the year after there were 25k there and we drew 2-2 (that’s when I went). Not sure what happened that year to increase it so much.
I went around then so checked the scores to see if it was that year. So, in 93/4 there were 9k there and we won 1-2, the year after there were 25k there and we drew 2-2 (that’s when I went). Not sure what happened that year to increase it so much.
Its funny growing up in West London 1980s, my school had lots of QPR fans and the usual Spurs and Arsenal...fans in the 1980s. Hardly any Chelsea or Fulham. Brentford wernt really even an entity.
Chelski fans everywhere now.
Chelsea went through something of a rebrand really, in the 70s and 80s they were basically a yo yo club with a massive hooligan following. With the investment and rebuilding of the ground, and the PL making football fashionable, in the mid 90s they started to attract some of the nouveau fans that populate grounds these days.
And broke. In 70's fans were donating money into collection bins on the terraces.
Their fans were not fun at all.
They built that triple tier stand in the early 70s at the cost of millions didn't they?
Do you reckon the Chelsea forum has a thread about Coventry’s attendances in the 90s and how we managed to sign the stars of the Moroccan 98 World Cup team?
I don't think their club song contains us either sadlyDo you reckon the Chelsea forum has a thread about Coventry’s attendances in the 90s and how we managed to sign the stars of the Moroccan 98 World Cup team?
Gullit joined them, it was the dawning of the age of the big stars coming in. They followed that up with Zola, Di Matteo, LeBouef the following season and that was them off & running
YeahThey built that triple tier stand in the early 70s at the cost of millions didn't they?
Chelsea went through something of a rebrand really, in the 70s and 80s they were basically a yo yo club with a massive hooligan following. With the investment and rebuilding of the ground, and the PL making football fashionable, in the mid 90s they started to attract some of the nouveau fans that populate grounds these days.
Had Ken Bates before that if I remember correctly. Bit like the London equivalent of Doug Ellis.They had two generous benefactors really, they got a load of cash from Matthew Harding in the 90s which built the foundations for Abramovich, they were getting average gates in the teens in the 90s until Harding started to invest.
When we played them in the PL at Stamford Bridge in May 94, the gate was 8k
you are absolutely correctYeah
Tbh that was admirable
They made the decision to immediately close the stand it replaced after fans felt it 'move' as they left after a big game
It was the days before anyone took any notice of health and safety but they didn't take any chances
Many stadiums were death traps in those days
It's likely to be worse
They were an also ran team for years until all the Russian money came in and they could buy success
A lot of their newer fans have never known how it is to support a proper football team
I don't think their club song contains us either sadly
I remember when they got chased out the West End and everyone else who came for the rest of the season were met with a chorus of You'll get the same as ChelseaDo you reckon the Chelsea forum has a thread about Coventry’s attendances in the 90s and how we managed to sign the stars of the Moroccan 98 World Cup team?
There's still a relationship between them and the Hellas Verona ultras, which tells you all you need to know about them.Chelsea went through something of a rebrand really, in the 70s and 80s they were basically a yo yo club with a massive hooligan following. With the investment and rebuilding of the ground, and the PL making football fashionable, in the mid 90s they started to attract some of the nouveau fans that populate grounds these days.
QPR are a proper club with proper fans like us. With a proper stadium.
Loved the song Massive Yacht, tiny dick, Abramovich is full of shit etcThe glory hunters all rocked up few years later when the money flooded in.
Makes me sick.
Abramovich took it to next level making them an international brand and re developing everything.
Chelski
Yes...you're a very naughty standI had to inspect the structure of a number of stadia in that era including CCFC and when i inspected Northampton's their main stand was as bad as Bradford's had been before the fire.
Needless to say I condemned it.
Do you reckon the Chelsea forum has a thread about Coventry’s attendances in the 90s and how we managed to sign the stars of the Moroccan 98 World Cup team?
Not another argument between ChampIons_of_Europe and ShedEnd24they have, and in the spirit of this forum it's turned into an argument about Brexit.
Is the feeling that he'll be signed before Sunday
My Italian brother in-law, is not into football in anyway, told me that he’d refuse to go to Verona under any circumstances. He went on to tell me about the reputation it has for being a hotbed for fascism/racism in Italy.There's still a relationship between them and the Hellas Verona ultras, which tells you all you need to know about them.
My Italian brother in-law, is not into football in anyway, told me that he’d refuse to go to Verona under any circumstances. He went on to tell me about the reputation it has for being a hotbed for fascism/racism in Italy.
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