Attendances

[vanhoop]

Unless you have family influencing, kids will generally lean towards the more successful teams. No one wants to support the **** team at school!

But most do jeems,cfc are majority these days

[Buffalo]

Unless you have family influencing, kids will generally lean towards the more successful teams. No one wants to support the **** team at school!

Know what you mean, but one of my mates has supported quite a few teams over the years and not a single top-flight club amongst them. Bristol Rovers, Carlisle and Bournemouth are a few examples. Guess he's just weird.

[IHLC]

But most do jeems,cfc are majority these days

When I went to school in the 70's and 80's only a handful "supported" liverpool (the then best team)
but they weren't taken seriously and only a few were Chel**** ...and everyone who actually went to actual games when we were that young were Rangers.
Northolt ,Greenford and Perivale back then there was loads of us who used to go home and away.

[Snaxo]

It's really hard for me to imagine how people can truly switch teams and have the same emotional attachment as someone who has grown up all their life supporting one team. No matter what happens to us in the future, I can't even contemplate supporting another team. The raw feeling just would not be there. I think it's more likely I'd lose interest in football altogether than switch to supporting another team.

It's different when you are a kid in those early years of course, kids do change under peer pressure or whatever. But once you're a few years in, and into your teens - can't see how you can *really* change and have the same level of feeling as a lifelong.

I'm not a moody person, but QPRs results are one of the biggest factors that can affect my mood over a weekend (the wife just cannot get to grips with this!)

[Ed the Ball]

A top thread this

I have often wondered what we could pull on a regular basis. 30k at Cardiff, 7k at Sheffield similar figures for cup games at Villa and Man Utd that the fans will turn up and are there.

Barnsley on a Tuesday night the season we went up saw the best part of 2k for a trip in Yorkshire midweek. Were not a massive club but I think we are bigger then our attendances at home suggest. We need to find a way of pulling the dormant supports week in week out to home games. I think if we were competitive we would comfortably pull 25k and for the big games at a push 30k which is decent enough

That is for definite, we have a good catchment area for fans and have fans all over the country. In recent times our club has been very inconsistent apart from the Championship winning year. If we maintain a bit of stability we have a potential of 25-30. Deffo not 40.000, I reckon the 40.000 will be for big non footy events for the revenue.

[Jeems]

When I went to school in the 70's and 80's only a handful "supported" liverpool (the then best team)
but they weren't taken seriously and only a few were Chel**** ...and everyone who actually went to actual games when we were that young were Rangers.
Northolt ,Greenford and Perivale back then there was loads of us who used to go home and away.

Correct me I'm wrong (wasnt born back then), there was a lot less TV coverage so people didn't really know other teams as well as your local. These days with Sky, streaming sites etc, I can pick up a game literally anywhere in the world. Its easier for kids to grow an association with any team they like really as they can watch them "live" and read all about them online.

Sign of the times, most kids would rather stay indoors in front of their computers now!

[Kevin Mcleod]

When I went to school in the 70's and 80's only a handful "supported" liverpool (the then best team)
but they weren't taken seriously and only a few were Chel**** ...and everyone who actually went to actual games when we were that young were Rangers.
Northolt ,Greenford and Perivale back then there was loads of us who used to go home and away.

Ah the good old days. Them days are long gone now though, don't think there is any gangs of R's in any of the towns you mention anymore.

[Mellowhoop]

Children should support who their parents support. My wife is palace but doesn't go to many games. My brothers and old man are rangers and i think my mrs would push the kids to support rangers as it would make sense...

[TBLOCKRANGER]

My take on it is if your kids don't follow your team then ones failed as a parent.

[vblockranger]

My take on it is if your kids don't follow your team then ones failed as a parent.

Sorry to say i agree with you Tblock

[Kevin Mcleod]

Have to agree as well.

[Johnnykc]

My take on it is if your kids don't follow your team then ones failed as a parent.

Oooh that's harsh......my little boy is an R....and please God that will continue but so much depends on the clubs success/ peer pressure at school etc but I do think that once it's instilled....... you will always come back to rangers.

There is hope jimmy carter!

[vblockranger]

Oooh that's harsh......my little boy is an R....and please God that will continue but so much depends on the clubs success/ peer pressure at school etc but I do think that once it's instilled....... you will always come back to rangers.

There is hope jimmy carter!

Being a fan should have nothing to do with how successful a team is and as a parent thats what you should be teaching your kids.

[Johnnykc]

]Being a fan should have nothing to do with how successful a team is[/B] and as a parent thats what you should be teaching your kids.

I know that........but it can be a different story for a kid at school.

My little boy is 3 now but his very first word was 'hoops'........I used to hum the pigbag tune and he would throw in an almost incoherent 'hoops' at the end......

[Kevin Mcleod]

I know that........but it can be a different story for a kid at school.

My little boy is 3 now but his very first word was 'hoops'........I used to hum the pigbag tune and he would throw in an almost incoherent 'hoops' at the end......

I think times have changed so much in the last 20 odd years. In them days most of us used to live near the ground, and it was in the blood and so easy to grow up addicted, as most of the school supported rangers as well. Now, near on everyone who grew up in the hood supporting us, has left the ghetto and that means our offspring being in the minority, and peer pressure and the feeling of being part of a gang, can change a young brain quite easily.