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beensaidbefore
05-02-2012, 03:18 PM
With the grumps and groans regarding the attendance at ER yesterday, its quite comforting to compare against the 'mighty' huns who only had 17k at the game against DU. If thats around a 3rd of their avg attendance, then in comparison, we had quite a good turnout.

NAE NOOKIE
05-02-2012, 03:27 PM
Listening to Sportsound just now and they were interviewing a current bun ( with a very northeast accent ) who said the fans were voting with their feet and he thought they would continue to do so.

This sums up the rangers fans for me and OF 'fans' in general.

Ye gods !!! Try watching your team play total rubbish for 2 & a half seasons, with not a chance of winning anything. Then at least you would perhaps have a right to moan about your club.

What a pile of rubbish they are. Fake, gloryhunting crybabies who have no right to be in the same stadiums as real football fans !!!

TheEastTerrace
05-02-2012, 03:40 PM
They are fast heading back to the days pre-David Murray. I have absolutely no sympathy for them whatsoever.

The only negative in all of this is that Celtic are in a stable and strong position financially to dominate Scottish football for some time to come, ironically as Murray's Rangers did in the late 80s and 1990s.

blackpoolhibs
05-02-2012, 03:43 PM
Maybe this thread should be renamed where are the people?

SurferRosa
05-02-2012, 04:05 PM
Maybe this thread should be renamed where are the people?

:hilarious

essexhibee
05-02-2012, 04:11 PM
Deserve everything they get bunch of Aldi loving bumboys.

down-the-slope
05-02-2012, 04:36 PM
Deserve everything they get bunch of Aldi loving bumboys.

Oi...don't mention that famous quality retailer in the same breath as those shower (not that they would understand the term) of trumpets

sahib
05-02-2012, 05:05 PM
Listening to Sportsound just now and they were interviewing a current bun ( with a very northeast accent ) who said the fans were voting with their feet and he thought they would continue to do so.

This sums up the rangers fans for me and OF 'fans' in general.

Ye gods !!! Try watching your team play total rubbish for 2 & a half seasons, with not a chance of winning anything. Then at least you would perhaps have a right to moan about your club.

What a pile of rubbish they are. Fake, gloryhunting crybabies who have no right to be in the same stadiums as real football fans !!!

:rolleyes:

Make that about 30+ years out of 40+ years. I worked Saturdays back in the day and missed most of the tornadoes best games, aswell. ( Is there a bitter old git emoticon ?) :wink:

Baldy Foghorn
05-02-2012, 05:44 PM
Listening to Sportsound just now and they were interviewing a current bun ( with a very northeast accent ) who said the fans were voting with their feet and he thought they would continue to do so.

This sums up the rangers fans for me and OF 'fans' in general.

Ye gods !!! Try watching your team play total rubbish for 2 & a half seasons, with not a chance of winning anything. Then at least you would perhaps have a right to moan about your club.

What a pile of rubbish they are. Fake, gloryhunting crybabies who have no right to be in the same stadiums as real football fans !!!

Glory hunting bigots, you see what they are made of when the chips are down..............

Bostonhibby
05-02-2012, 05:54 PM
Belfast?:dunno:

R'Albin
05-02-2012, 07:32 PM
Oi...don't mention that famous quality retailer in the same breath as those shower (not that they would understand the term) of trumpets

:agree:

They sell Killie pies there :drool:

jdships
05-02-2012, 07:42 PM
With the grumps and groans regarding the attendance at ER yesterday, its quite comforting to compare against the 'mighty' huns who only had 17k at the game against DU. If thats around a 3rd of their avg attendance, then in comparison, we had quite a good turnout.


Can't remember the source but figures published in 2010/11 stated 25/27% of Rankers ST holders and 28/30% of Celtic ST holders lived outwith Scotland .
It was also mentioned that four/five bus loads came to Hunbrox from places like Corby( Leicestershire) every match day and that Larne/Stranraer ferries were usually fully booked on those days .

Not defending them in any way just putting a possible reason for the poor attendance .
Always remember that OF supporters are fickle. Just go back to the archives and look at Celtic attendances pre Jock Stein !!

Brillian result by the way :thumbsup:

heartbreaker
05-02-2012, 07:43 PM
It is often forgotten that pre Murray the House of Shame often drew tiny League attendances.

Reasons:
1. Its the Cup and it is disregarded.
2. They are a selling club....welcome to the post financial doping world you shameful glory hunters.
3. The cold....aw bless

heartbreaker
05-02-2012, 07:50 PM
Can't remember the source but figures published in 2010/11 stated 25/27% of Rankers ST holders and 28/30% of Celtic ST holders lived outwith Scotland .
It was also mentioned that four/five bus loads came to Hunbrox from places like Corby( Leicestershire) every match day and that Larne/Stranraer ferries were usually fully booked on those days .

Not defending them in any way just putting a possible reason for the poor attendance .
Always remember that OF supporters are fickle. Just go back to the archives and look at Celtic attendances pre Jock Stein !!

Brillian result by the way :thumbsup:

I have a lot of interest in historical attendances and here is a FACT

In the 20 post war seasons from 1946 through '66 - befor the Euro Cup win catapulted Celtic up to equality with Rangers as a crowd draw - the average home attendance for Celtic. Hearts and ourselves across the whole period was as follows.

Celtic 23,000
Hearts 21,000
Us 20,000

In half ((10) of those years Celtic were NOT top 2 in attendance.

Pre Lisbon Celtic were much closer to the Edinburgh duo than to the Hun. Even the Stein 9 in a row team drew relatively poorly in the early 30,000s when you think of their success. The jungle was populated by big game bandwagoners.

hibsfan7
05-02-2012, 07:51 PM
if it goes on like this at ibrox they might have to consider closing a stand
i have thought of an even better idea why not close all 4



:hibees:hibees:hibees:hibees:hibees

LeithBoozy
05-02-2012, 08:01 PM
I think a lot of them stayed away today, after being outed as Hibs feeder team last week.:greengrin

judas
05-02-2012, 08:04 PM
With the grumps and groans regarding the attendance at ER yesterday, its quite comforting to compare against the 'mighty' huns who only had 17k at the game against DU. If thats around a 3rd of their avg attendance, then in comparison, we had quite a good turnout.

In the ideal world, they would go bust and have their stadium bulldozed.

It wouldn't matter a great deal to their fans, as we have seen their level of loyalty when tested by bad results. They would filter off and support some NI club.

heartbreaker
05-02-2012, 08:15 PM
Its important to remember that there is no iron rule of nature dictating that the House of Shame be full for games.

1981/82 Rangers average home attendance 16,800 !!! In the league the average was 16 thousand and occasionally fell below 10,000. Pre '86 they struggled to get to an average of 20K.

Murray, money, stars and success came and lets be honest they have the biggest fanbase in Scotland so they turned out but what goes up can go down and we will start to see sub 40K league gates before long if the current situation goes on for any length of time and the trickle could become a torrent....it has happened before.

jgl07
05-02-2012, 08:18 PM
They are fast heading back to the days pre-David Murray. I have absolutely no sympathy for them whatsoever.

The only negative in all of this is that Celtic are in a stable and strong position financially to dominate Scottish football for some time to come, ironically as Murray's Rangers did in the late 80s and 1990s.

Rangers under Souness dominated Scottish Football before David Murray appeared on the scene.

I don't think that Rangers were ever that financiallystable under Murray. He had a knack of persuading people to invest into the club which lost money continually despite enjoying great success on the field. Whern he ran out of wealthy friends willing to invest the game was up.

GreenCastle
05-02-2012, 08:27 PM
Its important to remember that there is no iron rule of nature dictating that the House of Shame be full for games.

1981/82 Rangers average home attendance 16,800 !!! In the league the average was 16 thousand and occasionally fell below 10,000. Pre '86 they struggled to get to an average of 20K.

Murray, money, stars and success came and lets be honest they have the biggest fanbase in Scotland so they turned out but what goes up can go down and we will start to see sub 40K league gates before long if the current situation goes on for any length of time and the trickle could become a torrent....it has happened before.

Good posts - many younger people don't realise that the Old Firm attendances can really drop also if like Hibs you don't have any success for periods of time.

itchy07
05-02-2012, 08:49 PM
Could someone do the maths for me. If 17000 all bought an extra pie, program and new scarf, how long would it take to raise the £75m to pay off the post tax case debt in yam style?

Sammy7nil
05-02-2012, 08:55 PM
I recall texaco cup days the The Gers had 3256 or something against Chesterfield or Wolves

They were building the "New Stadium" the joke was there was a design fault with the new stands they were facing the pitch !!! or they would have been better with a new 3 piece suite

Northernhibee
05-02-2012, 09:05 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/16898746#asset

"So it is".

And we think the Yams are deluded :thumbsup:

heartbreaker
05-02-2012, 09:09 PM
Good posts - many younger people don't realise that the Old Firm attendances can really drop also if like Hibs you don't have any success for periods of time.

Thanks mate.It is not only Rangers as you say. Celtic like to imagine the old Parkhead always bulging at the seams but that also is a myth.

1964/65 the season before the 9 in a row began...home league average 18,000.
1974/75 the season after it ended....home average 22,000.

After a decade of phenomenal success one relatively poor season saw attendance back down to within a few thousand of what is had been pre Lisbon/9 in a row.Take the guaranteed league top 2 position, the guaranteed cup runs, the guaranteed feelgood factor away and what happens with the OF.....well my stats show what happens.

jgl07
05-02-2012, 09:17 PM
Can't remember the source but figures published in 2010/11 stated 25/27% of Rankers ST holders and 28/30% of Celtic ST holders lived outwith Scotland .
It was also mentioned that four/five bus loads came to Hunbrox from places like Corby( Leicestershire) every match day and that Larne/Stranraer ferries were usually fully booked on those days .

Not defending them in any way just putting a possible reason for the poor attendance .
Always remember that OF supporters are fickle. Just go back to the archives and look at Celtic attendances pre Jock Stein !!

Brillian result by the way :thumbsup:

Corby is in Northamptonshire but the point stands.

You don't have to go back that far with Celtic. They were getting crowds of 7,000 - 8,000 just before and just after the Fergus McCann takeover. Their crowds in their season at Hampden Park were not great.

Sammy7nil
05-02-2012, 09:18 PM
" So it is "

"cant believe whats happening"

:faf::faf::faf:

green glory
05-02-2012, 09:53 PM
Was looking at the forums on rangersmedia. Hilarious stuff, they're discussing the attendance today and all turning on each other. Total orcs. Hopefully Sauron Whyte's maggot-folk have lots more of this to look forward to.

GGTTH

TheEastTerrace
05-02-2012, 10:09 PM
Rangers under Souness dominated Scottish Football before David Murray appeared on the scene.



Were they? Souness arrived in 86, winning one title and a league cup before Murray took over in 88. Celtic were champions in 1988.

essexhibee
05-02-2012, 10:32 PM
Oi...don't mention that famous quality retailer in the same breath as those shower (not that they would understand the term) of trumpets

Poundland?

monktonharp
05-02-2012, 10:38 PM
" So it is "

"cant believe whats happening"

:faf::faf::faf:dont know if your slagging the auld Glesga accent or no? but I did notice that at least 80% of those interviewed; were definately not with that accent, by the way:wink:. wonder where aw' the locals were today? Hibernian have a hard core support that have stuck by the club for such a long time,and those supporters must be congratulated for their undying following , given the fact that they have endured such a long period of frugal success!. we are streets ahead of any football club in the history of Scottish football, IMO. God Bless the Hibees!

sven nil
06-02-2012, 11:38 AM
maybe they have had reminders that 2017 - 2018 season ticket monies are due this week,hence the low crowd!:wink:

Killiehibbie
06-02-2012, 12:38 PM
Rats deserting a sinking ship faster than an Italian cruise liner captain.

KeithTheHibby
06-02-2012, 01:18 PM
Couldn't care less how many were at the game, only delighted they are out of the cup.


It also serves them right for selling up to a dodgy owner.:greengrin

JustPassing
06-02-2012, 11:14 PM
Its important to remember that there is no iron rule of nature dictating that the House of Shame be full for games.

1981/82 Rangers average home attendance 16,800 !!! In the league the average was 16 thousand and occasionally fell below 10,000. Pre '86 they struggled to get to an average of 20K.

Murray, money, stars and success came and lets be honest they have the biggest fanbase in Scotland so they turned out but what goes up can go down and we will start to see sub 40K league gates before long if the current situation goes on for any length of time and the trickle could become a torrent....it has happened before.
In his last season as their manager, John Greig had had a particularly bad run and the lowest post war attendance at Ibrox occurred under his watch, 7000 I think from memory.

Nobody of note in Scotland at the time wanted the job with Alex Ferguson and Jim McLean both preferring to stay put. I sincerely hope the Hun go to the wall and Celtic are admitted to League 1 or 2 in England, maybe then we can have a re-alignment in Scottish football at long last.

silverhibee
07-02-2012, 12:09 AM
With the way things are going with the huns and diet-huns Hibs could be the second force in the SPL next season, with the second highest budget also in the SPL as the huns and yams wont have a bolt to spend next season, thats if they are still about next season mind you. :greengrin

lucky
07-02-2012, 01:11 AM
With the way things are going with the huns and diet-huns Hibs could be the second force in the SPL next season, with the second highest budget also in the SPL as the huns and yams wont have a bolt to spend next season, thats if they are still about next season mind you. :greengrin

And knowing Hibs we would still finish 6th at best