Why Dundee United are like Songs of Praise

[Bamba]

Well, if you haven't worked it out already - it's funny how many people turn out to follow DUFC when they're on the telly and have won something yet have meagre attendances every other week. By this time next season, the pews will be empty once more - just like they are the week after Songs of Praise shows your local church remarkably well attended

[CallumLaidlaw]

Dundee Utd are like ANY other team. They have a lot of fairweather fans, and a lot of people there will have been, wives, friends (of utd fans).

We have an average gate of 11,500, but take 40,000 to hampden for a cup final.

Ross took double their population to the game on saturday. All clubs are the same

Celtic took 15 million to Seville remember

[7Hero]

spot on callum we are no different to united, its the same all over the world.

[Big Frank]

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Well, if you haven't worked it out already - it's funny how many people turn out to follow DUFC when they're on the telly and have won something yet have meagre attendances every other week. By this time next season, the pews will be empty once more - just like they are the week after Songs of Praise shows your local church remarkably well attended

Same as every club in Scotland bar the uglies.

[seanraff07]

Yep it's the same case with every club.

Every club has their fans that will follow them everywhere.

Every club also has their fans that will turn up to 1 or 2 games a season.

[givescotlandfreedom]

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Same as every club in Scotland bar the uglies.

Their crowds too dwindle when they're not winning, Celtc park's been dead all season and Ibrox is hit on midweek and cup games.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

United are streets ahead of us just now, and highlighting the fact that they do that on not much more than half our average attendance just rubs it in even more.

[The Mook]

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Their crowds too dwindle when they're not winning, Celtc park's been dead all season and Ibrox is hit on midweek and cup games.

yep, will be very interesting to see how their attendances stack up next season.

If neither make any big signings (rules the hunz out as theyre skint) their season ticket sales could start to slide.

some of the attendances at ceptic park and Iprix were terrible, are the glory hunters starting to realise theyre stuck in the SPL despite wanting away and theyre actually not very good?

Added to the fact that a lot of the oirish fans are starting to turn to EPL teams and it doesnt bode too well for the Old Farm.

[Pretty Boy]

It's harking back to the old argument about value for money again.

A cup final is a big day out, most people make a real day of it. Few beers, maybe lunch, buy a flag, new scarf and strip and say £25-£30 for your match ticket. The Scottish Cup final will generally be played on a nice sunny afternoon on a good pitch and there is a huge reward at the end of it. Compare that to a wet Wednesday in Paisley watching your team grind out a 1-0 victory over St Mirren with a long journey home and work the next day. £22 or so for a ticket for that doesn't seem so appealing.

Of course the folk who go to the rubbish midweek games, buy season tickets and make as many away games as possible are more deserving of cup finals and should always be assured tickets first. But really it's not hard to see why a lot of fans decide that when it comes to Scottish football the big days are the ones that are really worth bothering about.

[hibsdaft]

some folk just aren't that interested in football but will turn out to support their local team/ town's team for a big game/ cup final.

i don't see the big deal. would folk rather hampden was half empty on saturday?

also these games tend to bring out lots of tidy women who aren't really into football. i really can't see the problem

[At The Edge]

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some folk just aren't that interested in football but will turn out to support their local team/ town's team for a big game/ cup final.

i don't see the big deal. would folk rather hampden was half empty on saturday?

also these games tend to bring out lots of tidy women who aren't really into football. i really can't see the problem

[blackpoolhibs]

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some folk just aren't that interested in football but will turn out to support their local team/ town's team for a big game/ cup final.

i don't see the big deal. would folk rather hampden was half empty on saturday?

also these games tend to bring out lots of tidy women who aren't really into football. i really can't see the problem

Blackpool have sold 30000 tickets, and will sell out their 37000 for next weeks match at wembley. Their average home crowd is around 8500. Lots of those going dont even support Blackpool, and have never seen blackpool anywhere else than wembley. Its just how it goes for small clubs.

[lyonhibs]

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Well, if you haven't worked it out already - it's funny how many people turn out to follow DUFC when they're on the telly and have won something yet have meagre attendances every other week. By this time next season, the pews will be empty once more - just like they are the week after Songs of Praise shows your local church remarkably well attended

What a load of absolute *****e - Hibs took touching on 40,000 to the CIS Cup Final against Livingston then struggled to get 15,000 home fans the next week against Celtic.

Dundee United and every one of their 25,000 + fans that were there on Saturday deserve it, so gonnae get over yourself!?