by porcupine » Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:31 pm
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ICT has an average attendance of 1000 more than us this year; St J just slightly more than that. No getting away from those figures.
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Well, there IS, actually, and the getting away IS the answer. Both Inverness and Perth are quite 'stand-alone' cities with locals supporting their local teams. Even Killy has a high proportion of local support. All three places are away from competition, though they do have their diehard old-firm supporters, of course, but neither ICT or St J have other SPFL teams right on their doorstep as we do with Well, Sevco, and Cellik, all of which will easily draw away that extra thousand, or more.
Over four decades, I have not seen Accies crowds average much better than a hard core 1200. Sadly,bums on seats does make a difference to the available cash to be spent!