Be careful what you wish for

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I know it's not the fans failure Z93. My point is it's the 'regime's' failure

Sorry I misunderstood, fully agree.

Come on guys I here this all the time down in Swampea, Swansea are bigger than Notts Forest, Swansea are bigger than Shef Weds etc  No they are flipping not, not now not ever.  The league positions are a  blip, maybe a decade long one but we are talking over a century.

Same with Town and Scunthorpe and Lincoln NOT NOW NOT EVER.

😊 UTM (it's a blip)

Quoted from Marinerz93

It's not the fans failure, our fans have backed the club when we were up against it, Lincoln and Scunny have never done that, their gates in dark times proved that.

Funny how fickle, or unpredictable fans are, as when we were at our lowest ebb the fans, relatively speaking kepy coming. Hoever, turn the clock back to some of our Championship days and crowds would dip below 5000 quite regularly, always a mystery to me given the numbers we had attending in the successful McMenemy and George Kerr eras when five figure crowds were pretty much the norm.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Funny how fickle, or unpredictable fans are, as when we were at our lowest ebb the fans, relatively speaking kepy coming. Hoever, turn the clock back to some of our Championship days and crowds would dip below 5000 quite regularly, always a mystery to me given the numbers we had attending in the successful McMenemy and George Kerr eras when five figure crowds were pretty much the norm.

That was weird. Especially as under the same manager and playing style a few years before, we would often get 5000 in the 4th division.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Funny how fickle, or unpredictable fans are, as when we were at our lowest ebb the fans, relatively speaking kepy coming. Hoever, turn the clock back to some of our Championship days and crowds would dip below 5000 quite regularly, always a mystery to me given the numbers we had attending in the successful McMenemy and George Kerr eras when five figure crowds were pretty much the norm.

During the late 80's we had a good run in the Championship but we struggled season after season, that coupled with fishing quotas being cut, the area suffered high unemployment also due to the trouble the away support was always small and BP not the most enticing place to be. alot of clubs suffered in the same way, it's just now football is more of a draw for people.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Funny how fickle, or unpredictable fans are, as when we were at our lowest ebb the fans, relatively speaking kepy coming. Hoever, turn the clock back to some of our Championship days and crowds would dip below 5000 quite regularly, always a mystery to me given the numbers we had attending in the successful McMenemy and George Kerr eras when five figure crowds were pretty much the norm.

Some good perspective there Lincoln, worth noting "back in the day" we used to host the likes of Lincoln, Scunny, Seff U, Sheff W, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Bradford etc.. etc.. which certainly in the Newman/Kerr/Booth days used to ramp up attendances, also it was still relatively cheap to go to a game and you could stand up.  

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Come on guys I here this all the time down in Swampea, Swansea are bigger than Notts Forest, Swansea are bigger than Shef Weds etc  No they are flipping not, not now not ever.  The league positions are a  blip, maybe a decade long one but we are talking over a century.

Same with Town and Scunthorpe and Lincoln NOT NOW NOT EVER.

😊 UTM (it's a blip)

I suspect Lincoln and Scunthorpe have always thought they where bigger than us.  

Quoted from Marinerz93

During the late 80's we had a good run in the Championship but we struggled season after season, that coupled with fishing quotas being cut, the area suffered high unemployment also due to the trouble the away support was always small and BP not the most enticing place to be. alot of clubs suffered in the same way, it's just now football is more of a draw for people.

I think Lincoln's referring to the spell in the 90s under Buckley. I think in the 80s we got a good average of around 7000 (remember us getting similar crowds to Chelsea in the early 80s when they were down to around 7500.)

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I think Lincoln's referring to the spell in the 90s under Buckley. I think in the 80s we got a good average of around 7000 (remember us getting similar crowds to Chelsea in the early 80s when they were down to around 7500.)

Fair point, employment in and around GY in the 90's was pretty bad, I would say much worse than the 80's.