Onthefence Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I know its probably a bit of an old and faded topic but how many fans do City actually have in comparison to Rovers? We have taken thousands upto Wembley in the past and I have been at the gate in years gone by when over 35,000 were crammed in. Im sure the Gasheads will argue otherwise but I reckon City must have twice the support of the Rovers. Any thoughts? Seems City have a few more loyal fans than Rovers if you take a look at www.fansareunited.co.uk anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 shall we do a head count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gow Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Dont know dont care, we took 40k to wembley so did they. We play in a better ground, always have done We play in a higher league and have done more so in over a hundred years We have a much better chairman We have more money all be it S L money They for the most part have produced much better kids than us, and sold em for huge profits We have tended to buy our stars, but many have been flops and a waste of money Sure we have more fans than them but i would still love City if they had double our fans, and im from Gashead land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Dont know dont care, we took 40k to wembley so did they. We play in a better ground, always have done We play in a higher league and have done more so in over a hundred years We have a much better chairman We have more money all be it S L money They for the most part have produced much better kids than us, and sold em for huge profits We have tended to buy our stars, but many have been flops and a waste of money Sure we have more fans than them but i would still love City if they had double our fans, and im from Gashead land I must say, some of the talent they have sold on and claimed to have "developed" was bought in, in the first place ie. Jason Roberts, Barry Hayles, Jamie Cureton, I'm sure there are a few others. Generally though, I would accept that they have produced a few more than us, but that's because they can't really afford to do anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gow Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I must say, some of the talent they have sold on and claimed to have "developed" was bought in, in the first place ie. Jason Roberts, Barry Hayles, Jamie Cureton, I'm sure there are a few others. Generally though, I would accept that they have produced a few more than us, but that's because they can't really afford to do anything else. Holloway penrice Nigel martin, ellington, the chelsea kid whats his name?, im sure iv missed a fair few out, but yes your correct its a case they needed a good nursery to survive, a bit like Crewe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Holloway penrice Nigel martin, ellington, the chelsea kid whats his name?, im sure iv missed a fair few out, but yes your correct its a case they needed a good nursery to survive, a bit like Crewe Not that I disagree in the main but Penrice and Ellington were brought in as well, not Rovers youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Holloway penrice Nigel martin, ellington, the chelsea kid whats his name?, im sure iv missed a fair few out, but yes your correct its a case they needed a good nursery to survive, a bit like Crewe Wasn't Nigel Martin also bought from a Cornish club also? He was similar to the way we bought Steve Phillips - we and they didn't exactly develop them from youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Not that I disagree in the main but Penrice and Ellington were brought in as well, not Rovers youth. ...not to mention Junior A-no-no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartolona Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I know its probably a bit of an old and faded topic but how many fans do City actually have in comparison to Rovers? Our average attendance is double theirs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 We've had bigger attendances over the entire lifetime of the two clubs - Fact! We've played in the top division, they haven't - Fact! Our average league position over them is lot higher - Fact! We've won more trophies than them - Fact! Our ground has always been better than theirs - Fact! (Not quite sure how I substantiate that??!) We've appeared in more finals than them - Fact! We've won at the old Wembley - Fact! We've won at the Millenium Stadium - Fact! We've never left Bristol like they became Bath Rovers - Fact! We've never stolen a ground off anybody else, unlike them - Fact! They're so thick, they adopt an insult as a nickname - Fact! All their female fans have mustaches! - Fact! I'm too tired to carry on - Fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 We've had bigger attendances over the entire lifetime of the two clubs - Fact! We've played in the top division, they haven't - Fact! Our average league position over them is lot higher - Fact! We've won more trophies than them - Fact! Our ground has always been better than theirs - Fact! (Not quite sure how I substantiate that??!) We've appeared in more finals than them - Fact! We've won at the old Wembley - Fact! We've won at the Millenium Stadium - Fact! We've never left Bristol like they became Bath Rovers - Fact! We've never stolen a ground off anybody else, unlike them - Fact! They're so thick, they adopt an insult as a nickname - Fact! All their female fans have mustaches! - Fact! I'm too tired to carry on - Fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMMAT OUTTA NOWT Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 To add to that here is a picture of your average Gashead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craven arms Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think rovers fans have been more loyal that city fans over the years.I've seen it where city have a gate of 15.000 thousand lose three matches and it's goes down to 12.000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalonred Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think rovers fans have been more loyal that city fans over the years. ...... where city have a gate of 15.000 thousand lose three matches and it's goes down to 12.000 That's just dream numbers to the sags..... and it happens at ALL clubs (outside of the Prem, sometimes to them too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsKev Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think rovers fans have been more loyal that city fans over the years.I've seen it where city have a gate of 15.000 thousand lose three matches and it's goes down to 12.000 When did we last have a gate in the 12000's? I'm struggling to think of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpin Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 When did we last have a gate in the 12000's? I'm struggling to think of one. In the league it was S****horpe at home in 07/08 just after we got promoted and Trundle scored twice - 12,474. Barnsley was close season just gone - 13,009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craven arms Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Question answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsKev Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Question answered Not really, you are making out that it is a common theme at Ashton Gate. The reality is that City have twice as many season ticket holders as Rovers have average gates. Hard to see where you get the thought that Rovers have more loyal fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendloyal Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think rovers fans have been more loyal that city fans over the years.I've seen it where city have a gate of 15.000 thousand lose three matches and it's goes down to 12.000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premiership or Bust Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 When did we last have a gate in the 12000's? I'm struggling to think of one. Carlisle in the carling cup this season was 6359, so even worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craven arms Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Look i'm city through and through I can't help that. It's just when things get really bad down the gate.the amount of fans that stay away is Incredible.With the gas their attendance stays pretty consistent.when you think about the shit there served up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartolona Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 When did we last have a gate in the 12000's? I'm struggling to think of one. When did the bitter blues last have a gate in the 12000's? I'm struggling to think of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Look i'm city through and through I can't help that. It's just when things get really bad down the gate.the amount of fans that stay away is Incredible.With the gas their attendance stays pretty consistent.when you think about the shit there served up City have a hardcore support of approx. 6000-7000, however over the last few years we've attracted a few thounsand more to make the average a lot higher. If the sh1t hit the fan, our attendances would drop to our core fan base, but that wouldn't make our fans any less loyal than the Gash fans - we'd just lose the floating fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefence Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think its safe to say that we have more fans than Rovers - I do miss the Derby matches though. The atmosphere of a City Rovers match is unrivalled - at least from a Bristolians point of view. Two matches that spring to mind are the game at Aston Gate in the early 90s when City hadn't been able to buy a win against rovers for what seemed like years. It was 0-0 and Rovers won a penalty (late in the second half I think), which Ian Holloway then duly missed and Louis Donowa sprinted up the other end to score the only goal - The crowd went absolutely bonkers - like a pressure cooker exploding. Then the match at Twerton Park when we both had virtually secured promotion in the second division and were fighting for the title. Memorable for the fact that me and a mate were stood in the Rovers end - on reflection it was a good thing City lost that night , but it could have been different if Mark Gavin had scored early in the first half instead of missing a sitter. Im City through and through but id love to see Rovers in the Championship with us - if only for those Derby matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think its safe to say that we have more fans than Rovers - I do miss the Derby matches though. The atmosphere of a City Rovers match is unrivalled - at least from a Bristolians point of view. Two matches that spring to mind are the game at Aston Gate in the early 90s when City hadn't been able to buy a win against rovers for what seemed like years. It was 0-0 and Rovers won a penalty (late in the second half I think), which Ian Holloway then duly missed and Louis Donowa sprinted up the other end to score the only goal - The crowd went absolutely bonkers - like a pressure cooker exploding. Then the match at Twerton Park when we both had virtually secured promotion in the second division and were fighting for the title. Memorable for the fact that me and a mate were stood in the Rovers end - on reflection it was a good thing City lost that night , but it could have been different if Mark Gavin had scored early in the first half instead of missing a sitter. Im City through and through but id love to see Rovers in the Championship with us - if only for those Derby matches. When considering Derby matches, I always think of playing Rovers in the same light as England playing Germany. There's the desire to beat the opposition by any means. There's the fear that should the opposition win, you're in for an embarassing and devastating time ahead. There's the excitement that only these sorts of matches bring (due to the intense rivalry) I don't mind not playing Rovers as such, as I hate them with a passion. But even I must conceed that a derby match is an awesome experience. Whilst the most recent ones in the Paint cup were a magnificent let down, I feel sure that should City and Rovers ever play eachother again with the current management and playing staff we would be in for a much more lively affair than the negativity we saw last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I think rovers fans have been more loyal that city fans over the years.I've seen it where city have a gate of 15.000 thousand lose three matches and it's goes down to 12.000 can't see how anyone can say the Gash are more loyal when they average at least 1/2 our gates - surely that makes us twice as loyal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc BGC Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 'Holloway penrice Nigel martin, ellington, the chelsea kid whats his name?, im sure iv missed a fair few out, but yes your correct its a case they needed a good nursery to survive, a bit like Crewe' the Chelsea player is Scott Sinclair but he plays for Wigan now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 can't see how anyone can say the Gash are more loyal when they average at least 1/2 our gates - surely that makes us twice as loyal! Depends on what league you are in. We used to average about 11k ish? in League One and I think the lowest we had was about 9k. The average for Rovers is about 6k in League 1 so you could say our support is about 5k better on average at that level. Obviously it would be pretty hard to put an absolute figure on it but we clearly have a fair few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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