Average attendances were actually lower in the First Division than in the previous three (promotion-chasing) seasons. The fact is that a winning team will inevitably attract more support than a struggling team in a higher division.
I used to get birds hitting the front window of my through lounge. They could see the countryside through the rear picture window and must have thought it was an open tunnel! I solved the problem by keeping the Venetian blind down. I'm surprised your glass shattered - mine was never damaged.
I have recently been living with at least two mice in my kitchen. I'm going to have to shell out £3.99 for a humane mousetrap, which claims it can catch up to four at a time. But I have discovered that you can buy mice paper - that's fly paper for mice! It's in our local pound shop (4 sheets)...
Genesis, the cornerstone of Judaism and Christianity, has been disproved by science. The dwindling population of active Christians still cling to those beliefs which can't be proved either way.
Burnden Park was not in the town centre - I well remember running the distance between those two points! When I arrived the turnstiles were shut but a steward let me in on payment of the full admission price. When I asked for a receipt he said he didn't have any; I'm sure that cash ended up in...
I'm sure it's Hull, Yorkshire.
But seriously, these are just three of many clubs who have moved to more out-of-town sites, the trend being started by S****horpe Utd in the mid 80s.
They are ridiculous, there again I didn't make them. The difference between the amount the club acheived for the freehold and the amount the finished development was eventually sold for was about £14m, made up of demolition and redevelopment costs plus profit. Nobody disputes that the value of...