- Jul 7, 2003
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Predictably, there's already a thread about Palace fans going to Villa.
Am I the only one who finds all this "we took more than you to xxxxx" or "yeah but we get average gates of xxx" a bit tedious?
Since when was the number of supporters a club has been any measure of their loyalty or greatness? It's not just Palace, I'm sick of hearing how great Newcastle are because they get large gates, or Pompey are because they revel in their crap stadium and ring a bell. I'm fed up of Liverpool fans being described as the greatest in the world because, er...well I don't even know why.
Are (say) Macclesfield Town any less valid a club because hardly anyone goes to watch them? Does it make Scunthorpe a less worthy Championship side because they don't get the same size crowds as Derby? It certainly doesn't mean they have better fans, just more of them, and there's not a lot they can do about that.
Am I the only one who finds all this "we took more than you to xxxxx" or "yeah but we get average gates of xxx" a bit tedious?
Since when was the number of supporters a club has been any measure of their loyalty or greatness? It's not just Palace, I'm sick of hearing how great Newcastle are because they get large gates, or Pompey are because they revel in their crap stadium and ring a bell. I'm fed up of Liverpool fans being described as the greatest in the world because, er...well I don't even know why.
Are (say) Macclesfield Town any less valid a club because hardly anyone goes to watch them? Does it make Scunthorpe a less worthy Championship side because they don't get the same size crowds as Derby? It certainly doesn't mean they have better fans, just more of them, and there's not a lot they can do about that.