Sir Nigel of Eagleshire
New member
Maybe there were a lot of burnley there that day?
A slightly less impressive display of their fickleness is the rise and fall of their crowds the last time they made the premier league.
2004(championship): 17,344
2005(prem): 24,103
2006 (championship): 19,457
2007(mid table champ): 17,541
So a gain of 7,000 fans after promotion, 5,000 of whom promptly disappear once they get relegated, the remaining 2,000 holding out for another 12 months before deserting. That's not to mention their massive average so far this season of 13,424. And all this on the back of their glorious 35 consecutive years as a top two division club. How low will the attendances go if they have to suffer the ignominy of lower league football?
And we are obsessed ?
Did you get the big book of Palace facts for christmas ?