Rugeley Villa Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) On 17 August 2016 at 11:17, LondonLax said: Yes but,you are forgetting to account for the difference in population density of the two areas. The midlands can support a lot of teams because it has a huge population. The northeast has a relatively tiny pool of supporters to draw from. It might be a large area when looking on a map but there are a lot less people up to draw support from there then there is in the midlands. Their support is more impressive than ours but there is no shame in acknowledging it. Population of Newcastle is around 500.000 which supports one club. Population of Birmingham is 1.1m which supports two teams with a third team on the Birmingham border. Or you could say their main catchment area is Tyneside,population around 1m which only has one football club. County of West Midlands has a population of nearly 3m but has six football clubs in that area. They have six clubs in a 60 mile radius and we have about 18 clubs. We are closer to other big clubs so prone to more glory hunters and also immigration in the west mids alone is sky high and that will effect support. Sorry for boring you Edited August 25, 2016 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 The thing with the North east is due to its isolation the football teams take on a lot of identity for Boro, Newcastle and Sunderland. You very rarely get gloryhunters up there...it's just not the acceptable thing. Whereas I've never really felt Brum is a football city...yes you have our hardcore and the hardcore of other clubs and then lapsed fans who turn up when they feel like it or who the opposition is but beyond that plenty of fans who live in this area who support other teams either through moving up here or just gloryhunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Yeah I'd go with that aswel. Football up there does seem more of a priority and I think you do find that the bigger the city the less football takes priority. I think if Newcastle were where we are they would not pull in the crowds they do, and that's not to dismiss the fact that they do pull in great crowds now but for the most part they have always been well supported up in the north east. They have 8.000 kids season tickets that work out at £3 a game and also thousands of adult season tickets that work out at £14 a game. Also match day tickets are 50% cheaper than they were a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Sunderland's tickets are very well priced aswell... I paid 25 quid last season to watch them play Arsenal. The economy in Brum is on a par with North East and yet I'd estimate our tickets in the prem were on average a tenner more than Newcastle and Sunderland in most parts of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 signing Daryl Murphy who is proven goalscorer at this level though not for next season if go up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted August 27, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2016 Winning their 3rd game in a row now. Seem to be buying decent players now too. Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 5 hours ago, Zatman said: signing Daryl Murphy who is proven goalscorer at this level though not for next season if go up Bit old now...33. Didn't score that many last year for Ipswich and at international level.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 They are looking very good now. They managed to shake their bad start. We haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 8/25/2016 at 20:49, Rugeley Villa said: Yeah I'd go with that aswel. Football up there does seem more of a priority and I think you do find that the bigger the city the less football takes priority. I think if Newcastle were where we are they would not pull in the crowds they do, and that's not to dismiss the fact that they do pull in great crowds now but for the most part they have always been well supported up in the north east. They have 8.000 kids season tickets that work out at £3 a game and also thousands of adult season tickets that work out at £14 a game. Also match day tickets are 50% cheaper than they were a few years ago. West Brom are a bigger club than them though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 13 minutes ago, VillaChris said: West Brom are a bigger club than them though. If you was a fish you would be hard to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 29, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 25/08/2016 at 20:49, Rugeley Villa said: They have 8.000 kids season tickets that work out at £3 a game and also thousands of adult season tickets that work out at £14 a game. Also match day tickets are 50% cheaper than they were a few years ago. If they do, then that's brilliant. Well done Newcastle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 minute ago, blandy said: If they do, then that's brilliant. Well done Newcastle. I agree. Our prices are not too bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 signing Atsu and Mcmanaman now which are interesting signings, Atsu will tear up league though dont know how they will take to Mcmanaman since he fell out with Newcastle No.1 son John Carver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 so whats their team like now? will they win the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 3 hours ago, ender4 said: so whats their team like now? will they win the league? yes they will. Rafa was 10 points alone and now they have hit a good patch I expect them stroll home with ease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 they are starting to look very strong now and have massive momentum battering QPR not conceding goals. i know its a long season but they are surely going to stroll it back into the Prem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Yep rafas the difference from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Yep rafas the difference from me Clark is actually, they have been more solid since he came into team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 On 13 September 2016 at 21:42, Zatman said: Clark is actually, they have been more solid since he came into team Let's see how Clark performs when the side hits a rough patch, he is terrible when that is the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 What a result that is. Hard to see beyond them for the title. But then that was always likely to be the case. I fear we are very far away from being a side that could win 6-0 against anyone, never mind away at QPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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