budegull1954 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 11:47
As always, it's absolutely laughable that Boring Wood have aspirations to be a Football League club - very few people are interested in football there, the club has no history and cannot produce a decent crowd. Even Forest Green Rovers in tiny Nailsworth were able to muster a reasonable crowd when they were in the 'Conference'. So sad that well-supported clubs like ourselves, Stockport, York and Chester have to languish in the 6th tiers (temporarily one hopes!).
Really ? You base you argument on the fact that because we & the other ex league clubs deserve to be in the football league is because we can attract bigger crowds than the likes of Boreham wood ?
If you take a look at our so called big crowds whilst in the football league, you'll find we're one of the worst supported ( numbers wise )
If you look at our average attendance in the last 40 odd years as a football league / non league club (1973-2014) :-
Year. Ave Att. Pos out of 92.
1973 3235. 80/92. 1991. 2987. 78/92. 2009. 2243. Conference
1974 3312 76/92. 1992. 2734. 85/92. 2010. 2856. 85/92
1975 2788 81/92. 1993. 2695. 85/92. 2011. 2631. 87/92
1976 2481 85/92. 1994. 3437. 74/92. 2012. 2869. 84/92
1977 2927 83/92. 1995. 2973. 80/92. 2013. 2709. 86/92
1978 2859 85/92. 1996. 2438. 84/92. 2014. 2642. 88/92
1979 2662 86/92. 1997. 2289. 86/92. 2015. 1949. National league Premier
1980 3174 82/92. 1998. 2679. 83/92. 2016. 1803. --------- " " ---------
1981 2050 90/92. 1999. 2600. 87/92 2017. 1888 --------- " " ---------
1982 2248 85/92. 2000. 2555. 90/92. 2018. 1731. --------- " " ---------
1983 2336 81/92. 2001. 2556. 89/92
1984 1992 87/92. 2002. 2563. 90/92
1985 1386 91/92. 2003. 3132. 87/92
1986 1240 92/92. 2004. 3460. 87/92
1987 1777 90/92. 2005. 3511. 85/92
1988 3005 74/92. 2006. 2851. 87/92
1989 2547 86/92. 2007. 2633. 86/92
1990 2134 89/92. 2008. 3125. Conference
We are consistently in the bottom 10 of attendance figures & since 1973 our attendances have virtually shrunk by half , Stockport, York, Hereford, Wrexham, Orient, Hartlepool, Chesterfield etc could all have the same argument they should have more rights than Boreham wood & us .
It is sad we're where we've ended up but size has nothing to do with it. It's how you run your club that matters & all of the 'ex league clubs' now in the National league system have had issues that's why we're here with them, not because the size of our crowds.