09-11-2015, 12:29
Desperate as the BBC were to promote the magic of the Cup as they have access to its games, our failure to sell 500 tickets tells everyone all they need to know about where the competition is heading.
Take a look at attendances, 900 odd at Dagenham, 2,000 and a dog at Rochdale, not even 3,500 at Millwall. Only Sheffield United topped 10,000. And all those games on Sunday - okay you can see why Whitehawk might get a bigger gate by not clashing with a Brighton home game, but Bristol Rovers? City were away on Saturday, their nearest other league clubs are who, Swindon, Yeovil, both away?
Australia stops for the Melbourne Cup. It isn't run over three or four days - it's just one horse race the whole nation comes together to watch. It doesn't double the impact of Salford beating Notts County or Chesham doing for Bristol Rovers that they did it on Friday or Sunday, it halves it. It's mentioned and very quickly no one cares .... forgotten move on.
Let's go to some second-rate former player for an opinion on Jose Mourinho, and what to do you think to Louis Van Gaal's hairstyle?
As to Notts County, I know they didn't get much supply but Izale McLeod and Stead looked innocuous. Only Aborah was it, the little black midfielder, seemed to have any idea of passing, control and any will to win. I began to wonder if the game were just a scripted third part of the documentary.
Take a look at attendances, 900 odd at Dagenham, 2,000 and a dog at Rochdale, not even 3,500 at Millwall. Only Sheffield United topped 10,000. And all those games on Sunday - okay you can see why Whitehawk might get a bigger gate by not clashing with a Brighton home game, but Bristol Rovers? City were away on Saturday, their nearest other league clubs are who, Swindon, Yeovil, both away?
Australia stops for the Melbourne Cup. It isn't run over three or four days - it's just one horse race the whole nation comes together to watch. It doesn't double the impact of Salford beating Notts County or Chesham doing for Bristol Rovers that they did it on Friday or Sunday, it halves it. It's mentioned and very quickly no one cares .... forgotten move on.
Let's go to some second-rate former player for an opinion on Jose Mourinho, and what to do you think to Louis Van Gaal's hairstyle?
As to Notts County, I know they didn't get much supply but Izale McLeod and Stead looked innocuous. Only Aborah was it, the little black midfielder, seemed to have any idea of passing, control and any will to win. I began to wonder if the game were just a scripted third part of the documentary.