The Derby, South Stand

Quote: Seventies red "You are correct in your initial obsevation Mrs B, that i did and am accusing your stay away freinds as fair -weather supporters,
If you read my post carefuly , you will hopefuly be capable of realizing that i was replying to one of your fellow supporters comments regarding not turning up to craven park due to its apparent lack of facilities, i.e open stands no cover, or issues with distance from playing area etc etc and would we do the same if the boot was on the other foot?, to which i replied, myself and many other Kr fans have done exactly so on many occasions at the old Boulevard, in all weathers and despite our league position at the time, they were Derby games and nothing else mattered, we were certainly were not put of by the faclities at the Boulevard which incidently from my experiences were far worse than what currently exist at Craven park ,( which part of that didnt you understand Mrs B?) According to slstats, the highest CP derby attendance so far was September 2008, 10,189. FC were next to bottom. The point being that you assume a perfect correlation between FC's expectation of victory and attendance. That's clearly untrue and unfair. You are attempting to create a "fair-weather" story when there's none to be had. The attendance will be high tomorrow for a number of reasons. Rovers are favourites with all the bookmakers as far as I am aware, attracting extra home support. The match is not being televised, which is unusual. That will add to the gate. There is nothing between the clubs in performance, few points between us and both losing our last games. A close game may therefore be expected by some. There may be some people who are more inclined to go when they expect their team to win and less when expecting a loss. Excellent example of this being the missing 2500 Rovers supporters that were AWOL at the DW last week. I think for many FC fans they object to Hudgell's deliberately antagonistic approach to our club and it's supporters and the fact that CP is substandard in terms of facilities is one reason not to go but not the main one.
I won't be there BTW. It's a matter of principle for me.