It was easier* to win the European cup back then (not taking anything away from Forest's achievement, but there would have only been 4 or 5 top clubs in the competition, now there are probably 20 odd top teams in it.)
Leicester winning the prem and FA Cup, while Forest were nowhere for 20+ years may have helped
Yeah, agreed.
Man United have only ever had two good managers really…
They are increasing capacity to 40k
isnt it that one half of hthe city-ie one side of the river trent-is notts county-the other side notss forest-but both within the city boundaries?
I have indeed . Well supported club home and away , strong core fan base but their crowds now go against the norm for them. I still see them as a bit of a cult club . Growing up I never viewed West Ham as that big a club .
Notts county were the biggest club of the city for a bit . Forest were the working class club.
I hope you are speaking for yourself on that mate, Sunderland should be fighting for the Europa League when all is said and done, and that until the pots of cash arrive, is Sunderland's limit, along with winning a trophy in the next 25 years, and winning the championship title within the next 3 years, that, of course, would be our 6th time having won it 5 times previously.
thw est ham crpwds are bigger now because they have a stadium big enough to hold that many people..if they had a stadium that bg a decade ago or two decades ago they would have also got these crowds..its why attendance at games is a simplistic metric..more relevant is, are they selling all the seast they have regualrly...
Exactly; WHU never got particularly big crowds in the twentieth century before grounds, like Roker Park, had their capacities slashed. They might well have attracted bigger attendances from the 1990's on if they'd had a bigger stadium. The crowds they're getting now are strikingly big; it's the old "build it and they'll come" effect: or in their case "get the taxpayer to build it and we'll reap the benefits".
