BoroMart
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I really struggle with this idea about how well they would do in our league over time. I mean they would have a completely different history, if dominated by other teams like Man Utd, they may never have built up any significant fanbase. These 45-55K crowds are a relatively new thing. It's only the last 30 years that they either club have had crowds comparable to the biggest clubs in England, and to be honest if they were watching prem football their myopic world of rangers vs celtic would disappear and the city would have loads of Utd, Liverpool and City fans. Like every other prem city. I would doubt 50k people would turn up every week to see them beaten and battered regularly. The crowds are there because they win every week
Anyway I've had a browse at the relative historical attendances to put them into perspective (feel free to check yourself if you like, sources below), here is a mixed scottish-english all time attendance table:
1 - Manchester United – 40,360
2 - Liverpool – 34,763
3 - Arsenal – 34,701
4 - Tottenham – 34,101
5 - Newcastle – 32,757
6 - Chelsea – 32,473
7 - Everton – 31,738
8 - Man City – 30,394
9 - Aston Villa – 28,594
10 - RANGERS - 26,978
11 - Sunderland – 25,811
12 - West Ham – 25,786
13 - Leeds – 25,768
14 - CELTIC - 24,574
15 - Sheffield Wednesday – 21,402
16 - Wolves – 20,731
17 - Birmingham – 20,094
18 - Middlesbrough – 19,780
19 - Leicester – 19,486
20 - West Brom – 19,430
So there you go Rangers similar to Villa or Sunderland. Celtic similar to Leeds or Sheff Wed. They are as likely to find themselves in the third division as mid table in the prem on current evidence.
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Anyway I've had a browse at the relative historical attendances to put them into perspective (feel free to check yourself if you like, sources below), here is a mixed scottish-english all time attendance table:
1 - Manchester United – 40,360
2 - Liverpool – 34,763
3 - Arsenal – 34,701
4 - Tottenham – 34,101
5 - Newcastle – 32,757
6 - Chelsea – 32,473
7 - Everton – 31,738
8 - Man City – 30,394
9 - Aston Villa – 28,594
10 - RANGERS - 26,978
11 - Sunderland – 25,811
12 - West Ham – 25,786
13 - Leeds – 25,768
14 - CELTIC - 24,574
15 - Sheffield Wednesday – 21,402
16 - Wolves – 20,731
17 - Birmingham – 20,094
18 - Middlesbrough – 19,780
19 - Leicester – 19,486
20 - West Brom – 19,430
So there you go Rangers similar to Villa or Sunderland. Celtic similar to Leeds or Sheff Wed. They are as likely to find themselves in the third division as mid table in the prem on current evidence.
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