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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Filo on May 12, 2018, 12:36:52 pm

Title: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Filo on May 12, 2018, 12:36:52 pm
Play off semi final in their small stadium and there are empty seats in the home end!
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Dare to dream! on May 12, 2018, 02:09:10 pm
6,900 scunny fans, terrible
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: mushRTID on May 12, 2018, 02:09:42 pm
Tinpot
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: RoversAlias on May 12, 2018, 02:25:41 pm
Lads there were 2000 empty seats when we played Southend in the play off semis at the Keepmoat.

Glass houses come to mind.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: glosterred on May 12, 2018, 02:30:55 pm
Cracking comment by the MOTM Ryan Williams, a proper Yorkshire derby..... sorry Ryan you seem to be a little geographically challenged Scunny is Lincolnshire or at a push South Humberside


COYR
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: DN8ROVER on May 12, 2018, 02:32:03 pm
6,900 scunny fans, terrible

Less than 5000 Scunny. Attendance 6591 including 1601 from Rotherham.
   
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Superspy on May 12, 2018, 03:03:52 pm
Cracking comment by the MOTM Ryan Williams, a proper Yorkshire derby..... sorry Ryan you seem to be a little geographically challenged Scunny is Lincolnshire or at a push South Humberside


COYR

He also made the comment that he'd have taken "a point" if offered it before the game. Think someone ought to let him know the season has finished.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Filo on May 12, 2018, 04:04:17 pm
Lads there were 2000 empty seats when we played Southend in the play off semis at the Keepmoat.

Glass houses come to mind.
In a far bigger stadium, they should be filling the bus shelters
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: German Rover on May 12, 2018, 04:52:18 pm
Doesn't matter how many are in the stand it's the 11 blokes on the pitch who count.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: big fat yorkshire pudding on May 12, 2018, 04:55:41 pm
Lads there were 2000 empty seats when we played Southend in the play off semis at the Keepmoat.

Glass houses come to mind.
In a far bigger stadium, they should be filling the bus shelters

Not really. It's a very small town thst isn't particularly well off either.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: RedJ on May 12, 2018, 05:11:42 pm
Nowt else to do in Scunny though is there?
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Bezza on May 14, 2018, 05:43:52 pm
very small town, but they made the play offs. despite empty seats, think we are a bit jealous
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: DearneValleyRover on May 14, 2018, 07:54:00 pm
Well Rotherham have banged on about how well supported they are. The return leg they made less tickets available for Scunthorpe however they couldn’t sell them and have given them more
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Padge_DRFC on May 15, 2018, 06:25:55 pm
When it comes to crowds to population of the town we are hands down probably one the worst in the football league
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Bentley Bullet on May 15, 2018, 07:01:23 pm
Scunthorpe's home gates attract a higher percentage of its population that mighty L**ds does.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: colincramb on May 15, 2018, 08:14:13 pm
When it comes to crowds to population of the town we are hands down probably one the worst in the football league

Not really. There’s a misconception about the borough population and the towns actual population. Based on the ‘urban area’ population we are probably higher than most
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Campsall rover on May 16, 2018, 08:23:32 am
When it comes to crowds to population of the town we are hands down probably one the worst in the football league

Not really. There’s a misconception about the borough population and the towns actual population. Based on the ‘urban area’ population we are probably higher than most
You can use population figures to suit an argument. The fact is Doncaster MBC population is 303.000
The urban area is less than 1/3 of that figure.
As far as I am concerned outlying areas to the North, East, South & West such as  Askern, Thorne, Bawtry & Conisborough etc etc etc are all part of Doncaster.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: idler on May 16, 2018, 09:58:56 am
What about Campsall?😉
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Michael Shaw on May 16, 2018, 10:04:35 am
Not enough people live in Campsall to matter. Even Wikipedia doesn't list any number.    LOL
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: RedJ on May 16, 2018, 10:48:39 am
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: BloodyRubbishIron on May 16, 2018, 11:31:39 am
Tinpot? I'm sure the kids of abroad are always arguing in the streets over the prospects of the clubs they support, be it Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid or Donny Rovers. Face it, we're all tinpot according to many of the fans of the big clubs. I've never got this talk over how many fans come up to watch. It's only shared experience; footy would be boring if based on attendances.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Campsall rover on May 16, 2018, 11:50:09 am
What about Campsall?😉
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Included in the Askern region.
Population of Campsall must be over 2,000 now.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Pancho Regan on May 16, 2018, 01:02:50 pm
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:

I haven't lived in Donny for the past 40-odd years but I have fond memories of the Old Bells at Campsall during my courting days as a teenager.
Is the pub still going I wonder?
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: idler on May 16, 2018, 04:51:38 pm
The Old Bell an the Annie's Arms at Sutton were both nice pubs back in the day.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Bentley Bullet on May 16, 2018, 05:01:52 pm
What about Campsall?😉

Campsall, like Askern, lives in the shadow of Bentley.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Pancho Regan on May 16, 2018, 05:07:54 pm
The Old Bell an the Annie's Arms at Sutton were both nice pubs back in the day.

Absolutely right Idler, Anne's Arms was my other favourite.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: DRFC-Hanksie on May 17, 2018, 12:17:14 pm
Scunny's attendances are never amazing anyway.

In some midweek games they don't even get into the 4,000s.

Thankfully though, attendances don't mean that much in relation to what happens on the pitch. If they did, Leeds United wouldn't have spent the last 14 seasons outside the Premier League.

And here's you boosting Rotherhams.

Photo of you on Facebook doing the rounds at the moment in the home end at Rotherham last night.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: johnny rovers on May 17, 2018, 12:27:41 pm
When it comes to crowds to population of the town we are hands down probably one the worst in the football league

Not really. There’s a misconception about the borough population and the towns actual population. Based on the ‘urban area’ population we are probably higher than most

The urban area doesn't include Bentley and that certainly is in Doncaster
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: johnny rovers on May 17, 2018, 12:30:27 pm
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:

Give me strength!! How people know so little about there home town is embarrassing
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: ravenrover on May 17, 2018, 12:33:46 pm
What about Campsall?😉

Campsall, like Askern, lives in the shadow of Bentley.
Which lives in the shadow of Arksey 😊 or De Mulders....... is it still on the go guarantee I would end up behind one of there lorries going in with a full load, juice dripping out the back - lovely!
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: ravenrover on May 17, 2018, 12:34:58 pm
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:
Didn't Graham Rix come from  Campsall?
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: selby on May 17, 2018, 12:37:56 pm
  The  Belles at Campsall has been shut for quite some time, Anne's Arms at Sutton is still doing well and does good food if anyone is interested.
  B.B. I have always felt for people from Bentley, having the cross to bear of living near the prettiest little village in England that is Askern.
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: RedJ on May 17, 2018, 01:38:27 pm
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:

Give me strength!! How people know so little about there home town is embarrassing

Well I'm from the opposite side of town and Campsall is quite a way away from the town itself so... probably being a bit dramatic aren't you?
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: stuey on May 17, 2018, 08:33:06 pm
  The  Belles at Campsall has been shut for quite some time, Anne's Arms at Sutton is still doing well and does good food if anyone is interested.
  B.B. I have always felt for people from Bentley, having the cross to bear of living near the prettiest little village in England that is Askern.

Is there another Askern I haven't seen? As "pretty"and "Askern" shouldn't be in the same sentence
Title: Re: Crowd at Scunthorpe
Post by: Chris Black come back on May 17, 2018, 11:28:27 pm
Genuinely didn't even know the place existed until Campsall rover started posting and even then I had no idea it was near or a part of Doncaster... :laugh:

Never been there in my entire life. Would honestly struggle to put it at right end of Donny.