ATTENDANCES 60 YEARS ON........

[hoolahoop]

Interestingly I have checked the home crowds from the 50/51 season.

West Ham.......22,804
Southampton....23,444
Blackburn Rov..23,973
Man City.......32,937
Cardiff City...26,356
Grimsby Town...23,197
Chesterfield...21,696
Bury...........20,399
Leeds Utd......16,745
Barnsley.......28,995
Hull City......30,604
Notts. Co......26,045
Swansea........21,878
Brentford......20,733
Leics City.....22,403
Coventry.......18,464
Luton Town.....22,613
Birmingham C...16,091
Q.P.R..........16,344
P.N.E..........29,327
Sheff Utd......14,577

My conclusion , is that it is possible slowly but surely to increase our attendances. Incidentally we finished in 11th. position and two of our lowest crowds were against both Leeds and Sheff Utd.  

Other clubs who have made the leap into the 1st. and 2nd. tiers of the League and maintained that position have been able to substantially increase their crowds in recent times. Wigan is a prime example.

479,625 folk attended a season when we finished mid-table , giving an average of a massive..........22,839 !!

Did anybody on here have the fortune to see our team in this particular season ?

[mushRTID]

Look at Leeds ha ha.

Tinpot.

[hoolahoop]

mushRTID wrote:

Look at Leeds ha ha.

Tinpot.

True , I think they brought a couple of dozen and it appears that folk around here weren't interested one bit in seeing them either. So things do change and so they will for us attendance wise given a fair wind and clever marketing of the club.

[RedJ]

hoolahoop wrote:

mushRTID wrote:

Look at Leeds ha ha.

Tinpot.

True , I think they brought a couple of dozen and it appears that folk around here weren't interested one bit in seeing them either. So things do change and so they will for us attendance wise given a fair wind and clever marketing of the club.

next joke?

[Snods Shinpad 2]

Rovers average attendances 1947-2010 ...Click on Doncaster Rovers on the menu.

Does anyone have any attendance figures older than this, just out of interest?

[hoolahoop]

Yep which year do you want ?

[Snods Shinpad 2]

hoolahoop wrote:

Yep which year do you want ?

All of 'em.  

If you've got a link I wouldn't mind seeing them. What's the earliest year you have info for? Is 50/51 the clubs highest average?

[hoolahoop]

RedJ wrote:

hoolahoop wrote:

mushRTID wrote:

Look at Leeds ha ha.

Tinpot.

True , I think they brought a couple of dozen and it appears that folk around here weren't interested one bit in seeing them either. So things do change and so they will for us attendance wise given a fair wind and clever marketing of the club.

next joke?

  Scum finished 5th. with a total crowd c.541,000 ave. 25,761 approx

[hoolahoop]

47/48 season Rovers averaged 22,335 despite being relegated that season finishing 21/22. !!

[RedJ]

hoolahoop wrote:

RedJ wrote:

hoolahoop wrote:

mushRTID wrote:

Look at Leeds ha ha.

Tinpot.

True , I think they brought a couple of dozen and it appears that folk around here weren't interested one bit in seeing them either. So things do change and so they will for us attendance wise given a fair wind and clever marketing of the club.

next joke?

  Scum finished 5th. with a total crowd c.541,000 ave. 25,761 approx

I like that one ;-)

[Viking Don]

TBF players only got paid in after match beers in them days dint they? It's a totally different game nowadays, almost unrecognisable. Sure I only used to pay about a tanner to get in 35 years ago.

[Snods Shinpad 2]

hoolahoop wrote:

47/48 season Rovers averaged 22,335 despite being relegated that season finishing 21/22. !!

Ta.

22k in a relegation season?  

[hoolahoop]

Snods Shinpad 2 wrote:

hoolahoop wrote:

Yep which year do you want ?

All of 'em.  

If you've got a link I wouldn't mind seeing them. What's the earliest year you have info for? Is 50/51 the clubs highest average?

I haven't got a link, it's from the complete history by Tony Bluff. Prior to 25/26 season they are incomplete and usually when listed to the nearest '000 perhaps that was all that was required for IR purposes.
You need to buy the book.......it's worth it.  

[irishcontingent]

What needs bearing in mind is that in 1951 ( ish) there was little in way of entertainment other than Cinema / Theater / live sport, TV was very much in its infancy.

Football then was exciting, not a chess like game, wingers were just that, and tried to beat their opponent, Centre forwards were allowed to \"Barge\" into keeper, none of this 2 yellows and you're out, it was either ok or a sending off.

Today a ticket is about 8% of take home pay,( though that depends on how well / poorly paid an individual is ) when i first had a job, entrance fee was approx 3.5% of Take home pay.

[River Don]

irishcontingent wrote:

What needs bearing in mind is that in 1951 ( ish) there was little in way of entertainment other than Cinema / Theater / live sport, TV was very much in its infancy.

Football then was exciting, not a chess like game, wingers were just that, and tried to beat their opponent, Centre forwards were allowed to \"Barge\" into keeper, none of this 2 yellows and you're out, it was either ok or a sending off.

Today a ticket is about 8% of take home pay,( though that depends on how well / poorly paid an individual is ) when i first had a job, entrance fee was approx 3.5% of Take home pay.

Yes society has changed but it's interesting to see how low the attendance at Leeds and Sheffield United was. I suppose Leeds might have been much more of a Rugby league town then but still, it's surprising.

[irishcontingent]

Ah, stupid Irishcontingent, i read the original post as those matches being DRFC home attendance figures for the season , which may have meant Leeds and SU were in mid winter and / or very wet days, thus leading to \"Low\" attendance figures.

Now i understand those figures are each teams average attendance at their ground throughout the season.

* NB I must take greater care when reading posts*.

[Joy Division Oven Gloves]

Interesting list of Rovers attendances. What is noticeable to me is that we dropped from 22,800 average in 1951 to 6,600 in 1959, and never really recovered. This was after 2 relegations, but bar the odd blip we've been in the 2k-6k bracket since then. So it looks more realistically as if we've missed a few generations of fans, not just the 90's lot. Puts our recent 10k+ in a better light.

[hoolahoop]

irishcontingent wrote:

Ah, stupid Irishcontingent, i read the original post as those matches being DRFC home attendance figures for the season , which may have meant Leeds and SU were in mid winter and / or very wet days, thus leading to \"Low\" attendance figures.

Now i understand those figures are each teams average attendance at their ground throughout the season.

* NB I must take greater care when reading posts*.

Irish, they were OUR attendances at Belle Vue not averages for the Division.  

[graingrover]

the 1951 kit was great too. It would be the very best away kit for us even today!

[Wokingviking]

Joy Division Oven Gloves wrote:

Interesting list of Rovers attendances. What is noticeable to me is that we dropped from 22,800 average in 1951 to 6,600 in 1959, and never really recovered. This was after 2 relegations, but bar the odd blip we've been in the 2k-6k bracket since then. So it looks more realistically as if we've missed a few generations of fans, not just the 90's lot. Puts our recent 10k+ in a better light.

Spot-on JDOG (although I'd thought we'd hit higher averages than 6k in the title-winning years of the 60's).  When I was at junior school in '74 time there was only me and about four other kids went to Rovers, most other kids denied their parentage and wore Leeds shirts (or white t-shirts - nobody could afford the real thing at our school).

[DaveOfDonny]

graingrover wrote:

the 1951 kit was great too. It would be the very best away kit for us even today!

And the worst kit was from 92-94, just aweful!

[NathanDRFC]

graingrover wrote:

the 1951 kit was great too. It would be the very best away kit for us even today!

[hoolahoop]

NathanDRFC wrote:

graingrover wrote:

the 1951 kit was great too. It would be the very best away kit for us even today!

Take it you didn't have the words to describe just how bad it was Nath.  

[hoolahoop]

Rovers have played 115 clubs in domestic League in their history and only failed ever to beat 3 of them, can you name them ?

[irishcontingent]

Chelsea are 1.

[hoolahoop]

We're not listed as ever playing Chelsea Irish, however yoo might well be right. Refer you back to the question (since amended).

Apologies 57/58 FA Cup , 60/61 League Cup........both defeats.  
Still looking for the 3 teams we have played and not beaten in the LEAGUE though?

[irishcontingent]

Saturday 4th Jan 1958 . FA Cup . 3rd round.

http://www.collectsoccer.com/acatalog/Doncaster_Rovers.html

Scroll down about 5 programmes.

[hoolahoop]

See amended question , I had phrased it incorrectly by incl. Cup matches, however the search for answers is still on.
Well done on Chelski though.

[Dizzy_Burton]

Man Utd - two goalless draws in the 35/36 season!

[The Red Baron]

Off the top of my head, Wycombe Wanderers are one. Played 2 lost 2.

Blackburn might be another - a bogey side back in the 50s.

I've got a feeling we beat Man United in their Newton Heath days (1901-02-ish). Does that count?