Quote ="meast"some of the attendances at the heartland clubs were a bit worrying this weekend,given that the easter fixtures are usually derby games and used to attract massive crowds to them
the cumbrian derby used to pull in double the 1648 it attracted, york v fev only pulled in 945,the south yorks derby only 1253
and as has already been alluded to oldham-rochdale got 664!
never mind the expansion teams,when traditional heartland clubs post figures like that then it's very worrying for the game.'"
Being part-time, having no chance of promotion and the door to the top firmly shut, then of course crowds in the lower leagues are going to be poor. Imagine football crowds in the Championship if fans knew they essentially had not a right lot to play for.
