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Originally Posted by Outback Ozzy
Yess Wynonie, I can name 2, the managers of the old Wimbledon FC who only got 3500 in the premier league and the manager of Wigan athletic when they first came into the league and look where they are now.
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Got to admit, Oggy, I don't have the stats to hand, so I'll have to take your word for it. 3,500 seems a bit low for an average gate, since Plough Lane could hold at least twice that and all the big London clubs must have attracted full houses. I take your point, though, that their gates were way below other premier league clubs...but eventually gravity asserted itself, with disastrous results.
As for Wigan, did they really only get average gates of 1,600 per season when they came into the old 4th division? Again, seems a bit low...however, Wigan had two things that we don't, a catchment area of around four times the size of ours and a rich backer!