by aldoaccie » Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:51 pm
I went into the vaults post match and it was full of Celtic fans watching their game on the tele. Perhaps they were all shopping in the precinct and got off the train at Hamilton West for a pee en route back home to Glasgow.
The likelihood is, however, that they were locals. Scottish football at its best in that here was a bunch of lads watching “their” team whilst the local fare was a mere 1/4 mile away. Nothing will of course ever change fans supporting a team for religious reasons (not saying that this is the reason why they support who they do, but ask any of them WHY they support who they do and they won’t be able to respond without sounding like bigots).
And this is the major reason why we’ll never have big crowds. Too many locals travelling down the M74.
However. That doesn't disguise the fact that our crowds are falling from the hitherto levels a couple of years ago. Is it poor performances? Apathy? Negativity? Pies are mince?? Who’s to say. Maybe all of the above.
All that us lot can do is still turn up, support the players (or heckle them!) and hope that our club will attract folk who normally would never think about going to NDP. The scumwell can do it, so maybe one day we’ll have the same support.
Up the Accies.
FTW.