TNCASTLE Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 There was a publication a while ago that nominated our supposed fan base at 300,000 from memory. The statistic also "ranked" us in UK at (maybe) 16th. Does anyone out there have a copy of this publication and can repose it here please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invernessjt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I thought it was 400,000 and I also thought it sounded like a lot of shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeGee Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 It was published by a company called Roy Morgan International, but I can't find the article on their website. This old thread has pasted the whole thing: http://www.hmfckickb...-18-best-in-uk/ Edit: Good job for the Internet Archive, see here: https://web.archive.org/web/20070606132212/http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2006/490/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 .net seem to latch o to that 400k figure as if it was something that Hearts fans personally prookte as gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCASTLE Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 It was published by a company called Roy Morgan International, but I can't find the article on their website. This old thread has pasted the whole thing: http://www.hmfckickb...-18-best-in-uk/ Edit: Good job for the Internet Archive, see here: https://web.archive.org/web/20070606132212/http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2006/490/ Thank you for digging this up. Roy Morgan have the reputation of providing reliable statistics. Although invernessjt has a point. My point is our sponsorship does not reflect our apparent ranking! Clearly we have a fan base worthy of something better as we have many potential "customers" for a much better scenario. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtartan74 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Think we shiould be looking at a 100k all seater stadium then, easy fill that like. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtartan74 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 In all seriousness, fantastic numbers if true, which I don't doubt. FTH HHGH Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Shaton Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Edinburgh, 7th largest city in the uk, is a one club city. Therefore it doesn't surprise me that we have a massive potential support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 If we were winning titles and cups regularly, or at least competing, and we had a big enough stadium, who knows what our attendences would be like. I'm sure Rangers were getting poor attendences in the eighties when they were struggling before Murray turned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf's Mate Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Is it really that surprising when you consider it takes ex-pats into consideration? You only have to look at the numbers who line the streets for the cup wins to appreciate there are a huge number of fans who don't attend matches. I don't include ex-pats in that statement (obviously) but even just within the immediate vicinity of Edinburgh & Lothian's, if people could afford, didn't have other commitments or could be ersed then we'd actually need a bigger stadium! Admittedly the same could be said for most clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford donald Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Fantastic amount of fans,yet only 8000 pledgers for FOH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7628mm Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Fantastic amount of fans,yet only 8000 pledgers for FOH! Time for you to get out there and have a word with all 392,000 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Edinburgh, 7th largest city in the uk, is a one club city. Therefore it doesn't surprise me that we have a massive potential support. I was surprised when you posted this. Had a quick look and we've bigger populations than Liverpool and Manchester! Pretty poor attendances for both ourselves and Hibs to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I was surprised when you posted this. Had a quick look and we've bigger populations than Liverpool and Manchester! Pretty poor attendances for both ourselves and Hibs to be honest. In fairness they have heavier populated hinterlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpos Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Sounds like shit to me, got a fan base of 13000 as far as I can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Sounds like shit to me, got a fan base of 13000 as far as I can see When you consider that 250k greeted us when we won the Scottish Cup in 98, that shows we have a huge support. Man Utd have a lot more than 4 million fans though, they have tens of millions of fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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