“RS, I still think it would be a poor do if County got more on at their place than we do at ours tonight, imho”
As someone else has mentioned. For them the original tie was a big game & a chance for em to grab a top flight scalp
For us tonight its an extra game that most people’s wallets could probably do without in a game most of us expect to win relatively easily with a much changed side being put out
Just as a comparison, when they were a top flight side in 1992 we played them at their place in the 3rd round & there was just under 6,000 on
When we played Coventry in 1991 there were 3k Latics fans in a crowd of 11k which was well down on their average attendance at the time
Its a fact of life that most top flight club’s attendances drop signifcantly when they play lower league sides in cup competitions. Always has done & always will do
