I've never claimed we're a massive club, just your support is wank, which it is. We have just as many if not more people willing and able to go to watch Newcastle than you do, you can't sell out midweek as your support is 40% local, 60% glory hunter. When you were struggling to 35,000 under Houllier and below us in the league we had 52,000 every week and 20,000 and a waiting list, now we're down to a hardcore of 48,000 watching dismal shite. If this was you you wouldn't get 25,000 and you know it. If you include glory hunting wanks sitting watching their TV's who have never been to Anfield or even Merseyside, your national support would be 3 to 4 times bigger than ours, your real support is without question no bigger. That's getting off my main point though, which is scousers are cunts, and I think it's hard to argue with that. As for you being a two team city. Merseyside has a population of 1.5m and Tyne&Wear has a pop of 1.1m, you have Liverpool (who get smaller attendances than us), and Everton (who get smaller attendances than Sunderland) so your pathetic argument about one club city again our survey says NUR NURRRRRRRRRRRR.
Have Liverpool ever had an average attendance below 30'000? Can't be bothered to check but I don't think so. Have Newcastle? Can't be bothered to check but I think so. You mention waiting lists I see. Ours is currently well over 20'000, while up in Newcastle over a third are not renewing their season tickets next year (although i hear some have been duped into buying 3 year season tickets - is that right?) You mention 48'000 hardcore, now hardcore fans go to watch their team through thick and thin, so i'm assuming you expect 48'000 to turn up every home game next year, which ain't going to happen in the championship. we'll see I suppose. but to be honest when you think of a Newcastle crowd these days, you think of booing during games and failure to recreate the atmosphere which once, quite rightly was up there with the best, you also think of the free flags and scarves, and a fat opera singer being brought in to inspire the lifeless crowd, You will never ever see that type of thing happen at Anfield.
Whilst when you think of a Liverpool crowd you think of you think of the european nights, and the wall of noise only matched by Celtic in Britain, in my opinion. this is backed up by some opposition players who have played against us recently:
Andrei Arshavin
"It was a good performance by both teams and I said after the game that it was typical English football, with a high tempo, good skill, good chances and an amazing atmosphere at Anfield."
“I must say that with the crowd there, it’s like you’re 11 men playing against one big family.
“It’s not like their supporters have just come to watch the team, it’s as if you are playing them as well!”
Joe Cole also said that the Chelsea players were affected by the anfield crowd in 2005, while he was doing punditry before this years quarter final.
Across Europe we are renowned for having some of the most passionate fans, and it is this that I think annoys you, because you come to Anfield and we are nowhere near as noisy, that is true when teams like Newcastle, Hull, Bolton, West Brom and the likes come to Anfield the atmosphere is mild at best, but when its a big game and there is a lot riding on it and the players need a good support behind them, the atmosphere is always electric and even you can't deny that because it is fact. You can't say the same for the toon army.
PS we have never struggled to 35'000, think that Portsmouth game was a one off for Premiership games, and corerect me if I'm wrong but we've never had an average attendance below 40'000 in the premiership.
Anways am sure you'll pluck some random figure out that makes one of your disciples come out and say 'you've been Stevie'd' so I'll bump this thread some time next season and see what your having to say for yourself when your hardcore crowd is revealed to be a lot smaller than 48'000 in the chamionship.