Absolutely spot on... H/Dee
The Ibrox Disaster, Heysel, Hillsborough and clubs forced to implement all seated stadiums kissed these halcyon days goodbye for ever. The days where when you were packed like sardines into the terraces... if you needed a pee you just directed it straight onto the steps, hoping that the guy in front of you had watertight shoes..!! All the time you kept a wary eye in the air behind you as fans, consuming their cairry oots often sent the empties flying towards the pitch at no one in particular. As a child at an OF game I can remember a Rangers player being struck by a bottle, which actually came from the Rangers support.... I was completely perplexed by that until my father explained that he had missed a penalty for the 'Gers earlier on.....!!
Ah yes.... Happy days....
I don't know what the answer is.... Live games on TV don't seem to affect attendances down south, as much as they do hear.... playing each other twice, as opposed to 4 times a season, is a factor... I would be happy to go back to the days of two divisions... even if it meant a few meaningless fixtures towards the end of the season.... When teams playing away adopt a completely negative defensive approach, it can ruin the game as a spectacle for the fans... The SPL breeds this that type of game where everybody's battling for something....