It's normally from CP (a wind-up), or Ipswich (jealous about our rise) intimating we're a plastic Reading or MKDons with a low historical fanbase. The underlying fanbase over the latter 65 odd years at the Goldstone was healthy, sometimes massive, despite two awful sets of Directors in the 80's...
Jan 1976. Saw division three mid-table BHA beat Colchester 6-0. Local boys Piper and Towner were in the team. 16,000 crowd.
I already liked football on TV from the 1974 World Cup, FAC finals, Match of the Day and The Big Match.
The live experience got me hooked for life.
A month later...