Hamburg Blade
Well-Known Member
I don't know where you sit, I'm really talking about the extra thousands that add on to the attendance when the club does well or gets promoted. I know celebs suddenly turn up and of course the club will attract more sponsors and with that will come more corporate visitors - some who've probably never been to a football match before. (I went to a World Cup match in Germany and only about a quarter of the attendance were actually fans). Could you call a visitor on a sponsor ticket a plastic? I suppose to a degree, you could describe the Prince as a plasticOh I dunno. Try sitting where I do.
It'll be interesting to see if the corporate side of United reward the loyalty of their longstanding sponsors and supporters or sell out to the highest bidders who only want to watch Harry Kane. There's some proper know nowts crop up. And hangers on.
Harry Gration and Dicky Bird will be there every week on their freebies. I don't know how Michae Vaughan has the cheek to show his face.
I think making hay while the sun shines has to be balanced with an acknowledgement that success is cyclical and the north remembers.
