Supporters
Newcastle KB United set many crowd records during their time in the NSL holding the record for the largest crowd to a domestic game in this country until the formation of the A-league. This record was 18,367 against Sydney Olympic in April 1979, a year when their average home crowd exceeded 10,000.
The local vocal support was known as "The Rowdies" and they created a great atmosphere from deep in the heart of the Western grandstand in what was known affectionately as 'The Red Section'.
| Year | Position | Cup | Ave Home Crowd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 11 (14) | 3 | 8500 |
| 1979 | 6 (14) | 3 | 10200 |
| 1980 | 6 (14) | 9 | 6400 |
| 1981 | 10 (16) | 29 | 5300 |
| 1982 | 12 (16) | 9 | 4400 |
| 1983 | 5 (16) | 5 | 2900 |
| 1984~ | 8 (12) | 1 | 1700 |
| 1985~ | 12 (12) | 3 | 1500 |
| 1986~ | 6 (12) | 9 | 1800 |
~ NSL divided into 2 conferences with Newcastle in the Northern Conference.
Read more about this topic: Newcastle KB United
Famous quotes containing the word supporters:
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“His [O.J. Simpson’s] supporters lined the freeway to cheer him on Friday and commentators talked about his tragedy. Did those people see the photographs of the crime scene and the great blackening pools of blood seeping into the sidewalk? Did battered women watch all this on television and realize more vividly than ever before that their lives were cheap and their pain inconsequential?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)