People from Andhra aren't slightest bit bothered about football . 99.9% people don't even know the rules or game . If sreenidhi plays from vizag , i am sure there will more players than fans in stadium . State federation is non exsistent and don't even have an address. This is coming from a telugu guy who moved to bengaluru just so that i can watch some football regularly.
Sreenidhi is basically a club based out of Hyderabad. They have a training ground with club house, club corporate office(currently run within their school campus) and are also widely popular amongst Hyderabad football circle.
Reason to move out of Hyderabad could be because of competition from HFC.
People from Andhra aren't slightest bit bothered about football .
Sreenidhi is basically a club based out of Hyderabad.
Reason to move out of Hyderabad could be because of competition from HFC.
Nope.. That's not the reason. Direct entry is not allowed for Sreenidhi into I League if they are based out of same City as Hyd FC is already playing in top tier.
But I guess, there are some tweaks in the rule.. like Clubs should be parted some 150/250 km distance. They would have gone for places like Warangal , Karimnagar & Khamma in Telanagana or at-least Vijayawada/Guntur from Andhra region as it is near to Telangana.
But they have chosen Vizag. One reason might be Vizag is most populous city in Andhra, it is also spacious & neat On top of it, has International Airport, good schools & colleges, IT & Industrial hub in Andhra . Vizag has scope for development in all disciplines.
Seems like they are planning to build academy, schools & colleges in Vizag as well. Once this pandemic is over, I will try to reach Sreenidhi management & will get first hand info.
Big city Big audience is not guaranteed (eg Delhi Dynamos, Pune City,ATK) . Footballing culture is essential for support and survival of a club ,which is non exsistent in Andhra . We can only hope that they can survive and create a good ecosystem for football in Vizag .
Please don't include ATK in the list. Lot of people used to watch their matches in Kolkata.
Reg Delhi Dynamos, they had 15K+ attendance for 2-3 seasons. But problem is with the management. Also they didn't achieve any success to create buzz among fans/audience.
Reg Pune FC, even for IPL matches, used to see lot of empty seats.. Somehow, Pune crowd are not interested in Sports. Maybe, because most of them are migrants.
With free tickets and biryani ATK managed some small attendances . As pronoy halder said there were no fans , once those people knew that they are against their mother club they too stopped coming , which is why ATK had to invest in Mohunbagan . ATK is a dead club and the fans are protesting to remove ATK prefix is gaining steam . Mr.Goneka will have to take a decision soon to remove it , otherwise attendances can dwindle again .
Those attendance figures are as per tickets sold. And tickets are 'purchased' by the management and distributed to the nearby colonies for free, alongwith snacks coupon.
They even had to place club jerseys on empty seats, virtually the whole stadium. One can make out the false attendance claims by looking into the video footages.
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But I guess, there are some tweaks in the rule.. like Clubs should be parted some 150/250 km distance. They would have gone for places like Warangal , Karimnagar & Khamma in Telanagana or at-least Vijayawada/Guntur from Andhra region as it is near to Telangana.
But they have chosen Vizag. One reason might be Vizag is most populous city in Andhra, it is also spacious & neat
On top of it, has International Airport, good schools & colleges, IT & Industrial hub in Andhra . Vizag has scope for development in all disciplines.
Seems like they are planning to build academy, schools & colleges in Vizag as well. Once this pandemic is over, I will try to reach Sreenidhi management & will get first hand info.
Please don't include ATK in the list. Lot of people used to watch their matches in Kolkata.
Reg Delhi Dynamos, they had 15K+ attendance for 2-3 seasons. But problem is with the management. Also they didn't achieve any success to create buzz among fans/audience.
Reg Pune FC, even for IPL matches, used to see lot of empty seats.. Somehow, Pune crowd are not interested in Sports. Maybe, because most of them are migrants.
Season 01: 45000
Season 02: 50000
Season 03: 11000 (shifted to smaller stadium)
Season 04: 12000
Season 05: 18000
Season 06: 25000
Other than derby, EB-MB average attendances are far lower than what ATK used to get.
ATKMB 480k Twitter followers
EB 255k
MB 380k