HOW MUCH ARE THESE PEOPLE PAID?

Last updated : 07 March 2004 By Editor
This from the Independent’s match report:

‘Fulham were under pressure, but holding firm. And the same
could be said of their supporters, all 9,000 of them, who
responded to every Old Trafford song with the taunt of "1-1
and you lost the League", a reference to last weekend's draw
at Loftus Road, which left Manchester United nine points
behind Arsenal in the title race. Those chants soon turned
into delirium as Fulham were awarded a penalty midway
through the first half.’

How could anyone at the match have failed to notice that
Fulham only brought about 3’000 fans? For football writers,
these people are amazingly out of touch with anything to do
with supporters.