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What happened?, Where did all those fans (above) go (left)? Blizzard increased about 33 per cent last year, to average of 16,000. This season, the ave(...)
What happened?, Where did all those fans (above) go (left)? Blizzard increased about 33 per cent last year, to average of 16,000. This season, the ave(...)

What happened?, Where did all those fans (above) go (left)? Blizzard increased about 33 per cent last year, to average of 16,000. This season, the ave(...)

Date8/5/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: What happened?; Where did all those fans (above) go (left)? Blizzard increased about 33 per cent last year; to average of 16;000. This season; the average is under 7;000. No mystery; says president Clive Toye. The team we have on the field isn't good enough to attract most sophisticated soccer audience in North America.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097843F
It's hip, hip, hooray for a cheery Lynda, one of the delightful dozen who'll warm up Blizzard soccer fans with their sideline routines this season
It's hip, hip, hooray for a cheery Lynda, one of the delightful dozen who'll warm up Blizzard soccer fans with their sideline routines this season
4/17/1979
It's hip, hip, hooray for a cheery Lynda, one of the delightful dozen who'll warm up Blizzard soccer fans with their sideline routines this season
It's hip, hip, hooray for a cheery Lynda, one of the delightful dozen who'll warm up Blizzard soccer fans with their sideline routines this season
4/17/1979
Hard truths: An average of 500,000 people die every year from tobacco-related cancers and 330,000 of those people are in developing countries, where consumption is increasing by 2 per cent a year
Hard truths: An average of 500,000 people die every year from tobacco-related cancers and 330,000 of those people are in developing countries, where consumption is increasing by 2 per cent a year
8/25/1976
Blizzard fans will warm up to Lynda
Blizzard fans will warm up to Lynda
4/17/1979
New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium
New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium
7/29/1981
A touch of class. Roberto Bettega (11) did nothing spectacular in his debut with Toronto Blizzard last night, but looked awfully good doing it just th(...)
A touch of class. Roberto Bettega (11) did nothing spectacular in his debut with Toronto Blizzard last night, but looked awfully good doing it just th(...)
5/31/1983
Heads up, Godfrey. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey got a very close look at what soccer's all about when he visited the Toronto Blizzard training camp yes(...)
Heads up, Godfrey. Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey got a very close look at what soccer's all about when he visited the Toronto Blizzard training camp yes(...)
3/19/1979
Traffic volumes have increased by about 4 per cent a year for the past 10 years
Traffic volumes have increased by about 4 per cent a year for the past 10 years
5/4/1989
Image shows deck workers sitting with the cargo ship in the background.
All quiet on the waterfront. Movement of goods to and from overseas across Toronto's docks in down 33 per cent this year. As of last Monday, 304,467 t(...)
7/3/1970
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks
Confrontation: Vice-president Harry Eastman (left) explains why U of T want to raise its fees - by a average 14.6 per cent - to student council president David Jones (above), while John Whitten, chairman of U of T's planning and resources committee, looks
2/25/1980
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
Happy twosome: Blizzard president Clive Toye, left, admires coat given to star player Jomo Sono as a bonus for his agreeing to three year contract with the North American Soccer League team
Happy twosome: Blizzard president Clive Toye, left, admires coat given to star player Jomo Sono as a bonus for his agreeing to three year contract with the North American Soccer League team
11/13/1980