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at the end of the 1969 season, saint-germain got promoted to 2nd division and became semi-professional
think about it, why out of all clubs did paris choose to merge with saint-germain? solely for that opportunity to skip going through the lower divisions up until becoming professionnal
in 1970-1971, PSG for their first season ever, started in 2nd division (not 3rd) won the championship and got to D1 for the next season
the rest is correct
>Union athlétique Sedan-Torcy was approached to merge with PSG, so that PSG could join the French soccer elite directly. However, the club, which had already attempted and then abandoned a merger with Racing to form “RC Paris-Sedan”, rejected the proposal. Following the League's refusal to accept the club directly into D1, the directors finally turned their attention to the clubs at the lower level, where president Henri Patrelle's Stade Saint-Germain was preparing to qualify for the new National championship (D2). After an extraordinary meeting, the plan to merge with Stade Saint-Germain takes shape.

the average attendance rates are grim
1970-71: camp des loges stadium (in saint-germain)
71-72: bauer stadium (not in paris, but still a bigger stadium)
72-74: camp des loges
(psg only moved to parc des princes in 1974-75)
i dont know if attendance rates statistics exist for saint-germain before the merge (probably not) but it would have been interesting to compare them
if we consider that stade saint-germanois played in the same stadium and in the same division that during 72-73, we can approximate their old attendance rates to around 600 (very small)
so yes, the old saint-germain fans that switched to psg are like I said, a drop of water in the ocean
from the perspective of "fan continuity", i wouldn't say PSG deserves to be called the heir of saint-germain