Stickied Championship - Away Support Thread 2023/24

[JJH]

Didn't bristol city take less than 100 to hull a few years ago?

98, 2012, already long relegated and on Sky friday night game. I think 98 was being generous as well, looked like 30. Only sub 100 I've ever known it was really bizarre.

 

[SoutheySWFC]

Didn't bristol city take less than 100 to hull a few years ago?

242 iirc on a Friday neyt

 

[Another Walkley Owl]

98, 2012, already long relegated and on Sky friday night game. I think 98 was being generous as well, looked like 30. Only sub 100 I've ever known it was really bizarre.

Once was in a Wednesday following of less than 100. (99)

Our reserves in a friendly at Exeter City, July 1983.

 

[The Southbank]

Wonder how many Fulham fans will venture down East London this evening? Most of them will be running back to Putney as usual...

 

[Jamo]

Just watching the game, have they opened the bottom tier of the away end? Looks like there's people in the top few rows. Would've thought Fulham would've filled it given they're gunning for 2nd and unbeaten in about 20 games.

 

[TomPNE94]

Just watching the game, have they opened the bottom tier of the away end? Looks like there's people in the top few rows. Would've thought Fulham would've filled it given they're gunning for 2nd and unbeaten in about 20 games.

Home fans, mainly school kids by the look of it

 

[Jamo]

Ah. Fair enough.

Can understand Millwall not opening the bottom tier for Leeds, but Fulham? Not exactly a nawty club.

 

[SoutheySWFC]

Once was in a Wednesday following of less than 100. (99)

Our reserves in a friendly at Exeter City, July 1983.

Lowest i recall ever being in since going away in the late 80s was 471 at Ipswich in 2009, Sky game at 5:30.

 

[blademan89]

Lowest i recall ever being in since going away in the late 80s was 471 at Ipswich in 2009, Sky game at 5:30.

251 at Cardiff 5.30 sky game for me.

 

[SoutheySWFC]

Biggest official league one I've been in was 7.6k at Barnsley, missed the big ones of the mid 80s.

 

[Mark H]

Joyous to read; get yourselves over to the Premier, £30 a ticket for away fans, can you believe it ?

All you need to qualify is for your team to piss the League and Bingo you're in, its that simple ! Of course the Championship is a hard league an you'll need players that can do it on a cold Winters night, can take a tackle etc, so no poncey Europeans and you're good to go

 

[SoutheySWFC]

Joyous to read; get yourselves over to the Premier, £30 a ticket for away fans, can you believe it ?

All you need to qualify is for your team to piss the League and Bingo you're in, its that simple ! Of course the Championship is a hard league an you'll need players that can do it on a cold Winters night, can take a tackle etc, so no poncey Europeans and you're good to go

I'd love to but my team are a bit wank, maybe next year eh. In the morning mind I will wake up grateful I've never lived in Wolverhampton, swings and roundabouts.

 

[blademan89]

Biggest official league one I've been in was 7.6k at Barnsley, missed the big ones of the mid 80s.

7.5k at mk, 7.5k at hillsborough, not sure official figure at palace that last match. They'll be the highest I've been in.

 

[JJH]

7.5k at mk, 7.5k at hillsborough, not sure official figure at palace that last match. They'll be the highest I've been in.

8k at Man City, bigger & better

 

[blademan89]

8k at Man City, bigger & better

We're on about league games plus it wasn't 8k

 

[SoutheySWFC]

8k at Man City, bigger & better

When did you play City in the league pal, plus it's too far north no?

 

[JJH]

We're on about league games plus it wasn't 8k

Oh

5,200 at MK then, second biggest at Hillsborough actually

 

[SoutheySWFC]

Question for you away day lads, how different grounds have you seen your team win at?

 

[JJH]

Question for you away day lads, how different grounds have you seen your team win at?

Not nearly as many as either you or Blade will be, I'm on 61 grounds out of the current 92 but after a quick scan through think I'm only on 19 wins. What about yourself?

 

[SoutheySWFC]

62 of the 92 but some were at older grounds, City, Saints, West Ham etc

 

[Another Walkley Owl]

Biggest official league one I've been in was 7.6k at Barnsley, missed the big ones of the mid 80s.

Think it would be same game for a league match for me, recall similar numbers at Leicester and Port Vale among many others in the 91 promotion season.

Largest away for a Cup game, around 12k at Anfield 1984.
Missed out on the huge league followings to Maine Road (est 15k) and the Final day invasion of Cardiff in the same season.
Those were the days when you could just turn up and no official away numbers were given.

Biggest I remember at Hillsborough for a League game was approx 14k Geordies same season Keegan, Beardsley, Waddle etc. Great game 4 -2 win in front of over 42k. Although Man Utd were close on a few occasions.
I also know prior to my time Man Utd and Villa both took our Kop (Man U more successfully by all accounts) so they must have been bigger than Newcastle's following.

Strangely all the biggest away supports I remember, were when we were a second tier club.
The top flight probably had tighter ticket restrictions in place around that time.

Sadly the days of huge away support are now mainly a thing of the past, odd cup game and one or two grounds excepted.

 

[Luke_1884]

19/48.

Covered most of them 2004-2014 which was a pretty shite period for us, especially the 15 covered in the PL. Unfortunately not been around for the bandwagon over the past four years.

 

[JJH]

62 of the 92 but some were at older grounds, City, Saints, West Ham etc

have you ever seen you win at AG?

 

[SoutheySWFC]

have you ever seen you win at AG?

4-1 in 2004

 

[JJH]

4-1 in 2004

Ah I don't recall. The 1-1 when Baldock equalised late on was a laugh, the whole ground singing you're coming down with us to you

 

[SoutheySWFC]

The 4-1 was when Proudlock turned in to Ronaldo and bullied you lot out of the game, interesting day off the pitch too.

 

[JJH]

The 4-1 was when Proudlock turned in to Ronaldo and bullied you lot out of the game, interesting day off the pitch too.

Aye a few of my dads mates always say Wednesday used to be a tasty fixture but never really seems to be any edge either at our place or yours when we play nowadays.

 

[blademan89]

Of the 82 out of the current 92 I've done I think from memory I've seen us win at 57.

 

[Jamo]

Done 44 of the current 92 and seen us win at exactly half

Chance to tick some more off if we get relegated

 

[LancashireTrotters]

Done 69 of the current 92, seen us win at 36 of them (not including old grounds).