Stickied League 2 Away Support Thread 2023/24

[The Jovial Forester]

No longer all ticket Saturday home to Yeovil, stupid decision originally seemingly entirely off our own bat but now having heard the moaning common sense has prevailed. So expect bumper outing of Glovers to what must be one of your closest fixtures.

 

[northstandexile]

The away stand holds 1400 so I can't see how they could slash your allocation.

took 1358 last season

 

[northstandexile]

Any official numbers yet for Hatters at the Hive or Grecians at the county ground?

 

[darren gregory]

Hello chaps, regular poster but not yet bothered this season.
If this has been addressed before i apologise, but can someone please tell me the sudden huge increase in Grimsby away support? Every time i see the show on Channel 5 they take big numbers.
I know we are hardly a big away day but i recall maybe 350 maximum on the occasion we have played them. We haven't played them for 6 years so it'll be interesting to see how many they bring .
Like i say sorry if this has already been raised.
Also i came on to see the away followings as per the thread, what on earth is going on with that Mr Laybier character !!!

 

[les.gtfc]

Last season was full allocation I believe, but there was problems last season in that they wanted everyone to sit down, but they couldn't and the aisles and front was full so everyone stood. Guess they have reduced it to try and make everyone sit.

I don't think we'll take anywhere near as many as we did last season to be honest. Last season was a bit of a novelty with it being a new ground for practically every Town fan, with it being the first time we've ever played there.

I doubt that we'll sell the 1000 allocation to be honest. About 6 or 700 would be my prediction but our away support always seems to surprise me, so who knows.

 

[Son of Cod]

I don't think we'll take anywhere near as many as we did last season to be honest. Last season was a bit of a novelty with it being a new ground for practically every Town fan, with it being the first time we've ever played there.

I doubt that we'll sell the 1000 allocation to be honest. About 6 or 700 would be my prediction but our away support always seems to surprise me, so who knows.

He's a Vale fan, Les.

With regards to the upturn in our support, you have to trace it back to our match at FGR in 2014/15. One of our fans was ejected by a heavy handed steward via the means of a headlock. Shocking behaviour from the steward, who is actually a poster on this forum as it turns out. As a way of garnering some positivity from the ugly incident, the next away match was at Barnet and it was decided that it would be an inflatable themed day. Loads of fans turned up with inflatables, had a great day out and we beat them 3-1. This idea of themed away days continued for the rest of the season and galvanised the away support and helped push us to the playoff final, where Bristol Rovers bear us on Sudden Death pens. The away following have continued to be impressive ever since. I would expect things to tail off a bit this season, with it being our second season back up here. Plus we don't have Donny in the division, which gave our away average a massive boost last season as we took 4,000.

 

[les.gtfc]

He's a Vale fan, Les.

With regards to the upturn in our support, you have to trace it back to our match at FGR in 2014/15. One of our fans was ejected by a heavy handed steward via the means of a headlock. Shocking behaviour from the steward, who is actually a poster on this forum as it turns out. As a way of garnering some positivity from the ugly incident, the next away match was at Barnet and it was decided that it would be an inflatable themed day. Loads of fans turned up with inflatables, had a great day out and we beat them 3-1. This idea of themed away days continued for the rest of the season and galvanised the away support and helped push us to the playoff final, where Bristol Rovers bear us on Sudden Death pens. The away following have continued to be impressive ever since. I would expect things to tail off a bit this season, with it being our second season back up here. Plus we don't have Donny in the division, which gave our away average a massive boost last season as we took 4,000.

Who's a Vale fan?

I was replying to Frealaf's post.

 

[Son of Cod]

Who's a Vale fan?

I was replying to Frealaf's post.

So you were, I misread that. Thought you were replying to darren gregory.

 

[GTFCfish]

https://mobile.twitter.com/FootyAwayDays_/status/897467031360065537

 

[Grecian O'Grecian]

Any official numbers yet for Hatters at the Hive or Grecians at the county ground?

Someone who works in the ticket office has been told by Swindon we brought 807 fans.

 

[djs]

2109 Hatters out of a crowd of 3555 at Barnet.

 

[Davidimp]

Quick heads up for the Carlisle and Luton fans, it's all ticket for you guys when you visit us in the near future.
You'll both be housed in the Stacey West stand. £18 for adults.

 

[jacobncfc]

With the several million season tickets you've sold, what's the away allocation at Lincoln these days?

 

[Davidimp]

You'll get the stacey west matey so around 1800 for you guys.
Teams with smaller away support get half the stacey west around 1000.
Those who'll bring less than 400 get put in the crappy corner like Morecambe did on Saturday and then we home fans get that instead.
It's very complicated!

 

[Impish]

Hello chaps, regular poster but not yet bothered this season.
If this has been addressed before i apologise, but can someone please tell me the sudden huge increase in Grimsby away support? Every time i see the show on Channel 5 they take big numbers.
I know we are hardly a big away day but i recall maybe 350 maximum on the occasion we have played them. We haven't played them for 6 years so it'll be interesting to see how many they bring .
Like i say sorry if this has already been raised.

Glad you asked this Darren as I've been thinking the same. SOC has provided you with a very detailed timeline of events leading to this surge in away support but many on here would quite simply describe it as bandwagon fans.

These are the worst kind of fan. A fan that deserts their team in times of hardship and only return in times of success. Since their return to the league they've seen a sharp increase in attendances both home and away with a staggering amount of season tickets sold. The true test to see how far they've come as a fanbase will be if they can sell out the Stacey West stand this season...

 

[darren gregory]

Cheers lads, we have GTFC on the 7th October, see how many come as like i said we not played them in years.
Also i'll watch out for the FGR mob, thought they were all friendly vegan pie munching friendly sorts !!
Incidentally our last promotion in 12/13 we topped the away averages even beating Braford who went up in the play-offs. It was a very Midland/ Northern league.
This time around we will be well down as we rarely travel in numbers further than 75 miles and we have at least 4 or 5 monster journeys.

 

[Luke Imp]

He's a Vale fan, Les.

With regards to the upturn in our support, you have to trace it back to our match at FGR in 2014/15. One of our fans was ejected by a heavy handed steward via the means of a headlock. Shocking behaviour from the steward, who is actually a poster on this forum as it turns out. As a way of garnering some positivity from the ugly incident, the next away match was at Barnet and it was decided that it would be an inflatable themed day. Loads of fans turned up with inflatables, had a great day out and we beat them 3-1. This idea of themed away days continued for the rest of the season and galvanised the away support and helped push us to the playoff final, where Bristol Rovers bear us on Sudden Death pens. The away following have continued to be impressive ever since. I would expect things to tail off a bit this season, with it being our second season back up here. Plus we don't have Donny in the division, which gave our away average a massive boost last season as we took 4,000.

Must have missed that.

 

[PaulHaddock]

Glad you asked this Darren as I've been thinking the same. SOC has provided you with a very detailed timeline of events leading to this surge in away support but many on here would quite simply describe it as bandwagon fans.

These are the worst kind of fan. A fan that deserts their team in times of hardship and only return in times of success. Since their return to the league they've seen a sharp increase in attendances both home and away with a staggering amount of season tickets sold. The true test to see how far they've come as a fanbase will be if they can sell out the Stacey West stand this season...

At least troll WELL if you're going to do it.

 

[Impish]

At least troll WELL if you're going to do it.

Not a troll at all. Healthy IQ required to read between the lines.

 

[PaulHaddock]

Do enlighten.

 

[Limerick Mariner]

Do enlighten.

It's self-deprecatory by allusion (to us) - quite good for a Lincoln fan; although I think most of us Yellowbellies are actually quite good at self deprecation...eg. Orphan Boy's lyrics

 

[Son of Cod]

I usually wait for the scholars to publish their citations on an Impish post before delving in.

 

[Dave'Davvo'Davidson]

I usually wait for the scholars to publish their citations on an Impish post before delving in.

What does that mean

 

[Limerick Mariner]

What does that mean

Someone from a Lincs grammar school has to explain what the feck Impish is on about...

 

[Dave'Davvo'Davidson]

Someone from a Lincs grammar school has to explain what the feck Impish is on about...

I went to a special school but still don't no what he neans

 

[GodsGift]

316 Lincoln at Exeter

 

[BeesKnees]

140 Barnet at Crewe

 

[Luke Imp]

316 Lincoln at Exeter

A mate decided to travel down yesterday and it took him 7½ hours.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

A mate decided to travel down yesterday and it took him 7½ hours.

Dunno why you're laughing, that's a decent bit of cycling

 

[Dave'Davvo'Davidson]

A mate decided to travel down yesterday and it took him 7½ hours.

Did he go wrong way