Stickied Championship - Away Support Thread 2023/24

[Walkley_Owl]

we have sold the allocations provided to us on many if not most occasions. You're splitting hairs with your comment and you know it.

You haven't though you can have the whole end and you've never taken it, we give an initial allocation then you can have more if and as you want so my point remains.

Edit going back to 2005/06 as I don't have quantifiable data before that the most you have brought is 4,132 which was last season.

 

[statto]

Just got our QPR tickets which SKY have kindly moved to a Friday night. Was an option to pay a fiver more for GOLD tickets.
Not sure WTF that is all about. As I remember it, unless you're the size of Tyrian Lanister, there's not a decent seat in the away end!

Hull have sold 942 so far for the Flamingo Land derby on Friday night.

 

[blademan89]

Just googled the 2009/10 season figures as they are the only ones i can spot, 2010/11 was the last time you played each other.

Derby at SUFC 2,585 (allocation was circa 3k as that's what we got, lower tier)
SUFC at Derby 2,784 (allocation circa 2.8k as that's what we got and sold out)

Early kick off at there place too that game i think. And i dont recall them bringing more than 2.5k as far as i remember, also id guess over the last 10 years our away support average is better than theirs. And would be again if we ever got promoted , definitely so if we were spending fortunes and challenging for the title.

 

[KevinMcallister]

214 Blackburn

I remember when Blackburn Rovers were pretending to be a huge club

 

[Walkley_Owl]

I remember when Blackburn Rovers were pretending to be a huge club

What day was that?

 

[Bluebird_Dai]

Wow, we are averaging more than Cardiff are away in the Conference!
Woeful given their league position.

Tells you all you need to know about how much we actually care about it all nowadays. Half a decent season is nowhere near enough for the fans that stay away to buy back into the club. It's surprising just how many of the diehards that would do home and away have given up supporting the club completely. And it's all down to Vinnie T.

 

[Doriva17]

Just got our QPR tickets which SKY have kindly moved to a Friday night. Was an option to pay a fiver more for GOLD tickets.
Not sure WTF that is all about. As I remember it, unless you're the size of Tyrian Lanister, there's not a decent seat in the away end!

Hull have sold 942 so far for the Flamingo Land derby on Friday night.

If that was us at hull we'd have sold out by now. That's a pathetic effort for the size of the game

 

[Ossie]

Early kick off at there place too that game i think. And i dont recall them bringing more than 2.5k as far as i remember, also id guess over the last 10 years our away support average is better than theirs. And would be again if we ever got promoted , definitely so if we were spending fortunes and challenging for the title.

I seem to remember being in a crowd of around 10,000 Derby at yours in 87 when Gee scored.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

I seem to remember being in a crowd of around 10,000 Derby at yours in 87 when Gee scored.

He was still in his dads knacker sack.

 

[Ossie]

He was still in his dads knacker sack.

Yea make me feel old, I was 24

 

[blademan89]

I seem to remember being in a crowd of around 10,000 Derby at yours in 87 when Gee scored.

Standard followings in those days. Well maybe not standard but it happened quite a lot.

 

[blademan89]

Yea make me feel old, I was 24

Hes only a few year older than me. I wish i was around in those days, bet it was fucking brilliant

 

[roversfan2001]

I remember when Blackburn Rovers were pretending to be a huge club

Sorry for taking 214 across the country on a Tuesday night with nothing to play for. Would love to see other teams followings at Ipswich in midweek.

 

[blademan89]

Sorry for taking 214 across the country on a Tuesday night with nothing to play for. Would love to see other teams followings at Ipswich in midweek.

There would be very few that would take less, but i agree why the fuck would anyone bother,its meaningless and miles away.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

They're still in the relegation scrap....

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Hes only a few year older than me. I wish i was around in those days, bet it was fucking brilliant

I'd loved to have been old enough to have seen the 79/80 run in 10k at Blackburn etc, or the 83/84 similar number at City and having 15k Geordies at ours. Madness.

 

[Tom_ITFC]

Sorry for taking 214 across the country on a Tuesday night with nothing to play for. Would love to see other teams followings at Ipswich in midweek.

Reading - 205 (Tuesday)
Cardiff - 222 (Saturday)
Bolton - 245 (Tuesday)
Burnley - 470 (Tuesday)
Hull - 393 (Tuesday)

 

[roversfan2001]

Reading - 205 (Tuesday)
Cardiff - 222 (Saturday)
Bolton - 245 (Tuesday)
Burnley - 470 (Tuesday)
Hull - 393 (Tuesday)

Cheers.

So Cardiff took 8 more than us and that was on a Saturday (I appreciate the longer journey but still, eight more).

 

[JJH]

Cheers.

So Cardiff took 8 more than us and that was on a Saturday (I appreciate the longer journey but still, eight more).

Cardiff's away support this season has been horrific, so that's nothing to gloat about.

 

[smileyw]

Sorry for taking 214 across the country on a Tuesday night with nothing to play for. Would love to see other teams followings at Ipswich in midweek.

Ipswich midweek
Leeds 1259
Boro 491
burnley 470
Hull 383
Bolton 245
Blackburn 214

No where near as bad as others are saying when you haven't got anything at all to play for.

 

[JJH]

Ipswich midweek
Leeds 1259
Boro 491
burnley 470
Hull 383
Bolton 245
Blackburn 214

No where near as bad as others are saying when you haven't got anything at all to play for.

Well if they stayed on the point total that they're on now they'd go down, so that's nonsense.

 

[smileyw]

Well if they stayed on the point total that they're on now they'd go down, so that's nonsense.

Obviously the bookies think i'm talking nonsense mate they are only 66/1 to get relegated, fill your boots.

 

[JJH]

Obviously the bookies think i'm talking nonsense mate they are only 66/1 to get relegated, fill your boots.

I don't think they'll go down, but to say they have nothing left to play for is ridiculous.

 

[roversfan2001]

Cardiff's away support this season has been horrific, so that's nothing to gloat about.

Cardiff is horrific...it's in Wales...:flint:

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Cardiff is horrific...it's in Wales...:flint:

As a place to visit it pisses all over fucking Blackburn and it's surrounds....

 

[Ossie]

Hes only a few year older than me. I wish i was around in those days, bet it was fucking brilliant

Away days were very lively back then, I didn't miss an away game in 6 years, been to 2 this season.

 

[blademan89]

Away days were very lively back then, I didn't miss an away game in 6 years, been to 2 this season.

I love the day out still its always a cracking day out but the actual match experience is most of the time absolutely garbage, if id experienced it when it used to be quality id probably be like you and rarely go.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

It's so frigging sanitised nowadays, plod on every fucking station and train, herded into boozers, £70 on the train to London on the day, fuck off

 

[roversfan2001]

How's Rotherham for an away day? Just weighing up options...

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Ideal for you fella, no hassle, a McDonalds in town and the tesco if you get bored.