Stickied Championship - Away Support Thread 2024/25

[villa loyal]

Middlesbrough is fucking grim mate.

that's what I thought until I went to Preston Saturday.

 

[blademan89]

Nah, it's fucking not. I'm up in whiskey country but it still does't take away the fact that it's an 8 hour drive back home to Chesterfield. I like Scotland but it's just too far from anywhere, there's no wonder they travel well.

8 hours!!! Must be Inverness your at.

 

[villa loyal]

8 hours!!! Must be Inverness your at.

or he might not be in a hurry to get back to Chesterfield.

 

[SF_]

The picturesque town of Middlesbrough, twinned with Mauritius.

Hidden gem of England.

 

[Craig]

8 hours!!! Must be Inverness your at.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say Elgin....

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Our exact figures, in case any were off:

 

[SF_]

5,421 Villa at Deepdale, sack the media team

 

[villa loyal]

Not accurate but near enough. Think I read somewhere if you take into account newcastles 7k at Fulham they average about 4K, but the official away end only had 2800 in it.

 

[JJH]

Initial 1,350 gone for Cardiff. Quite shocked.

 

[blademan89]

Initial 1,350 gone for Cardiff. Quite shocked.

Just cos there's no trains you should still be managing 2k easily considering your form as well

 

[Walkley_Owl]

Our exact figures, in case any were off:

By "exact" you mean they have 2 correct?

It's alreyt being "No1 away attendance" in October when you've had most of your big allocations..... see how close you are come May.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

By "exact" you mean they have 2 correct?

It's alreyt being "No1 away attendance" in October when you've had most of your big allocations..... see how close you are come May.

I figured our club site may have had the correct attendances. It wasn't bragging on my part, if they're wrong, fair enough.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

I figured our club site may have had the correct attendances. It wasn't bragging on my part, if they're wrong, fair enough.

Wednesday was 4496
Derby was 3070
Barnsley was 3737
Preston was 5421

Just seems sad when clubs pull stuff like that, ours have done it and I cringed.

 

[roversfan2001]

How do you know which figure is right though? At first glance I'd be inclined to believe the higher figure is correct for Preston, we sold out, with increased segregation, at 5.5k.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

By that, the only one we've over stated was Preston, the other three are under!

 

[villa loyal]

By "exact" you mean they have 2 correct?

It's alreyt being "No1 away attendance" in October when you've had most of your big allocations..... see how close you are come May.

we will probably be second, all depending on how well Leeds do. Newcastle will piss it and that leaves only Leeds that will top us.

 

[JJH]

Just cos there's no trains you should still be managing 2k easily considering your form as well

It's on Sky as well, I didn't even expect 1k to go.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

By that, the only one we've over stated was Preston, the other three are under!

Aye hence it was more bizarre.

 

[Walkley_Owl]

we will probably be second, all depending on how well Leeds do. Newcastle will piss it and that leaves only Leeds that will top us.

And 18 others in the big table.....points on the board.

12 months from now it'll be less Billy big balls from Villa, not you lads as you're quite normal but on twitter, sweet Fucking Jesus.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Our twitter lot are, for the majority, braindead morons. Some saying they'll return Season Tickets if we appoint Bruce ffs.

 

[blademan89]

It's on Sky as well, I didn't even expect 1k to go.

Considering how well your doing, your a club on the up and a game only 40 miles away of which you don't have many Why did you expect so few to go? Sky and trains or any other reason?

 

[villa loyal]

And 18 others in the big table.....points on the board.

12 months from now it'll be less Billy big balls from Villa, not you lads as you're quite normal but on twitter, sweet Fucking Jesus.

it's simple really, we are a big club again in this league and we are well supported home and away, so fans get a bit excited. Of course it will drop off, but in all honesty we will still be taking more away than everyone apart from maybe 1 or 2 clubs? and if we are still down here in 5 years time it will still be the same but with a slight drop off in numbers. Ignore fans that say we are the best away fans because Imo we probably just scrape into the top ten.

 

[JJH]

Considering how well your doing, your a club on the up and a game only 40 miles away of which you don't have many Why did you expect so few to go? Sky and trains or any other reason?

Do you not remember our following last season for the bubble trip? I thought it'd be similar to that.

 

[villa loyal]

Our twitter lot are, for the majority, braindead morons. Some saying they'll return Season Tickets if we appoint Bruce ffs.

as a whole I think a lot of the Fanbase would be happy ish. Thing is he's got no room for mistakes as he's an ex lulu and the fans would be straight on his back. Fickle as they come our fans are.

 

[blademan89]

Do you not remember our following last season for the bubble trip? I thought it'd be similar to that.

Yes but bubble trips don't count no one can be blamed for not going. Anyway you'll probably sell the 2k as I would of thought just surprised how low you thought. Nailed on loss for you now Neil's there though

 

[JonBCFC]

Do you not remember our following last season for the bubble trip? I thought it'd be similar to that.

I think that the fact it isn't a bubble game anymore has encouraged people to go. I was going to get s train, but just going to drive it now.

 

[Trebor68]

As a Villa fan I'm a bit embarrassed by the club putting out **** about us being the biggest followers in land. To be fair any decent size club coming down to the Championship for the 1st time in a while will get large followings. It's the clubs who have been down here a while and still get large followings that deserve respect. Step forward Leeds United. The fact we didn't sell out Barnsley and will probably not sell out Reading is the true reflection of where we are as a set of away fans. I do wonder how many people on here actually go to away games.

 

[smileyw]

I see we are being underestimated, time will tell I suppose but we will go very close again my only worry is the waste of an away end playing Blackburn in midweek but all the rest of the big away ends we will fill easily

 

[The Southbank]

As a Villa fan I'm a bit embarrassed by the club putting out **** about us being the biggest followers in land. To be fair any decent size club coming down to the Championship for the 1st time in a while will get large followings. It's the clubs who have been down here a while and still get large followings that deserve respect. Step forward Leeds United. The fact we didn't sell out Barnsley and will probably not sell out Reading is the true reflection of where we are as a set of away fans. I do wonder how many people on here actually go to away games.

Remember you bringing down 4,000 for the FA Cup QF a few years back. One of the best followings I've ever seen.

 

[blademan89]

I see we are being underestimated, time will tell I suppose but we will go very close again my only worry is the waste of an away end playing Blackburn in midweek but all the rest of the big away ends we will fill easily

If you ever start challenging the playoffs / promotion you'd sell out midweek at Blackburn imo.