Stickied League 2 Away Support Thread 2024/25

[JaredSUFC]

In 2007/08 we finished rock bottom of the Conference South with a grand total of 24 points. Our average attendance was around 350 (on paper, probably closer to 150 by seasons end).

Happy memories

 

[GTFCfish]

chief single handedly attempting to turn Wrexham into the new Wealdstone when it comes to creating beef with all and sundry.
Fair play.

 

[Son of Cod]

Fair play, must've taken a good 10-15 minutes to find the quotes and come up with that earlier response. Some commitment.

Quick scan of the opening pages of the thread: 2 minutes
Typing out the response and copying and pasting quotes: 55 seconds
Posting a link that doesn't work: 10 seconds

Showing chief up for being a massive willy waver and absolutely embarrassing him in the process: 3 hours of afternoon warmth and joy

 

[chief]

Showing chief up for being a massive willy waver and absolutely embarrassing him in the process: 3 hours of afternoon warmth and joy

Most of us have other things to keep them going but glad I could make your day.

 

[kieran_vale]

Only sent another 300 whi h went on sale this morning and were sold out after a couple of hours. Hopefully we get another allocation soon.

Having abit of a mare with coach travel aswell. 3 coaches all been sold out for a while for Bradford on Saturday and despite demand for it we've not been able to get anymore, frustrating considering the train strikes. Same with Vale on Tuesday, sold 9 but struggling to get anymore.

I think if the demand is there the maximum away allocation is now 3300 at VP, basically anyone who wants to go will be able to get a ticket. I think the club are just being careful not to open up the whole stand if it’s not needed so as to reduce operational costs more than anything. Same reason the Railway will be closed for home fans unless the other stands sell out.

 

[BlackHaddock]

I'm not going to Bradford this season, neither are the other three I went with; doubt we'll shift 1,000 now it's on Sky and even earlier than the Police ordered it to be played.

Got to find a pub in Shropshire that'll show it, not going to be easy!

 

[Crewelad87]

I think if the demand is there the maximum away allocation is now 3300 at VP, basically anyone who wants to go will be able to get a ticket. I think the club are just being careful not to open up the whole stand if it’s not needed so as to reduce operational costs more than anything. Same reason the Railway will be closed for home fans unless the other stands sell out.

I'd guess around another 500 will do, I can't see us bringing many more than 1500 for a midweek cup game.

 

[Crewelad87]

We can expect at least 150 of you then.

I think it was around 450 last season, probably be just under that this season with the transport issues. I know a few people that want to go but are struggling for transport.

 

[BlackHaddock]

Rail strikes tomorrow, so most away totals will be down a little, we've sold less than 1,000 for Walsall. Good news is I'm going in me car!

 

[Son of Cod]

I'm not going to Bradford this season, neither are the other three I went with; doubt we'll shift 1,000 now it's on Sky and even earlier than the Police ordered it to be played.

Got to find a pub in Shropshire that'll show it, not going to be easy!

Less than 1000?! Absolutely no chance. Being on Sky should really have little bearing, unless I'm massively overestimating our fans' ability to be able to operate a VPN.

 

[Crewelad87]

Vale not sending us anymore tickets 1031 is our lot. Something to do with operational issues. Guessing its something to do with Stoke playing at home at the same time. But still it's a joke to only get about 7% of the capacity for a cup game 14 miles down the road. I hope we give them the bear minimum next time they come to our place.

 

[F!RTHY]

Less than 1000?! Absolutely no chance. Being on Sky should really have little bearing, unless I'm massively overestimating our fans' ability to be able to operate a VPN.

What did you bring last season, 2,100 ish?

I tend to agree, I can’t see it being much more than 1,000.

 

[Son of Cod]

What did you bring last season, 2,100 ish?

I tend to agree, I can’t see it being much more than 1,000.

2211 last season. As mentioned at the time though there was diddly squat riding on that for us and we had Donny away the week after too.

I'll be very surprised if it's closer to 1000 than 2000 personally. Maybe I'm underestimating the early KO factor a bit though. However, that was in play before it got chosen for Sky as you've said.

 

[West Cheshire Reds]

Vale not sending us anymore tickets 1031 is our lot. Something to do with operational issues. Guessing its something to do with Stoke playing at home at the same time. But still it's a joke to only get about 7% of the capacity for a cup game 14 miles down the road. I hope we give them the bear minimum next time they come to our place.

I think the old bill are pulling the strings with this, they should never have allowed both ties to be played on the same night. Guess Vale have use terms like "operational reasons" as they don't want to piss the old bill off as I they have to work them more they have to work with us.

That being said, I can't believe a few Vale fans are trying turn it on us, I saw this beauty on OVF

" I also imagine we'll have told Crewe, to give you a higher allocation we need to pay out this much in staffing / stewarding costs, if you don't sell this amount in full, you'll be charged to cover the costs. They probably said no, and now they're being slightly less forthcoming with the truth, laying the blame on us."

We asked for more tickets, so the Alex would have known about covering the costs of any unsold tickets, they even had more coaches provisionally booked as a standby. I know loads who haven't got tickets, I think we would have sold the same amount again such is the interest. I know a few lads who work with some Vale fans who are now in the home stands thanks to said Vale fans, which is always a recipe for disaster"!

 

[PRIDE OF CHESHIRE]

Vale not sending us anymore tickets 1031 is our lot. Something to do with operational issues. Guessing its something to do with Stoke playing at home at the same time. But still it's a joke to only get about 7% of the capacity for a cup game 14 miles down the road. I hope we give them the bear minimum next time they come to our place.

Absolutely ridiculous.
How much more trouble can it be to release say another 300 or so tickets?
Bags of room in that end.

 

[kieran_vale]

I think the old bill are pulling the strings with this, they should never have allowed both ties to be played on the same night. Guess Vale have use terms like "operational reasons" as they don't want to piss the old bill off as I they have to work them more they have to work with us.

That being said, I can't believe a few Vale fans are trying turn it on us, I saw this beauty on OVF

" I also imagine we'll have told Crewe, to give you a higher allocation we need to pay out this much in staffing / stewarding costs, if you don't sell this amount in full, you'll be charged to cover the costs. They probably said no, and now they're being slightly less forthcoming with the truth, laying the blame on us."

We asked for more tickets, so the Alex would have known about covering the costs of any unsold tickets, they even had more coaches provisionally booked as a standby. I know loads who haven't got tickets, I think we would have sold the same amount again such is the interest. I know a few lads who work with some Vale fans who are now in the home stands thanks to said Vale fans, which is always a recipe for disaster"!

Aye it’s the dibble as you say. I think they were quite accommodating in allowing us to swap home and away ends so probably keeping them onside for that reason. I don’t see why they couldn’t have freed up another few hundred or so though. It’s not as though inside the stadium there would be any home fans anywhere near the away support.

Would have solved a lot of issues if they’d asked Stoke to move to the Wednesday or at a push vice versa (even if us being away at Oxford at the weekend I’m not sure that would have pleased the manager).

 

[Son of Cod]

675 Town at Walsall. No trains from GY/Cleethorpes today have brought that down a fair amount I'd have thought.

 

[The Jovial Forester]

295 Rovers at Plough Lane

 

[Crewelad87]

334 Crewe at Bradford. Like most this week not helped by train strikes but also the club refusing to put any more coaches on despite them selling out ages ago.

 

[JaredSUFC]

157 Sutton fans at Newport

 

[Conker]

969 Stockport at Field Mill.

 

[northstandexile]

855 Wrexham at barrow
314 colchester at Gillingham
535 Donny at MK
805 SWA at Meadow Lane
511 Accrington at Salford
229 Crawley at Swindon
missing morecambe at Harrogate again Harrogate not giving out away followings.

 

[Crewelad87]

855 Wrexham at barrow
314 colchester at Gillingham
535 Donny at MK
805 SWA at Meadow Lane
511 Accrington at Salford
229 Crawley at Swindon
missing morecambe at Harrogate again Harrogate not giving out away followings.

Seen a figure of 408 Morecambe on social media, not sure how accurate it is though.

 

[Limerick Mariner]

Surely that can’t be right for Colchester…!?

314 for a 60 mile trip - even with no trains that’s terrible

 

[Alfie]

 

[Alfie]

SkyBet attendance figures

 

[northstandexile]

The Mansfield official home attendance was 7433 according to the stags website and what was announced over the tannoy.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Not a sell out but basically 6,500 home fans is tremendous support. Impressive

 

[BarraMatt]

Our attendance was 4,789. Not sure why all the outlets have 8, must have been a mistake by the PA media or whoever provides the generic match reports for the BBC, Sky etc.

 

[Mighty_Bantam]

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You've done us out of 10k there with your missing 1!