Stickied League 2 Away Support Thread 2024/25

[Scum.]

You've gotta have four stands, you've gotta have ambition to be better.

Alas some don't. You know who you are.

Unless you’re Oxford United.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Unless you’re Oxford United.

Looks very weird and they know it.

 

[CFC91]

We've sold out for Chesterfield next week. I'm assuming that Chesterfield must be looking to increase the capacity of the ground? I guess at the time they moved, just over 10k seemed more than enough but with increased attendances, 1k for away supporters is a pretty pitiful offering. I get that the club wants to accommodate as many home supporters as possible but you can't be offering that allowance to some of the clubs in league 1. I presume that expansion is in the long term plans, otherwise you're missing out massively financially as you move up the leagues. I think we offer something like 3,600 for example.

We can extend the North and East stands I believe, as well as South east and North West corners. Doubt we will do it unless we look like making the championship.

Grounds holds about 10200 and we will have 9000+ in there again next week so we are pushing it but not quite selling out every week

 

[AlanPep]

That's about 10% of their ground capacity right?

Attendances for clubs such as Chesterfield have indeed moved on due to their recent success in NL. Their away capacity and overall capacity now looks insufficient especially if they hope to progress up the leagues.

I can only assume their stadium was designed to be easily extended if necessary, is that the case?

Club provide important update on development of the East Stand | Bromley Football Club

Bromley Football Club is excited to announce that development works for the brand-new East Stand are now ready to proceed. However, we need your help. The new East Stand will hold over 2,000 supporters within a covered facility and be home to new food and beverage outlets as well as accessible...

www.bromleyfc.co.uk

Ground development announced last November, current capacity is limited pending development, and us season ticket holders are having to be ‘flexible’ post February

 

[leedsvaliant]

Club provide important update on development of the East Stand | Bromley Football Club

Bromley Football Club is excited to announce that development works for the brand-new East Stand are now ready to proceed. However, we need your help. The new East Stand will hold over 2,000 supporters within a covered facility and be home to new food and beverage outlets as well as accessible...

www.bromleyfc.co.uk

Ground development announced last November, current capacity is limited pending development, and us season ticket holders are having to be ‘flexible’ post February

I went in the home end when we played there before Christmas. Really liked the club house/bar that's been created and the newish home stand behind the goal. That looks smart. We walked along the front of the home end to the terracing behind the dugouts, which need some serious attention and the other stand behind the goal. I'm guessing a decent stint in the league will see those stands developed?

 

[OneDecentLester]

We can extend the North and East stands I believe, as well as South east and North West corners. Doubt we will do it unless we look like making the championship.

Grounds holds about 10200 and we will have 9000+ in there again next week so we are pushing it but not quite selling out every week

We’ll only do it when we’re regularly selling out the home end week in week out, & quite rightly too otherwise it’s just a complete waste of money. I very much doubt we’ll be worried about what some ‘big clubs in league 1’ think to our away allocation…

 

[dedwardp]

We can extend the North and East stands I believe, as well as South east and North West corners. Doubt we will do it unless we look like making the championship.

Grounds holds about 10200 and we will have 9000+ in there again next week so we are pushing it but not quite selling out every week

Sounds similar to us - we can fill in the corners and add a tier to one of the side stands to take the capacity up to circa 17,000 I think... nigh on impossible to imagine a world in which that would ever be required though.

 

[Ainsty]

17/1 - 160 Cheltenham at Harrogate.

 

[GTFCfish]

17/1 - 160 Cheltenham at Harrogate.

That’s terrible odds.

 

[Cloudy]

We can extend the North and East stands I believe, as well as South east and North West corners. Doubt we will do it unless we look like making the championship.

Grounds holds about 10200 and we will have 9000+ in there again next week so we are pushing it but not quite selling out every week

Your ‘new’ ground has been a huge positive and, imo 9000+ in Division 4 is a fantastic achievement by any club

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Chesterfield's attendances have been mighty impressive these past few years now averaging more than many sides in the division above.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Your ‘new’ ground has been a huge positive and, imo 9000+ in Division 4 is a fantastic achievement by any club

Absolutely, that Vale fan is just talking out his arse cos he’s annoyed he didn’t get a ticket

 

[Conker]

It’s 10% that you have to offer to away fans, unless you are Stockport who get special treatment for some reason.

 

[mozzavale]

I've no issue whatsoever with the allocation for Chesterfield, they're almost filling their ground with home fans and meeting their demand whilst providing the required allocation for away fans to meet EFL rules. At the same time they're not leaving thousands of their own fans disappointed without tickets.

I'm missing out on a ticket as I'm not a ST holder, it happens, accept it. I can't have any complaints. There won't be thousands of empty seats in the away end, like Notts County. So who are we to tell Chesterfield how to allocate tickets in their own ground.

The irony of complaining about an away allocation is that some of our fans are trying to come across like we're massive. Whereas a genuinely massive club would sell out every week, so they'd be used to it and not bother complaining. Imagine what the likes of Leeds, Wednesday, Sunderland etc are like, scrambling for tickets every other week. We're a 4th division club, and Chesterfield have a ground perfect for their demand. Again, who are we to tell them to make their ground bigger? If the demand for tickets in the home end out weighs supply, then I'm sure they'd give it consideration.

All this complaining just smacks of entitlement.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

In summary stop ******* moaning.

The footballing world know that only Bratfud are massive at this level.

 

[Coalite]

Chesterfield's attendances have been mighty impressive these past few years now averaging more than many sides in the division above.

Ever since the Trust took over attendances have been good. When the Kirks got involved it just seemed to go up another gear.

I'm old enough to remember when we considered anything over 3000 at Saltergate as a good attendance, so we have indeed come a long way.

 

[FiRTHYY]

1,391 City in Cumbria (8,399).

 

[Pie and chips]

2,924 at rhe wham stadium with 864 magpies in attendance

 

[Scum.]

2,924 at rhe wham stadium with 864 magpies in attendance

What does 864 magpies represent? I know one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy but never got much further?

 

[dedwardp]

499 Colchester at Bromley.

 

[Scum.]

733 MK Dons fans in a crowd of 6,144 at Walsall.

Not too Xabi Alonso for a team in 12th, bottom of the form table and going through its worst ever season.

 

[Christherover]

327 Donny at Gillingham in a crowd of 5814.

 

[kieran_vale]

233 Newport. Total crowd 6354.

 

[Crewelad87]

886 Crewe at Morecambe.

 

[Don Caster]

After 20 odd years of stagnation the franchise finally take an average away following considering the relatively short distance & you can't move for the fuckers on here

 

[Meadow]

444 Tranmere at Plough Lane.

 

[OneDecentLester]

1,147 Chesterfield at Grimsby

 

[FiRTHYY]

444 Tranmere at Plough Lane.

I actually think that’s plausible given how shite they are!

 

[Cloudy]

1,147 Chesterfield at Grimsby

Thought Chesterfield would have sold out their allocation for a relatively close fixture