Stickied League One Away Support Thread 2024/25

[denzel ecfc]

The other day was talking about how important it was to have your ground close to the town centre (in reference to shrewsbury moving out of town to one of these identikit grounds compared to their old one (though of course shrewsbury had legitimate reasons given the flooding of the Severn so often)

Wycombes ground is just that though, the floating voter is going to be put off / its out of town, it’s hard to get to, there’s no local facilities near it / in short it’s a pain the arse.

Of course there’s more to it than that, but it certainly helps / so when you’ve seen clubs like exeters fan base grow - their localation groundwise would be one of the factors

I think ours has grown simply because of success (relatively) on the pitch and playing at a high level for us, coupled with strong fan engagement and incremental improvements to facilities (new stands 4 or 5 seasons old, etc).

Our gates are slightly down this season, which most put down to fannying about with kick off times and lack of exciting opposition so far..

There is always a healthy debate on exeweb considering whether we would be better off out of town, to a bigger ground or even the Chiefs, the majority think not.

 

[AdamStag]

I think ours has grown simply because of success (relatively) on the pitch and playing at a high level for us, coupled with strong fan engagement and incremental improvements to facilities (new stands 4 or 5 seasons old, etc).

Our gates are slightly down this season, which most put down to fannying about with kick off times and lack of exciting opposition so far..

Yeah, i mean more that if a side does have success or you’ve floating voters, having a ground that’s out of town/pain in the arse to get to is always going to still have a drag, you’ve not had that drag due to good location.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Yeah, i mean more that if a side does have success or you’ve floating voters, having a ground that’s out of town/pain in the arse to get to is always going to still have a drag, you’ve not had that drag due to good location.

Yes but to some having a ground near a motorway is a plus, driving into Exeter can be a pain and parking isn't cheap these days.
Though neither is the park and ride option at the Chiefs ground.
I prefer where we are though, Saturday I went in on the train, had a few pints in a city centre pub, went to the ground, pint after. Sometimes go for a curry. You can't beat that.