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.

 

[HutchECFC]

Wrexham (a) sold out for the game on November 23rd

 

[YEO YEO YEO]

Wrexham really proving to be glamour tie for a lot of clubs who wouldn't normally take those sort of numbers then - Northampton, Exeter etc.

Can't see us taking anywhere near that amount with it being switched to a Tuesday night.

 

[Limerick Mariner]

Wrexham really proving to be glamour tie for a lot of clubs who wouldn't normally take those sort of numbers then - Northampton, Exeter etc.

Can't see us taking anywhere near that amount with it being switched to a Tuesday night.

We didn’t sell out - we were about 100 short, we normally take 800-1000 to Lancs games on a Saturday and even on Tuesday night if we are doing well. In fact, we took more to Altrincham on a Tuesday night in the NL than we took to Wrexham. It’s not glamour tie just a normal run-of-the-mill fixture for us.