Non-League Away Support 2015/16

[Tranmerewhite]

Why do you keep posting in the non league section then?

Because they wish they were as big as Tranmere or Wrexham.

 

[Pablosammy]

I was expecting a response like that.
Won't happen though.Div4 is the lowest level our club competes at.

Says who?

 

[Tranmerewhite]

385 Tranmere on a 13 hour round trip, we are massive*.

*I don't mean McNulty, Higdon and Taylor-Fletcher.

 

[Boz]

It is a decent turnout for the SWA, more than I'd expected.

 

[slaphead]

325 Gulls at the Rec. Very good effort again.

 

[TRFC ON TOUR]

102 Woking at Cheltenham

 

[Luke Imp]

301 Lincoln at Macc.

 

[GTFCfish]

400 Grimsby at Bognor Regis in FA Trophy.

 

[Pablosammy]

385 Tranmere on a 13 hour round trip, we are massive*.

*I don't mean McNulty, Higdon and Taylor-Fletcher.

Bloody hell, I expected about 100.

 

[Pablosammy]

400 Grimsby at Bognor Regis in FA Trophy.

Fair play.

 

[chipmunx]

about 45 Alty fans at Barrow

 

[CFC2010]

Unsegregated so hard to tell but seemed to be between 100-120 Chester at Eastleigh today.

 

[Cardsfan]

301 Lincoln at Macclesfield
22 Welling at Southport

 

[White Army]

Pretty poor from Lincoln is it not?

 

[B2TF]

One or two Shaymen at Nantwich by all reports.

 

[Josh Butler]

91 Gloucester at Stockport- pretty good for them- only confirmed figure.
About 60 Boston at Chorley, pretty grim for us

 

[FGRJC]

Apparently it was 51 fgr at gateshead a 7am start not a bad effort

 

[White Army]

Apparently it was 51 fgr at gateshead a 7am start not a bad effort

51 not a bad effort? Really?

 

[FGRJC]

51 not a bad effort? Really?

Sorry, forgot nailsworth was a massive city like Liverpool....

 

[chipmunx]

Sorry, forgot nailsworth was a massive city like Liverpool....

and I thought Tranmere was on the Wirral not in Liverpool?

 

[Chris FGR]

Apparently it was 51 fgr at gateshead a 7am start not a bad effort

And before anyone says it, it was NOT free travel. £17 members £22 non member £10 juniors.

Shows that free travel makes no difference to the size of our away support, we took a similar amount to Halifax for free and that's slightly closer. This is a 600 mile round trip.

 

[Pablosammy]

Sorry, forgot nailsworth was a massive city like Liverpool....

He's got a point, Mr Sarcasmo. Even pro-rata, 51 is not decent - it's bang average. That's just 3% of your home attendance, for a team aiming for automatic promotion. Purely as a comparison rather than a boast, we took nearly 8% over a similar distance today to Dover. Looking at other teams figures, there are plenty pushing over 10% too.

 

[Luke Imp]

Pretty poor from Lincoln is it not?

Not really. Pretty average for us.

Although Macc is relatively close distance wise (well, 78 miles) it's a bastard of a place to get to from here. It takes 2-2½ hours on a long, winding A-road.

 

[slaphead]

Shows that free travel makes no difference to the size of our away support, we took a similar amount to Halifax for free and that's slightly closer. This is a 600 mile round trip.

For which we took 150 to watch a midtable team in shit form.

 

[B2TF]

As a comparison, they're saying there were 1200 Shaymen at Nantwich, minimum. Nothing remarkable about that, it's the least you'd expect a REAL football club to take when it has a sniff of winning something.

 

[Limerick Mariner]

385 Tranmere on a 13 hour round trip, we are massive*.

*I don't mean McNulty, Higdon and Taylor-Fletcher.

I doubt that, like the Mariners, a fair proportion of those will be South East based. I'm not saying it's not a good following mind.

 

[GuiseleySteve]

51 Guiseley at Bromley, badly let down by an abject second half 'performance'

 

[Si Robin]

Not that I care about attendances but surely the 51 Guiseley to Bromley is the best comparison to the 51 FGR to Gateshead. 30 mile or so difference in journey (FGR travelling further), however Guiseley have a massive club on their doorstep who no-doubt take the majority of their potential support, and their positions in the league are complete opposites. Then of course there is taking the percentage of their average home attendance into account (I don't know either's by the way).

 

[GuiseleySteve]

In addition we had some northern based Bromley fans travel down to the game on our supporters club coach. Proper non-league spirit

 

[Chris FGR]

For which we took 150 to watch a midtable team in shit form.

Aldershot population 36,000
Nailsworth population 6,000

Years in football league

Alldershot FC/Town 65
Forest Green 0

When either of the above stats get closer then our away support will grow to a similar size to yours. Until then making comparisons is ridiculous.

And we used to take 50 odd to Gateshead/Barrow etc when we were shit and skint. So us doing well has nothing to do with the size of our away support. It's pretty consistent. We now have a large amount of young supporters, many of whom want to travel but can't due to there not being enough responsible adults with the time to travel. As our fanbase grows(which it is) and the large amount of youngsters get a bit older and keener, our away crowds will start reflecting the growth in our home support. I'm pretty confident that we'll be taking at least 150-200 everywhere in 3 or 4 years time. The enthusiasm is there, momentum is building and we've got a supporters trust who are making things happen. Interest in the club is at an all time high.

As a comparison, they're saying there were 1200 Shaymen at Nantwich, minimum. Nothing remarkable about that, it's the least you'd expect a REAL football club to take when it has a sniff of winning something.

You're right, nothing remarkable. We took a lot more then that to Swindon and not much less to Bath in the FA Cup. Big cup games bring out the day trippers, especially at semi proper part timers like FC Halifax who's only hope of any tangible success is through the FA Trophy.
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