Non-League Away Support Thread 14/15

[TheGas]

Good luck with that Gas, I saw the dissapointing renders but a new stadium can be a huge boost for a club and one the size of Bristol Rovers really ought to be playing at a higher level.

I'm not saying we'll be premier league in 10 years but in 03/04 swansea was bottom of the football league. Got new stadium then boom. Would be nice to be getting 12,000 regularly when doing well in league one and pushing 16,000 for big games

 

[Greenacres]

A ground with a capacity of 11,200 isn't small!

Poor choice of words on my part, what I was really trying to say that it wasn't large enough to satisfy the likely demand, it certainly isn't small by Conference standards. If Bristol Rovers can sell out their ground for a game in the fifth tier then an ambitious board might be able to claim that they would need a far larger ground, to meet probable need, if they could move up a couple of divisions.

 

[Greenacres]

I'm not saying we'll be premier league in 10 years but in 03/04 swansea was bottom of the football league. Got new stadium then boom. Would be nice to be getting 12,000 regularly when doing well in league one and pushing 16,000 for big games

I would suspect that many clubs who build new grounds get a bit of a rise in attendances, at least in the early days, it is up to the team on the pitch to produce football that makes them want to keep coming back. Swansea is a perfect example, they were probably on the rise when the stadium was given the go-ahead but there is little doubt that crowds continued to rise because there was space to accommodate them. I think they are about to enlarge the ground as well.

 

[Shotsfan1993]

Top effort for another nothing game miles away on a Tuesday. I'd have been impressed with the 9.

Talking to some of their fans on the turnstile last night it appeared quite a lot were from the local area so it didnt put them out too much. That said I have a lot of respect for the 15 odd that travelled down on a minibus, takes a lot of dedication to do that!

 

[Gladders]

102 Aldershot at Grimsby

 

[GTFC1979]

102 Aldershot at Grimsby

Great effort that.

 

[Cardsfan]

97 Alfreton at Bristol Rovers
114 Dover at Forest Green
730 Wrexham at Telford
Estimate 70 Halifax at Woking

 

[Shotsfan1993]

102 Aldershot at Grimsby

Great effort that.

Thought we had a few more than that, but at least we got over 100 and have had at least that at every away game this season. Given some of the football weve had to endure thats reasonably impressive imo

 

[Urban]

30-40 Gateshead at the Champions today.

 

[les.gtfc]

Decent numbers from Aldershot today but I was quite disappointed with them to be honest. Each season we've played them, they have always been a noisy bunch of buggers, but hardly heard a peep from them today.

 

[Harrier94]

148 Harriers fans at Eastleigh

 

[TheGas]

148 Harriers fans at Eastleigh

Very good

 

[Shotsfan1993]

Decent numbers from Aldershot today but I was quite disappointed with them to be honest. Each season we've played them, they have always been a noisy bunch of buggers, but hardly heard a peep from them today.

There was about 20-30 of us making some noise towards the back of the stand although maybe you couldnt hear us at the other end of the ground, although we were quieter than we would usually be, being 2-0 down very early on didnt help.

That said, I heard very little from your fans either - was it genuinely quiet or was it just we couldnt hear you up the other end?

Just out of interest, from your view did 102 look about right or did it look a bit more? My gut feeling was we had closer to 150 but its always harder to tell when your stood in the middle of the stand.

 

[les.gtfc]

There was about 20-30 of us making some noise towards the back of the stand although maybe you couldnt hear us at the other end of the ground, although we were quieter than we would usually be, being 2-0 down very early on didnt help.

That said, I heard very little from your fans either - was it genuinely quiet or was it just we couldnt hear you up the other end?

Just out of interest, from your view did 102 look about right or did it look a bit more? My gut feeling was we had closer to 150 but its always harder to tell when your stood in the middle of the stand.

I know we scored early on but in previous seasons you lot never shut up from first whistle to last, the score didn't seem to matter.

As you say there were a few of you at the back of the stand so it was rather hard to tell as I was sat at the top of the large stand on your left, right near the back but whatever the figure over 100 for a dead rubber of a game over 200 miles away is a great effort.

 

[Cardsfan]

220 Macclesfield at Torquay

 

[B2TF]

Have you got the 1500 Shaymen at yours yesterday, all spread out?

 

[Shotsfan1993]

I know we scored early on but in previous seasons you lot never shut up from first whistle to last, the score didn't seem to matter.

Yeah we were a little subdued, and to be fair we usually have around 200 at your place, so maybe having half the following affected it too. We did try to make a bit of noise especially 2nd half.

By the way, do you usually employ about 50 stewards for 100 fans and try and make them go into half a block of seats, despite little risk of trouble and a massive stand? Seemed really strange (and a bit stupid) to be honest.

 

[les.gtfc]

Yeah we were a little subdued, and to be fair we usually have around 200 at your place, so maybe having half the following affected it too. We did try to make a bit of noise especially 2nd half.

By the way, do you usually employ about 50 stewards for 100 fans and try and make them go into half a block of seats, despite little risk of trouble and a massive stand? Seemed really strange (and a bit stupid) to be honest.

Yeah, we mentioned that before the game. Usually away fans who don't bring overly large followings have been put in the corner section which was on your right so maybe they were expecting about 500 of you yesterday.

 

[Fc me]

Sorry for snow and ice, we'll try and fix the weather forecast next time.

Some on your forum wanted us to have under soil heating

Well you do think you're a premier league club

 

[Fc me]

And the powers that be would allow these jokes into the Fooball League?

Oi watch it......we're the ones with attitude and arrogance.......

 

[Amber Nectar]

Well you do think you're a premier league club

Well they are... Conference Premier.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Well they are... Conference Premier.

Nah your all wrong their better than Premier League their members of the National League!

 

[Fc me]

Well they are... Conference Premier.

Well you do think you're a BARCLAYS premier league side.....happy lol

 

[Amber Nectar]

Nah your all wrong their better than Premier League their members of the National League!

I'll let you have that one DSL!

 

[Amber Nectar]

Well you do think you're a BARCLAYS premier league side.....happy lol

You've lost me on this one!

 

[Fc me]

You've lost me on this one![/QUOTE
just stay lost Amber...its easier

 

[Ian Richardson]

Sorry for snow and ice, we'll try and fix the weather forecast next time.

Some on your forum wanted us to have under soil heating

Yeah that was very embarrassing

 

[JJH]

Nice try, Gasheads.

 

[Gladders]

was posted ages ago elsewhere

 

[JJH]

was posted ages ago elsewhere

Yeah - by me in the L2 forum.

Thought it was appropriate to post it here as well..