Stickied League 2 Away Support Thread 2023/24

[shoddycollins]

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1124 Chesterfield at Lincoln. A very good following in the circumstances.

irrelevant. How many Lincoln?

 

[YEO YEO YEO]

Saturday 7th October 2017
Accrington Stanley 0-2 Luton Town | 2193 [587]
Barnet 0-0 Coventry City | 4041 [1390]
Cambridge United 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers | 5365 [568]
Carlisle United 0-1 Exeter City | 4677 [233]
Cheltenham Town 2-1 Swindon Town| 5050 [*}
Colchester United 2-0 Mansfield Town | 3262 [*]
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Stevenage Borough | 3679 [176]
Lincoln City 2-1 Chesterfield | 9485 [1124]
Morecambe 0-1 Crawley Town | 1222 [*]
Newport County 2-0 Yeovil Town | 3689 [291]
Notts County 1-1 Forest Green Rovers | 13267 [154]
Port Vale 1-2 Grimsby Town | 5849 [533]

 

[Davidimp]

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irrelevant. How many Lincoln?

8361

 

[northstandexile]

1402 swindon in the away end
339 staggies in Essex
63 Red Devil's up north

 

[Westbars_Spireite]

Cracking home turn out at Notts.

No doubt someone can confirm but I imagine that's the highest number of home fans for a league game there for a very long time.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

I'm too lazy to confirm anything but a tremendous effort from the club. Superb attendance even taking into account a large number of free tickets and cheap tickets for everyone else who isn't a ST holder.

Past regimes have historically failed miserably on community days such as this. The current owner really advertised it and got the word out there and the community responded in kind.

As mentioned , it's a huge shame as predicted that the result and more so the performance won't see too many floaters back

 

[jacobncfc]

Cracking home turn out at Notts.

No doubt someone can confirm but I imagine that's the highest number of home fans for a league game there for a very long time.

I think it was the most home fans for a league game at ML since the last game of the 2001/02 season against Huddersfield, but even them i'm not sure because there doesn't seem to be any record of the number of away fans.

We've tried these promotion days before with nowhere near as much success - this one was brilliantly advertised by the club and seemed to be really targeted well. I'm not sure that the match matters that much with it either, it wasn't the greatest game ever but was also a long way from being the worst and everyone enjoys a 96th minute equaliser. I saw loads of youngsters really enjoying themselves even when we were losing and it had gone a bit flat. Even if it only persuades a few hundred to attend a bit more regularly then it's been worth it and definitely proves that we've got a bigger fanbase there if we can either get better at football or better at selling ourselves to the public.

 

[Maple Hatter]

I think it was the most home fans for a league game at ML since the last game of the 2001/02 season against Huddersfield, but even them i'm not sure because there doesn't seem to be any record of the number of away fans.

We've tried these promotion days before with nowhere near as much success - this one was brilliantly advertised by the club and seemed to be really targeted well. I'm not sure that the match matters that much with it either, it wasn't the greatest game ever but was also a long way from being the worst and everyone enjoys a 96th minute equaliser. I saw loads of youngsters really enjoying themselves even when we were losing and it had gone a bit flat. Even if it only persuades a few hundred to attend a bit more regularly then it's been worth it and definitely proves that we've got a bigger fanbase there if we can either get better at football or better at selling ourselves to the public.

A very impressive reaction by the Nottingham public and probably well timed with there being no PL games on TV and with County being top of the league. What were the details of the promotion? I imagine your board will have more of these promotions as you have the ground capacity to get people in and they do afterall spend money on food, merchandise etc. Looks like you will have an impressive average home attendance this year with all the local derbies and their big away support. Our last away game is at yours too. Could also be a sizable following if our season goes to plan. Just hoping there is nothing riding on it. I still have some horrible memories from 1992.

 

[oakroader]

At least a welcoming committee representing forest had a nasty surprise....didn’t deaden the relegation woes though....

 

[Maple Hatter]

At least a welcoming committee representing forest had a nasty surprise....didn’t deaden the relegation woes though....

Ha ha I remember that. Was lively all day. The same with Aston Villa fans after we lost the FA cup semi to Everton. The rule of thumb is don't pick a fight with a teams fans who've just lost an important match.

 

[jacobncfc]

A very impressive reaction by the Nottingham public and probably well timed with there being no PL games on TV and with County being top of the league. What were the details of the promotion? I imagine your board will have more of these promotions as you have the ground capacity to get people in and they do afterall spend money on food, merchandise etc. Looks like you will have an impressive average home attendance this year with all the local derbies and their big away support. Our last away game is at yours too. Could also be a sizable following if our season goes to plan. Just hoping there is nothing riding on it. I still have some horrible memories from 1992.

Tickets were a tenner and then we gave away 3,000 free ones as well. In the past though we've just given loads to schools and seen what happened - this time they did the free ones really widely (were offered to basically every school in the city and available to students at both unis, probably elsewhere too) but people had to apply for them, which I suspect is much better because then they're actually much more likely to actually turn up and we've now got their details for the future.

 

[Conker]

Fucking hell County are doing a Lincoln now.

This is the away support thread.

 

[GTFCfish]

Fucking hell County are doing a Lincoln now.

This is the away support thread.

Yeah but it was a Chesterfield fan that brought up County's home attendance to be fair, they are just responding to it.

 

[Luke Imp]

County going all underhand and Eastleigh like to topple us in the attendance table!

 

[Luke Imp]

They certainly didn't bring many to us on their one visit to our new place.

Our relegation season IIRC.

I think your front 3 that day were Davies, Lester and Morgan.

 

[Westbars_Spireite]

Our relegation season IIRC.

I think your front 3 that day were Davies, Lester and Morgan.

One of only a couple I missed that season. Suspect it was early season and coincided with a game of cricket.

 

[Tommo72]

average away following so far, includes three estimates
Morecambe at Stevenage 75
Stevenage at Swindon 150
Cheltenham at Morecambe 150

Lincoln's average inflated by the 4000 odd at Notts Co.

1543 Lincoln City
1230 Luton Town
1153 Coventry City
1042 Grimsby Town
850 Notts County
799 Exeter City
763 Mansfield Town
600 Swindon Town
488 Carlisle United
483 Chesterfield
392 Crewe Alexandra
385 Port Vale
371 Newport County
366 Cambridge United
334 Colchester United
295 Wycombe Wanderers
254 Stevenage
234 Barnet
233 Yeovil
211 Accrington Stanley
171 Cheltenham Town
141 Forest Green Rovers
128 Crawley Town
66 Morecambe

A more realistic average on willy waving is working out how many a side who take on a Saturday afternoon 150 miles from home. These are the numbers which I feel are representative using a fan per mile calculation, However teams that sell out local derbies are disadvantaged by this calculation.

900 Coventry City
882 Lincoln City
816 Exeter City
787 Grimsby Town
673 Luton Town
631 Carlisle United
570 Swindon Town
413 Mansfield Town
412 Notts County
356 Newport County
307 Cambridge United
300 Port Vale
300 Colchester United
272 Wycombe Wanderers
249 Chesterfield
243 Yeovil
194 Barnet
191 Crewe Alexandra
160 Cheltenham Town
157 Accrington Stanley
133 Forest Green Rovers
115 Stevenage
95 Morecambe
83 Crawley Town

Odds on Coventry will be top before long....

 

[Luke Imp]

average away following so far, includes three estimates
A more realistic average on willy waving is working out how many a side who take on a Saturday afternoon 150 miles from home. These are the numbers which I feel are representative using a fan per mile calculation, However teams that sell out local derbies are disadvantaged by this calculation.

900 Coventry City
882 Lincoln City
816 Exeter City
787 Grimsby Town
673 Luton Town
631 Carlisle United
570 Swindon Town
413 Mansfield Town
412 Notts County
356 Newport County
307 Cambridge United
300 Port Vale
300 Colchester United
272 Wycombe Wanderers
249 Chesterfield
243 Yeovil
194 Barnet
191 Crewe Alexandra
160 Cheltenham Town
157 Accrington Stanley
133 Forest Green Rovers
115 Stevenage
95 Morecambe
83 Crawley Town

Not sure how that table works? Our away Saturday games within 150 miles have been Wycombe (1k+), Stevenage (1k+), Notts County (4k+) and Grimsby (2k).

How does that average at 882? Might be a simple explanation, but I can't see it in the post.

 

[Son of Cod]

Not sure how that table works? Our away Saturday games within 150 miles have been Wycombe (1k+), Stevenage (1k+), Notts County (4k+) and Grimsby (2k).

How does that average at 882? Might be a simple explanation, but I can't see it in the post.

Over 150 miles, not within 150 miles maybe?

 

[Luke Imp]

Maybe, but even then, our only Saturday game outside of that was Exeter at 350 odd.

 

[Davidimp]

One of only a couple I missed that season. Suspect it was early season and coincided with a game of cricket.

Yeah it was either late August or early September.

 

[Gladders]

Not sure how that table works? Our away Saturday games within 150 miles have been Wycombe (1k+), Stevenage (1k+), Notts County (4k+) and Grimsby (2k).

How does that average at 882? Might be a simple explanation, but I can't see it in the post.

It's says to 150 miles, meaning how many you would take to a game exactly 150 miles away.

 

[Humpalumpa]

Yeah it was either late August or early September.

Saturday 04th Sept 2010 in League 2, Imps first visit to the new ground, 649 travelled from Lincoln in a crowd of 6489 !.

 

[northstandexile]

Not sure how that table works? Our away Saturday games within 150 miles have been Wycombe (1k+), Stevenage (1k+), Notts County (4k+) and Grimsby (2k).

How does that average at 882? Might be a simple explanation, but I can't see it in the post.

I have tried to balance out number of away fans on how far they have to travel. Common sense suggests more fans travel if the distance travelled is not far. So I have tried to come up with an estimated figure based on fans travelling 150 miles on a Saturday and 100 miles on a Tuesday.
For example Lincoln, their average works out at 882. Stevenage actual away gate was 1171 travelling 120 miles, so if 150 miles is travelled the expected fans in attendance would be 937. (1171 x 120/150)
Wycombe 1529 - first game back in league for yonks - exceptional high turnout
Notts County 1104 - local derby with no restriction on ticket sales
Stevenage 937 - a fairly representative figure
Grimsby 626 - local derby, restriction on ticket sales
Exeter 548 - restriction on ticket sales
Forest Green 546 - shit journey to stand in rain on a Tuesday night.

So for these six games I see Stevenage representative which isn't too far away from the average of 882.

 

[Westbars_Spireite]

You ever kissed a girl mate?

 

[PaulHaddock]

 

[The Jovial Forester]

815 Exiles at TNL loving it so far.

 

[mowgli]

500 Exeter at Adams Park in a crowd of 5,006.

 

[GodsGift]

542 Cambridge at Lincoln

 

[redjed]

523 happy Swindon fans at Mansfield