Stickied League 2 Away Support Thread 2023/24

[RLC]

I’m guessing Mansfield’s is skewed above ours on the basis of the high attendance at MK where they had a meaningful final game.

Also skewed by their derby game at Notts where they took a big following. I believe Nottingham is fifteen miles from Mansfield, whereas our closest 'derby' game was fifty plus miles away.

If you consider all distances and the season as a whole, I would say Lincoln and ourselves are one and two in the division.

 

[UTS]

When you consider distances travelled, % of away fans as a proportion of home gate, skewing of averages due to 1 off followings etc etc I’d say Tranmere and Lincoln have the genuine best away support this season, closely followed by Notts Co (especially considering their season), Carlisle, Oldham and Mansfield... notable mention to Exeter too who travel consistently solidly despite their relative isolation.

On the other hand, Crewe’s away support has baffled me for a while... poor considering their relatively stable fanbase of around 3,500-4,000, considering they’re well placed in the country and have very good rail and decent road connections I can’t understand why they don’t travel better. Old demographic of fans maybe?

 

[Davidimp]

For Grimsby to average over 500 is very good considering they've finished 17th. Notts is exceptional too having been so poor on their travels, awful at our place back in August.

 

[Blue Lion]

18.Macclesfield. 262
19.Forest Green. 217
20.Yeovil. 210
21.Cheltenham 191
22.Stevenage. 180
23.Morecambe. 150
24.Crawley. 104

Top of the tinpotters

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

452 Cobblers at Crawley

I was at cOldham...

 

[Crewelad87]

When you consider distances travelled, % of away fans as a proportion of home gate, skewing of averages due to 1 off followings etc etc I’d say Tranmere and Lincoln have the genuine best away support this season, closely followed by Notts Co (especially considering their season), Carlisle, Oldham and Mansfield... notable mention to Exeter too who travel consistently solidly despite their relative isolation.

On the other hand, Crewe’s away support has baffled me for a while... poor considering their relatively stable fanbase of around 3,500-4,000, considering they’re well placed in the country and have very good rail and decent road connections I can’t understand why they don’t travel better. Old demographic of fans maybe?

It's not helped being consistently one of the worst sides away from home this season. We still average around 10% our home crowd away from home which isn't all that bad.

 

[SELatic]

To take around 17/18% of our home support away during our lowest league position in near on 50 years isn’t bad. Fair play to Notts too - I don’t think any other team in this league would average that number during the season they’ve had.

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Season done and only missed one away all season in all competitions...

 

[MimmaGTFC]

Grimsby fans must be the best for following their team away. Our closest match is Lincoln which is 46 miles away. After that it's 73 miles to Notts County. We are out on a limb geographically with very poor transport links. We have had a poor season but still took over 1200 to Nottingham for the last away game of the season. If we were to have a good season we could average round about 1000 for the season which is what we averaged when we came up from the conference.

 

[BlackHaddock]

Grimsby fans must be the best for following their team away. Our closest match is Lincoln which is 46 miles away. After that it's 73 miles to Notts County. We are out on a limb geographically with very poor transport links. We have had a poor season but still took over 1200 to Nottingham for the last away game of the season. If we were to have a good season we could average round about 1000 for the season which is what we averaged when we came up from the conference.

Yeah, but a lot of us have stopped going because we were so poor, I only managed 6 away games this season which is the least since we got relegated into non-league.

 

[GTFCfish]

For the first season ever since following Town I’ve been to no aways this season due to a combination of my shift pattern and then my car fucking up leaving me pretty skint. My weekends off when they have come have just fell shit for any decent away games, and then in the last couple of months of the season I’d planned on doing Oldham and Morecambe but the clutch went on my car and I had to scrap it and get another so couldn’t afford to go to any.
Probably a blessing actually as it coincided with us being absolute dogshit.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

I thought my single away venture this season was poor. Again like you, definitely a blessing in disguise.

Least you have the legit excuse of being skint and having an unreliable car.

 

[Conker]

Also skewed by their derby game at Notts where they took a big following. I believe Nottingham is fifteen miles from Mansfield, whereas our closest 'derby' game was fifty plus miles away.

If you consider all distances and the season as a whole, I would say Lincoln and ourselves are one and two in the division.

It’s still a good effort though isn’t it? Taking 4,000+ to now non-league County counts just like anything else, and I don’t understand why the need to compare so much either? You can consider all you want, but it’s probably best to go off the actual table who’s #2.

Mansfield could win the FA Cup and you probably would still have to grit ya teeth and not give any sort of positive vibe, so come on mate, be a good lad and say something nice because us Stags fans want a pat on the back for once?

 

[Conker]

So MK used to be even less supported away from home then? Because that’s a abysmal effort all considered, yes even the franchise aspect.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

It’s clear to all that people on this thread can’t be impartial. Our support this season has been labelled by fans of other teams as incredible, outstanding, relatively poor and pathetic. Albeit the second two comments come from local rivals.

The numbers home and away don’t lie, factor in league position snd size of club and it’s obvious which are impressive and which aren’t if you really care about these things.

 

[birkenhead tranny]

It’s clear to all that people on this thread can’t be impartial. Our support this season has been labelled by fans of other teams as incredible, outstanding, relatively poor and pathetic. Albeit the second two comments come from local rivals.

The numbers home and away don’t lie, factor in league position snd size of club and it’s obvious which are impressive and which aren’t if you really care about these things.

good luck next season swa swa

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Good luck with away followings next season or with results? COYP

 

[DippyDon]

So MK used to be even less supported away from home then? Because that’s a abysmal effort all considered, yes even the franchise aspect.

We’ve had more away fans this season than we had in the last 2 in league one. The only year I know that we had more than this was the championship year.

Mainly down to the fact that the kids are growing up and are doing most home and aways to be honest. It’ll be interesting to see what our away support is like next season.

 

[jbet]

We’ve had more away fans this season than we had in the last 2 in league one. The only year I know that we had more than this was the championship year.

Mainly down to the fact that the kids are growing up and are doing most home and aways to be honest. It’ll be interesting to see what our away support is like next season.

Probably all wearing their Arsenal shirts.

 

[DippyDon]

Probably all wearing their Arsenal shirts.

You get the odd child wearing premier league shirts of course, I’ve seen that pretty much everywhere I’ve travelled, but our away bunch are pretty much all solely MK fans which is nice to see for me. Still, the funniest thing I saw at Dons was a grown man wearing his Bolton strip at a home game against Brighton.

 

[Luke Imp]

These stats are courtesy of StrangelyBrown over on Vitals. I'm sure he'd have posted them himself at some point but he's not logged on for a few days.

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Final summary of the 18/19 season- has been a great season to be an Imp so a little of my travels first.

I've managed to get to 15 away games this season (Bury, Cambridge, Carlisle, Colchester, Cheltenham, Exeter, Everton, Forest Green, Macclesfield, MK Dons, Morecambe, Notts County, Northampton, Stevenage, Yeovil).

All trips done in the same day except Cheltenham when Mrs SB agreed I could stay overnight (after a work meeting in Birmingham on the Friday before the game).

Travelled a total of 4,000 miles averaging 278 miles per trip.

Best Away day(s) MK, Morecambe and Cheltenham.
MK experience, atmosphere and result were unforgettable
Morecambe has a quaintness I'll miss (alongside Fish and Chips with Eric on the seafront)
Cheltenham is a lovely town and the football locals very friendly.

Worst Away Day- Bury
After match shenanigans were pretty dire really and dampened the whole evening.

Anyway, on to the main event!

A total of 552 games have been played and the following data is based on 551 games as one game still unaccounted for (Cambridge at Macc yesterday)

Average away attendances
Average of each team away following this season
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd Tranmere Rovers

Weekly Winner
Team with highest number of away fans each week
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd= Grimsby, Oldham, Tranmere

1,000+
Number of times each team took more than 1,000 away
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd= Oldham, Tranmere Rovers

As well as the usual above tables, below are a couple more which may be of interest


Ground Summary
The lowest and highest attendance as visitors to the grounds this season (ie 9822 away fans have visited Sincil Bank this season with the average away end at the Bank being 427)
1st MK Dons
2nd Notts County
3rd Macclesfield (yes, that surprised me too!)

Home Attendance
Using away data and home data, the table below shows the net number of home fans average this season
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mk Dons
3rd Notts County

Away Attendance Percentage
Finally, percentage of the net home attendance as away fans
1st Mansfield
2nd Oldham
3rd Bury

And that's all folks! Full season matrix as an attachment

Hopefully some will have found the data interesting and, all being well, will be continuing next season in the same vein.

 

[Blue Lion]

381 Cambridge on Saturday

 

[UTS]

So we average 633 away instead of the 566 mentioned on the last page. Nice.

 

[Richard Cranium]

These stats are courtesy of StrangelyBrown over on Vitals. I'm sure he'd have posted them himself at some point but he's not logged on for a few days.

--------------------------------------------------------------

Final summary of the 18/19 season- has been a great season to be an Imp so a little of my travels first.

I've managed to get to 15 away games this season (Bury, Cambridge, Carlisle, Colchester, Cheltenham, Exeter, Everton, Forest Green, Macclesfield, MK Dons, Morecambe, Notts County, Northampton, Stevenage, Yeovil).

All trips done in the same day except Cheltenham when Mrs SB agreed I could stay overnight (after a work meeting in Birmingham on the Friday before the game).

Travelled a total of 4,000 miles averaging 278 miles per trip.

Best Away day(s) MK, Morecambe and Cheltenham.
MK experience, atmosphere and result were unforgettable
Morecambe has a quaintness I'll miss (alongside Fish and Chips with Eric on the seafront)
Cheltenham is a lovely town and the football locals very friendly.

Worst Away Day- Bury
After match shenanigans were pretty dire really and dampened the whole evening.

Anyway, on to the main event!

A total of 552 games have been played and the following data is based on 551 games as one game still unaccounted for (Cambridge at Macc yesterday)

Average away attendances
Average of each team away following this season
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd Tranmere Rovers

View attachment 10912

Weekly Winner
Team with highest number of away fans each week
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd= Grimsby, Oldham, Tranmere

View attachment 10913

1,000+
Number of times each team took more than 1,000 away
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mansfield Town
3rd= Oldham, Tranmere Rovers

View attachment 10914

As well as the usual above tables, below are a couple more which may be of interest


Ground Summary
The lowest and highest attendance as visitors to the grounds this season (ie 9822 away fans have visited Sincil Bank this season with the average away end at the Bank being 427)
1st MK Dons
2nd Notts County
3rd Macclesfield (yes, that surprised me too!)

View attachment 10915

Home Attendance
Using away data and home data, the table below shows the net number of home fans average this season
1st Lincoln City
2nd Mk Dons
3rd Notts County

View attachment 10916

Away Attendance Percentage
Finally, percentage of the net home attendance as away fans
1st Mansfield
2nd Oldham
3rd Bury

View attachment 10918

And that's all folks! Full season matrix as an attachment

Hopefully some will have found the data interesting and, all being well, will be continuing next season in the same vein.

View attachment 10919
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Not that it matters much but we had 2 1000+ followings in April.

Anyway we'll have no more than 400 in Newport tonight I expect.

Thought finishing 4th in these play offs was meant to be an advantage? Away on a Thursday night and then home on the Sunday so they'll be able to travel in good numbers to the 2nd leg whereas a 4 day turnout to Newport away on a Thursday is just a no go.

Fuck Sky/EFL/Shaun Harvey/automatic promition/MK Dons

 

[DippyDon]

Our 1000+ is wrong as well, we had 3. Cambridge, Northampton and Colchester.

 

[jbet]

last time we'll ever average less than 4k home fans #NewEra

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Our 1000+ is wrong as well, we had 3. Cambridge, Northampton and Colchester.

MK at Cambridge is down as 951 in the official club report

https://www.mkdons.com/news/2018/october/report-cambridge-united-v-mk-dons/

 

[StrangelyBrown]

381 Cambridge on Saturday

Top banana- thanks

 

[DippyDon]

MK at Cambridge is down as 951 in the official club report

https://www.mkdons.com/news/2018/october/report-cambridge-united-v-mk-dons/

Then the table of attendances is wrong I could have sworn we made a big fuss about selling over1000 tickets but it was ages ago and I've had far too many beers in between.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

It is the number who enter the ground, not ticket sales.

Tranmere sold out their Easter Monday allocation of 1000 at Sincil Bank but only 920 attended the game.

I only use official away attendances announced (with the exception of around 10 games this season which were estimated on this forum).