by Tonteg Bluebird » Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:39 pm
Good thread. As someone else said, it depends what you value as a fan for an away trip. I'm going to split mine into 3 categories:
Best fans/atmosphere - Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace. The noise travels so well at Selhurst Park and the atmosphere was insane for our semi final.
Best stadium - Emirates, Arsenal. Took half the time of Wembley to build, but is twice as impressive.
Best trip - Craven Cottage, Fulham in the Premiership, I was in a pub signing the Gary Medel/Kim Bo-Kjung chant for 20 minutes non stop. It was my brothers birthday and Jordon Mutch scores his screamer to win it at the death!
Worst fans/atmosphere - Madejski Stadium, Reading. Seriously, has anyone ever heard Reading fans sing?
Worst stadium - Bloomfield Road, Blackpool. A City fan stood right next to me nearly went through the floor panel, which gave way in the temporary stand we were stood in. Luckily, he held on and we pulled him back up to safety, must have been a minimum of a 9-10 foot drop below him. It was the season we won the league when Tommy Smith volleyed in the winner.
Worst trip - Liberty Stadium, Swansea. In the Premiership, a police escort with no alcohol, a 3-0 beating watching a team going through the motions and a clueless manager subbing a right back for a right back to try and get us back into the game. The M4 was also closed on the way home, meaning we had to take a detour down the A465, which added an extra hour to our miserable journey home.