FOOTBALL FANS

Next Tuesday off to Ipswich, we have sold so far 149 tickets(prob sell 200), We get 20,000 at home.
in 1986 Division 4 first season, Hartlepool away 650 Cardiff Fans, crowds of 4,000 at home.

Newport County Division 3/4 use to take away 30-100 fans away in the league. use to get 4,000
now in the Non Leagues take 300 away on Tuesday nights and 700-1,500 away. now get average 1,600.

Luton Town in league 7,000 average use to take 200-300 away
Non league 6,000 average, take away about 700-1,500.

WE FOOTBALL FANS are WEIRD.
Do the hardcore prefer lower league Football ?

I'm up in Nottingham for the Devils 2nd leg of Ice Hockey Cup Final. Would normally do the Ispwich trip but couldn't miss the first final in a few years

I don't think so, this recession isn't finished, and there's no chance of a row at Ipswich

Tues night away games are crap for me - cos i cannot get off work to travel

Next Tuesday off to Ipswich, we have sold so far 149 tickets(prob sell 200), We get 20,000 at home.
in 1986 Division 4 first season, Hartlepool away 650 Cardiff Fans, crowds of 4,000 at home.

Newport County Division 3/4 use to take away 30-100 fans away in the league. use to get 4,000
now in the Non Leagues take 300 away on Tuesday nights and 700-1,500 away. now get average 1,600.

Luton Town in league 7,000 average use to take 200-300 away
Non league 6,000 average, take away about 700-1,500.

WERE A WEIRD FOOTBALL FANS.
Do the hardcore prefer lower league Football ?

Fans are being priced out
Example: Ipswich away midweek: £22 student

Looks like i'm missing the Ipswich game can't get the time off work

Next Tuesday off to Ipswich, we have sold so far 149 tickets(prob sell 200), We get 20,000 at home.
in 1986 Division 4 first season, Hartlepool away 650 Cardiff Fans, crowds of 4,000 at home.

Newport County Division 3/4 use to take away 30-100 fans away in the league. use to get 4,000
now in the Non Leagues take 300 away on Tuesday nights and 700-1,500 away. now get average 1,600.

Luton Town in league 7,000 average use to take 200-300 away
Non league 6,000 average, take away about 700-1,500.

WERE A WEIRD FOOTBALL FANS.
Do the hardcore prefer lower league Football ?

I see what you mean its the hardcore fans turning out to support the team and becoming a more together bunch

no proper prices proper trips to watch your team give 100% simple.

im there with the old man

I simply can't get to Ipswich. Uni and lack of finances are another factor.

I'm sure plenty of people who'd go to other games that are "easier" to access will be worried about spending hours driving back through East Anglia in the dead of night as well - and anybody who went to Preston or Barnsley must be a sodding lunatic to want to go to another culturally desolate place to see our team put so little passion in.

Oh, and I'd rather go to Leicester on the weekend which is what I'm doing.

And am I right in saying tickets for Ipswich are closer to £30?

I think people are missing the point of this thread, it's not about who is or is not going to Ipswich, It's about the irony of us fans who turn out in bigger numbers away from home when we are in lower leagues averaging lower home support

Carl - i prefered to watch the lower league games and i am probably the only one that DOES NOT want to go up to championship!

I think it's more to do with the way watching football has become a lot more expensive over the years.Once upon a time you could watch a game without breaking the bank, now it takes up a lot of peoples disposable income.An away game for me & my 2 boys will often average out at around £150 by the end of the day. It's become a luxury that families are struggling to meet.

Your all missing the point, What I am saying is when Cardiff City struggled in the lower leagues OUR FANS BONDED what was left of them and it was fantastic.

When you get higher up the league the more fans you get the bigger the divide becomes.

ON a friday night to Colchester in the lower divisions we took 1,500.

Carl - i prefered to watch the lower league games and i am probably the only one that DOES NOT want to go up to championship!

Claire we are in the championship

Carl - i prefered to watch the lower league games and i am probably the only one that DOES NOT want to go up to championship!

Claire we are in the championship

FAIL

IF WE WENT BUST And started again in the non leagues, I bet you our Support would be FANTASTIC AWAY FROM HOME.
I am not wishing it on us though.

Just look at Leeds/Southampton there away Support has increased.
Compared to their home.

IF WE WENT BUST And started again in the non leagues, I bet you our Support would be FANTASTIC AWAY FROM HOME.
I am not wishing it on us though.

loyal supporters fella, but where would we play? jubilee park?

i think people are disgruntled with the way footall is being run in this time
years ago there was none of this corporate nonsense you get now or
divvy stewards caneing you for actually supporting our club[how dare we ah] jus die hard
supporters who would come off various jobs around the valleys and
cardiff to come as one on a saturday support the players they
loved cos the players loved the club unlike some players these days.
and theres abubble trip virtually every game where you have to meet police
to be escorted to the ground!!!its just the way it is now!!!

Cartl lol im knackered hun - comes with 3 nights of no sleep - a school trip with 30 kids and an ill nipper lol


i was thinking i prefer to stay in the championship and not go up to the premiership lol but typed ..........................ah f@@@@@@k it lol YOU know what i meant lol now stop!


I am off to bed

Allways said those days in the lower divisions were the best.

my reason for not goin to ipswich is simple MONEY. have a season ticket, and recent away games since christmas are taking there toll on the bank ballance, bristol away x2, chelsea, preston, booked up for leicester and coventry,alot more good away trips to come, forest, derby, qpr, palace. so the easiest one to save on is a trip to ipswich.