Away fans / tourists in home sections

bladdered said:
So you reckon they would all sell 7800 tickets and still try to buy some more in the home end? I've seen those clubs take literally hundreds to us in the past.
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Birmingham and Boro may they have decent away followings as an average. Millwall struggle to travel outside of London.
 
Dodge said:
Might be just me but I don't begrudge any diehard Plymouth fan in our end. Fuck it. Let 'em have their day out. Show some class. We've done it plenty of times in the past. They're not a rival, they're not a fashionable club, they support their local team. Save the digs and slaps for the cunts down the East Lancs and Trafford.

Embrace it, turn it on its head, because sure as eggs are eggs the gutter press will have their "City Shame" headlines already written, as they did for Munich 50. We pissed on their chips then, so let's fuck 'em up again.
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Agree, Plymouth aren't even on our radar, let them jump up if they score and are in the City stands
 
Dodge said:
Nah, if they move a fucking inch, kick the living shit out of the cunts.

Cheeky bastards.
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Nobody fucking move!!
 
I'd be more concerned if the game was at Plymouth and they were watering/narrowing the pitch and Pep was picking one of those weird starting XIs

Instead we're at home against a team who are doomed for League One, and this should be a comfortable 4-0 victory

However I appear to have misread the script and everyone else seems more worried about Plymouth fans celebrating goals in the City end.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Birmingham? Only this season. Terrible support in years gone by.
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Home support yes. Most of the time in the championship they were filling allocations.

Think last time out in championship they were taking more away then boro weekly.only the teams pushing promotion / sheff clubs had more.

Not kept up with them this season, couple the lads in work follow them always found them quite similar to us in terms of football and fan base. Obviously not much of a love loss between the fans when we play them.
 
Got a reply to a letter I sent to City today about the hoarders of Liverpool fans in my section on Sunday. Received a very patronising reply…. We take these issues seriously and we take every step to prevent it happening - that would be a good answer except it is happening - so how are City gonna stop it happening? Starting to get irritated with the corporate speak and the patronising tone displayed by the club to loyal supporters. I’d have more respect if they’d said… actually old chap it’s all about money so we flog the tickets to anyone prepared to pay our extortionate prices so hard cheese and all that….
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Birmingham? Only this season. Terrible support in years gone by.
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You're right but I think that applies to a lot of clubs, especially outside the Premier League

The first time I ever attended a game at Bramall Lane was when a mate persuaded me to travel with Stockport for a night match circa February 1982.

It finished 4-0 and Stockport took about 150 in a crowd of approximately 12,000

Nowadays there would be 25,000+ and Stockport would take 1500
 
nmc said:
Got a reply to a letter I sent to City today about the hoarders of Liverpool fans in my section on Sunday. Received a very patronising reply…. We take these issues seriously and we take every step to prevent it happening - that would be a good answer except it is happening - so how are City gonna stop it happening? Starting to get irritated with the corporate speak and the patronising tone displayed by the club to loyal supporters. I’d have more respect if they’d said… actually old chap it’s all about money so we flog the tickets to anyone prepared to pay our extortionate prices so hard cheese and all that….
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Mate half and half scarves are sold outside the stadium in plain sight, it's not really surprising that the club don't care.

The ESL was only thrown out because the fans thought it was a step too far, with that being said that new shit chumps league format is just a dipped toe into a full blown ESL, which will then turn into a world league.

If it appears like they don't care it's because they don't.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
You're right but I think that applies to a lot of clubs, especially outside the Premier League

The first time I ever attended a game at Bramall Lane was when a mate persuaded me to travel with Stockport for a night match circa February 1982.

It finished 4-0 and Stockport took about 150 in a crowd of approximately 12,000

Nowadays there would be 25,000+ and Stockport would take 1500
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Yeah but Birmingham is a City and they are in the middle of the country. Nowhere is that far.

Last season. They averaged 2200 away which is ok but it was 6th in the division. They have had home averages of 15000 in not that distant seasons.

This season they have been selling out for obvious reasons.

Some of the away averages last season in the championship were decent. Plymouth being one at 2000 ish.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Yeah but Birmingham is a City and they are in the middle of the country. Nowhere is that far.

Last season. They averaged 2200 away which is ok but it was 6th in the division. They have had home averages of 15000 in not that distant seasons.

This season they have been selling out for obvious reasons.

Some of the away averages last season in the championship were decent. Plymouth being one at 2000 ish.
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Birmingham are the weirdest of weird clubs and whilst potentially huge (for the reasons you've just stated) their support has always been all over the place.

in 88-89 they recorded their lowest ever average attendance of 6,289 (highest attendance v City) and yet in 73-74 they actually averaged more than City despite only surviving relegation on the last day.

Thanks to their new owner they've suddenly become one of the trendiest teams outside the PL, but God knows for how long.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Birmingham are the weirdest of weird clubs and whilst potentially huge (for the reasons you've just stated) their support has always been all over the place.

in 88-89 they recorded their lowest ever average attendance of 6,289 (highest attendance v City) and yet in 73-74 they actually averaged more than City despite only surviving relegation on the last day.

Thanks to their new owner they've suddenly become one of the trendiest teams outside the PL, but God knows for how long.
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Always thought Birmingham City were very like us, both overshadowed by more famous neighbours, large multi ethnic fan base, poorly developed inner city grounds in working class neighbourhoods, support predominantly from the city unlike the neighbours. We have left much of that behind now and Birmingham are like we were in 99 or perhaps 2002 under keegan. In some ways I envy them the experience and feel we have lost much of what made us City along the way. Good luck Brummies
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Birmingham are the weirdest of weird clubs and whilst potentially huge (for the reasons you've just stated) their support has always been all over the place.

in 88-89 they recorded their lowest ever average attendance of 6,289 (highest attendance v City) and yet in 73-74 they actually averaged more than City despite only surviving relegation on the last day.

Thanks to their new owner they've suddenly become one of the trendiest teams outside the PL, but God knows for how long.
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They averaged more than City, Newcastle, Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea that season. Amazingly
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
yet in 73-74 they actually averaged more than City despite only surviving relegation on the last day.
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They'd just been promoted after 8 years away from the top flight, helps explain why they turned up in big numbers at Maine Rd on the opening day of that season (Denis Law's 2nd City debut). We had a crap season in the league, the football was a bit grim under Ron Saunders, despite reaching the League Cup Final.
 
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