It is a joke. The weird thing is a lot of the people around me, who leave early, I actually see them at the train station - same train as me. So they are literally leaving early to go and stand in the train station. It doesn’t make any sense.
I get the impression that lots of match going fans don’t enjoy going to games at all. They sit there miserable as anything, don’t cheer or really celebrate goals and then every game no matter the score or who we play they leave early. Why even go to games ??
Some have genuine reasons, but you aren’t telling me thousands all have to get home early on Saturday afternoon