Lowest away following.

fitzy blue said:
Don't know if Groclin in Poland has been mentioned in the UEFA cup 2003/4 season. Only a small stadium, think it was 5/6 thousand. Probably had a few hundred there but only had a small allocation. Felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.
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Was there that day, quite a few Blues from what I recall, like you say a very small ground though (and a very shit match)
 
fitzy blue said:
Don't know if Groclin in Poland has been mentioned in the UEFA cup 2003/4 season. Only a small stadium, think it was 5/6 thousand. Probably had a few hundred there but only had a small allocation. Felt like it was in the middle of nowhere.
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Pretty sure Spike did 3 planes to that one so maybe 600 on them plus a few hundred independent travellers.
Hotel he used had a casino and a nightclub, the latter being more of a Blue Oyster bar as it was just full of blokes.
I think Groclin as a club no longer exist or are called something else now.
Great trip, shite match.
 
doots said:
Pretty sure Spike did 3 planes to that one so maybe 600 on them plus a few hundred independent travellers.
Hotel he used had a casino and a nightclub, the latter being more of a Blue Oyster bar as it was just full of blokes.
I think Groclin as a club no longer exist or are called something else now.
Great trip, shite match.
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I remember (not very much actually, shit faced on the Polish vodka) that our end was full and a fucking nightmare to get into. I also seem to recall the Polish riot police all lined up for us after, but nothing went off as all the Blues were too pissed/pissed off for any mither
 
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doots said:
Pretty sure Spike did 3 planes to that one so maybe 600 on them plus a few hundred independent travellers.
Hotel he used had a casino and a nightclub, the latter being more of a Blue Oyster bar as it was just full of blokes.
I think Groclin as a club no longer exist or are called something else now.
Great trip, shite match.
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I was on a spike flight and we stayed in Poznan. Surprised if he had 3 planes though, but maybe he did. It was one of those trips where alcohol plays a part in blurring the memory.
 
The lowest City attendance at a match i have attended was actually in our first year in the Champions League - November 2011 Away to Napoli - 800 City fans were in the right hand corner behind the 'netting', so that fireworks and objects couldn't land on us! Most City fans were put off the trip due to the tales of the dangerous local gangs and stabbings in the ar**.... I went with my Wife and our friends, a couple from Manchester, she knew from her work... it was, errr, interesting - meeting up in the Port and being bussed to and from the ground to 'avoid' contact with any 'gangs' - we lost 2-1 with Cavani getting a brace and Balotelli getting our goal, we were held in the ground, and then put on buses which sped around the ring road for an hour, while Napoli fans on scooters road past with scarves flying, jeering and goading, with some City fans responding by pelting them with coins. We finally got dropped off in the Port again ,at that point the Carabinieri said' 'Arrivederci' and we were left to walk back to our Hotel in the Centre, at one point, we saw a group of youths with scarves over their faces down a side street - we quickly walked in the other direction - it was an EXPERIENCE... nice trips to Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast though
 
Has to be the Faroes game where we took about 150 but that was trumped by the last Shakhtar game where there was less than that , I had a letter off Cancelo thanking me for going and inviting me to a hospitality box for the return leg
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Pre season 1996, City played in China. Only one of 3 games played due to a Monsoon.
City flew back early and made a hastily arranged friendly at Scarborough (which I went to).
However if I recall 3 Blues went to China.
Wilson (Jocky) Pratt was one of them and they got stuck there
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10 of us Travelled to China - Jocky was with us - only 1 match got played due to the Monsoon - Tianjin v City (1-1 - City lost the penalty shootout on purpose as winning team won a car ) - due to the monsoon the pre-season was then cancelled so a few of us got the train to Hong Kong - 36 hours back then - Jocky headed off to Shanghai with a few of the others.
 
Kakhaber Tskhadadze K.O.T.A. said:
10 of us Travelled to China - Jocky was with us - only 1 match got played due to the Monsoon - Tianjin v City (1-1 - City lost the penalty shootout on purpose as winning team won a car ) - due to the monsoon the pre-season was then cancelled so a few of us got the train to Hong Kong - 36 hours back then - Jocky headed off to Shanghai with a few of the others.
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Thanks for the correction
 
I can't remember any city aways where we've had a bad turnout.

I remember Swindon Town a fair few times at Maine Rd were subjected to the old 'you could have come on a skateboard' chant.

Still got the 'WWYWYWS' chant our way at their ground in the cup earlier this year.
No lads, where were YOU when we were shit?
 
ballbag said:
I can't remember any city aways where we've had a bad turnout.

I remember Swindon Town a fair few times at Maine Rd were subjected to the old 'you could have come on a skateboard' chant.

Still got the 'WWYWYWS' chant our way at their ground in the cup earlier this year.
No lads, where were YOU when we were shit?
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I’ve never heard the “You could have come on a skateboard “ chant in 50 years.
 
One of the lowest away followings I can remember at Maine Rd was Everton straight after the Howard Kendall betrayal. Think they feared mither and they were right to fear it.
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
One of the lowest away followings I can remember at Maine Rd was Everton straight after the Howard Kendall betrayal. Think they feared mither and they were right to fear it.
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It was almost a year until we played them at home, and we were doing a lot better.
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
Was still a very small following as normally they brought thousands often far louder than Liverpool.
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If memory serves me correct that was the game the following season we won 1-0. It was probably Evertons first away game and they brought thousands almost filling the Platt Lane end. Probably 5/6k.

Edit: Game in April still a decent following of 3-4k
 
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