Never to the dark side Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Looking at the last four meetings since 2007/08 1080 city fans for a Saturday afternoon match in 2007/08 518 city fans for a Saturday afternoon match 2008/09 176 city fans for a monday night televised game in 2010/2011 490 city fans for a tuesday night game 2016/17 See the rest of you hoardes at Carrow road on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcliffe1990 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I'm going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider-Head23 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 800-1000 I reckon, not the easiest of places to get to, but with our form and the feel good factor around the place I expect a few to go. I shall certainly be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Can't see it being being anywhere near a thousand. 650 ish max and that night game quoted last season i swear was much lower than 490. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 460 sold so far, beat stoke and I can't see why we can't add another 500 on to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class not gas Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 31 minutes ago, Redcliffe1990 said: I'm going Flying from Exeter on Friday, first time too Norwich for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Norwich and Ipswich two Saturdays in a row makes this a big ask for me, even in current form. Would expect people to choose one or the other in a lot of cases due to the time/expense, so hitting 1000 would be a fantastic turnout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 38 minutes ago, JBFC II said: 460 sold so far, beat stoke and I can't see why we can't add another 500 on to that I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out You really are the undisputed king of the half empty glass arent you? Don't think I've ever seen anything remotely positive in any of your posts. We wont get 1000 there, but could come close. 850ish my my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbored Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Should all try and make the trip if you can , its nowhere near as difficult to get as it used to be. The A11 is now dual all the way to Norwich with the bottleneck at Barton Mills alleviated so if you can clear the M25 with no probs you should be clean through. When i went up on bank holiday Friday it took me only 3 and half hours from Chepstow , i did leave at 730am though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out I would like to add though thats its still better than the blue few down the road. If any of them bothered to look at stats they would realiae this. We were around mid table for away attendances last season which is decent for a club who have really struggled the last two seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I've never been to Carrow Road and this was on my list of away trips this season, but I now can't make it there on Saturday. Gutted - I've always enjoyed away games in far flung places (although I've gone off visits to Ipswich, where we always seem to lose). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Offside said: I've never been to Carrow Road and this was on my list of away trips this season, but I now can't make it there on Saturday. Gutted - I've always enjoyed away games in far flung places (although I've gone off visits to Ipswich, where we always seem to lose). People were saying that about Wolves and Reading allbeit much closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 17 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out Had an interesting convo with mate on way up to Wolves. Think it's the away crowds which separate us from some of the truly big clubs in this league. On our day our away support is amazing and some of the numbers we've taken ie 5500 to MK, 4700 to Sheff Wed, 4000+ to Coventry are phenomenal. However, we don't do it on a consistent basis. The like of Leeds, Sheff Wed etc would never 'only' take 650 to Wolves or 500 to Norwich/Ipswich. Our home crowds are impressive now but away from home we lack consistency in numbers! That said, see you all at Ipswich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Had an interesting convo with mate on way up to Wolves. Think it's the away crowds which separate us from some of the truly big clubs in this league. On our day our away support is amazing and some of the numbers we've taken ie 5500 to MK, 4700 to Sheff Wed, 4000+ to Coventry are phenomenal. However, we don't do it on a consistent basis. The like of Leeds, Sheff Wed etc would never 'only' take 650 to Wolves or 500 to Norwich/Ipswich. Our home crowds are impressive now but away from home we lack consistency in numbers! That said, see you all at Ipswich! I agree - our away attendances are strange. We tend to travel well within 2 hours radius and always well to London. We usually have one or two huge away attendances a season like MK or Coventry where 3000+ go. I wonder if it's partly down to the demographic - we seem to have lots of older fans watching our games who might not fancy longer away days. Clubs like Leeds seem to have loads of 18-35 year olds who might have more time/inclination/disposable income to travel around the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: I agree - our away attendances are strange. We tend to travel well within 2 hours radius and always well to London. We usually have one or two huge away attendances a season like MK or Coventry where 3000+ go. I wonder if it's partly down to the demographic - we seem to have lots of older fans watching our games who might not fancy longer away days. Clubs like Leeds seem to have loads of 18-35 year olds who might have more time/inclination/disposable income to travel around the country. Could be right. I think there is a mentality amongst a lot of the lads I know that one or two games a season are 'picked' or singled out as being big games for whatever reason and EVERYONE goes. I really like my Tuesday night away games (especially train up to London and back) as you tend to get a bit more of an 'adult' atmosphere. No families or kids just lads. Wolves was actually decent the other night - and for once pretty much everyone STOOD - more of that please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I wonder why it is. Bristol is quite a youthful city I would think, relatively so I wonder why the age range of our fanbase? Indeed according to the census the average age here is 33 as opposed to England & Wales average of 39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRA Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Don't forget clubs like Leeds etc tend to have fans all round the country so you'll normally get a good number added onto the away support from locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 20 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Could be right. I think there is a mentality amongst a lot of the lads I know that one or two games a season are 'picked' or singled out as being big games for whatever reason and EVERYONE goes. I really like my Tuesday night away games (especially train up to London and back) as you tend to get a bit more of an 'adult' atmosphere. No families or kids just lads. Wolves was actually decent the other night - and for once pretty much everyone STOOD - more of that please! I agree - London midweek games are the best for me. Accessible and always a good atmosphere. Also agree about standing - much much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 19 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: I wonder why it is. Bristol is quite a youthful city I would think, relatively so I wonder why the age range of our fanbase? Indeed according to the census the average age here is 33 as opposed to England & Wales average of 39. Just a guess from me - might be totally wrong. Looking around at home games there seems to be far more 45+ than 18-35. Maybe it's because lots of people living and working in Bristol aren't originally from the area but have moved due to work. If that's the case they may already have teams they support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 57 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out With the form we are on I can see us getting 900 odd up there, especially is it is pay on the day. Not overestimating our following at all, don't think 900 is unreasonable whatsoever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, JBFC II said: With the form we are on I can see us getting 900 odd up there, especially is it is pay on the day. Not overestimating our following at all, don't think 900 is unreasonable whatsoever You think sales will double between now and Saturday? Sorry mate but I'm with @Andy082005 on this one. 650 max and similar for Ipswich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman85 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said: Norwich and Ipswich two Saturdays in a row makes this a big ask for me, even in current form. Would expect people to choose one or the other in a lot of cases due to the time/expense, so hitting 1000 would be a fantastic turnout Two easy games for me to get to and I'm missing them as away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 49 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: Just a guess from me - might be totally wrong. Looking around at home games there seems to be far more 45+ than 18-35. Maybe it's because lots of people living and working in Bristol aren't originally from the area but have moved due to work. If that's the case they may already have teams they support. Certainly think we have an ageing fanbase for sure Which is great the loyalty, the sticking with. Lots of incomers as you say- some may adopt City as a 2nd local team but most won't. Where I work for example, most are not City fans. Hell a lot aren't even from Bristol- think there's even more Exeter Rugby fans than other Bristol City as first team fans where I work. Also though, opportunities abound- get the impression a reasonable number of City fans are from North Somerset, some from Somerset more broadly and then South Gloucestershire also- will take more from that lot the longer the gap persists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Wanderingred said: You really are the undisputed king of the half empty glass arent you? Don't think I've ever seen anything remotely positive in any of your posts. We wont get 1000 there, but could come close. 850ish my my guess. I actually posted a postive post on here the other day. That's my one for the year done All joking aside...I actually didn't mean it in a negative way. I just don't think we have the away support some believe we have. We took less then 700 to Wolves last week....we took 1,000 to Bradford and that was a game that won us promotion. We have a decent away following...but no chance of getting close to 1000 Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said: Had an interesting convo with mate on way up to Wolves. Think it's the away crowds which separate us from some of the truly big clubs in this league. On our day our away support is amazing and some of the numbers we've taken ie 5500 to MK, 4700 to Sheff Wed, 4000+ to Coventry are phenomenal. However, we don't do it on a consistent basis. The like of Leeds, Sheff Wed etc would never 'only' take 650 to Wolves or 500 to Norwich/Ipswich. Our home crowds are impressive now but away from home we lack consistency in numbers! That said, see you all at Ipswich! Pretty much the point I was trying to make but came across as negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 26 minutes ago, JBFC II said: With the form we are on I can see us getting 900 odd up there, especially is it is pay on the day. Not overestimating our following at all, don't think 900 is unreasonable whatsoever Will be interesting to see. I hope we do. Wish I could go myself to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Carrow Road is a super ground close the centre of Norwich and the train station. If you can make a weekend of it , lots of old pubs , the broads and seaside resorts full of charm . If you like a sausage , and who doesn't ? , buy a hot dog from Norfolk Banger stop on the Market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgbbcf Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 add another 3 to that list for us, we are going as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Andy082005 said: I think you and a few others on here seriously over estimate our away following Even if we win 5-0 tonight....We will scrape 650 tops. Our away attendance, on a whole, is not as good as some like to make out Going by the stats since we won promotion we are mid table Championship in away support numbers. Better than many but miles behind clubs like Leeds and Wednesday. Thats always been the way though. I think most City fans are pretty realistic about where we stand in the scheme of things unlike fans of certain other clubs who claim to have 'amazing' away support despite only taking 800 here and 500 there on Saturday afternoons. Agree with you about Saturday. 650ish I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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