Aipearcey Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Seeing the club has been now been given 3700 tickets for Saturday, with a possible allocation of 6500 got me thinking what was city's highest ever away attendance? Don't think we will get get anywhere near that Saturday but would be great to take a massive away following somewhere like wolves did last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUTOR Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Liverpool Fa cup tie I'd imagine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Coventry away in the late 70's, the game needed to stay in the old div 1 must be up there with around 10k away fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posset red Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 20k2mk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonovertoongabbie Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Pretty sure it was at Coventry, believe we took 15,000. One of the most memorable games in my 50 years of suffering. Memorable for several reasons. Ask a Sunderland fan for one! Gerry Gow for another! "Oh what a night". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Coventry away in the late 70's, the game needed to stay in the old div 1 must be up there with around 10k away fans I knocked off School for that one and bumped into the teacher that should have been teaching me that afternoon Sh*tting myself that I was in serious trouble he just looked at me and said 'If you don't tell I wont' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I remember we had about 10k at Eastvile in 76. Not as many as at Cov a year later ,but quite impressive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Apart from Cov away Loads at Arse in 76 and NF away in 89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbin Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Don't forget in modern times we took a fair few to Wembley for the playoff final against Hull. Trouble is over half of them that day haven't been back to the gate let alone an away game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandare 1966 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Went to eastville I think it was 0-0 went to Nottingham Forrest in a cup game think about 8000 city fans there that night Coventry was over 15000 I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who Are Rovers? Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 We should try and get a huge following to MK. Lets see where we are at the time, and what we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 was there what a night, we ended up in their end with loads of other city fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 13, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 We should try and get a huge following to MK. Lets see where we are at the time, and what we can do. Out of interest, why MK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posset red Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Out of interest, why MK?the away stand is pretty much how ever many you want to take think wolves took about 7/8 thousand last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Think we took 17.5k to Coventry. We were in the coaches that turned up at 7:30 so played a small part in our survival! Don't think the police knew where to put us. Remember the faces of the Cov fans when they saw hundreds of us queueing at the open end turnstiles. Packed the centre sections and both goals at our end. One of the best nights ever, although Forest wasn't far short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 THAT game at Cov! Sickie taken from work, breakfast in the Railway Tav at Charfield, then lift to Wotton from the girlfriend of the time (who was waaaay out of my league, but thanks for those lessons Jacqui). Jenkins' Coach to Cov............ M5 and M6 were just unbelievable with all of the red and white traffic. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bristol Born & Red Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 How many do you reckon we took to Leeds in '74? - over 47,000 inside Elland Road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooooossshhhh Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 How many do you reckon we took to Leeds in '74? - over 47,000 inside Elland Road... Ahhh, the 3 day week and the power cuts! Part of the Union..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidersnotjustforbreakfast Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Was on the 2nd train out of tm , think they ran at least 3 or 4 specials,never forget the march from Coventry station to the ground, never seen so many city away before,took over the place,the rest of that night remains one of the most iconic moments in a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Coventry was brilliant. I was an apprentice at the time and tried to tell my college lecturer I had a dental appointment. He said I know you're going to football and I wont let you ! I told him we have a break at 3pm see if I'm back after that ! Luckily he never reported me to my company. Got in the ground just as they kicked off . Half the home end was City ,I think nearly half the crowd was, fantastic night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 5.5k to Hillsborough 10 year ago League 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Didn't we take about 4k to Orient in the promotion season , I remember Wolves was about the same with some locked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciderhead433 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Coventry 77 was a great night Bristol and Coventry fans on pitch after celebrating. Greatest week in my time as a fan beat Liverpool Tuesday night in front of well over 38,000 and then took 15k+ to Coventry. Will we ever see anything like it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Elliotts Quiff Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Out of interest, why MK? http://youtu.be/ccHeceSKLFg Half decent effort i suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Some that I remember with big support at away matches. 1957 Villa FA Cup 1967 Tottenham FA Cup at least six train loads 1976 WBA league 1976 Arsenal league 1977 Coventry reputedly 15,000 1989 Forest League cup s/f 1993 Liverpool I don't count any mataches v Rovers away because it so close. Been at Cardiff in the 50's with several train loads. Also v Leicester FA Cup when Jacki played his first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 In recent years what about the 4.5k to reading. Scared reading so much they vowed never to give that allocation away again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 In recent years what about the 4.5k to reading. Scared reading so much they vowed never to give that allocation away again. That was the highest ever away following at the Madjeski until beaten by Liverpool a couple of years later. Nearly 5k to Sheff Wed for a league game was impressive too altho we were on a 11 game winning run at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckle_red Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 There's no way I would travel to MK and neither would a fair few others because of the way that franchise was formed. However the 4.8k to Hillsborough in roughly 2003? Forest 4.5k in 2005/6 Coventry 3.6k in 2007 In terms of the 77 game at Cov I sadly wasn't there by a DVD which includes that sequence of results the narrator of the DVD says "a packed crowd of just under 40 thousand, half up from Bristol" - my old man managed to put his scarf around Gerry Sweeney's neck after the game and he's still got it on in the celebrations afterwards! If you count finals then we sold over 43000 for the LDV against Carlisle in Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Considering we were shite , and at a very low point (well just starting the way back up). The following to Chester to win promotion from the (old) fourth division was special. One of my favorite away days, our train was turned into a 'special' , and there were more City there than Chester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Don't forget the final day of last season, when we packed out the away end at the Mem. There were so many of us there that we spilled out onto the pitch ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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