1/4 of the ground away supporters

[SteveB]

And what an atmosphere (off the telly like - but it seemed canny)

Any Premier League chairmen watching may want to consider upping the away allocation substantially to bring fans back to the game

Would love to go to the SoL knowing that we've given the away team 8-10,000 tickets

Atmosphere would be red hot from well before kick off

Fuck all this moving away support to a part of the ground where they cannot be seen / heard

[SafcForeverFTM]

Only about 3 or 4 teams would bring more than 3k to the SOL never mind 8k+

[Wearsider]

The difference is that unlike most English fans, the Ghana fans were standing, shouting, singing (even dancing ) and creating an atmosphere. This new post-92 english football culture is the problem.

[st joes lad]

heard there was 20,000 of them there.

[mackemfrommilan]

my hat go's off to them, they seem a great bunch of folk. not to slag yas on here but i was delighted to see ghana and especially gyan score

[NWC300372]

Originally Posted by SafcForeverFTM

Only about 3 or 4 teams would bring more than 3k to the SOL never mind 8k+

This.

The away end is deserted almost every week at the SoL as it is. Imagine 500 Fulham/Wigan/Bolton/Blackburn fans sitting amongst 7,500 empty seats.

[Guinness Guzzler]

Originally Posted by Wearsider

The difference is that unlike most English fans, the Ghana fans were standing, shouting, singing (even dancing ) and creating an atmosphere. This new post-92 english football culture is the problem.

Agree with that. Most teams couldnt bring substantial numbers away with much regularity (especially due to costs) and even if they do, not enough people want to make an atmosphere like the Ghanaian lads did- if enough want it, there would (as demonstrated today) be fuck all the stewards could do about it, but alas too many want to sit and be quiet

[jsdftm04]

people moan now, saying the fans have too much of an influence behind the goal. and then somebody wants to give them a quarter of the ground

[Stadium of Fright]

Isn't their a restriction to 4 or 5,000 away supporters at the very most for a Premier League game anyway?

[SAFCMarc]

Those fans are something we dont see in the prem. None stop cheering, every 3rd person seemed to have a flag and waved it the whole game. They looked, well, happy!