Smallest away contingent



Bransley bring about 10 or 11 people every time their horse and carriage rocks up to the Stadium of Light.
 
garyeaststand said:
Millwall when we beat them 6-0 at Roker didn’t have many they were top at the time too , they ended up getting relegated that season
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I remember that game well.......6-0 against a promotion rival and that night I went to see my favourite all time band Wishbone Ash at the Cellar Club in Sheels.
I remember the happy glow of pint in hand as they played Sometime World (my fave song) still beaming from the match.....A perfect day.
*We will now return you to your normal programme.....
 
hullmackem said:
Are away game fans, mainly a UK thing?? Assume it happens in Germany too.
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No, but certain countries struggle with it.

Spain has been mentioned.

And, you will find Roma taking less fans to say Napoli than SAFC take to Gillingham on a Tuesday night, and Rome is closer to Naples than Sunderland is to Gillingham. So, a difference in culture. They're more flamboyant; we're more obsessive about it.

And, Spain and Italy are two countries whose people support the top teams irrespective of where they live, unlike England and Germany. Again, a difference in culture and attitude.
 
Back in the mid-80s, no one brought much.

I remember West Brom in the Roker Wing and it seemed like a massive following. All of them crammed into the left-hand side, can't have been much more than 400. Must have been around 1986 but back then football was like that.
 
Many away fans this season have been cash rich leisure rich retirees. Football is really trendy now. At Roker Spurs and Arsenal would bring up a few hundred and they would be quickly escorted home. Now they would be a few thousand many of them spending a small fortune staying over in Newcastle for the weekend. This season the away support has far surpassed that which would visit the SOL in the early days of the Premier League.
 
Lo Ursem said:
Many away fans this season have been cash rich leisure rich retirees. Football is really trendy now. At Roker Spurs and Arsenal would bring up a few hundred and they would be quickly escorted home. Now they would be a few thousand many of them spending a small fortune staying over in Newcastle for the weekend. This season the away support has far surpassed that which would visit the SOL in the early days of the Premier League.
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This> Pics of away fans these days seem to contain 75% of people aged 55 and over, probably containing some of the same fans who travelled away in the 70s/80s, whereas in the 70/80s it was probably the other way around, with 75% being between ages 15-25. Football not as exclusive as it claims to be and storing up trouble for its future. Most young'uns going to game now are with their well off parents whilst other young uns never go, following their clubs through Sky tv
 
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cbwhu said:
Liverpool at ours in te 70's famously 14 of them
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'14 to West Ham!' Explanation behind fan's strange shirt number

'14 to West Ham!' Explanation behind Everton fan's strange shirt number has left Blues fans laughing
Everton fan deserves "Bitter Blue Hall of Fame" entry say other fans

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The reason behind the unusual shirt number worn by an Everton fan undertaking the crossbar challenge at Goodison Park yesterday has been revealed - as a 44 year old dig at rivals Liverpool!

At half-time of every home match the Blues invite a supporter to try and hit the crossbar with three separate shots from the edge of the penalty era.
The fan who took part yesterday wore an Everton shirt with the words "14 West Ham" on the reverse.

Younger Evertonians were puzzled at the logo.

Until older Blues fans revealed that it referred to an infamous incident in 1975 when the Echo reported on a midweek trip to West Ham in which only 14 Liverpool supporters attended the away game.

"He's my new hero and needs inducting into the Bitter Blue Hall of Fame," tweeted one Blues fan, while another replied "Bring back that chant!"

"Fourteen to West Ham!" became a regular chant at Goodison Park during the 1974/75 season and the wikipedia reference to the incident speculates on possible reasons for the poor turnout.

"It was during this season Liverpool Football Club only took 14 fans to Boleyn Ground stadium for a game against West Ham United (a game which ended 0–0).

"An article in the Liverpool Echo explained how Lawrenson's Coaches had to cancel coaches a few days before as they had received no bookings.

"Five 'specials' were put on by railway services, however only one left the station.

"When it arrived at London for the game only 14 fans left the train to meet the escort.

"There has often been a debate about why this happened, some blame it being a midweek game, others talk about it being a protest against how the club were treating Bill Shankly and others claim that the fans were intimidated by the hooligans of West Ham United."
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Surely there would have been more Liverpool fans living in London, even in the mid-1970s. Some others would have travelled by other means of transport and from non-Merseyside locations. ‘14’ was the number on a ‘Football Special’ train from Liverpool.
 
Clueless said:
Surely there would have been more Liverpool fans living in London, even in the mid-1970s. Some others would have travelled by other means of transport and from non-Merseyside locations. ‘14’ was the number on a ‘Football Special’ train from Liverpool.
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probably but as I said above in the days before segregation it would have been advisable for them to keep their heads down so no way of knowing

the fact they had 5 trains and a fleet of coaches planned yet got 14 people shows how much less it was then a normal following though
 
Smallest SAFC away contingent I remember being in was at Orient on Tuesday 22 August 1978. It was only the second game of the season, but I'd be surprised if we had more than 100 there (out of a crowd of 7,373 - thanks StatCat!). We lost 3-0 and West Ham were there looking for us - had to run all the way back to the tube station afterwards! Bloody awful experience - I lived near Hull at the time and had to catch the "milk train" that stopped everywhere on the way back, finally getting home about 7:00am.
 
SAFCDownUnder said:
Smallest SAFC away contingent I remember being in was at Orient on Tuesday 22 August 1978. It was only the second game of the season, but I'd be surprised if we had more than 100 there (out of a crowd of 7,373 - thanks StatCat!). We lost 3-0 and West Ham were there looking for us - had to run all the way back to the tube station afterwards! Bloody awful experience - I lived near Hull at the time and had to catch the "milk train" that stopped everywhere on the way back, finally getting home about 7:00am.
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LC 2nd replay at Norwich in 83 couldn't of been more than 150 there

Clueless said:
Surely there would have been more Liverpool fans living in London, even in the mid-1970s. Some others would have travelled by other means of transport and from non-Merseyside locations. ‘14’ was the number on a ‘Football Special’ train from Liverpool.
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Liverpool and Everton generally took a lot away in 70s, maybe scattered around the ground, league title tourists etc from outside of Merseyside etc
 
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I went to York v Cambridge mid 80s and there were 15 Cambridge fans.

They won 3-2 and scored all the goals. The 2 York got were both OGs.
 

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