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Sick Boy

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COV said:
Personally I think away support is a very good indicator of the size of a clubs support as well.

I remember me and my dad being 2 of only about 300 who went the short distance to Villa Park in the 80s and some of our away followings were diabolical, embarrassing.

Nowadays our away support is brilliant and it’s not just in number, it’s noise as well.

I think that we might be surprised how many come to games and how boisterous things get if we had a serious good run next season.
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Even in the early to mid 00s it wasn’t great compared to now - it always seemed to be the same old faces and max of 800
 
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Northants Sky Blue

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shmmeee said:
But it has. Even without inflation there's twice as many 'core supporters' in the Prem as there is in L2.

It's a nonsense. There are always levels of supporter obviously, some go to freaking Spain for a pre season friendly, some go to one game a season if they're lucky. But they're relative to the overall size of the fanbase which grows and shrinks in line with performances on the pitch, more specifically league position/'success'. This idea that we have some particularly fickle fans is rubbish.
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Think we're at cross purposes. I've not suggested our fans are fickle, just the opposite, ie. diehard numbers held up well considering relegations

But those home crowds unfortunately havent been as big as other teams who've also tumbled like Portsmouth, Ipswich etc

Anyway, I'm probably glass half-empty after all the years following City so lets hope for a bumper 1st game and keep momentum going
 
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COV

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Northants Sky Blue said:
Think we're at cross purposes. I've not suggested our fans are fickle, just the opposite, ie. diehard numbers held up well considering relegations

But those home crowds unfortunately havent been as big as other teams who've also tumbled like Portsmouth, Ipswich etc

Anyway, I'm probably glass half-empty after all the years following City so lets hope for a bumper 1st game and keep momentum going
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I don’t think those clubs tumbled as much as us, don’t forget we were the only ones to have never been in top 6 for 40 years or whatever it was. Did Portsmouth end up in league two? Pretty sure Ipswich didn’t but not sure about Pompey
 
COV

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tommy hutch legend

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COV said:
Personally I think away support is a very good indicator of the size of a clubs support as well.

I remember me and my dad being 2 of only about 300 who went the short distance to Villa Park in the 80s and some of our away followings were diabolical, embarrassing.

Nowadays our away support is brilliant and it’s not just in number, it’s noise as well.

I think that we might be surprised how many come to games and how boisterous things get if we had a serious good run next season.
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was at that game sunny day if I remember our support was like a pre season friendly
 
fernandopartridge

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I think about 18k, though there might be a bit of a post (if we really are) pandemic nervousness which stops some people coming to matches. That said, 18k is not a million miles from 2 seats per person
 
shmmeee

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Northants Sky Blue said:
Think we're at cross purposes. I've not suggested our fans are fickle, just the opposite, ie. diehard numbers held up well considering relegations

But those home crowds unfortunately havent been as big as other teams who've also tumbled like Portsmouth, Ipswich etc

Anyway, I'm probably glass half-empty after all the years following City so lets hope for a bumper 1st game and keep momentum going
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Pandemic is going to play a big part. It’s typical City that we wait 50 years for a revival and are our fans can’t watch for the best part of three seasons either through our owners actions or COVID.
 
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shmmeee said:
Pandemic is going to play a big part. It’s typical City that we wait 50 years for a revival and are our fans can’t watch for the best part of three seasons either through our owners actions or COVID.
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1 season they *can’t* - they were always able to go to most of the promotion season
 
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skybluelee said:
We're guaranteed 13k on average from ST holders and away fans alone. You reckon only 1k more than that is 'expected'? Really?
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Really hope its more mate.

Im probably too pessimistic after my previous expectations for a sustained increase in home support havent materialised. (eg 11k a few days after the Gillingham full-house?)

20k+ for Forest should happen, I'd be happily surprised with 16-18k over the season (if we're a mid-lower table team again).
 
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Terry_dactyl

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COV said:
I don’t think those clubs tumbled as much as us, don’t forget we were the only ones to have never been in top 6 for 40 years or whatever it was. Did Portsmouth end up in league two? Pretty sure Ipswich didn’t but not sure about Pompey
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Pompey were in league 2. Think they won it the year we were relegated from league 1.
 
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Be gobsmacked if it's as low as 16/17k - think it'll be at least 20k

We've sold 10k season tickets, more or less
Away fans going to bring anywhere between 2-6k fans
 
Sky Blue Harry H

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Yorkshire SB said:
Be gobsmacked if it's as low as 16/17k - think it'll be at least 20k

We've sold 10k season tickets, more or less
Away fans going to bring anywhere between 2-6k fans
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Do ST sales get counted in attendance if they are not there on the day (e.g. me v Forest)?
 
hill83

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shmmeee said:
Pandemic is going to play a big part. It’s typical City that we wait 50 years for a revival and are our fans can’t watch for the best part of three seasons either through our owners actions or COVID.
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It’s typical city saying typical city. Supporters of every club will be saying the same bollocks.
 
COV

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Why has the Forest match become the ultimate barometer of how many fans we’ve got for some people? Doesn’t make sense
 
hill83

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COV said:
Why has the Forest match become the ultimate barometer of how many fans we’ve got for some people? Doesn’t make sense
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It’ll give us a bit of an idea, compared to the attendance there right now for example.
 
rob9872

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We'll have 23k v Forest, but our season average will be 17,342 (exactly - I should really put this in the I old you so thread :) )
 
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Presumably, we've not shifted many since they went on general release, otherwise I'd have expect a tweet saying 10k sold (unless I missed that one).
 
Evo1883

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80 pound for 2 adults and 2 u16s to watch city v forest
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