This week's away crowd numbers:

[Mick]

Luton at Oxford: (2,264)

Wycombe at Cambridge: (701)

Carlisle at Tranmere: (591)

Southend at Shrewsbury: (416)

Burton at Cheltenham: (286)

Newport at Wimbledon: (276)

Hartlepool at Portsmouth: (183)

Exeter at Bury: (180)

Stevenage at Mansfield: (160)

Dag & Red at York: (134)

Morecambe at Northampton: (128)

Accrington at Plymouth: (56)

 

[spoons]

The Accrington fans are probably just getting home now:sad:

 

[Pak Power]

Credit to the 183 Hartlepool fans at Portsmouth. That's a long journey.

 

[Uncle Leo]

I wonder if that's more than Luton were typically taking to Oxford in the First Division back in the 1980s? Given how depressed football was at that time, it's possible...

 

[Gremlin]

Credit to the 183 Hartlepool fans at Portsmouth. That's a long journey.

Indeed. And Bury isn't just around the corner from Exeter either.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Plymouth - that's a big stand to have only 56 people in it. I suspect there were plenty of pies still left the end of the game.

All credit to any fan that makes it all the way there though. :thumbsup:

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

I wonder if that's more than Luton were typically taking to Oxford in the First Division back in the 1980s? Given how depressed football was at that time, it's possible...

Im not sure the old away end at Oxford even held 2,200

Just had a look at what Oxford and Luton's average Div 1 (prem) crowds were in 1985/6
Luton 11,062
Oxford 11,009

They were not the worst supported Div 1 team, that was Birmingham with 10,090


The overall Division averages in 1985/6 were:-
Division One 19,563
Division Two 7,688
Division Three 4,512
Division Four 2,551

Southend had an average crowd in 1985/6 of 2,785 which was up 33% on the previous season. Our highest home crowd was 8,120 v Colchester on a Tuesday night! (we lost 4-2). Our lowest crowd 1,006 v Halifax (our lowest ever league crowd) also on a Tuesday night & we actually won with goals from Frank Lampard & Danny O'Shea

 

[Uncle Leo]

The overall Division averages in 1985/6 were:-
Division One 19,563
Division Two 7,688

Game's changed a bit hasn't it?

 

[wally4pm]

The Accrington fans are probably just getting home now:sad:

Still they have an away local derby this Saturday in comparison!

 

[Jai]

On the flipside you would have thought Burton would take more than 286 for an 85-mile jaunt down the M5 to Cheltenham, considering their league position. Poor.

 

[rigsby]

Game's changed a bit hasn't it?

The Eighties were days of poor entertainment, remember just the 2 points for a win so lots of teams played for a 0-0 by passing back to the keeper. Just attending some games involved risking your life or permanent disfigurement, by some c*** with a twin bladed Stanley knife.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

On the flipside you would have thought Burton would take more than 286 for an 85-mile jaunt down the M5 to Cheltenham, considering their league position. Poor.

Were Derby playing at home? Quite a few people attend Burton games when Derby are playing away.

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

On the flipside you would have thought Burton would take more than 286 for an 85-mile jaunt down the M5 to Cheltenham, considering their league position. Poor.

They only brought about 60 to Roots Hall, admittedly on a Friday night. They have a small fanbase and I imagine a lot of people who support them also support Derby who were at home on Saturday.

 

[Jai]

I suppose the small size of the club makes their good form even more of an achievement.

 

[Bolton Shrimper]

They only brought about 60 to Roots Hall, admittedly on a Friday night. They have a small fanbase and I imagine a lot of people who support them also support Derby who were at home on Saturday.

Their small fanbase is completely understandable given the size of the place. I don't think its much bigger than Rayleigh. The same goes for Acc. Stanley, although I don't understand understand Morecambe which is conjoined with Lancaster and no other team for miles.

 

[Mr Plow]

Nice thread about away support by various clubs over the weekend here (those who are sensitive to smoke bombs look away now):

http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=154612

Palace at Leicester:

[video=youtube;ehNaPEToA6g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehNaPEToA6g[/video]