Our Away support v The Championship (8 Viewers)

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Here is a league table of averge away support in the Championship after 10 away games. If anyone could give our figures for this season it would be interesting to see where we fit in. . Bearing in mind some of our away matches have had a limited away capacity that was over subscribed . Looking at this table , our support is pretty incredible. We're in division 4.
Leeds 3,154
Sheff Wed 2,998
Vile 2,955
Middlesbro 2,449
Wolves 2,311
Sheff Utd 2,080
Sunderland 2,032 (would be more if it wasn't for J.H.)
Forest 1,960
Peaky Blinders 1,676
Derby 1,530
Norwich 1,488
Bristol C 1,418
Cardiff 1,414
Millwall 1,390
Fulham 1,275
Barnsley 1,275
Ipswich 1,178
Hull 1.090
Preston 1.070
Bolton 1,029
Reading 890
Brentford 876
QPR 685
Burton 480

 

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[SuperFred]

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

We are bloody Brilliant. Anyone got division 1 ? Portsmouth top surely ?

 

[pusbccfc]

Yeah, it's still very strong.

However, it seems we've dropped to a core of no more than 1500/1600 away from home. We should have taken a few more yesterday considering.

 

[pastythegreat]

The CET ran a story on this a few weeks back but I can't seem to find it now. Was the same as This, L2 average away following. We were top followed closely by lincoln who were followed closely by Luton.
Can't remember exact figures but I think we were around the 1500 mark so would put us near the Blues, Derbys and Norwichs. Which you'd expect as they are all similar sized clubs/cities to ourselves.

In our away following though this season I think we'll be handicapped by Lincoln and Luton as they limited us to 1500 and 1000 tickets respectively whereas I can see both teams bringing 2000+ in the reverse fixtures!

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[pastythegreat]

Yeah, it's still very strong.

However, it seems we've dropped to a core of no more than 1500/1600 away from home. We should have taken a few more yesterday considering.

We took 1697 yesterday, it was an all ticket match with 1700 tickets given! So yes we should of took more yesterday considering, all 3 of them

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[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

 

[Skyblue_CP]

4th division club by players and status, not a 4th division by support #Sky Blue Army

 

[CJ_covblaze]

We took 1697 yesterday, it was an all ticket match with 1700 tickets given! So yes we should of took more yesterday considering, all 3 of them

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You’re doing us a disservice. It was actually 1698.

 

[pastythegreat]

You’re doing us a disservice. It was actually 1698.

Sorry my bad. I'm sure the bloke on CWR said 97.

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[pusbccfc]

We took 1697 yesterday, it was an all ticket match with 1700 tickets given! So yes we should of took more yesterday considering, all 3 of them

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There was pay on the day. We had sold 1450 before.

 

[Speng]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

I was one of them lol

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Great post, looking forward to Carlisle away and look at the real SBA as one of them ! Surely this makes us a big club, I know pompey have a good following

 

[rondog1973]

I was one of them lol

And me.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

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I don't think is a true reflection, in the Average, lets see at the end of the season the average.

 

[Speng]

And me.

I’m looking for my ticket I used to keep them all

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Sorry my bad. I'm sure the bloke on CWR said 97.

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No biggy

 

[CJ_covblaze]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

Smallest I think I’ve been in was about 140 at Burnley. Everyone got given a scarf for their trouble.

 

[SuperFred]

We are bloody Brilliant. Anyone got division 1 ? Portsmouth top surely ?

 

[Covstu]

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Isn’t that Blackburn’s home attendances!

 

[The Great Eastern]

I went to see us play at Arsenal in the mid 70's when Alan Ball was playing. A hiding was on the cards before the game & that was the outcome. Cant remember if it was 5 or 6 but it was enough... I think we managed to muster around 10 fans !

 

[IrishSkyBlue]

If we got to the prem I feel first season be packed nearly every home game if we stayed up eventually each season numbers go down unless we were pushing for something, I pray to god some day in the future were back in the prem God please give us a miracle we've been through enough ha!

Just shows we do have great support if we start going back up.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Smallest I think I’ve been in was about 140 at Burnley. Everyone got given a scarf for their trouble.

Tuesday night 2-2?

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I remember a Xmas fixture at Leeds there were 200 of us at most.

 

[scottccfc]

I remember a Xmas fixture at Leeds there were 200 of us at most.

Boxing Day wasn't that the game don Hutchinson scored a screamer

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Boxing Day wasn't that the game don Hutchinson scored a screamer

Not sure but I believe it was 3-1 to the city and we just sang Skyblue Army for the whole game and drove them mad

 

[Cov kid 55]

I went to an away game at Leeds with a friend from school, early Feb, season 68/69, we lost 3-0 (Clarke, Bremner, Giles, Hunter, Charlton etc). We stood with the 50 or so City fans that were there, and towards the end of the game, a load of Leeds fans came from their shed end (as happened at every game in those days, prior to segregation) and jumped the City fans from behind. To a man (apart from me and my friend -well we were only 13!) the City fans turned and laid into them, boots and fists flying, no fear! Queue Leeds fans backing off, allowing City fans to melt away into the night. My memory tells me that the famous Hatchet may well have been present! I know that this kind of thing shouldn’t happen, but I have to say I was very proud of the small number of Cov fans that night.

 

[Calista]

We drew 0-0 at Old Trafford in 1980, and our pen felt very empty and lonely. With 40,000 Mancunians chanting at us, we needed good humour to get us through. It seemed like we had about 50 at the time, but I dare say it was more like a couple of hundred. Surprising I know, but we didn’t always get a great following considering the level of football that was on offer. In those youthful days I used to go to nearly every game, home and away. Crowds at Highfield Road were typically about 15,000 that season, with the occasional much bigger gate.

I think people were spoilt by a couple of brilliant Hutchison/Ferguson/Wallace seasons, and when the entertainment went downhill so did the attendances. Then Jimmy Hill made it all-seater (with the Kop replaced by a bunch of plastic seats out in the open), and the numbers dropped further. The yo-yo level of support for top flight football was frustrating to me at the time, and seems criminal now. Thankfully Sillett and Curtis came along to change the atmosphere, and give us the best day ever.

My fanatical days are pretty much over, and there’s no way I’m going to watch fourth-tier matches at places like Chesterfield. But fair play to the travelling army - the numbers are impressive and may you have plenty of cracking away days.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Tuesday night 2-2?

Yeah I think so.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

Yeah I think so.

I remember that game for the reason it's definitely the lowest City away following I've ever been involved in & at the end of the game with the tunnel being behind the goal my mate asked Rohan Ricketts for his shirt, he said yeah 2 minutes, 10 minutes later and me trying to drag my mate out as he hadn't returned and I was in fear of missing the coach! (He never got a Rohan Ricketts shirt.....luckily!)

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

I was at that game and I remeber that we had a few hundred there. 49 indeed. The worse turmnout I can remember was a really cold winters day in Sunderland when around 100 at best turned up.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

The Sheff. Wed game was a night midweek match that was televised. I remember watching it at the old GEC club. As midweek and televised it was not surprising that the away support was down.
I do wonder if Ifollow will start to hit away attendances. I thought it was only for fans overseas but there are obviously Coventry based people watching judging from comments on here.

 

[Adge]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

And I was one of them. 5 of us idiots went up in the motor-think Big Ron was in charge at the time.

 

[oscillatewildly]

And I was one of them. 5 of us idiots went up in the motor-think Big Ron was in charge at the time.

That's right Adge and we all had a go at counting - If I recall correctly we had varied totals knocking around the low '80's'. Pah! 49 my arse!
Your little 'exchange' with Telfer as he carried the kit coffin out to the coach with George Dalton!

 

[AngryAnt]

I remember Sheffield Weds 4 Coventry 3 in the Prem, when Dion scored a hat-trick . I listened to the match live on the BBC , who were constantly reminding us all that there were officially 49 Coventry fans there. How times have changed , in many ways.

My family & I were most likely there (I'd have been 7 at the time so can't remember). We used to go to every home/away game.
I've still got the scars & chills from going to Aberdeen during pre-season.