On a very good day in the past we might have 1500 away fans. The norm was about 800. Longer midweek trips 400 maybe. The average season ticket holder at the Ricoh only went to a few away games, if at all. Where are all the travelling supporters going to come from?
With travel, time, expense, poorer quality facilities, three of the stands at Northampton are low level, a poor quality team, better players gone, no Ricoh equivalent facilities for the prawn sandwich brigade etc etc, they be maybe 800 City scabs at Sixfields on day one. The corporate will disappear, they won't like the inferior surroundings. Come later in the season when reality kicks in, crowds will drop even lower. Could be talking 300/500. I HOPE FOR THIS, I really do. I think it will be the reality of it all.
I've been a City avid (to put it mildly) fan since 1959. Missed 3 home games in that time. Pains me to type this but anyone who goes to Sixfields is driving another nail into the coffin.