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Title: Away support in the championship
Post by: 1879Rovers on December 09, 2011, 05:42:07 am
This site shows you our away following this season. Averaging 954 so far this season.

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=26624&highlight=gazza
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: nice one rovers on December 09, 2011, 08:15:57 am
Nobody went to Ipswich?
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: MrFrost on December 09, 2011, 11:33:13 am
No Blackpool either so our average is probably quite a bit lower than that.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: ditch_drfc on December 09, 2011, 11:37:19 am
At least we don't have the lowest following...
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: MrFrost on December 09, 2011, 11:39:39 am
Not far off.
Surprising in Peterborough, especially considering what they get at home.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: vaya on December 09, 2011, 12:10:59 pm
Quote from: \"MrFrost\" post=204245
No Blackpool either so our average is probably quite a bit lower than that.


There's no Millwall (365), Ipswich (250?) but also no Barnsley (2800?)

Net effect probably ups the average, not decreases it.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: MrFrost on December 09, 2011, 12:23:11 pm
Not sure where you're lookng but Barnsley is on there, so is Millwall. Ipswich and Blackpool aren't.
We took 2300 to Barnsley.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: vaya on December 09, 2011, 02:03:29 pm
Quote from: \"MrFrost\" post=204255
Not sure where you're lookng but Barnsley is on there, so is Millwall. Ipswich and Blackpool aren't.
We took 2300 to Barnsley.


I stand corrected - I went straight to the source figures below to work out our home attendances this season, and these conversely haven't been updated.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: Jimmydee on December 09, 2011, 02:55:17 pm
There was a good turn out at Blackpool for a wet miserable Tuesday night game.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: vaya on December 09, 2011, 04:04:00 pm
Following some number crunching and apologies beforehand if any readers slip into unconsciousness.

Taking KMS total attendances and deducting the away attendances so far this season, our average home attendance is 7,700, which unsurprisingly is the second lowest in the league after Peterborough.

Our way support is currently (with a caveat) 954.

Taking home attendance as a measure of a team’s indicative fanbase, and comparing it to the away numbers, on average 12.32% of our support travels.

Calculating the same for the rest of the League for 2011/12 results in:

Peterborough United……….16%
Leeds United……………..…...14%
Blackpool…………………….....12%
DONCASTER ROVERS…………..12%
Palace…………………….…......12%
West Ham………………….......12%
Leicester………………….....…11%
Boro……………………….........11%
Millwall……………………….....11%
Portsmouth……………….....…10%
Barnsley……………………......10%
Birmingham………………......10%
Brighton…………………….....10%
Southampton……………….....9%
Hull…………………..………......8%
Forest……………………….......8%
Ipswich…………………….......7%
Derby………………………........7%
Burnley…………………….......7%
Watford……………….........6%
Bristol City………………....6%
Coventry………………….......6%
Cardiff…………………….......5%
Reading…………………….......5%


So in terms of our actual fanbase, we’ve the joint third best away support in the League.

Elsewhere, it’s a big cheer to Peterborough, and boos to Reading, Cov and Watford who obviously can’t be bothered. I suspect Cardiff my suffer due to geography (see also Bristol City) and availability of away tickets (they could have taken more than 361 to Leeds I’d have thought.)

The caveat is the inclusion of our Ipswich and Portsmouth figures, which would drop us a few places. However, without knowing the figures for other teams’ missing games, I can’t adjust likewise.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: The Red Baron on December 09, 2011, 06:59:02 pm
These are the figures I have:

OPPONENTS   Away att.
Brighton & Hove Albion   1,443
Derby County   847
Cardiff City   276
Reading    455
Peterborough United   1,064
Blackpool    492
Portsmouth   369
Ipswich Town   260
Barnsley   2,325
Millwall   268

The Pompey one is an estimate (probably an under-estimate) based on tickets sold.

That gives us an average of 780 per game.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: vaya on December 09, 2011, 08:59:17 pm
That'd give us a 10% travelling support (in terms of the above table dropping us to 10th) but again with the caveat of full figures from the other teams likely moving them around as well.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: GazLaz on December 09, 2011, 09:14:36 pm
West Ham took over 6k to Cov, that's a good turnout.
Title: Re: Away support in the championship
Post by: DRFCSouth on December 10, 2011, 12:33:34 pm
900 would be a decent away following for us I think. Especially considering the league position etc.