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[Albion] Is it normal for 30% of our support to leave when we go 2 goals down?
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They sound like absolutely top fans who made a genuine miscalculation.Mate, that is nothing. Apparently some Albion fans missed the first 20 minutes because they were more interested in filling their face at the Ottoman. Can you imagine?
- Apr 19, 2018
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I’m unapologetic about leaving at the 80th minute which I was always going to do regardless of score. It’ll get me 4.5 hours in bed before work after getting through today on similar lack of sleep. Staying to the end would have cut sleep by another 30 minutes or more. 99 times out of 100 I’ll stay until the end, home and away, and I will at Leicester. Tonight though pragmatism won because life runs alongside football, football doesn’t take over life (for me anyway) and both have to be managed, and sometimes something has to give. Often that’s sleep or time doing things with family or it’s me taking time off work. Tonight it was the last 10 minutes plus added time of a game. Judge away…
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Seriously man, get over yourself. It's been happening since the day football fans started attending games. Nothing to do with modern football fans or whatever. One poster already gave an example from 1995, I don't go away nowadays but certainly remember leaving games with others around the same time in the game with a resigned 'well, f*** it, let's go to the pub/get on the road' or whatever occasionally
And obviously it feels quite a long journey home when it's 10pm in London and you've lost
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As always, there are some perfectly valid reasons, such as yours. Personally I will never ever understand attending a football match that you can’t stay until the end for. The very thing that makes this sport the greatest in the world is what sometimes happens right at the end. If I knew I couldn’t stay until the end I just wouldn’t go, I can’t get my head around the idea at all. But each to their own.I’m unapologetic about leaving at the 80th minute which I was always going to do regardless of score. It’ll get me 4.5 hours in bed before work after getting through today on similar lack of sleep. Staying to the end would have cut sleep by another 30 minutes or more. 99 times out of 100 I’ll stay until the end, home and away, and I will at Leicester. Tonight though pragmatism won because life runs alongside football, football doesn’t take over life (for me anyway) and both have to be managed, and sometimes something has to give. Often that’s sleep or time doing things with family or it’s me taking time off work. Tonight it was the last 10 minutes plus added time of a game. Judge away…
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It hasn’t though. The situation you describe- I’ve done that very occasionally as well. But I have never seen a mass exodus like there was tonight. Clearly I’m the one who is out of touch though, judging by the reaction to my post.
Presumably these people are happy for the players to give up with 8 minutes to go if they can’t be arsed to stay and watch though.
- Apr 19, 2018
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Because sometimes life changes after getting a ticket, and even if we could sell the ticket on (which we can’t) or return it (which we can’t) what we personally get from the game we do see outweighs the disappointment of missing the end. You’d rather leave an empty seat for 90 minutes than give the team support for 80 minutes and experience a good life-affirming time with friends and fellow fans? Each to their own.
They really did. I remember leaving Sheff Utd in the early 00’s at 3 down and walking back to the station with many Albion fans. Similar once from Leeds, and at Wigan , and Port Vale. Once the game is clearly out of reach a % of fans have always left the game (except those on a coach!) faced with a long journey home.
Justice
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Why do people care what other people do? Mind your own f***ing business.
They paid the same money for a ticket and are entitled to do what they want.
They paid the same money for a ticket and are entitled to do what they want.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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It’s pissing down, howling a gale, it’s early December, it’s nearly 10pm, our transport network is appalling, people have got long journeys home and work early in the morning and our team of multi millionaires didn’t turn up all night…
I think some fans leaving a bit earlier is more than ok in those circumstances!
I think some fans leaving a bit earlier is more than ok in those circumstances!
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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Going 3-1 down on 87 minutes, and some people decide to leave… I’d say that’s pretty normal behaviour for any team.
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
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It's not normal but didn't surprise me given the Amex exodus situation. Complete waste of everyone's time and money tonight.
portlock seagull
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Mass exodus have occurred at every football club in existence. It’s part of the game. As for players giving up also if fans have, the obvious retort is they’re paid not to.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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People have always left early, the game I was watching in the Spanish 5th tier on Sunday with about 500 people watching had people sneaking off BUT, I do feel people are far more likely to sneak off these days, especially when the game is close. If it’s 3-1 I’m not surprised and don’t overly care.
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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The players or at least some of them had given up way before the last 8 minutes...
Didn't witness a massive exodus though more left than normal game but it was mid week.
Statto
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Well I was one who left when the 3rd goal went in. If it means getting an earlier train and getting home early then so be it. I don't normally leave games early. I've been a season ticket holder for about 25/30 years and only missed two games this season, Liverpool and Newcastle.You know like a lot of our fans I was there in the dark days of the 90s and so were all the people I was with. Bit harsh to judge our fan base because people missed a few minutes of the end of Fulham away when we didn't play well and lost. Oh well on to Leicester on Sunday.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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I’m glad we’re in the premier league and most of our midweek away games are fairly local because if I was on my way home from Rotherham for 5 hours and we’d lost 3-1, I’d have either a) grabbed the steering wheel and brought down everyone with me by hitting the central reservation around Leicester Forest East or b) caused a really holy show of myself at Newport Pagnell services.
Anyway see you all at Leicester.
Anyway see you all at Leicester.
Pissed off, its not easy to get to , or back from on an evening game , the game was over , the trains are shit , so we attempted to get home in relative comfort , completely failed , you should give it another go then you may not be so critical of travelling fans ...