Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
To be fair we dont make any real cash unless we are on the box. If Barbs had his way every game would be at the Amex!
Anyway see you there im with [MENTION=5200]Buzzer[/MENTION]
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[Albion] Derby - Away Support
- Thread starter JC Footy Genius
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To be fair we dont make any real cash unless we are on the box. If Barbs had his way every game would be at the Amex!
Anyway see you there im with [MENTION=5200]Buzzer[/MENTION]
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
mikeyjh
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It usually is, I think only once visitors have sold out this season, but you'll get the full allocation come what may so you should be able to buy from the south east corner......
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Hemed will not be bullied or overrawed. Neiher will Beram or Greer. We will stand firm against the Rams.
Great, should be a cracking atmosphere.
The secret is to put their rear legs into your wellies, stops them escaping.
There was last time and I wished that there wasn't after about ten minutes.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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Those are stirring words! #standfirm
Crewton Ram
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- Jan 10, 2013
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I know nothing about what the younger age groups get up to in Derby these days, but if you like a pub crawl, good ale and a 1st class curry at the end of the evening, you can have a very good night in Derby. The pubs I'd advise you not to miss include The Exeter, The Brewery Tap, The Silk Mill, The Dolphin, The Furnace and The Flower Pots (who usually have live music on) which are all located within a quarter mile radius of the Cathedral. Further afield there's also The Peacock, The Bell & Castle, The Old Spa, The Last Post & Chester Green Ale House micropubs, Mr Grundy's microbrewery, The Greyhound, The Golden Eagle, the Falstaff and of course The Brunswick and Alexander near the station.
BBassic
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- Jul 28, 2011
- 13,055
We now have our own tour guide, my Derby mate will show us the sights on Friday and the best curry house in Derby
What's the curry house? We're staying up there on the Saturday.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
#velcrokneepads
JC Footy Genius
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Alarming amount of knowledge on how to restrain rams/sheep 
Lots of holidays spent in Wales perhaps ..
Lots of holidays spent in Wales perhaps ..
Renns
Renns Junior
Got 3 tickets yesterday and according to the guy on the phone not many left although not sure if this is from the initial allocation? Interestingly the chap was on an overflow helpline based in Manchester?
Peter Grummit
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With reference to Roger Harris's and Tim Carder's book Seagulls: The Story of Brighton and Hove Albion, just reminding myself of the League Cup tie against Derby in 76/77.
There was so much interest in the original home game that the Albion sold tickets on the turnstiles of a reserve game v Charlton, the crowd for which was 17,554. The game was a 33,500 sellout and I remember Derby fans arriving just before ko on the chicken run (this was pre-segregation) to find it absolutely rammed (sic) and wandering the aisles trying to glimpse a view. The huge roar told them Peter Ward had scored after 37 seconds, following a 1 on 1 save by Grummitt from Charlie George.
The away support for the Monday night replay (just 2 days after beating Swindon 4-0 at the Goldstone) is not recorded but "3 charter trains, a plane and numerous coaches" are cited. As the trains alone held 700 each, I suspect there was a minimum 3,000 Albion in the 25,880 at the Baseball ground. A good number had travelled to Reading on the Wednesday previous to see us win 3-2 and to Northampton the Saturday before that to see a 2-0 win. Busy and expensive times for fans of a rampaging Mullery team that went on to finish 2nd in Div 3 (2 points above another promoted club, Cr****l P****e). Peter Ward won Div 3 Player of the Season for his 36 goals, 32 in the League.
PG
There was so much interest in the original home game that the Albion sold tickets on the turnstiles of a reserve game v Charlton, the crowd for which was 17,554. The game was a 33,500 sellout and I remember Derby fans arriving just before ko on the chicken run (this was pre-segregation) to find it absolutely rammed (sic) and wandering the aisles trying to glimpse a view. The huge roar told them Peter Ward had scored after 37 seconds, following a 1 on 1 save by Grummitt from Charlie George.
The away support for the Monday night replay (just 2 days after beating Swindon 4-0 at the Goldstone) is not recorded but "3 charter trains, a plane and numerous coaches" are cited. As the trains alone held 700 each, I suspect there was a minimum 3,000 Albion in the 25,880 at the Baseball ground. A good number had travelled to Reading on the Wednesday previous to see us win 3-2 and to Northampton the Saturday before that to see a 2-0 win. Busy and expensive times for fans of a rampaging Mullery team that went on to finish 2nd in Div 3 (2 points above another promoted club, Cr****l P****e). Peter Ward won Div 3 Player of the Season for his 36 goals, 32 in the League.
PG
Finchley Seagull
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What an odd post. So, you're moaning about not enough supporters going to away games and then you're slagging off the ones that do by putting them in to those weird groups.
We were always going to reduce the away following compared to home one when we moved. Withdean had 7,000 supporters, most of whom were very committed and more likely to follow us away too. At the Amex, we've got a lot more fans, many of whom didn't go to Withdean for various reasons so (overall although not always) are less likely to go to away games. It's so obvious I wouldn't have thought it would need pointing out.
And, considering how far we have to travel (the furthest in the Championship across the season), our away following is pretty good. We're never going to be a Leeds or Sheffield Wednesday but we're nowhere near the lowest either.
We now have our own tour guide, my Derby mate will show us the sights on Friday and the best curry house in Derby
That'll be this one - near the station. http://everestderby.co.uk/
There's loads of good pubs, but this is my favourite http://www.falstaffbrewery.co.uk/ (A bit of a trek from the station and in the opposite direction to the football stadium, mind.)
Gutted I'm not going.
So we managed over 3000 back then on a Monday night with worse road and rail infrastructure but will struggle to take 2000 on a saturday afternoon. It's not as if we've been overrun with away games either, in the five weeks we've had Shef Wed and Burnley which we probably took less than a thousand to in total.
Can you explain your logic here?
Why is it impossible to get tickets for away games now? I don't understand what you mean by "fans like me". Do you just mean you're not prepared to register for a FAN number? It doesn't cost anything, you know, and sometimes advanced tickets are cheaper.
ForestRowSeagull
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I'll be there. 08:37 out of East Grinstead 
northstandsteve
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I could be wrong but i believe that we had 7,500 there that night. Was on first of 4 trains. I also believe it could have been the biggest official away support at the baseball ground. Great evening and the half time racket with their compare was brilliant.