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[Albion] Your smallest ever away crowd (that you were part of).
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I was there
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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“Enjoying Graeme Smith in goal...” not heard that said too often!
Frankie
Put him in the curry
81 fans , Southend v Brighton U23 in the efl trophy.
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
Remember that game well, was hungover like hell in the morning before playing out of my skin round Burgess Hill golf course before catching the bus. It was my birthday so got a free ride.
Shame about the result and performance!
I was there. Nice pies too as I recall.
Probably 15th. March 1969 at Boundary Park, Oldham. Freezing cold day. Bit of mist. Crumbling stadium - no idea how few there were that day (home or away) but it was few!
Saw two young lads with blue and white scarves over in the far distance in a near empty terrace behind one of the goals, so went over to greet them and appreciate their travelling all the way from Brighton on such a grim day (I had only come from Liverpool, where I was at Uni).
"Oh no, fooking no", they said, "We're Bury (pronounced 'Bourri') - we only come over to see this fooking shower when our lot are playing away". Same as back in those days in Liverpool hundreds - or even thousands - of people would watch Liverpool one week and Everton the next, whoever was playing at home.
There weren't many of 'us' at Tranmere, Shrewsbury (in midweek) or Southport in those days either!
Saw two young lads with blue and white scarves over in the far distance in a near empty terrace behind one of the goals, so went over to greet them and appreciate their travelling all the way from Brighton on such a grim day (I had only come from Liverpool, where I was at Uni).
"Oh no, fooking no", they said, "We're Bury (pronounced 'Bourri') - we only come over to see this fooking shower when our lot are playing away". Same as back in those days in Liverpool hundreds - or even thousands - of people would watch Liverpool one week and Everton the next, whoever was playing at home.
There weren't many of 'us' at Tranmere, Shrewsbury (in midweek) or Southport in those days either!
patchamalbion
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Going away since 2001 but we’ve always had fairly good numbers. Think the aforementioned Burnley game on a Tuesday (284 I think) and Bristol city away in the LDV QF southern section I think - roughly 280. Think they went on to play Bristol Rovers over 2 legs
Sunderland in Sep 1977. We won 2-0 (Wardy and Piper, I think) and went top of Division 2. Despite this momentous result, there were only about 50 Albion fans in the away end, there was so much space around us - a bit of a shock after the confines of the North Stand.
I remember the shock of walking to the ground from the station, it looked like the land that time forgot, I did get bought a pint in Newcastle by Geordie, who was delighted that the Mackems had lost.
I remember the shock of walking to the ground from the station, it looked like the land that time forgot, I did get bought a pint in Newcastle by Geordie, who was delighted that the Mackems had lost.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Halifax Town, 1999-2000 season.
Unsure of the exact number of us, but there weren’t many more than 2000 in the ground in total.
Lost 2-1 in injury time after being 0-1 up!
I was at all of these plus about twenty of us in Albufeira in 2010 watching us pllaying a Tottenham 11 in a pre-season friendly.
sjamesb3466
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Not sure if it counts but a few years ago I was just about to get off the train at Blackburn when someone shouted that the game had been called off due to the weather. Stayed on the train with some other Albion fans and got off a few stops down the line to stand in the away end in the pissing rain on an open terrace to watch Accrington vs Plymouth. Can't have been much more than 100 in the away end of which about 40% were Albion fans!
Statto
007
It may have already been mentioned on this thread, but I remember going up to Swansea in a 5 seater car full, with a few who still post on here, in the Johnsons paint trophy around January 2008. A midweek night and the away attendance was just over 100. We lost 1-0. I remember getting back in the early hours and seeing the milkman on his round!
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Not sure of number of away fans, but for me away to Woking FA Cup 2010 - Total of 4193 Won 3-2 with Tarricco sent off.
DavePage
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Cambridge pre season probably about 18 years ago
Brighton Rocker
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Getafe v BAHA 17 July 2013 0-1
Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Madrid
Bloody hot. :eek
Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Madrid
Bloody hot. :eek
