Reading the stats on the amount of away fans that come to the Valley, I thinks it's beacuse of where we put them. Over the years away teams know that there supporters will create a good atmosphere due to being in the JS stand. There was talk last season of moving them to the the side in the lower stand, did anything ever come of that or has the idea died. Villa moved the away fans last seson as O'Neil wanted Villa fans behind both goals to gee the team on, not a bad idea IMO.
Over the years we always appear to conceed more goals at that end and score less. Maybe we should be less accomadating of the away fans and start creating a good atmosphere at both ends.
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Cheap tickets, good transport links, get given a decent pub for sole use, a good stand to make a racket, only a small risk of trouble, and more often than not, three points to celebrate with !
Staffing and security would really not be a problem,
We sometimes share the south with no problem
As all fans come together on the way to the station anyway
What happened to the old days when away fans were asked to remain in there seats for 5 mins giving time for people to leave
They are, but most of our fans leave 5 minutes before the end anyway, so the away fans just wait for the final whistle.