1) Most of our games are north of the Watford Gap, and some of those that aren't take just as long or even longer to get to as well (Ipswich, Bournemouth, Yeovil), and if you don't drive trains don't run at socialable hours and some people don't have the mental strength to take their kids on a 10 hour round trip with 2-3 hours in the middle of the actual footie related stuff. If you live on the M62 corridor or are anywhere in Yorkshire/Lancashire, most away games are less than 2 hours away.
2) One set of bad owners followed by another owner who immediately turned fans off by selling fan favourites, bringing in unfit spare players on loan and then sacking SCP is likely going to translate into unenthusiastic away supports.
3) London probably has just as many fans as any of the 92 clubs as their home towns due to its size and makeup of people from around the UK and the world.
4) Our away attendances are comparable to the other clubs south of the Watford Gap.
5) Train companies like to charge a premium to trains that go in and out of London, meaning people simply can't afford to go to every away game. Likewise every motorway between London and the North has some kind of major roadworks on it, combine that with thousands of fans travelling up and down the country on a matchday and people lose the appetite to sit in their car for 10 hours just to watch 90 minutes of footie.
6) Probably the most obvious one of all is that we've been shit at home all season and no one wants to travel to watch a side that can't be bothered to play when they only have to roll out of bed, let alone travel.
I'm not sure what I'm more wierded out by, that there is another Fiiish or that we posted at the same time.
OperationPig - considering the amount of time you spend posting on a forum about a southern club with absolutely zero connection or rivalry to Wednesday whatsoever, how much time do you spend on the Sheff Utd, Leeds and Barnsley forums?!
The support at Wednesday was not shit. The numbers may have been on the low side but even Piggy would have to admit the only thing the players could hear for 80 minutes was Addicks singing.
Also Sheffield is not a shit hole. If you think so you have never been to Woolwich.
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@fiiish I like your style.
Also Sheffield is not a shit hole. If you think so you have never been to Woolwich.
Also Sheffield is not a shit hole. If you think so you have never been to Woolwich.
Or they're both shitholes.