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Smug in Boots

Smug in Boots

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... is immune from the effects of rising costs, rail strikes, games moved for Sky and Sunderland appears to be closer to other Championship grounds than Bristol City <laugh>

That's the gist of an article from Bristol World.

https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...-sunderland-and-cardiff-city-rank-3839107?amp

Current average away support:

Sunderland - 2,760

Burnley - 2,590

Cardiff City - 1,918

Sheffield United - 1,907

Coventry City - 1,893

Preston North End - 1,787

Birmingham City - 1,771

Middlesbrough - 1,671

Blackburn Rovers - 1,628

West Bromwich Albion - 1,589

Stoke City - 1,584

Watford - 1,492

Blackpool - 1,458

Norwich City - 1,421

Queens Park Rangers - 1,268

Hull City - 1,246

Wigan Athletic - 1,112

Reading - 932

Swansea City - 917

Millwall - 819

Bristol City - 816

Luton Town - 688

Huddersfield Town - 577

Rotherham United - 571
 
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I'm sure I read that Sunderland will clock up the most away miles in the Championship.
The level of our away support never ceases to amaze me really. I think our nearest away game is Hull, which is still 150ish miles, two and a half, maybe 3 hours away.
 
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Never really gets a mention how far our fans travel, but Newcastle fans get a good mention, what time they set off, how many miles it is for them.
 
Smug in Boots said:
... is immune from the effects of rising costs, rail strikes, games moved for Sky and Sunderland appears to be closer to other Championship grounds than Bristol City <laugh>

That's the gist of an article from Bristol World.

https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...-sunderland-and-cardiff-city-rank-3839107?amp

Sunderland - 2,760

Burnley - 2,590

Cardiff City - 1,918

Sheffield United - 1,907

Coventry City - 1,893

Preston North End - 1,787

Birmingham City - 1,771

Middlesbrough - 1,671

Blackburn Rovers - 1,628

West Bromwich Albion - 1,589

Stoke City - 1,584

Watford - 1,492

Blackpool - 1,458

Norwich City - 1,421

Queens Park Rangers - 1,268

Hull City - 1,246

Wigan Athletic - 1,112

Reading - 932

Swansea City - 917

Millwall - 819

Bristol City - 816

Luton Town - 688

Huddersfield Town - 577

Rotherham United - 571
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And to be honest those numbers aren't a true reflection for us as it would be much higher if the grounds catered for us, I'm quite sure we would take more fans to most away games if we were allocated more tickets, we sell or allocation every time, so realistically our numbers would be a lot higher
 
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Snaggey said:
I'm sure I read that Sunderland will clock up the most away miles in the Championship.
The level of our away support never ceases to amaze me really. I think our nearest away game is Hull, which is still 150ish miles, two and a half, maybe 3 hours away.
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It's the consistency that's impressive.

Various clubs have spurts when they take good numbers away, I remember Wigan supporters, when they were winning in L1, posting/boasting about their numbers ..

... and Charlton fans, at Wembley, thought they matched our support despite living next door.

But we just keep turning out year after year no matter how bad things get or how many times we've trudged out of Wembley ...

... if only the club can match our efforts.
 
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Iain said:
And to be honest those numbers aren't a true reflection for us as it would be much higher if the grounds catered for us, I'm quite sure we would take more fans to most away games if we were allocated more tickets, we sell or allocation every time, so realistically our numbers would be a lot higher
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Very good point mate, didn't cross my mind tbh.
 
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Anyone know a site that gives attendance figures incl. away numbers for all matches? I’d be interested in working out a miles per fan per year figure.
 
Iain said:
And to be honest those numbers aren't a true reflection for us as it would be much higher if the grounds catered for us, I'm quite sure we would take more fans to most away games if we were allocated more tickets, we sell or allocation every time, so realistically our numbers would be a lot higher
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One of the relevant things as well is that I would guess...and it is only a guess.... a larger percentage of our loyal fans live away from the area.That's the way I've always perceived it.....I don't know whether I'm right or wrong......but I have this idea that a significant number of our away attendance don't actually travel from Sunderland area to the matches,they're dotted around all over the place,which in many cases,makes the travel time a lot less for some. Of course, we always have the longer journey to the home matches!
 
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