MarkSFC Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 Our attendance of "only" 26,289 ( though it would be a bit more!) was as the title says the 4th best in English football today. Only 3 games in the Prem were better attended and the closest Championship game was Ipswich/Leeds with 23,105. Bet that hasn't happened often!!
landford.saint Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 What even better than 'the best fans in the world'. :-)
Turkish Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 What even better than 'the best fans in the world'. :-) they were away, if they were at home it'd been a different story, they got 13k for their last home game dont yah know.
Saint-scooby Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 Pretty sure, we have been in the top twenty for a long time, Leeds at home maybe, Including prem and Cham
RedAndWhite91 Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 they were away, if they were at home it'd been a different story, they got 13k for their last home game dont yah know. They took 470 up to Middlesbrough on this Saturday afternoon, in a Championship game. We took 600-odd to Hartlepool on a Tuesday night in a League One tie. Says a lot about their "gratest suport in the land and quite possible the world" doesn't it.
Matthew Le God Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 Bet that hasn't happened often!! Happened quite a lot between 2001 and 2005.
Ohio Saint Posted 2 October, 2010 Posted 2 October, 2010 That is actually a pretty astonishing fact!!! If I had not read it on the internet, I would not have believed it!
wagon 84 Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 They took 470 up to Middlesbrough on this Saturday afternoon, in a Championship game. We took 600-odd to Hartlepool on a Tuesday night in a League One tie. Says a lot about their "gratest suport in the land and quite possible the world" doesn't it. Anyone that was at Hartlepool that night will tell you the end we were in was pact solid. I was told by a steward that the end holds around 1000. I think you will find that 600 odd tickets were bought at St Marys & the rest including me paid on the night.
chocco boxo Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 I always like to remind them of the 2,032 (or 43) that turned up v Blackburn in the Carling Cup not long ago? proper fans as old Arry Boy calls them.
aintforever Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 I think last season the leeds game was the 3rd most watched, behind only Man U and Arsenal. I thought we would get more than 26K yesterday but considering the ticket prices it was a good turnout. Sort of rubbishes what the skates have been saying out us only getting good crowds because of cheap pricing etc.
niceandfriendly Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 And the Bournemouth fans were calling our support ****!
adrian lord Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 We mop up all significant football support south of the M4. Regional Giants. Marcus realised this hence saw the investment and success potential when he bought us.
aintforever Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 The thing is with Saints support is that it is a bit of an unknown quantity, the only real success we have had was in the 70's/80's and then we were limited by the Dell. The Strachan years saw regular sell outs but that wasn't real success, and there was no real investment so the club's true potential has never been fulfilled.
sammysaint Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 To be honest if we got back to the prem even after 4 or 5 bad results we would still get sell outs where as before when we thought we were untouchable are attendance's would of droped by 3-4k if we failed to win our last 3-4 games.
LostBoys Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 The thing is with Saints support is that it is a bit of an unknown quantity, the only real success we have had was in the 70's/80's and then we were limited by the Dell. The Strachan years saw regular sell outs but that wasn't real success, and there was no real investment so the club's true potential has never been fulfilled. I thought we were the first prem club to go down with effectively full gates?
RedAndWhite91 Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 Anyone that was at Hartlepool that night will tell you the end we were in was pact solid. I was told by a steward that the end holds around 1000. I think you will find that 600 odd tickets were bought at St Marys & the rest including me paid on the night. Yeah think that the 636 or whatever it was was the official away attendance, but I was there and I agree it was packed and seemed a lot more than 600.
saint_bert Posted 3 October, 2010 Posted 3 October, 2010 Yeah think that the 636 or whatever it was was the official away attendance, but I was there and I agree it was packed and seemed a lot more than 600. Was a great night. Made me proud to be a saint.
Pedro Posted 4 October, 2010 Posted 4 October, 2010 Thought Bournemouth fans had a good sense of humour singing "your grounds too big for you".
JRM Posted 4 October, 2010 Posted 4 October, 2010 Was a great night. Made me proud to be a saint. It was definitely almost full, 900 odd saints up there on a Tuesday which is impressive. How many are planning to go this year? We have Carlisle away in Mid-November, and Hartlepool away December 4th, looking forward to both, but i predict there will only be around 500 saints at each game.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 4 October, 2010 Posted 4 October, 2010 Thought Bournemouth fans had a good sense of humour singing "your grounds too big for you". Shame they weren't joking.
dickyhale Posted 5 October, 2010 Posted 5 October, 2010 Yeah think that the 636 or whatever it was was the official away attendance, but I was there and I agree it was packed and seemed a lot more than 600. We went had a great night and a long drive back on Wednesday.. Was much more then 636 as official attendance...Think someone was have a good cash fiddle
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