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Pompey fan on twitter mocking us for only having 1700 up there. No, really.

 

Just under a year ago today (give or take five days) they got the same result up there in the same competition. I bet you they did not take more fans than us.

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Just under a year ago today (give or take five days) they got the same result up there in the same competition. I bet you they did not take more fans than us.
actually it was 2 years ago, when they were rock bottom of the Prem of course, and they took a few hundred, but to be fair it was midweek. Hopefully we can find our way to the final too without having cheated the taxman. Edited by Chez
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I was surprised on the attendance today was expecting only about 4k with the boycott but think it was nearer 10k.
Reading the Coventry forum, nobody on there believes it either. Strange it was given as exactly 9k.
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Good numbers from us up there yesterday, but I'm not too sure if I believe the attendance information given out by Cov. In fact thinking about it a bit more, there is no way in the world the ground was a third full yesterday.

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Good numbers from us up there yesterday, but I'm not too sure if I believe the attendance information given out by Cov. In fact thinking about it a bit more, there is no way in the world the ground was a third full yesterday.

 

Apparently they gave out loads of free tickets. Imagine they included that in the attendance figure, despite the fact that most of them with freebies didn't turn up. There was 5-6,000 there yesterday and that included us, IMO.

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Apparently they gave out loads of free tickets. Imagine they included that in the attendance figure, despite the fact that most of them with freebies didn't turn up. There was 5-6,000 there yesterday and that included us, IMO.

 

I don't think under FA rules you are allowed to give freebies for FA Cup matches

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Very decent turnout to watch an under strength Saints team

 

WELL DONE those fans!.

Not the most attractive fixture in this season's calendar...but if we end up at Wembley again (by eliminating the remainder of the L1/L2 sides), at least they can be proud of having seen every Cup game.

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Good numbers from us up there yesterday, but I'm not too sure if I believe the attendance information given out by Cov. In fact thinking about it a bit more, there is no way in the world the ground was a third full yesterday.

 

AND ...what a coincidence, the attendance was.... EXACTLY 9000..........!!!

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I took some fotos just after KO and the place looks almost deserted - can't believe there were 9000. My comment was that I dont think I have been in such a small crowd in such a big stadium before.

 

I was surprised how many saints fans were there too - I was only expecting 5 or 600 at the most.

 

My first time to the Ricoh - and apart from the location (which was not as bad as I had been led to believe) I thought it is a pretty good stadium

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I took some fotos just after KO and the place looks almost deserted - can't believe there were 9000. My comment was that I dont think I have been in such a small crowd in such a big stadium before.

 

I was surprised how many saints fans were there too - I was only expecting 5 or 600 at the most.

 

My first time to the Ricoh - and apart from the location (which was not as bad as I had been led to believe) I thought it is a pretty good stadium

Its a decent enough ground and alright if you get a clear run on/off the motorway. Few gripes would be the high amount of police and stewards there on Saturday, well over the top and the disgusting pies they had on sale, 3 of my mates had them and all chucked them away unfinished!
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Its a decent enough ground and alright if you get a clear run on/off the motorway. Few gripes would be the high amount of police and stewards there on Saturday, well over the top and the disgusting pies they had on sale, 3 of my mates had them and all chucked them away unfinished!

 

That pie was vile. 3 mouthfuls and it was on the floor. Not one piece of chicken in it and virtually inedible.

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I took some fotos just after KO and the place looks almost deserted
there was some sort of protest with several hundred only entering the stadium 15 minutes after kick off according to ITV.
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there was some sort of protest with several hundred only entering the stadium 15 minutes after kick off according to ITV.

 

A mate of mine went and had a quick look at the protest before the game and said there were only around 30-50 people there.

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A mate of mine went and had a quick look at the protest before the game and said there were only around 30-50 people there.
I certainly didn't see "several hundred people" entering the ground 15 mins in.
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Doesn't surprise me that we were vocally poor. Numbers wise we have got much better, in terms of making noise we have been awful at most places this season.

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Doesn't surprise me that we were vocally poor. Numbers wise we have got much better, in terms of making noise we have been awful at most places this season.

 

Agreed, Reading we were loud but it was hard not to be with 4000 plus, seems the vast majority just want to go to an away match and sit quietly at the moment.

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Agreed, Reading we were loud but it was hard not to be with 4000 plus, seems the vast majority just want to go to an away match and sit quietly at the moment.

 

We've only been good with standing and making plenty of noise at Ipswich, Leicester and Reading this season.

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We've only been good with standing and making plenty of noise at Ipswich, Leicester and Reading this season.
Cardiff was good as well to be fair, at Bristol Ciy started off decent and tailed off pretty quickly, combination of over officious stewarding and Saints struggling on the pitch I guess.
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We've only been good with standing and making plenty of noise at Ipswich, Leicester and Reading this season.

 

I was drunk at nearly all of those so it's clearly me that causes the noise!

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