7 hours drive so far, and were still not there!! M25 and M1 a nightmare!
1st game I'm missing voluntarily this season. (couldn't go to Colchester due to work).
Trains were ridiculously expensive & engineering works nightmare & no coach from Bromley. I wasn't getting up at 6am to drive to Well Hall.
Anyway well done MIA, you will hopefully get your reward tomorrow. If you have time & are inclined, I recommend their social club tomorrow. Decent place & very friendly fans.
Took 7.5 hours drive up there, 4.5 hours drive back , all for 90 minutes, (but well worth it) Hartlepool fan on the way out from the game was having a go at me asking why we didn't bring more fans! i added up the cost of going (Tickets , fuel and acommodation for 4, couldn't have had much change out of £500!) there lies the answer , its to expensive for families to go, i don't blame anyone for not going , that was our half term holiday , some people fly to Spain or whereever it was blooming freezing cold up there as well.
When i spoke to another Hartlepool fan in the hotel i was staying at he mentioned that Hartlepool got 2- 2.5k last season at home , this season they did their season tickets at £100 and have sold out.
Thats why i'm not going to the Fa cup match , you can't do it all unless your minted.
good post MIA ..... and the costs/time etc are astronomical but i can't work out how all these other clubs manage to bring decent numbers compared to their home support everywhere
chesterfield had 353 the same number as us at brentford this saturday , hudders 533 down to yeovil , sheff wed 2k ish at wycombe ..... how the , what the, where the , why the foook can they do it!
It is, what it is. As most away travellers know, most northern away games going by train, plus match ticket, food and drink/beer you are lucky to get any change out of a ton. We are not all Rothchild's relatives unfortunately and have to pick and choose our away games carefully.
The away support at The Valley I reckon a few will live in and around London for work hence it's an easier game to get to.
We've had poor away support for years, don't really know why everyone is still confused by it, in fact this season the numbers we have taken away have been better than in previous years, plus add on the fact most away games are a 3/4/5 hour drive away this season you can't do them all.
Personally I don't bother with away games more than a couple of hours away unless it's a game at the end of the season where we might get promotion etc, don't have the money or time to do it otherwise especailly when I can listen to CAFC player for £4 a month.
Also huddersfield failed to sell out at millwall in the play off semi finals,swings and roundabouts,and i think millwall had two figures at Hartlepool not long ago
I think our "poor" away support is because we are a "family" club. The majority of away supporters are men & a lot of our "men" have families and they tend to do the "decent" thing & spend "away" Saturdays at home. The cost is also a factor, but is the same for everyone.
Also, there are more things to do in London, as a counter attraction.
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1st game I'm missing voluntarily this season. (couldn't go to Colchester due to work).
Trains were ridiculously expensive & engineering works nightmare & no coach from Bromley. I wasn't getting up at 6am to drive to Well Hall.
Anyway well done MIA, you will hopefully get your reward tomorrow. If you have time & are inclined, I recommend their social club tomorrow. Decent place & very friendly fans.
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LOL, I didn't think that after I read a bit more of it.
I always think the same, are trains cheaper into London or something?
Whether I can afford it or not I refuse to pay more than £50 to get a train anywhere, it's a joke!
We've
had poor away support for years, don't really know why everyone is
still confused by it, in fact this season the numbers we have taken away
have been better than in previous years, plus add on the fact most away
games are a 3/4/5 hour drive away this season you can't do them all.
Personally
I don't bother with away games more than a couple of hours away unless
it's a game at the end of the season where we might get promotion etc,
don't have the money or time to do it otherwise especailly when I can
listen to CAFC player for £4 a month.
Also huddersfield failed to sell out at millwall in the play off semi finals,swings and roundabouts,and i think millwall had two figures at Hartlepool not long ago
I think our "poor" away support is because we are a "family" club. The majority of away supporters are men & a lot of our "men" have families and they tend to do the "decent" thing & spend "away" Saturdays at home. The cost is also a factor, but is the same for everyone.
Also, there are more things to do in London, as a counter attraction.