Alex, out of interest, how old are you and what's you personal situation ?
If like me you are married with young kids, you would appreciate how difficult it is to attend regular away football. Be it the impact of the cost, or the impact of further time away from home, or the sheer selfishness of it. It's just not viable in the majority of cases.
There are very few on here that are regular home and away travellers. There are however, many on here that have been regular home and away travellers at some stage in their lives. People's situations change and so do their priorities.
Our away support is largely what it is as the vast majority of our support base are home only , or away pick n choosers, for various reasons. Things that would change that are a higher greater number of late teens/early 20s coming through the ranks, a season with a number of closer games than the norf-based leagues we've had in recent years, and a successful season to tempt those pick n choosers to be that bit more regular.
But it is not something that will change overnight, or in the next 12 months, it will only change over a long period as rarely over time to people's attending habits increase rather than decrease.
agree completely i will do this for a few more years then probably knock it on the head
I'll be there regardless of this rallying cry for more away supporters, in which I'm in support of! Be nice to have 1500 or so up there making lots of noise.
Can anyone confirm it will defiantely be on a Saturday. Our home game has been changed to a sunday due to their eurpoa league commitments. Sounds a decent one yo me - aground I've never been to and a decent train service
Can anyone confirm it will defiantely be on a Saturday. Our home game has been changed to a sunday due to their eurpoa league commitments. Sounds a decent one yo me - aground I've never been to and a decent train service
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Sky have only picked their fixtures up to November 30th or thereabouts.
Whilst unlikely, it could be televised, it could also be postponed due to weather. 1st Feb is often about the coldest time of the year. Mind you they probably have under soil heating.
1500 up to Wigan well best of luck with that .Now not to put you down but every match i watch with Charlton is to the normal person an away game for me.400miles and seven hour travel just to get to The Valley.Been too Wigan plus another 100 grounds seeing Charlton play over anumber of years with away fans as few as74 at Grimsby one year.Do i plan to be at the wigan game,count me out for this match. 10 OUT OF 10 for trying to get a good amount of away fans to this match but think you have set your sights to high.
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Seems legit...
Sounds a decent one yo me - aground I've never been to and a decent train service
Whilst unlikely, it could be televised, it could also be postponed due to weather. 1st Feb is often about the coldest time of the year. Mind you they probably have under soil heating.
10 OUT OF 10 for trying to get a good amount of away fans to this match but think you have set your sights to high.
I'll be there again in Feb, with nothing but optimism that we're going to win THIS time.