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Frutos

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May 3, 2006
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Great support no doubt, but I still fecking HATE Dirty Leeds.

Sheffield Wednesday? :lolol:
 






Brovion

In my defence, I was left unsupervised.
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Jul 6, 2003
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We most likely would of took 5-6k to Chelsea/Arsenal/Spurs tonight not that impressive.
Firstly Newcastle aren't as an attractive a match as a top Prem side. Secondly London's only about just over half the distance and thirdly the vast majority of Brighton fans don't give a toss about the Cups (there's thread after thread season after season saying that) so there is NO WAY we would take 6000 to anybody for an early-round midweek League Cup game. Probably not even if the tickets were free.

Believe you me I wish I were wrong.
 


Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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Goldstone
We wouldn't. That is why, despite how painful it is for many on here, they are a bigger club.
You think that it's painful to many on here that Leeds are a bigger club than Brighton? That's a bit weird.
 


















Coldeanseagull

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Mar 13, 2013
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For any club languishing mid table in the championship, 6000 for a weekday lower status cup game against any premier league side other than the big six, has got to be applauded
 








watsongooal

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Jul 7, 2003
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Chislehurst
Are people completely forgetting that we took 9,000 to Villa? Not far to go though eh :shrug:

Where did you pluck that figure from! We took 6
 




Brovion

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5000 to spurs, 6500 to Villa, 6000 to Liverpool.

And there were a lot of people who couldn't get tickets as we sold out.

Worth pointing out, again, that those weren't mid-week games. Plus we did consider them to be 'big' games (quite right too, they were). We also took over 30,000 to Cardiff for a match against Bristol City - that's irrelevant too.
 


Driver8

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Jul 31, 2005
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Bollocks. It's a 200 mile round trip, in midweek to watch a football match in a Cup that no one cares about against a team who are at best a mid-ranking premiership side. Taking it all into account relatively speaking it IS a long way and yes I do get out a lot. Your original comment was wrong.

We'll have to disagree then because if we were playing at any club within an hour and a half of me in an evening game I would go and not consider it a long trip.
 


Oct 25, 2003
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Worth pointing out, again, that those weren't mid-week games. Plus we did consider them to be 'big' games (quite right too, they were). We also took over 30,000 to Cardiff for a match against Bristol City - that's irrelevant too.

liverpool was on a sunday though. I remember countless threads about people worrying about getting back as the trains were a nightmare

plus we could have sold more
 


drew

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Oct 3, 2006
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It wasn't midweek for a League Cup game though was it? That was for one of the biggest games in our history.
I know that. I wasn't making a direct comparison because anyone that does is foolish. Just the same that anyone who suggests Leeds are a bigger club than us just because of the support. They are a bigger club but that is because of their history.

Not sure why some people are falling over themselves about the away support of another team!!!
 




Brovion

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Jul 6, 2003
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We'll have to disagree then because if we were playing at any club within an hour and a half of me in an evening game I would go and not consider it a long trip.
I'm genuinely pleased you'd do that midweek for a League Cup game. The depressing attitude of most is "Don't care, would rather get three points on Saturday"

liverpool was on a sunday though. I remember countless threads about people worrying about getting back as the trains were a nightmare

plus we could have sold more
Still not midweek so still not the same. Also, as I pointed out, we (and I include the players) did consider a match at Anfield to be a big game and worth making special arrangements for. You may call Leeds fans deluded, but they don't consider a match against a team who have only one one trophy in over fifty years to be a 'big' game.
 


Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003
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Back in Sussex
What a bizarre discussion. To my mind, I can't see many would disagree with...

- Leeds being a bigger club than the Albion. (Yes, I know 'bigness' is difficult to define, but all football fans are able to give a quick A > B when asked about 2 teams)
- Leeds travel in numbers far in excess of the Albion, and most other clubs for that matter.
- Albion's away support is certainly decent - better than some and worse than some. Probably above average, all things considered.
- Albion's home support is excellent. The Amex effect? The ease of Direct Debit payments? A community starved of decent footballing facilities for a long time? Probably all of those and more, but Albion's home support will be the envy of all but about 10-12 clubs across the entire football league.
 


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