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The biggest team in the world took a lot of fans to Preston



Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003
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Blimey...5,500 fans for a middle of the season game.

Fortunately for us they lost, but that us mightily impressive numbers.
 






Giraffe

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Aug 8, 2005
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Decent turn out but that not that far is it. They have a lot of localish games in the north. Shame they lost.
 








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Oct 8, 2003
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My best memories of Sheffield are seeing Comsat Angels there a few year ago (reunion gig) and Icon of Coil. Both times at the United end of town. My visit to the home of the biggest club in the world was Meh. Hillsborough is like an old boot, inherited from a relative who has feet much bigger than mine (or theirs).
 


dazzer6666

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Went to Crawley today to meet up with my godson who is a devout Plymouth Argyle fan......there were over 1500 of them there in a crowd of 3500. Quite remarkable.
 




Pogue Mahone

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Apr 30, 2011
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My best memories of Sheffield are seeing Comsat Angels there a few year ago (reunion gig) and Icon of Coil. Both times at the United end of town. My visit to the home of the biggest club in the world was Meh. Hillsborough is like an old boot, inherited from a relative who has feet much bigger than mine (or theirs).

I used to visit Sheffield a lot, staying with a mate who relocated there for away games. It's a brilliant city.

I saw a few gigs, my favourite being The Clash supported by Mikey Dread. Memorable.
 


Gregory2Smith1

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Sep 21, 2011
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Preston really are the in form team

if they keep this up they might go close for a play off spot
 


Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Wednesday were one of the form teams over the ten games previous to today, so no surprise they took those numbers.
 












redoubtable seagull

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Oct 27, 2004
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75 miles from Sheffield to Preston , Brighton to Milton Keynes is 116 miles , that's about 40 miles further , but I expect good support up there

A better comparator would be the numbers we take to London games. Similar distance and travel time. Unfortunately only Fulham can accommodate big numbers. We took an impressive 4000 away to Fulham which was the first league game back in August. I suspect we'd take more than that in our current position (yesterday's result not withstanding!).

However Wednesday are another one of those Yorkshire based clubs who happen to be the biggest, best and well supported in the world. So fair play to them. I suspect their London based fans will swell their attendance at the Amex in a couple of weeks.
 


CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
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Boring By Sea
How much were tickets yesterday?
£1 for u18 and £12 for adults is a huge attraction for our match and bound to add a couple of thousand.
 


Quinney

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Aug 3, 2009
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75 miles from Sheffield to Preston , Brighton to Milton Keynes is 116 miles , that's about 40 miles further , but I expect good support up there

Don't know if Wednesday have played at MK Dons but it's a similar distance for both them and us, might be a better comparison. I'd like to think we'll take at least 4,500. Charlton could be a big away following as well if we're still in with a shout, we sold it out last year when we were struggling.
 


Feb 14, 2010
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Went to Crawley today to meet up with my godson who is a devout Plymouth Argyle fan......there were over 1500 of them there in a crowd of 3500. Quite remarkable.

Plymouth are a club with a decent away support despite always being crap and having miles to travel. Much more impressive than a Sheffield club popping an hour in a car to say Derby or taking 3/4000 to a southern club when they have thousands of 1st 2nd and 3rd generation fans who moved to London/South East. Northern clubs love to pat themselves on the back but it never stands up to scrutiny. Plymouth however are a different story. Very well supported on the road and travel even further than Brighton do.
 




redoubtable seagull

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Oct 27, 2004
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Don't know if Wednesday have played at MK Dons but it's a similar distance for both them and us, might be a better comparison. I'd like to think we'll take at least 4,500. Charlton could be a big away following as well if we're still in with a shout, we sold it out last year when we were struggling.

Charlton away end only holds 3500 though. We normally sell that out.
 


1066familyman

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Jan 15, 2008
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I used to visit Sheffield a lot, staying with a mate who relocated there for away games. It's a brilliant city.

I saw a few gigs, my favourite being The Clash supported by Mikey Dread. Memorable.

Blimey! They didn't go and do a hatchet job on Barber Saloon did they?
 



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