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Post by bighead on Aug 16, 2024 8:22:24 GMT
Are there any videos of our 4-0 win at Blackpool anywhere? Hoping the club might dig some out of the archives for a social media post today. Felt a bit sorry for Clare and Flynn that day but celebrated none the less!
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Post by nelly on Aug 16, 2024 8:33:18 GMT
Have we really sold 4000 for this, or close? Can’t go as I’m working but it’s not one that appeals to me much. Got slapped once in the Tower Lounge off Pompey and Oxford, got thrown out in the 4-0 won there and had the worst BJ ever too. So was never in a rush to go back tbh. Shithole. yeah about 3.8k to 3.9k How much for the BJ ? £
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Post by Imposter on Aug 16, 2024 9:16:11 GMT
Have we really sold 4000 for this, or close? Can’t go as I’m working but it’s not one that appeals to me much. Got slapped once in the Tower Lounge off Pompey and Oxford, got thrown out in the 4-0 won there and had the worst BJ ever too. So was never in a rush to go back tbh. Shithole. yeah about 3.8k to 3.9k Our total allocation across the 3 phases was 3,911. And County have reported that we sold out. Make of that what you will. There will certainly be a few dropouts who can't make it and can't pass tickets on, or don't get past the pub, etc... But the actual amount of County fans in the ground will/should definitely be closer to 4k than 3.5k.
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Post by mattyovrio on Aug 16, 2024 9:19:35 GMT
Yeah, Nuneaton wasn’t 4k, it was closer to 3.5k. Other than a Wembley play off final I can’t remember any other league games, other than Nuneaton, we’ve taken 3.5k+. Chesterfield in May 2022 was getting on for 3k, but defo not over. Chesterfield in about 2004 was also about 3k. We were on a run to avoid relegation and won 3-0. We took loads to Huddersfield first game of the season under Jim IIRC and likewise Oldham away first or nearly first game of the season. As Vic said elsewhere the West Brom and Stoke turnouts first year up under Danny were large. How many did we take to Halifax last game of the season under Danny when we thought we had gone up but hadn’t. I wasn’t there for that but there must have been a lot.
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Post by Josh on Aug 16, 2024 10:16:21 GMT
Have we really sold 4000 for this, or close? Can’t go as I’m working but it’s not one that appeals to me much. Got slapped once in the Tower Lounge off Pompey and Oxford, got thrown out in the 4-0 won there and had the worst BJ ever too. So was never in a rush to go back tbh. Shithole. I can never quite decide whether your posts are genius or the rantings of a mad man, this one is no different. 🤣
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Post by jazzpoet on Aug 16, 2024 10:41:37 GMT
Have we really sold 4000 for this, or close? Can’t go as I’m working but it’s not one that appeals to me much. Got slapped once in the Tower Lounge off Pompey and Oxford, got thrown out in the 4-0 won there and had the worst BJ ever too. So was never in a rush to go back tbh. Shithole. Right. Still, good news about the 4-0 win...
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Post by Imposter on Aug 16, 2024 10:55:15 GMT
Chesterfield in about 2004 was also about 3k. We were on a run to avoid relegation and won 3-0. We took loads to Huddersfield first game of the season under Jim IIRC and likewise Oldham away first or nearly first game of the season. As Vic said elsewhere the West Brom and Stoke turnouts first year up under Danny were large. How many did we take to Halifax last game of the season under Danny when we thought we had gone up but hadn’t. I wasn’t there for that but there must have been a lot. Huddersfield was "only" about 2000. Decent, but in the context of this discussion, small-time.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 16, 2024 11:08:18 GMT
We took loads to Huddersfield first game of the season under Jim IIRC and likewise Oldham away first or nearly first game of the season. As Vic said elsewhere the West Brom and Stoke turnouts first year up under Danny were large. How many did we take to Halifax last game of the season under Danny when we thought we had gone up but hadn’t. I wasn’t there for that but there must have been a lot. Huddersfield was "only" about 2000. Decent, but in the context of this discussion, small-time. Yep, nowhere near what we're taking tomorrow. Oldham was the same. Away attendances were much smaller back then. We rarely ever sold out for away games, so those few games like Hudds/Oldham felt like they were huge because the starting point was lower.
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Post by scfc73 on Aug 16, 2024 11:46:34 GMT
Chesterfield in about 2004 was also about 3k. We were on a run to avoid relegation and won 3-0. We took loads to Huddersfield first game of the season under Jim IIRC and likewise Oldham away first or nearly first game of the season. As Vic said elsewhere the West Brom and Stoke turnouts first year up under Danny were large. How many did we take to Halifax last game of the season under Danny when we thought we had gone up but hadn’t. I wasn’t there for that but there must have been a lot. Halifax felt like about 3000 but probably wasn't anywhere near. I do remember speaking to a Halifax fan afterwards who said we dwarfed the home support who only had 700 in attendance.
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Post by malc on Aug 16, 2024 11:48:24 GMT
The day after the 4-0 win, Mark Hatton woke up in hospital. The only meat I could ever put on the bones was that after the game he was in a very highly agitated state. I know this because he was calling myself and his Mum demanding we send him some money. It was a Saturday and we were in The Netherlands and at a Fortuna Sittard game which kicked off 10 minutes after County's game in Blackpool finished so our hands were completely tied. There was absolutely nothing we could do. We didnt hear from him again that evening. Despite several phone calls, many to his mates, we heard nothing. Come the Monday, my dad contacted the cops. They traced him to Blackpool Victoria hospital. He'd been very badly beaten up - enough to put him in hospital after the game. As many of you know, he spent the next 4 years drinking himself into his early grave. We never did get to the bottom of what happened that afternoon. It's been a long time now but if any of you out there can tell me anything, anything at all, about the events of that afternoon, I'd still like to fill in some gaps in my knowledge.
In loving memory of Mark Hatton. 1984 - 2008. RIP Son.
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Post by stockytwo on Aug 16, 2024 12:56:02 GMT
So is this our largest ever away following do we think ?
Edit: can't be, Bolton must have been more, that stand holds 5K aparantly and it was sold out.
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Post by mattyovrio on Aug 16, 2024 13:09:25 GMT
So is this our largest ever away following do we think ? Edit: can't be, Bolton must have been more, that stand holds 5K aparantly and it was sold out. We took loads to the Dungers in 78 too. Not many stood up, but loads in the seats 40k+ for officially a home game.
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Post by nelly on Aug 16, 2024 13:41:49 GMT
So is this our largest ever away following do we think ? Edit: can't be, Bolton must have been more, that stand holds 5K aparantly and it was sold out. We took loads to the Dungers in 78 too. Not many stood up, but loads in the seats 40k+ for officially a home game. Is that when ref bottled it and gave them two injury penalties ? Gordon Mc Queens professional foul on Terry Park too.
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Post by nelly on Aug 16, 2024 13:42:26 GMT
We took loads to the Dungers in 78 too. Not many stood up, but loads in the seats 40k+ for officially a home game. Is that when ref bottled it and gave them two injury time penalties ? Gordon Mc Queens professional foul on Terry Park too.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 16, 2024 13:44:32 GMT
So is this our largest ever away following do we think ? Edit: can't be, Bolton must have been more, that stand holds 5K aparantly and it was sold out. Certainly the largest away following for a league game post-2000, almost certainly for the 90s too but couldn't say for definite. I'm sure we could have taken more for the first two City games but weren't given the space in the ground. We defo didn't for the other big league games back then like Sunderland, Wolves, Brum, Sheff Utd/Wednesday, Forest etc. Big 3-4k away followings just weren't a thing back then.
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