Bigger crowds in League One?

[Kevin The Valiant]

My friend, who lives near Worcester, went to the County Ground last night to watch Swindon play Crewe. The stadium official announced the Crewe following......77!!!!!!!

Who says we will have higher crowds in the higher league?

The Vale would take more than 77 if we were playing in Mongolia on a Thursday night in November.

That lot up the road would struggle to take 500 to Stockport and Macclesfield (where they belong)

[NellyTheValiant]

Almost certainly, what's the highest away following at VP this season? 700-800 vs Rotherham? With respect we'll be replacing Accrington, Morecambe, Fleetwood, Barnet with the likes of Sheffield, Coventry, Shrewsbury, Walsall, hell Crewe might even bring a couple of hundred if we're in the higher league and they're doing well.

 

It'll be a million times better unless we can't hack it at the higher level.

[cheshirevaliant]

The Vale would take more than 77 if we were playing in Mongolia on a Thursday night in November.

 

Only on current form. Were only 65 of us at Hartlepool 5 years ago though.

[Spunk Trumpet]

If we had just been to Wembley, had nothing to play for whatsoever and were away at Swindon, midweek, we would have a similar away following.

 

Dont get carried away thinking we are the dogs.

 

Ive been in grounds with roughly 100 Vale supporters.

 

Yes, we are having a great time at the minute and long may it continue. Dunna kid yourself that that wouldnt happen to us though. It would.

[philpvfc]

We would take more than 77 to Swindon if we were in their position even after a trip to Wembley, bigger club with a better support and hopefully a better team than them come next season.

[Conrad]

Remember going Huddersfield on a pmt bus, there was 11 of us on it.

[butt lane vale fan]

I remember 16 at Sunderland. :D

[Mr Football]

Can we PLEEEAAASSEE just get promoted first

[AlienTitWrench]

Only on current form. Were only 65 of us at Hartlepool 5 years ago though.[/quote

 

It was on a Tues night though, and we were bottom of the league.

 

I was there! Chris Herd scored to put us 2-0 up at half time. It was 2-0 untill the 75th minute when Krystian Pearce got sent off, we then lost 3-2! Typical Vale!! :)

[bar1]

Only on current form. Were only 65 of us at Hartlepool 5 years ago though.[/quote

 

It was on a Tues night though, and we were bottom of the league.

 

I was there! Chris Herd scored to put us 2-0 up at half time. It was 2-0 untill the 75th minute when Krystian Pearce got sent off, we then lost 3-2! Typical Vale!! :)

 

Chris herd and kyrstian pearce...id have both back!

[cheshirevaliant]

Only on current form. Were only 65 of us at Hartlepool 5 years ago though.[/quote

 

It was on a Tues night though, and we were bottom of the league.

 

I was there! Chris Herd scored to put us 2-0 up at half time. It was 2-0 untill the 75th minute when Krystian Pearce got sent off, we then lost 3-2! Typical Vale!! :)

 

Indeed. Not often I say this, but we were done by a very poor ref on that night. Keith Lowe had a goal disallowed when their defender and keeper collided which would have made it 3-0 and Pearce should never have been sent off. Tobias Mickaelsson was mustard in that game, his only good game for the Vale.

[smithie]

There's plenty of dross in League One.

 

Home or away games at MK Dons, Colchester, Leyton, Crawley, Stevenage and Yeovil won't be seeing many full houses.

 

The place to be for clubs our size is the Championship.....nearly every club in there is a "name".

[Phil_Cookson]

As others have said, we have took some really low numbers in the past, I remember a freezing cold Tuesday night at Peterborough, we lost 3-0 and I think Sagi Burton might have been sent off, there can't have been more than 50 Vale fans on the away terrace.

[smithie]

There was an 89 at Oldham not so long ago....it was the last Friday before Xmas and we were crap at the time!

 

But it just shows that our support is really not that different from most clubs. People will watch winning teams, simple as that.

[philpvfc]

I remember 16 at Sunderland. :D

 

26 to be official but there was a lot more of us as it was a cold wet Tuesday night and an Autoglass game so myself and most the vale fans went in the home end.