Best Away Fans You've Seen At The City Ground in the Last 40 Years?

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N.F.F.C casual

A. Trialist
best ive seen are

Spurs in the cup a few years back
leeds last season
cardiff this season
man u when they beat us 8-1
sheff u play offs
 
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winnits

Guest
N.F.F.C casual said:
best ive seen are

Spurs in the cup a few years back
leeds last season
cardiff this season
man u when they beat us 8-1
sheff u play offs
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Really? I was very underwhelmed by the Bluebirds this season - have seen them in more impressive form on previous visits.

Must admit, the Leeds fans impressed me last season - probably because we'd had a spell of not having any really well established big followings coming to us for a while. So I'd probably go with them.
 
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winnits

Guest
In terms of most likeable fans, definitely Yeovil. I'm pretty sure by 'best' we're talking about loudness/passion.
 
Roonaldo

Roonaldo

Geoff Thomas
east stand terrace red said:
Celtic......absolute head cases and what noise!
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Unquestionably, bar none. When they were here in '83 it was on a different level to anything we'd seen before, or after.

I was only 10, but remember it really well. They were all f***ing nutcases. When they spilled out onto the pitch, I remember my Dad said to me that I'd remember this day for the rest of my life, and I have.

Domestically, Stoke used to be pretty passionate, especially when bursting into a 'Delilah'.
 
Marshall.

Marshall.

Jack Burkitt
Not the best fans but I remember Leicester brought 5 thousand in the Carling Cup last season. Also Wolves brought 5,325 last month.
 
Stratty

Stratty

Jack Burkitt
Nathan Tyson said:
Not the best fans but I remember Leicester brought 5 thousand in the Carling Cup last season.
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I'm sure it might have been even more than that.

They were shit for the 1 1/2 games, though. That's the fans and their team. God knows how we lost.
 
It's Baggio

It's Baggio

John Robertson
I dunno why but I always remember a game in the early/mid 90's when West Ham brought a load up and made a racket.

Julian Dicks scored a thumping free kick and they all went bonkers.

Stratichello said:
I'm sure it might have been even more than that.
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weasel

weasel

Grenville Morris
I reckon you judge 'best'ness obviously by numbers, and noise, but most importantly by noise when there's nothing to shout about. I'd say our fans blow hot and cold for this. Our away following is usually awesome, and sometimes away days just take off. I remember chanting for like half an hour in a pretty meaningless game away at Grimsby, but we just never stopped. Bizarelly I often think there's a kind of ghostly lack of atmosphere at the Derby games, as if it's almost too built up to enjoy and fans are just stood up for 90 mins glued, rather than being on the edge of their seats so to speak.

Anyway for me Sheffield United, begrudgingly, must be crowned the most consistent and loudest fans at the CG in recent years. I guess circumstances like them being decent recently, close proximity, and a new rivalry after 'those' games has led to this.

Other notable fans, Wolves. An FA cup game many seasons ago when Adam Proudlock scored sticks in my mind. Only about 17,000 were there, of which 4,000 off must have been wolves fans. They stood out massively that day, and to be honest are probably a bigger club than theyre given credit for.
 
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Forest_4_ever

First Team Squad
weasel said:
I reckon you judge 'best'ness obviously by numbers, and noise, but most importantly by noise when there's nothing to shout about. I'd say our fans blow hot and cold for this. Our away following is usually awesome, and sometimes away days just take off. I remember chanting for like half an hour in a pretty meaningless game away at Grimsby, but we just never stopped. Bizarelly I often think there's a kind of ghostly lack of atmosphere at the Derby games, as if it's almost too built up to enjoy and fans are just stood up for 90 mins glued, rather than being on the edge of their seats so to speak.

Anyway for me Sheffield United, begrudgingly, must be crowned the most consistent and loudest fans at the CG in recent years. I guess circumstances like them being decent recently, close proximity, and a new rivalry after 'those' games has led to this.

Other notable fans, Wolves. An FA cup game many seasons ago when Adam Proudlock scored sticks in my mind. Only about 17,000 were there, of which 4,000 off must have been wolves fans. They stood out massively that day, and to be honest are probably a bigger club than theyre given credit for.
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I thought they were poor when they played at our ground this season. I expected alot of noise to be made but our fans and theirs wer surprisingly quiet.
 
Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo

Jack Armstrong
Swindon were good when they came and got beat 7-1, I think they scored when we were 6-0 up and went mental like they'd just won promotion. Was obviously meant in jest but was pretty funny.
 
bigred

bigred

A. Trialist
Its got to be Celtic.......Drunk in the pub with them before.....wasted in the pub with them afterwards.....What a night......
 
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Thompson

First Team Squad
i have only been to away games this season.

but will be at a few more games next season as long as we dont go down! as my tickets come from a certain player and i think he will leave if we go down.

with out them free tickets i could not afford to watch many games as i with the rest of the world is skint!
 
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thesquareone

First Team Squad
i remember one game think it was against newcastle when we were in the old first division before the premiership...we had the old standing area for the bridgford end so i am going years back, but im certain the newcastle fans decided to climb the floodlights and hang off them !!

im not saying that this adds to great support but the image of a load of geordies being monkey hangers will stay with me..
 
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stany

Banned
Thompson said:
i have only been to away games this season.

but will be at a few more games next season as long as we dont go down! as my tickets come from a certain player and i think he will leave if we go down.

with out them free tickets i could not afford to watch many games as i with the rest of the world is skint!
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pointless post? ::)
 
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OnsideBrianRice

A. Trialist
I remember being impressed with Leeds in the FA Cup in 1989. I had never seen us play Leeds at home before.
Crystal Palace in the Simod Cup the same season bought about 5000+ which I thought was very impressive.
 
Roonaldo

Roonaldo

Geoff Thomas
JohnnyMetgod said:
I remember being impressed with Leeds in the FA Cup in 1989. I had never seen us play Leeds at home before.
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That was a good one. I remember walking into a massive running battle whilst making my way to the CG outside Metz bar just down from the train station and never running so fast back towards Broadmarsh in my life.

I also remember that as they had the whole of the Lower Exec, Forest fans were pissing on them from the Upper Exec.

Ah, those were the days!
 
DapperDan

DapperDan

Steve Chettle
It's Baggio said:
I dunno why but I always remember a game in the early/mid 90's when West Ham brought a load up and made a racket.

Julian Dicks scored a thumping free kick and they all went bonkers.

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I remember that, not long after the new Trent End opening.

Also when Sunderland beat us 3-0 in '98, I thought they were pretty good.
 
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