I love that fact that Morecambe have an average away following of 98. Over a season everyone would get to know each other and it would be like a big gang of mates.
Quote from: Damo70 on March 24, 2018, 08:36:06 PMI love that fact that Morecambe have an average away following of 98. Over a season everyone would get to know each other and it would be like a big gang of mates. Although it would also be quite entertaining if it was 98 completely different fans at each away game.
Looking at those stats, it's hard to argue against the fact that Leeds probably have the most loyal fans in the country. Despite being 14 seasons out of the Premier League, they are topping the league for away support and also net home support, in a season, where they are presently lying 14th and 12 points off the play offs.
As well as being big and having some success in the late sixties and early seventies Leeds were the only top flight Yorkshire club for over a decade. Sheffield United and Huddersfield went down in the early seventies and Sheffield Wednesday spent the entire seventies and first half of the eighties in the second and third divisions. I would guess that all the floating fans from various parts of Yorkshire latched on to Leeds.
Quote from: Damo70 on March 25, 2018, 06:18:13 PMAs well as being big and having some success in the late sixties and early seventies Leeds were the only top flight Yorkshire club for over a decade. Sheffield United and Huddersfield went down in the early seventies and Sheffield Wednesday spent the entire seventies and first half of the eighties in the second and third divisions. I would guess that all the floating fans from various parts of Yorkshire latched on to Leeds.Would you say the same happened to Villa during our years without a credible local rival being in our division?