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Picking up on a comment on the TEF today, I thought it would be interesting to see how often TEFers actually watch our team. No need to exaggerate, as nobody will know.

Don't mind admitting I've been to 16 games this season, including 1 away game.

I would also be interested to know where everybody is from . Obviously we all have the same interest , am intrigued from which parts of the country/world you're from.
Boringly I'm from Swindon and have lived here all my life.

same as you, if you accept Cricklade as Swindon, as I do.
so 25+ was a piece of piss.

Not as many as I'd like to, too many for my finances. Vicious circle.

I've not been since before Christmas.

All the homes +1 away. (from Lechlade)

all homes + Cheltenham away.

family commitments make away games tricky, living in Swindon make home games easy.

All homes (including Cups) + Orient, Cheltenham, MK, Yeovil, Walsall and Oldham away

None so far but live near Edinburgh.  Coming down for the Yeovil game though.. :pint:

None, but I may attend the Yeovil game.

One home game. one away Season ticket holder for previous 3 seasons, for various reason could not afford to renew this season.
Live in Worcester

Not enough due to my financial shortcomings of late.

1 away game my local one at Yeovil (16 miles from me, I live in Chard in South Somerset/Devon border) and coming up for the MK game on Saturday but hope to get to at least one more and the play offs if we make it.

All home games (bar Fleetwood) + Orient away

Swindon

None. Does that make me less of a fan than someone who goes every week?

Nowhere as many as I would like to, for personal reasons. My friends, family, internet and this forum are brilliant at keeping me informed but it's no substitute for being there.

I hope to make 1 or 2 more games before the end of season, but it looks like Franchise and Shitty games will be watched on tv.

Born and brought up in Old Town, now live in West Swindon.

Shift work has limited my attendance, season ticket not been used to best extent this season. Started watching when son attended the soccer camps 10 years season ticket holders now, possibly the last as he is of to uni in September.

My, what a lovely navel I have.

Been to four games this season, all the glamour ties: Colchester, Port Vale and Chesterfield plus Luton away. Should get that up to 7 by the end of the season.

Plenty of excuses but none that couldn't have been overcome if I was desperate to go.

Do you have a bejewelled piercing?   I was chatting to some young things t'other day, who wanted to tell me about their vajazzling....you learn something everyday.

I live in the town centre and I've been to most home games + Cheltenham. Think I missed one game when my son was born, another for my nephew's first birthday and a 3 - 0 home win to take my mrs to a baby shower.

That's the most home games I've missed in a season since Dennis Wise was here.

Brighton in the cup, Port Vale at home, Gillingham at home... I think that's it, it's the only 3 I can remember. If you're including pre-season I also did Southampton/Leeds at home & Eastleigh away.

Gone are the days of 40+ games a season. The excitement just isn't there anymore.  :zzz:

Live in London, ST holder but missed a handful of games due to other comitments (weddings, family illness etc). Can't be bothered counting but think I'm in the 16-25 category.

I went to the pre-season friendly at Feltham as well as Luton and Crewe away so I think I sneak into this category!

The grand total of 1 (Fleetwood away) although in my defence I do live in Lancaster!

Would normally get to Preston away, but due to my ability to make the team play shit (I haven't witnessed a win for c.4 years) I will take one for the team and give that a miss thus year!

Just snuck into the 16-25 category and will be solidly in it by the end of the year. The six match card has helped, along with a belief in what Power, Cooper and Williams are trying to do here. That, and the lovely football we've played at times, too. That is the most games I've attended in one season for years.

My son and I have done all but 2 home games plus 7 away games.
Born in Swindon but now live near Northampton. Every game apart from MK is an away game !!

1

Due to shift work,lack of money and a lack of interest.Although that 1 game made me think I'd like to go more often but im working every home game  for the rest of the season

Just one, unfortunately.

Went to my first game in 1958, and averaged 20+ home games a season since then, apart from the seasons I was playing in the local leagues. Followed the Town to over 50 different away grounds too (including Naples for the Anglo-Italian final). The same as a lot of short- and long-term fans on this forum, some great memories  :)

Since I moved to Munich 15 years ago it's been once or twice a season. This year it was the game against Preston. If we have to go to Wembley again I may come over for that.


I'll be watching the next two games in a new bar here called The Keg, probably the only Town fan  :cry:

4. Walsall away, Port Vale, Chesterfield and Barnsley home. All because of the 6 match ticket I got for Christmas. Had saved the remainder for the bigger games (was thinking MK, Yeovil and Orient) but am now away for Orient game and missus reckons I can't do Yeovil because I'll be needed for sound check for a gig. Still working on that one.

I was previously a season ticket holder for 6 years (coming from Melksham) but had to pack it in when I started my PGCE due to cost & time.

Chipping norton in shithole county.

16-25 due to having season ticket.

25+

Every competitive home game and a good few away games: Yeovil, Orient, Walsall, Port Vale, Sheffield United, Cheltenham and Newport.

Luckily I have a very tolerant missus of it all and a job that has an element of flexi-time.

only been to one game this season. Away at Walsall boxing day as it's a home game for me. working sundays means saturdays are family days.
live in Halesowen

Im on the 6 - 15 front.  Including at least one away.  Definitely went to Walsall.  It snowed.  We won.

As for the excuses, working freelance means I can never be sure that Im free.  Ive thought every year since I moved back in 2007 about getting a season ticket but cant quite justify it. 

Think I've missed 2 or 3 at home. I've only been to one away game because they're expensive and I prefer doing other stuff every other weekend (the latter is probably the main reason).

Every home game plus Crawley, Cheltenham and Fleetwood away but based in Swindon so pretty easy for me.

Every home game (season ticket holder) plus Newport & Walsall away. I live in the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales.

I can't justify a £50+ day at the moment for home games. I plan to go to the Yeovil fixture and any Play-Off matches if I've got the spare money.

I was mildly irked to see that Mark Cooper's buddy at Yate Town was recently sacked. That was a nice little friendly.

Just the four home games for me so far this season. Brighton (LC), Bristol City, Bradford and Gillingham.

Yes. Yes it does.

Obvious really.

I brought my season ticket before I knew I was up the duff and went to most home games up till the Bristol City game - I've been once since Billy arrived in Jan and picked THE worst game to go too!

None for me due to my geographical location.
Last game was Hartlepool I think - Di Canio's last match anyway.
Went to most home and some away from 1970 to about 1990 so I feel I have done my punishment.
I think I am a 'pretend' fan  ;D

Fan elitism will never go away.

I was at the JPT Final and some Walsall supporters were singing to their fellow fans, 'where were you when we were shit!?!'

Last time I checked, they're hardly setting the football world alight.

I will tell you exactly where they were when they were shit...the same place they were that day :)

I'm in Wales, and have done 7 home, and three away (Orient, Cheltenham (easy for me) and Coventry)

Yes it does. Temporarily at least.

I'm on a big fat zero myself, and only went to two matches last season (I think). Much prefer to spend my free time with the kids (and wife) these days, and also prefer to spend my money on them too.

I'll be back once the kids are old enough to enjoy a match.

Whereabouts in Wales RWB?

All home (except Col U), Orient away, live in Covingham. Was surprised to see that quite a proportion of TEFers don't get to many games but quite nice to see that the interest is maintained by forums such as this.

Same as. Apart from our Saturday's consist of each child swimming, and a ballet lesson thrown in. Don't have the time or money.

As for Hertha, you love me really x

Grand total of 3 so far, 4 if you include Supermarine!! But will do more

Born n bread in the Midlands but Dad (living in Newbury)
took me to my first Town game at age of 9 for something to do when visiting him. Calderwood scored from the half way line and that was me converted.

Been to loads of games n love the 200 mile home game round trip  :beers: and fucking hate the Villa  :nod:

Well drop the ballet lessons Billy fucking Elliott. It'll never pay for the kids' swimming.

Not me you fucking muppet. It's the little girl.

Well there's me comprehensively whooshed Nureyev.

Born Swindon, live in the wilds of Purton.

TE season ticket, so most home games, plus Brighton in the cup.

Finances and family commitments mean only a couple of away games per season nowadays. Went to Yeovil this season and will be going to the Slavers. Hopefully PNE too.

Once upon a time I managed a couple of seasons of seeing every home and away game, plus trips to Holland and Finland. Pre-wife, pre-kids, pre-mortgage...

All home games except a couple of early JPT ties, but I live in Swindon and am a season ticket holder.

No away games this season due to the expense and distance of most of them.  My oldest son has a season ticket, but my other two children don't, so unfair on them if I was gone every Saturday.   Add to that mine and my dad's absolutely dire away record and it's best we don't travel!

born Surrey, grew up in West Berks, did London and back to Surrey

Averaging about 10 games a season for 50 years

Always look to TEF first as the 80% bollox quota is lower than most organs

Between Brecon and Hay on Wye.....

Used to be home and away, week in, week out but now, lucky to get to five games a season.

Living in London, working weekends, a fiance/wedding to pay for and a horrible, northern-dominated fixture list doesn't really lend itself to watching many more.

Ha, not quite the only one. I thought I was the only Town supporter out here in Munich! Been here since mid 2013.

The Keg is owned by my mate Harit, really good guy and into his sports, especially Aussie stuff. I'll be using the Keg to replace Kennedies as my main football watching pub, so maybe see you there one night!

I think you must be the guy who works in my missus' school. If so thanks for the programmes!! If not you won't have a clue what I'm talking about!!!

As one in the 16+ bracket - all bar one at home and a few aways, I know I wouldn't make half the amount if I didn't have a season ticket.

And it's quite a sad indictment of the high match day prices that many on this thread would clearly attend more if it was more affordable, the family ones in particular are prohibitive.

Speaking of which, today is the last day for existing season ticket holders to renew seats...I need to get 1 adult plus 2 kids, I'd like to make it 3 kids and bump the numbers up...here's how the pricing works:

1+1 = £530
1+2 = £540
1+3 = £675

Not much of an incentive is it!?

I suppose it's just unlucky you've had 3 kids in a 5 year period.

All home games, not been to any away this season, been wanting to go to a few but not a lot of spare cash floating about and us doing well on the road I would feel I may have jinxed it if I went and they lost (as daft as it sounds) - so back to a few away games next season

I assume she is a teacher?

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

In the 6-15 category + Orient away. Multigame ticket have helped.

Born in Swindon and currently living on the South Coast. With a lot of league 1 being north of Swindon there are no real local games for me anymore.

Ha ha!!! It actually took me a while to work that one out!!!!  :clap: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

12 home & 2 away so far.

Live near Peterborough

Thanks for the thanks, but I have no idea what you are talking about!! But nice to know therecare other Town fans close by.... :)

Ah, well for your information there's definitely another Town fan in the Brecon area somewhere!!

The amount of norvern teams in the league this year has really put a damp squib on a lot of people's plans I think. Whilst I'd love to be able to drive up to Fleetwood and back I, and I'm sure a fair few others, just can't afford to do it.

The only 'local' clubs this year are us, Yeovil (not for long), Bristol, and you could make an argument for Coventry I suppose. Even Yeovil's the best part of 2 hours away from Swindon.

I refuse to acknowledge Franchise as a real club so they're not in this.

For me this is a big part of why I'm desperate to go up, yes it will be amazing to be back at a higher level, and in the top two tiers after so long away.

But the real attraction is better away days; we'd have Fulham, Brentford, Charlton, Birmingham, Reading ,Cardiff, Brighton, Wolves, possibly Watford and Milwall and presumably QPR.

That's ten or eleven games that are easily accessible from Swindon and London where I'm based.

Even presuming a few are mid weeks, and one, inevitably, will be on Boxing Day when no trains run, there should still be a fair few mouth watering away days.

Born and bred in Swindon, now living in Highworth.  Managed (with the aid of two season tickets won in a competition last season) to convert Everton fan husband to Swindon Town and we've been to all the home games (except one each season - bad planning on our part) for the last two seasons.  Prior to that, I was a season ticket holder from 1979 to around 1996 when Steve McMahon's 'style' of football put me off.  Went to a handful of games between then and the start of the 2013/14 season, usually when I was given free tickets for one reason or another.  Already purchased season tickets for next season and take family members along to games when possible.

Been to all the home games except Scunthorpe (was on hols). Done: Port Vale, Notts County, Franchise, Sheff Utd, Barnsley, Chesterfield away.

Coincidentally, the only game I've been to.......for the same reason.

North of Banbury. 120 mile round trip.
Every home game and missed 4 away games, all midweek due to work.
Went to two new away grounds this season in our league, the only ones that I have never been to - Chesterfields new ground and Fleetwood.
Sponsoring the match day programme twice with the lads (mates) and take my two boys (one more than the other) to most games..... Just in my blood.

My round trip is 70 miles from just outside Cheltenham. 

Have made it to all the home games this season plus, Crawley, Orient, Yeovil, Chesterfield, Franchise, Newport, Cheltenham, Notts County, Walsall, Fleetwood, Coventry, Sheff Utd and Crewe away. 

Much prefer the away trips to home games.  Really hoping we can get into the championship this time so that there are some better/different trips to make next season.

At a recent away game, I was chatting to a couple of young fellas, who told that as a consequence of preferring away games, and not having a lot of $, they don't bother with home games, but travel to most away....we're all different.

Any particular 'away' game Reg, or are you totally making this up ? Bearing in mind that 'travel' to away games costs a few more $.

If you enjoy away games more and you have a certain budget, then the bit extra is worth paying I suppose.

Previously I've been a ST holder of many years standing, but now I can only manage to attend a couple of games a season. It's been only one home game so far this season.

It's nothing to do with ticket prices etc just simply personal circumstances prevents me from coming more often. Seeing some of the post match reports and comments on match day threads this season makes me long for a ST again given the type of football we've been playing.

I live in London, and have a season ticket. However this has proved a bad investment as my job changed shift patterns so I ended up working most weekends.

Done 4 home and 2 away I think. Bad form.