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Well we didnt win it. Congrats though to our hedgehog eating friends.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27782311

How the hell did we come below Colchester (just)? The away experience there is awful. Surely the CG isn't that bad?

No idea what ColU charge, as haven't been to the new ground....but I'd imagine the reason for away fans not enjoying the CG is down to cost.

How much is a ticket at Colchester?

Our ridiculous ticket prices are always going to see us towards the bottom of these things.

I see Oxford did equally as badly down in League 2.

Don't think their cost is too high, but it is a 3 sided shit hole stuck away in the middle of nowhere, difficult to get to and no traditional facilities...surprised it's so high.

Wigan and Franchise top of respective leagues?  Terrible away grounds...

Perhaps coz clubs can take a good size away following there, or.there's plenty of leg room?

Peterborough away is a good trip, but they are low in this survey, especially when the terrace was there. Good local parking,  boat bars etc.

Crawley. 7th. Fuck off.

I think my list would be pretty much the exact opposite for each league...

Surely they can only be above us due to there being standing and with easy links to London, otherwise its a fucking shithole of a ground.

So basically more and more fans want to sit in a comfortable seat, plenty of leg room, facilities with edible food, etc

More and more of the old traditional shithole grounds are disappearing and I hate that aspect of modern football.

I blame the sky sports generation.

Crawley's a shite away day. Travel's shit, ground's shit, refreshments shit ( by which I don't mean the prawn sandwiches don't have the crusts cut off, I mean the tea is like drinking warm water with shit in it) , place is shit, pitch is shit and you can't hear the opposing fans for the fucking planes taking off and landing at cocking gatwick.

Shit.

My brother supports Newcastle and I went to Cardiff away.

It's essentially a case of them selling booze that is local to the away team and a thank you poster.

A part of the fun of being in an away end is that you're a bit of a afterthought, the enemy.

Most on the lists at the top are relatively new grounds. When I went to st Marys (when Austin scored), yes it was a nice stadium,  but I'm not a fan of bowl grounds, the only saints fans you could hear were on the right. The dell was good.
Why are reading high up on that list?

Isn't it still compulsory to get a shoeing at Cardiff and Swansea or have they now left behind the 70s time warp they have existed in.

The beebs survey results are from  here

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/results-away-fans-survey-2013-14

Gives you a better understanding of how results are arrived at.
Filled in their questionnaire for a few of towns away games myself last season

What about 'atmosphere'? Surely a more important factor than half-time entertainment! (Although the half-time reds v yellows relay at the Manor was a bit of a laugh).

we would have been bottom if it was decided on atmos :tumbleweed:

Leeds bottom? This is shit!

Ripping fans off as we do will also see us near the bottom and rightly so....

Possibly, but the North Stand set-up helps to generate a fair bit of noise even for a handful of enthusiastic away fans (and their poxy drums).

From my experience, the away day football 'experience' has always been better at an older, updated in phases ground than at a new, built as all-seater stadium. Unfortunately, Franchise's 'success' in this poll will give them even more credence, and that's on top of them recently hosting the women's (eeek!) cup final. Comfy seats for delicate bottoms. Shame, but that's what we've come to expect from those running the game.