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As one of the oldies who can remember the days when some away games barely scraped 3 figures...and that would definitely have been the case here...it's been genuinely heartwarming to see the consistent growth over the decades, regardless of fluctuations in form & status.
Long may the days of 3-400 as a bare minimum / 750+ for most midweeks whatever the current state of play / 4 figures+ pretty much every weekend awayday / random 4k turn outs at Cov, Posh etc continue.
I remember Dave Thomas (AKUTRs, not socks down winger) once saying that if you judge a team's away following by the % of its average home gate that travels, that's a good yardstick - and one by which I reckon we rate pretty highly.
This must be the ultimate "die hards only" game...one of our longest away trips (even for the ex-pats) on a midweek night, 3 days after another awayday, out of form and with nothing to play for.
More points than last season is Marti's oft-stated aim. The recent run has made that look somewhat harder.
It's been my hope since day one...bit of stability, signs of progress, some half decent football along the way...which I think is more or less what we've had so far, albeit going about it in a strange way.
Once we hit the magic 50, I'd like to see us prioritise those who'll definitely be here next season - tho I accept that's not 100% possible.
I was in Belgium last weekend...took in Cercle Bruges vs Antwerp. A now ageing Cherry was playing as a false 9 for the visitors.
Still flattered to deceive (nice technique / not much end product)...and suffice it to say the one free kick opportunity he had didn't have this end result.
In the 5 or so years before finally reaching the Prem, Brentford sold around 10 players for 5 million plus each...including biggies like Benrahma and Watkins...and replaced them well enough to keep upward momentum and eventually not only go up, but stay there.
Now we all know about Benham's business / advantage with player info etc etc - but it still shows it can be done this way.
Too young to be able to help with fan reaction to Jago etc...but I will always remember my first night match.
FAC 3rd round we drew Notts Co at home. If I remember correctly, Chelsea and Fulham were also drawn at home - policing wise, something had to give, so we played on the Friday night.
3-0 by HT, we tore them apart, real signs of a special team developing. Me & my mum sat in the Paddock, near the dug outs, and I can still hear one Rs wag repeatedly shouting out "you must be 'avin' a nightmare down there Sirrel" to the helpless* Notts boss (*on the night that is - very much a Meadow Lane legend of course)
Loss at Carrow Road in 76. I wasn't there, too young for aways then as my mum & dad weren't Rs, but I remember my dad took me to some other London game. Walking back to the car, I heard the result on someone's transistor (the days when you all tried to walk next to the bloke with the little radio) and was in complete bits.
Relegation from the Prem first time round at Forest. I'd moved to Nottingham a year earlier which didn't help. All those gallows humour chants (Grimsby on a Tuesday night etc) we sang through the game suddenly felt very real at full time. We then all refused to leave til Wilkins came out - felt like it took about half an hour, but was probably a lot less. We knew he'd fckd up but loved him anyway. The prevailing mood was we'd come straight back up - alas my gut feeling that we could be gone for a long time proved more accurate.
Agreed - when did not playing in the home kit wherever possible (in our case with a switch to blue shorts / socks an option) become a thing?
I guess I know the answer to my own question - when clubs realised how much could be made from flogging away kits.
One I don't know...when did they drop that rule that away kits had to be used for a minimum 2 seasons to stop parents being asked by eager kids to fork out for one every year?
We should only have to change for max half the oppo in this division.
Much as I've liked the variations on the Feyenoord kit over the years, and a few others besides...I'm with Brian...hoops is our identity, our USP...so all 2nd and 3rd kits should be hooped...appreciate it doesn't make financial sense to be Dennis every year, so I'm not really fussed what colour combos are hooped together....just keep it da da da da HOOPS.
Early in his tenure, my son asked me why I wasn't joining in with Neil Warnock's blue & white army. I said I wasn't a fan of the bloke - and said I'd sing it if we got promotion...so at Vicarage Road, a year and a bit later, I kept my promise.
Still waiting for my email (glossary entry #827 I believe).
The name shout thing irritates me a bit, but other than that, I'd say Drury is the one modern commentator who does still have some nuance, a wide vocabulary, and the ability to do more than spout cliches and state the bleedin' obvious.
Not quite Barry Davies levels, but I prefer him to the rest.
Nice to hear one rendition of "Dunne Dunne Dunne Dunne", his original (in both senses of the word) song...disappointed it's mostly been replaced by the "same as Sam Field" chant
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