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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … 20:56 - Nov 4 with 7240 viewsbonymine

My personal experiences …(excluding Wembley) are ;

Preston
Wigan
Bury
Reading

Quite strange as they’re all outside Div 1/Premier League where we regularly took 3k away and I was part of many of those special experiences too !!




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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:59 - Nov 5 with 1793 viewsfelixstowe_jack

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 22:33 - Nov 4 by bennytheblue

As if…ffs….you lot are insane


In the FA Cup final both get around 20,000 each the other 40,000 plus are sold to neutrals and County FAs also get a large allocation.

The number of tickets allocated to each club for League Cup final are far more than for the FA Cup. There were more Swansea fans at Wembley for the Bradford City final than Cardiff had for the Portsmouth final.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 13:19 - Nov 5 with 1774 viewsbennytheblue

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:59 - Nov 5 by felixstowe_jack

In the FA Cup final both get around 20,000 each the other 40,000 plus are sold to neutrals and County FAs also get a large allocation.

The number of tickets allocated to each club for League Cup final are far more than for the FA Cup. There were more Swansea fans at Wembley for the Bradford City final than Cardiff had for the Portsmouth final.


Sure, well we sold out v Blackpool and Liverpool, they took there full allocation also. Laughable in Blackpool’s case as I spoke to fans of almost every northern outpost that day. You telling me reading, 20 miles from the shithole, couldn’t sell 38,000 for a playoff final? We never had the opportunity to have unsold tickets from other clubs as they always sold out. Obv we sold out v Barnsley for our first visit, I went to that one.
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 13:21 - Nov 5 with 1771 viewsbennytheblue

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 21:24 - Nov 4 by Lohengrin

Sheffield United away in the FA Cup back in 2006 was massive, thinking back.



Decent following that for back then. Not the closest trip
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 16:56 - Nov 5 with 1713 viewsLohengrin

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 13:21 - Nov 5 by bennytheblue

Decent following that for back then. Not the closest trip


It is a long way, mate. Freezing cold too, if memory serves.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 18:10 - Nov 5 with 1686 viewsWhiterockin

How many did we have at Ninian Park for the Palace cup game?
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 19:41 - Nov 5 with 1636 viewsTenbySwan

When Toshack side went to Old Trafford in the first couple of weeks after promotion.
We had one end and it was packed out. Everyone sang the Welsh national anthem before kick off and the rest of OT applauded fair play,

No tickets in those days, you just turned up and paid, (cash, no plastic either!)

We lost 1 0 to a Gary Birtles goal, the only bloody goal he scored for them I think !
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 20:06 - Nov 5 with 1627 viewsdonnybackspin

I remember that game well, got locked outside and ended up in hospital with 20 stitches in my head... beaten up by Maggies Boot Boys who thought it would be fun to ride through us on horse back hitting us with truncheons!!!
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 20:56 - Nov 5 with 1606 views1983

Mansfield away circa 2002 one of those weird followings when we turned up in big numbers the game got called off and we all got miscombobulated in Mansfield as the Police tried breaking us all up and wanted us to feck off to Nottingham out of Mansfield with the majority of us 90-100 Jacks going to Nottingham on the lash and getting held back as Forest were playing Barnsley at home as the 30 boys in 2 mini buses slipped through the net and decided going home via Canton as we all the know the story there. It would have been a load different if we are left together

Gary Jack would give a better account of this day I was on his coach
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 10:38 - Nov 6 with 1497 viewsKeithHaynes

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 20:56 - Nov 5 by 1983

Mansfield away circa 2002 one of those weird followings when we turned up in big numbers the game got called off and we all got miscombobulated in Mansfield as the Police tried breaking us all up and wanted us to feck off to Nottingham out of Mansfield with the majority of us 90-100 Jacks going to Nottingham on the lash and getting held back as Forest were playing Barnsley at home as the 30 boys in 2 mini buses slipped through the net and decided going home via Canton as we all the know the story there. It would have been a load different if we are left together

Gary Jack would give a better account of this day I was on his coach
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I do believe NL could as well 😂

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:41 - Nov 6 with 1457 viewsNotLoyal

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 10:38 - Nov 6 by KeithHaynes

I do believe NL could as well 😂


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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:44 - Nov 6 with 1448 viewsonehunglow

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 19:41 - Nov 5 by TenbySwan

When Toshack side went to Old Trafford in the first couple of weeks after promotion.
We had one end and it was packed out. Everyone sang the Welsh national anthem before kick off and the rest of OT applauded fair play,

No tickets in those days, you just turned up and paid, (cash, no plastic either!)

We lost 1 0 to a Gary Birtles goal, the only bloody goal he scored for them I think !


Rembervthat too. He hadn’t scored for a long time

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:22 - Nov 6 with 1431 viewsKeithHaynes

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 19:41 - Nov 5 by TenbySwan

When Toshack side went to Old Trafford in the first couple of weeks after promotion.
We had one end and it was packed out. Everyone sang the Welsh national anthem before kick off and the rest of OT applauded fair play,

No tickets in those days, you just turned up and paid, (cash, no plastic either!)

We lost 1 0 to a Gary Birtles goal, the only bloody goal he scored for them I think !


Another game I recall well. Mate of mine had his studded leather belt taken off him before the game by the police. The copper ran after him with it in his hand after the game saying he had been looking for him for ages to get it back to him. I remember the Birtles goal, right in front of us top corner. Def his first goal for them or first for ages.

Should have won that day.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:28 - Nov 6 with 1424 viewspencoedjack

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:41 - Nov 6 by NotLoyal

Shhhhhhh, fictional Ben will reappear and revere us with how he knows someone who spoke to someone who was near to someone in tesco express that night who saw it all.


This ^
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 13:38 - Nov 6 with 1370 viewsdna

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:22 - Nov 6 by KeithHaynes

Another game I recall well. Mate of mine had his studded leather belt taken off him before the game by the police. The copper ran after him with it in his hand after the game saying he had been looking for him for ages to get it back to him. I remember the Birtles goal, right in front of us top corner. Def his first goal for them or first for ages.

Should have won that day.


Right behind the goal that day Birtles scored and Gary Bailey saved an identical Robbie James effort 2nd half

Very unpleasant chanting that day - Utd fans Aberfan and some Swans responding with Munich - not nice
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 14:50 - Nov 6 with 1335 viewscontroversial_jack

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:08 - Nov 5 by dna

Liverpool - the Shankly game, literally couldn't move and loads locked out


Yes, that was a huge following, what a mob out that day too. I was locked out and couldn't get in as it was pay on the day then. Not sure how many we took, I heard 12k, but I doubt that.
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 16:09 - Nov 6 with 1309 viewsswan85

Bury away was a corker. Went with a mate of mine who is a Bristol City fan and was doing all 92 league grounds. We were in the home end. I said to him I can’t be having this, plus it will be much more fun in our end. So we asked a steward that we were in the wrong end……how did you get these was the question then took us out the ground - we thought we were being kicked out before a ball was kicked. Fortunately he took us in to our end!
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 16:18 - Nov 6 with 1303 viewscontroversial_jack

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 20:06 - Nov 5 by donnybackspin

I remember that game well, got locked outside and ended up in hospital with 20 stitches in my head... beaten up by Maggies Boot Boys who thought it would be fun to ride through us on horse back hitting us with truncheons!!!


Were you there by the Shankly gates, when Thatchers bouncers charged on horseback with truncheons swinging? I guess i moved quicker than you that day.

My mistake, I thought you were referring to the Liverpool game.
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 19:28 - Nov 6 with 1252 viewsThrasher6

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 12:22 - Nov 6 by KeithHaynes

Another game I recall well. Mate of mine had his studded leather belt taken off him before the game by the police. The copper ran after him with it in his hand after the game saying he had been looking for him for ages to get it back to him. I remember the Birtles goal, right in front of us top corner. Def his first goal for them or first for ages.

Should have won that day.


Curtis missed a sitter of a header....

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 22:12 - Nov 6 with 1219 viewsKilkennyjack

Wigan was mid week.
Swans vs Palace @ Cardiff was mid week.

Both had huge followings all things considered.

Millenium Stadium twice in six weeks, also outstanding.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 00:58 - Nov 7 with 1199 viewsmax936

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:08 - Nov 5 by dna

Liverpool - the Shankly game, literally couldn't move and loads locked out


Spot on, I was with my now lovely wife and a couple of her brothers after the game, we had to high tail it back to the bus as they were chasing us, they caught up with some of my fellow passengers outside the bus, I managed to force myself back off the bus to help and we all got back on safely and away we went.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 01:02 - Nov 7 with 1198 viewsmax936

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:41 - Nov 6 by NotLoyal

Shhhhhhh, fictional Ben will reappear and revere us with how he knows someone who spoke to someone who was near to someone in tesco express that night who saw it all.


Nah, it was Waitrose, yes it was definitely Waitrose

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 08:30 - Nov 9 with 1079 viewsowainglyndwr

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 22:10 - Nov 4 by bennytheblue

How? We sold out Wembley every time, the final v Pompey is still the record attendance I believe.
I was at the Carlisle game here, hardly everywhere were you, the south end of st Mary street you mean yeah? It always amazed me back in the day how we would take twice what you brought to us.


Swans at Onion Park 1980 or 81
6000 Jack's
Also swans fans all around your ground ..
I'm sure someone can accommodate me and post a video of that game ...
Jack's jumping up and down all over the place
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 10:08 - Nov 9 with 1039 viewsKeithHaynes

Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 08:30 - Nov 9 by owainglyndwr

Swans at Onion Park 1980 or 81
6000 Jack's
Also swans fans all around your ground ..
I'm sure someone can accommodate me and post a video of that game ...
Jack's jumping up and down all over the place


Estimated 8-10k away that day.

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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:07 - Nov 9 with 1005 viewsGeoffThom


We all know the score just watch the enclosure and stands when both sides score ,mainly us
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Biggest Away Following with the Swans … on 11:09 - Nov 9 with 1004 viewsGeoffThom

I've been to most massive away support with us ,but the one that stands out was Liverpool we could have filled the anfield Rd end on our own which was thousands .
We were everywhere that day
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