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Leeds boast biggest support

Mon 25 May, 04:06 PM


Leeds fans have been officially named as the most well travelled in League One - averaging an average away support of 2,523 for the 2008/2009 season.

Only Coca-Cola Championship winners Wolves could boast a higher average travelling contingent in the Football League with 2,808 while Leicester were the only other League One outfit to break the 2,000 mark.

The Whites` biggest following came at Peterborough in October when 4,177 fans travelled to London Road.

 

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  1. Yep your right there marcharrison1979, but its proberly­ gravel anyway anybody else have a good laugh at the red­ @#$% last night ''are you Leeds in­ disguise'' was heard in the pub last night by a­ very happy liverpool fan

    From lufcn4evaproud, on Thu 28 May 9:44PM
  2. Thank you, Alan - you're very sweet, but why do you­ not want me to contribute anything on the Leeds forum?­ Is this another "anti-woman" thing? Still,­ its a change from the usual "shouldn't you be­ doing the cooking and ironing" jibes that you­ blokes normally fire at me! Don't Leeds have any­ female supporters? I went to Elland Road a few years­ ago to see Leeds play Man Utd. - it was a great game­ (Leeds won 1-0, Harry Kewell scored, and I had a seat­ almost directly behind the Leeds dug-out) Terry­ Venables signed my programme and gave me a lovely smile­ - he was gorgeous! I don't remember HIM saying­ "Sorry, love - this is a football ground - no­ place for a woman"......

    From Mary, on Thu 28 May 2:19PM
  3. mary please go away, is that polite enough??? ps. you­ look a babe xx

    From ALAN, on Thu 28 May 8:46AM
  4. marcharrison1979 - I'm sorry, I may have been a­ little misunderstood here. There is NOTHING wrong at­ all in being in League 1, just as I hope there is­ nothing wrong with being a female who happens to have­ an interest in football? I was merely trying to make­ the point that it just shows how far your club have­ slipped if the best thing you can crow about is being­ the "best supported away team in League 1".­ It's a bit like being voted the team "with the­ brightest coloured boots" or similar.

    It just­ makes me laugh when all the Leeds­ "supporters" think that taking 2500­ supporters to an away game somehow means that the TEAM­ is really good, or that these "supporters"­ are in some way better than the supporters of other­ teams in League 1 who don't have the huge­ population that Leeds have to draw on. Where else do­ you go anywhere in Yorkshire if you want to see­ top-flight football? The best teams in Yorkshire­ (statistically) are Sheffield Utd., Sheffield­ Wednesday, Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers. And although­ they are higher up the tree than Leeds, even THEY are­ not Premiership sides.

    Nothing wrong with League 1 -­ just glad that at least ONE of you is able to stop­ living in the past and accept that Leeds are not­ "out of place" in that league. Why would I­ have "sour grapes", and no, I do not have­ "sand up my fanny", as you so eloquently put­ it. I take it you are still a schoolboy - about 14­ years old, right?

    From Mary, on Wed 27 May 6:50PM
  5. no we are the best supported club in europe. and they­ all know it, thats why they come on our pages so often.­ green.green.green......

    From ALAN, on Wed 27 May 9:50AM
  6. What's so bad about League One Mary? you make it­ sound like it's shamful to be part of it. Well­ i'm sorry ifyou feel that way you football snob.­ I'm proud to be a leeds fan, us the geordies and­ the bouys are the best fans in the country, fact!­ we're proud of our team and who we are no matter­ where we're playing, through rain or through snow­ we are the true yorkshire republican army. Sounds like­ you've got sour grapes, or sand up your fanny. :D

    From marcharrison1979, on Tue 26 May 10:16PM
  7. Well what a shock a woman with a lot to say (and if­ Mary aint a woman he prbably wants to be). We have done­ great in every div we have played in and have a great­ bunch of fans who have followed them through the­ 'ups and downs' unlike a few teams I can­ mention whos fans only sing when the're winning. We­ are Leeds and we are proud of it not a bunch of part­ time supporters who come out of the woodwork when­ things are going well or cry and throw our toys out of­ the pram when we dont get our own way......MOT

    From lufcn4evaproud, on Tue 26 May 8:56PM
  8. I'm really not sure why the Leeds fans are brimming­ with pride at this announcement. If it means that much­ to you, I'll say "Congratulations", just­ as I offered my congratulations to Scunthorpe, who were­ PROMOTED from League One. But I'll bet that you­ Yorkies would have sooner been named as the WORST­ supported away team if it meant that YOU could have­ been promoted.

    Come on, let's be honest - so what?­ Bully for you! Thanks for swelling the coffers of all­ the teams that you took your funny little­ "supporters" to. But please take this­ opportunity for a harsh reality check - just how far­ HAS your once proud team fallen if this is the biggest­ accolade that it can win these days? You had your few­ years of glory in the old 1st Division, but your time­ came and went and you've now found your real level­ again. Please stop deluding yourselves that you are in­ some way a "big" team - you have a decent­ ground and a decent following, but next year you will­ once AGAIN be playing in League 1. For goodness sake­ stop crowing about this rather meaningless statistic­ and start worrying about trying to get out of the third­ tier of the league. Remember - you are as near to the­ Blue Square league as you are the Premiership....

    From Mary, on Tue 26 May 4:39PM
  9. Seem to remember that we beat Scunthorpe home and away­ this season, so what does that make you? Kn-b!

    From rob, on Tue 26 May 12:05PM
  10. pity your @#$%. iron iron iron

    From mattfawkes, on Tue 26 May 8:12AM
  11. Absolutely brilliant Leeds has a most incredible­ following yet were in the 3rd tear of english football­ i know its only a matter of time to go up to the­ championship but again how long again for the­ premiership and would we stay there now if Leeds could­ get a backer like Chelseas or Manchester Cities that­ would help but one thing for sure the support is there­ and for me and my daughter we are Leeds through and­ through andwere going to see the Whites win DIVISION 1­ in the 2009/2010 season for sure we have a brilliant­ manager im sure of that 2 months earlier im sure we­ would have gone up this year Grayson has our support­ anyway and though im really skint im going to try to­ get our season tickets from MickyMoo of Seacroft LEEDS

    From MICHAEL, on Tue 26 May 8:06AM
  12. would have been even bigger if we were allocated more­ tickets...most ground saw leeds fans elsewhere than the­ away end... lets point out too that the premiership­ away figure arnt included...bet we hadmore fans that­ most!!!!

    From andrewjenkins965, on Mon 25 May 10:05PM
  13. Oh well here we go again we have the big big­ big.....more more more then anyone else, shame you cant­ get out of the div.....which says all about your­ team...poor poor poor...

    From Martin, on Mon 25 May 6:15PM
  14. should go back to the 70's and 80's when we­ could just turn up and pay at the turnstills. that­ number would be double if not triple

    From Deep Sea Diver, on Mon 25 May 5:04PM
  15. It's looks a poor away following but thats all we­ were allocated or it would of been far more!

    Martin­ LUFC

    From martin.vespa, on Mon 25 May 4:41PM
  16. WE always knew it!

    From Easyrider2609, on Mon 25 May 4:41PM
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