For the record, it's not so much the size of the crowds for me (3,000 people watching the football and getting behind the team sounds like a brilliant day out), but the ever increasing number of people that are there to either take the piss out of the football being played - laughing when a pass goes astray, or a shot goes out the ground, or claiming the only way a goal will be scored is if it goes in off someone's arse - or to spend their time facing away from the pitch, chatting about their property portfolio or long term holiday plans post Covid - all things I've overheard or witnessed at recent home games stretching back into last season. I could of course move away from them, but if it's anywhere near or after kick-off you then end up scrabbling for somewhere to actually see the game, which defeats the object of my being there.
The standard of football for most of the last year and the lack of communication from the club also played a part in me not wanting to go anymore - although those things can obviously change, with
baleboy_93 already turning the comms around.
On the make up of the crowd, that's up to me to make a decision. Everyone is entitled to pay their money and their time is their own once they're in the ground. They're not being offensive, just expressing their opinion or chatting with their friends. And you could argue that the piss takers and landlords might be less derogatory / disinterested if the football on the pitch was a bit more enjoyable.
All that said, I'd also absolutely go to away games if there were free coaches. And tickets. And dinners.
