One away fan!

[Yngwie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20700529

 

Can someone who knows about Italian football explain why away supports over there are so low, culminating in Udinese having just 1 fan at Sampdoria?

 

At least he saw his team win, and I'd like to think he celebrated it with a conga.

[+Fraz]

:D Seen this yesterday. Pretty crazy if the home crowd was quiet while Udinese were winning he could sing 'what a s*itey home support!'

[CaleyD]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20700529

 

Can someone who knows about Italian football explain why away supports over there are so low, culminating in Udinese having just 1 fan at Sampdoria?

 

At least he saw his team win, and I'd like to think he celebrated it with a conga.

 

Away crowds always look small in these games....maybe fans just choose to spend all their hard earned at home to benefit own club!!!

[ictchris]

Italian football has an ID card system meaning you need to be in possession of a photo-ID card to travel away to watch your team.  Colin Moynihan proposed similar in England during the hooligan years of the 1980s.  A lot of Ultras/supporters groups don't agree with this.  A poster on another forum said that other Udinese fans actually tried to get in at this game but weren't allowed because they didn't have an ID card.

 

Away supports are low in a lot of continental leagues, including Italy.  Distances between grounds are often huge meaning a 10+ bus journey.  Violence around grounds is far more common than in Scotland or England also discouraging away fans.  It's only really Ultras groups that go to long distance away games, which might put off less hardcore fans.

 

Tim Parks book 'A Season With Verona' is about his season going to every Hellas Verona match, home and away.  The first match is away to Bari, a 12 hour bus journey the length of Italy with a load of completely headcases, high on drugs and completely steaming.    Not everyones idea of a great day out.

[KingBeastie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20700529

 

Can someone who knows about Italian football explain why away supports over there are so low, culminating in Udinese having just 1 fan at Sampdoria?

 

At least he saw his team win, and I'd like to think he celebrated it with a conga.

 

It was against Genoa not Sampdoria.  (don't ya hate smart asses!)

 

 

I wonder if that'll be like sevco's support when they boycott the Utd. cup game?!

[Yngwie]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20700529

 

Can someone who knows about Italian football explain why away supports over there are so low, culminating in Udinese having just 1 fan at Sampdoria?

 

At least he saw his team win, and I'd like to think he celebrated it with a conga.

 

It was against Genoa not Sampdoria.  (don't ya hate smart asses!)

 

You might want to check that

[The Mantis]

I remember being at a Bluejays v Yankees game at Toronto. There were about 6 Yankees fans who had made the trip and they put the camera on them andthe whole stadium applauded them.....

[KingBeastie]

Oops!

Apologies - for some reason I thought that Genoa was the only team in... err... well, in Genoa!

[AirdrieExile]

Very odd these Europeans, think Barca V Real last year, Real took under 1000. I don't think many countries really do the away support like the UK does. Then again I doubt they have the drinking problems we do

[Alex MacLeod]

Certainly in Spain there are very few travelling fans. The distance and times of games put most off. Example distance from Madrid to Barcelona is probably close on 400 miles each way and most Spanish games kick off at 8pm on a Sunday night.

 

I do like this story though http://www.sport360.com/blog/just-one-away-fan-sees-udinese-win-sampdoria