Green Army fanbase by region.

argobenz · May 5, 2021

Just curious, whether anyone has any numbers on the Green Army geographical breakdown?

My guess:

30% Plymouth
25% Cornwall
35% Devon
10% outside the two counties.

Sorry based on the first couple of responses I should have clarified I meant supporters attending home games.

warney · May 5, 2021

I'd say you're well out. I would expect fans from outside Devon and Cornwall to vastly outnumber those within.
Even just looking at a typical Home Park matchday crowd I would think there could be more than 10% from farther afield but for fans in general there will be way more. Most Argyle fans have a connection to the region but the majority of us don't live there anymore.

Keyham Pilgrim · May 5, 2021

I would still be surprised if the largest percentage was not from Plymouth. However I could be wrong so it might be an interesting question to ask at the next fans forum.

argobenz · May 5, 2021

warney":149mpnb1 said:
I'd say you're well out. I would expect fans from outside Devon and Cornwall to vastly outnumber those within.
Even just looking at a typical Home Park matchday crowd I would think there could be more than 10% from farther afield but for fans in general there will be way more. Most Argyle fans have a connection to the region but the majority of us don't live there anymore.

Sorry based on the first couple of responses I should have clarified I meant supporters attending home games.

argobenz · May 5, 2021

Keyham Pilgrim":2s196fkl said:
I would still be surprised if the largest percentage was not from Plymouth. However I could be wrong so it might be an interesting question to ask at the next fans forum.

Sorry based on the first couple of responses I should have clarified I meant supporters attending home games.

Keyham Pilgrim · May 5, 2021

I thought you meant home games that why I thought it would be good to ask about a breakdown of ticket sales locations at the next fans forum.

Graham Clark · May 5, 2021

The Club do publish results of their Annual Close Season Survey. For 2020 the results were (based on a survey return of 1,400 which was the largest for years).

Location of supporter:
Plymouth 48.71%
Devon & Cornwall 31.21%
London / South / South East 8.29%

62% of the respondents were Season ticket holders and a further 7% attended more than 10 games at Home Park so the survey is pretty representative of the true position.

Princerock · May 5, 2021

The membership of PASALB can ebb and flow according to the work prospects in Plymouth.....in over 45 years of existence the membership in London would pull in Greens from all over the South East......not all of course would go to home games....but definately would inflate numbers around London and the home counties for away fixtures.

German Shepherd · May 5, 2021

I know of at least 7 in Preston; what percentage does that give us ?

slingsbypobble · May 5, 2021

Hello from Warwickshire... We travel to the odd home game when we are visiting family in Devon. But we do try and see away games 'local' to us eg Oxford, Northampton, Cheltenham.

Have to say the iFollow facility has been brilliant for us. Without it we wouldn't be able to see the majority of matches this season. I can see the argument for not televising 3pm Sat games but speaking selfishly it's become part of our weekend now. I hope the Argyle feed offers the option of watching home and away games.

Pettgreen · May 5, 2021

There's 2 of us down in the far eastern corner of the Costa Del East Sussex. :scarf:

Forest of Dean Green · May 6, 2021

Giving you a high six from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire! A few Greens in the county and surrounds. Given the rarity it is a strange excitement when you see a fellow fan. By way of example, a lad with a Halmosi shirt walking through Ledbury high street back in those days. One of the little joys of an exile.

TinTin · May 6, 2021

"Greens on Screen" used to print a world-wide map of our location throughout the world.

That would NOT give us a % of figures at Home Park for a home game BUT would be nice to know where the ex-pats live ?

Here's hoping ?

mutley marvel · May 6, 2021

I live in Robin Hood land - i have yet to find a fellow green in my local area- I often wonder how many green exiles live in the East Midlands

Koala Green · May 6, 2021

It would be an interesting exercise to conduct a survey on PASOTI to see the breakdown by region and country.

I would love to know how many exiles we have both in the UK and overseas.