Bristol

[upthemaggies]

So you want to remove the advantage and reward for teams finishing higher? Playing away at somewhere like Sutton where they will be allowed in the region of 1200 isn’t going to give them some massive unfair advantage.
It would be like a team moaning that Notts have ‘only’ averaged 5000 so they shouldn’t be allowed to sell more tickets than that because it would be ‘unfair’.

I hadn't considered that there'd be no away fans at the QF and SF. Maybe not a huge deal if we end up going to Sutton, but it would be extra tough at Stockport or Hartlepool.

Home advantage has never equalled exclusive advantage until now, clubs with relatively large away followings should be able to rely on their 12th man. You could have the scenario where, say Wrexham play two games at home plus the final exclusively in front of their own fans whilst their opponents in the final - say Notts -have played behind closed doors a home in the QF, struggled to overcome a hostile home only backing at Hartlepool in the SF and then have no fans in Bristol. That just doesn't sit well with me at all.