Birmingham City set for bumper away following as another League One clash sells out

Blues have sold out their allocation for the visit to Stockport County on New Year’s Day as 1,193 fans will pack out the away end at Edgeley Park.

It took just two days for Bluenoses to snap up all of the tickets available with the sale not even reaching the ‘Gold’ phase of Birmingham’s tiered priority system. That means every supporter on the terraces will be a season ticket holder with at least 18 games attended from last campaign.

Blues have become rather renowned for their ridiculously impressive away support and there’s no sign of that slowing down with well over a thousand taking on the four-hour round trip. It was never in doubt, really, that Birmingham would have a full away end on January 1 but it’s not a given for lots of clubs in League One.

Whether it be rain or shine, Bluenoses make their presence known. Manager Chris Davies couldn’t be more thankful for the support and the players are certainly feeling the impact too as Blues have won their last four away matches.

Those making the trip to Stockport will be expecting a positive result to complete the double over their fellow promotion hopefuls. Davies’ men beat the Hatters by two goals to nil when they made the trip to St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park at the start of December, forming a significant gap between the two teams.

As it stands, Birmingham are just one point behind League One leaders Wycombe Wanderers with a game in hand. Stockport, meanwhile, are in fifth spot and nine points behind Blues. Both teams still have three games to play before they face each other once again, so the horizons could be very different come matchday.