Burton Albion boss encourages fans to take on noise from Sheffield Wednesday away end
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The Brewers boss watched his side beat Wednesday’s fellow automatic promotion chasers Barnsley on Good Friday to further alleviate themselves from any relegation headache.
Though they have a seven-point buffer on Accrington Stanley in the fourth relegation spot there is no sense of complacency for Burton, who have lost just one of their last four and have earned plaudits for the fight shown under the Tunisian – a former Doncaster Rovers player – since his appointment back in September.
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Hide AdBrewers chairman Ben Robinson has already put out an appeal for fans to buy tickets for the visit of Wednesday and speaking ahead of the clash, Maamria joined him in inflating the role the home support will have to play.
“We’ve got top of the league Sheffield Wednesday,” Maamria said. “It’s a brilliant game, it’s a game we’re looking forward to.
“This is what we’re about, really. At home on a sunny Saturday afternoon – hopefully it’ll be a packed out Pirelli Stadium.”
Wednesday sold out their 1,637 allocation for the Pirelli battle inside a couple of days. Though there is an acceptance that there will be a volley of noise from the away end, there is a clear sense that the home side want their support to match their guests in the away end – as they did against the Tykes.
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Hide Ad“I urge our fans to come in numbers this weekend because we absolutely need them,” Maamria continued. “I know Sheffield Wednesday have sold out their allocation and I want that atmosphere from last time, I think that Barnsley feeling last weekend, how the fans pushed the players to the end of the game.
“The fans pushed the players along and we want that feeling back on Saturday.
“It’s going to be difficult, there’s no doubt about it, there will be ups and downs in the game, but what is for sure is that we need our fans to back us from the first kick to the last kick – I think that is important.”