Support
Average crowd attendances at Port Talbot Town, taken from attendances between 1994 and 2010 is 207 although attendances regularly exceed that figure. High attendances at the Victoria Road based Stadium include the 2,609 people who watched Port Talbot beat Football League giants Swansea City A.F.C. 2 – 1 in an FAW Premier Cup quarter final in 2007, the Swans' run-away promotion year. A notable attendance was also the estimated 4,000 Port Talbot fans in attendance at the 2010 Welsh Cup final in Llanelli against three time winners Bangor City F.C..
Port Talbot Town are famous for their vocal, loyal and extremely passionate fans, widely regarded as some of the best in the league. The faction of Ultras, who call themselves the Burns Road Enders or Burners, taken from the unseated area behind the goal, named the Burns Road End, an area which the Ultras passionately occupy when their team is playing facing the Burns Road. The group's use of distress flares, drums and trumpets have made them an iconic part of the club and feared across the Welsh league.
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