Its not hard to be a loyal fan when your team is doing well. Its when your team is in the shit you really see what your support is like. Take Leeds, Sheff Wednesday & Forest - where are their 30,000+ a week attendences gone now?
Fans that most impressed me are Man City, we played them in League 1 (was Div 2 then) at Maine road and the attendence that night was 32,000! Not many so called "big clubs" would manage that vs Luton lol.
I concider myself to be a "real" fan, supporting my team home and away and had a season ticket for the passed 9 seasons - in 3 different leagues.
I feel sorry for Man U, liverpool & chelsea fans etc. Do they really appreciate sucess as much as lower league fans? I doubt it.