These were the top 5 away attendances for the Championship at the weekend…
1) Coventry City fans at Blackburn Rovers – 3,749
(Total amount of miles between each club – 128, round trip – 256 miles, 4 hours and 24 minutes)
2) Derby County fans Preston North End – 2,448
(Total amount of miles between each club – 112, round trip – 217 miles, 4 hours and 6 minutes)
3) AFC Bournemouth fans at Bristol City – 2,428
(Total amount of miles between each club – 76.1, round trip – 151 miles, 4 hours and 28 minutes)
4) Stoke City fans at Sheffield United – 2,000+
(Total amount of miles between each club – 72.6, round trip – 146 miles, 3 hours and 4 minutes)
5) Birmingham City fans at West Bromwich Albion – 2,000
(Total amount of miles between each club – 12, round trip – 18.9 miles, 41 minutes)
THE OTHERS:
6) Hull City fans Huddersfield Town – 1,962
7) Blackpool fans at Nottingham Forest – 1,795
8) Cardiff City fans at Swansea City – 1,700*
9) Luton Town fans Millwall – 1,631
10) Peterborough United fans at Middlesbrough – 610
11) Barnsley fans at Reading – 400*
12) Queens Park Rangers fans at Fulham – TBC
Choose having a drink and a chat with the players after the game. Choose mixing with the opposition fans. Choose the old dears in the tea but serving Bovril for the 49″‘ consecutive season. Choose meat raffles. Choose to watch football alongside dogs. Choose away days in towns you did not know existed. Choose getting a beer for a couple of quid and standing on the terraces with it. Choose getting a lift to the game with a club director. Choose to give your money to a local club not a soulless corporation. Choose players who know the fans by name. Choose parking right next to the ground. Choose standing wherever you want to. Choose listening to everything the benches say. Choose paying a pound for a cup of tea. Choose proper pies. Choose honest football right on your doorstep.
Check out the top away attendances in League One on the next page.
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