These were the top 5 away attendances for League One at the weekend…
1) 2,468 – Wigan Athletic fans at Accrington Stanley
(Total amount of miles between each club – 28.7, round trip – 57.4 miles, 1 hours and 19 minutes)
2) 1,710 – Ipswich Town fans at Lincoln City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 150, round trip – 298 miles, 5 hours and 34 minutes)
3) 1,578 – Rotherham United fans at Bolton Wanderers
(Total amount of miles between each club – 78.3, round trip – 156 miles, 2 hours and 34 minutes)
4) 1,452 – Oxford United fans at Cheltenham Town
(Total amount of miles between each club – 45.8, round trip – 90.8 miles, 2 hours and 18 minutes)
5) 1,400 – Plymouth Argyle fans at AFC Wimbledon
(Total amount of miles between each club – 215, round trip – 430 miles, 8 hours)
THE OTHERS:
6) 1,322 – Charlton Athletic fans at Wycombe Wanderers
7) 1,169 – Sunderland fans at Fleetwood Town
8) 850* – Shrewsbury Town fans at Sheffield Wednesday
9) 601 – Burton Albion fans at Crewe Alexandra
10) 544 – Cambridge United fans at Portsmouth
11) 410 – Morecambe fans at Doncaster Rovers
TBC – MK Dons fans at Gillingham
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 Two on the next page.
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