These were the top 5 away attendances for the Championship at the weekend…
1) 2,300 – Middlesbrough fans at Huddersfield Town
(Total amount of miles between each club – 88.3, round trip – 176 miles, 3 hours and 9 minutes)
2) 2,000 – Nottingham Forest fans at West Bromwich Albion
(Total amount of miles between each club – 56.3, round trip – 113 miles, 2 hours and 16 minutes)
3) 1,600 – Blackburn Rovers fans at Stoke City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 71.1, round trip – 142 miles, 2 hours and 37 minutes)
4) 1,500* – Blackpool fans at Birmingham City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 127, round trip – 253 miles, 4 hours and 29 minutes)
5) 1,300* – Coventry City fans at AFC Bournemouth
(Total amount of miles between each club – 152, round trip – 305 miles, 5 hours and 20 minutes)
THE OTHERS:
1,200 – Barnsley fans at Peterborough United
1,032 – Cardiff City fans at Luton Town
895 – QPR fans at Derby County
886 – Fulham fans at Preston North End
665 – Bristol City fans at Sheffield United
TBC – Reading fans at Swansea City
TBC – Millwall fans at Hull City
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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