These were the top 5 away attendances for League One at the weekend…
1) 2,561 – Sunderland fans at Cambridge United
(Total amount of miles between each club – 229, round trip – 460 miles, 7 hours and 53 minutes)
2) 1,435 – Portsmouth fans at Gillingham
(Total amount of miles between each club – 108, round trip – 216 miles, 3 hours and 57 minutes)
3) 1,001 – Rotherham United fans at Oxford United
(Total amount of miles between each club – 143, round trip – 286 miles, 5 hours and 7 minutes)
4) 949 – Charlton Athletic fans at Shrewsbury Town
(Total amount of miles between each club – 196, round trip – 363 miles, 6 hours and 38 minutes)
5) 866 – Wycombe Wanderers fans at Sheffield Wednesday
(Total amount of miles between each club – 161, round trip – 325 miles, 5 hours and 51 minutes)
THE OTHERS:
703 – Wigan Athletic fans at Plymouth Argyle
645 – Doncaster Rovers fans at Burton Albion
370 – Cheltenham Town fans at Bolton Wanderers
257 – MK Dons fans at Morecambe
244 – Fleetwood Town fans at AFC Wimbledon
152 – Accrington Stanley fans at Lincoln City
TBC – Crewe Alexandra fans at Ipswich Town
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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