These were the top 5 away attendances for the Championship at the weekend…
1) Middlesbrough fans at Hull City – 3,500
(Total amount of miles between each club – 110, round trip – 222 miles, 3 hours and 52 minutes)
2) Blackburn Rovers fans at Blackpool – 3,000
(Total amount of miles between each club – 30.5, round trip – 60.8 miles, 1 hour and 20 minutes)
3) West Brom fans at Stoke City – 2,300
(Total amount of miles between each club – 40.2, round trip – 79.6 miles, 1 hours and 35 minutes)
4) Fulham fans at Coventry City – 1,822
(Total amount of miles between each club – 110, round trip – 213 miles, 4 hours and 10 minutes)
5) Nottingham Forest fans at Birmingham City – 1,588
(Total amount of miles between each club – 51.2, round trip – 103 miles, 2 hours and 13 minutes)
THE OTHERS:
6) Reading fans at Cardiff City – 1,500
7) Sheffield United fans at AFC Bournemouth – 1,318
8) Bristol City fans at Peterborough United – 1,190
9) Preston North End fans at Queens Park Rangers – 1,030
10) Huddersfield Town fans at Luton Town – 1,009
11) Swansea City fans at Derby County – 802
120 Millwall fans at Barnsley – 511
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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