We continue our look at every attendance from midweek. This was the top attendance within those in the Carabao Cup First Round…
1) Birmingham City (2) 2-1 Sheffield United (2) – 16,357
The rest of the week’s Carabao Cup First Round attendances…
2) Portsmouth (2) 1–2 Reading (3) – 14,525
3) Middlesbrough (2) 0–4 Doncaster Rovers (3) – 11,979
4) Plymouth Argyle (3) 3–2 Queens Park Rangers (2) – 10,884
5) Coventry City (2) 1–0 Luton Town (3) – 10,595
6) Bristol City (2) 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons (4) – 10,280
7) Wrexham (2) 3–3 (5–3 p) Hull City (2) – 10,106
8) Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Bradford City (3) – 9,855
9) Chesterfield (4) 0–2 Mansfield Town (3) – 9,502
10) Watford (2) 1–2 Norwich City (2) – 9,243
11) Stoke City (2) 0–0 (4–3 p) Walsall (4) – 8,809
12) West Bromwich Albion (2) 1–1 (2–3 p) Derby County (2) – 8,548
13) Bolton Wanderers (3) 3-3 (2-4 p) Sheffield Wednesday (2) – 8,208
14) Cardiff City (3) 2–1 Swindon Town (4) – 7,160
15) Huddersfield Town (3) 2-2 (3-2 p) Leicester City (2) – 6,884
16) Swansea City (2) 3–1 Crawley Town (4) – 5,095
17) Stockport County (3) 3–1 Crewe Alexandra (4) – 4,945
18) Northampton Town (3) 0–1 Southampton (2) – 4,381
19) Charlton Athletic (2) 3–1 Stevenage (3) – 4,092
20) Newport County (4) 0–1 Millwall (2) – 3,670
21) Oxford United (2) 1–0 Colchester United (4) – 3,453
22) Leyton Orient (3) 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers (3) – 3,293
23) Barnsley (3) 2-2 (5-4 p) Fleetwood Town (4) – 3,259
24) Grimsby Town (4) 3–1 Shrewsbury Town (4) – 3,156
25) Barrow (4) 0–1 Preston North End (2) – 3,108
26) Bromley (4) 1–1 (5–4 p) Ipswich Town (2) – 3,005
27) Wigan Athletic (3) 1–0 Notts County (4) – 2,907
28) Bristol Rovers (4) 0–2 Cambridge United (4) – 2,681
28) Blackpool (3) 0–1 Port Vale (3) – 2,606
29) Gillingham (4) 1–1 (2–4 p) AFC Wimbledon (3) – 2,209
30) Harrogate Town (4) 1–3 Lincoln City (3) – 2,119
31) Cheltenham Town (4) 2-0 Exeter City (3) – 2,109
32) Salford City (4) 0–0 (2–3 p) Rotherham United (3) – 1,409
33) Accrington Stanley (4) 2–1 Peterborough United (3) – 847
Time to look at the away attendances, this was who came out on top…
1) Bradford City fans at Blackburn Rovers – 3,296
Bradford fans in fine voice at Blackburn last night #BCAFC pic.twitter.com/fML9oXcK8d
— The Away Ends (@_theawayends) August 13, 2025
THE OTHERS
2) Sheffield Wednesday fans at Bolton Wanderers – 3,148
3) Leicester City fans at Huddersfield Town – 1,827
4) Doncaster Rovers fans at Middlesbrough – 1,800*
5) Swindon Town fans at Cardiff City – 1,800*
6) Norwich City fans at Watford – 1,700
7) Southampton fans at Northampton Town – 1,535*
8) Derby County fans at West Bromwich Albion – 1,381
9) Walsall fans at Stoke City – 1,325*
10) Sheffield United fans at Birmingham City – 1,200*
11) Hull City fans at Wrexham – 1,111
12) Mansfield Town fans at Chesterfield – 1,061
13) Reading fans at Portsmouth – 1,040
14) Queens Park Rangers fans at Plymouth Argyle – 986
15) Preston North End fans at Barrow – 938
16) Crewe Alexandra fans at Stockport County – 908
17) Millwall fans at Newport County – 871
18) Crawley Town fans at Swansea City – 685
19) Luton Town fans at Coventry City – 515
20) Lincoln City fans at Harrogate Town – 500*
21) Ipswich Town fans at Bromley – 481
22) Notts County fans at Wigan Athletic – 456
23) Rotherham United fans at Salford City – 453
24) Port Vale fans at Blackpool – 450*
25) Colchester United fans at Oxford United – 483
26) Stevenage fans at Charlton Athletic – 374
27) Milton Keynes Dons fans at Bristol City – 371
28) AFC Wimbledon fans at Gillingham – 339
29) Peterborough United fans at Accrington Stanley – 233
30) Cambridge United fans at Bristol Rovers – 154
31) Shrewsbury Town fans at Grimsby Town – 134
32) Fleetwood Town fans at Barnsley – 127
Wycombe Wanderers fans at Leyton Orient – TBC
Exeter City fans at Cheltenham Town – TBC
Football is…
Football is a wiggle of the hips
Football is a whistle to the lips
Football is an unfollowed script
Football is
Football is kickabouts in the park
Football is floodlights in the dark
Football is fans not oligarchs
Football is
Football is the dream of finishing top
Football is the fear of facing the drop
Football is an open book not a closed shop
Football is
Football is not a share price but a shared obsession
Football is more than just keeping possession
Football is freedom of expression
Football is
Football is the real thing not a rehearsal
Football is a language that’s universal
Football is drama not a corporate commercial
Football is
Football is a door to which we are the key
Football is nothing without you and me
Football is whatever we allow it to be
Football will be…
Poem by Brian Bilston
Expressions of hope from fans
Blackburn fan Callum Dunn-Broom
“Hope. It’s hoping for a team that fights for the badge. It’s hoping for a team that makes you proud. It’s hoping for the next Adam Wharton. It’s hoping for last minute winners, celebrating with strangers and losing your glassesin the process. It’s hoping this year’s the year. The year you walk down Wembley Way with your old man for the first time. It’s the hope that kills you. But we’ll be there. Week in. Week out. Hoping.”
Cambridge fan Connor O’Reilly
“Another season brings bouts of anxiety following our teams up and down the country. From the highest of highs of last minute victories and cup shocks, to the lowest of lows with derby day defeats and awful form with no end in sight, it’s never easy being a football fan.”
Wycombe fan Jonny King
The best bit of the season is just before kick off in the opening game. The moments before the first whistle is blown and the first ball is kicked, when everyone is equal and anything is possible. Both sets of fans united by the same hope. The tantalising prospect of what if? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. So all the more reason to enjoy the blissful pre-match ignorance of whatever madness, agony, heartbreak… or glory is about the come.
Crewe fan Jonny Tomlinson
In a town that many pass, but few ever stay, the passion here shines, in a special way. The hope of the Railwaymen, our hearts filled with pride, Crewe Alexandra, we’re always at your side. When passion meets hope, a magic ignites, something truly special, under our stadium lights. Through triumphs and trials, our spirit stays true. Crewe Alexandra, this season and every season were with you.
Salford fan Andrew Gordon
We trust in the process, we hope in the dream. With past high to inspire us, and past lows to drive us. We believe that this is our years! A belief we can be champions. A belief we will go up. You can call it blind loyalty. We call it true faith.
Take a look at the National League Cup attendances on the next page…
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NATIONAL LEAGUE CUP
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