We continue our look at every attendance of this week. This was the top attendance for the FA Cup First Round…
1) Bolton Wanderers (3) 2–1 Huddersfield Town (3) – 6,077
The rest of this week’s FA Cup First Round attendances…
2) Barnsley (3) 3–2 York City (5) – 5,953
3) AFC Wimbledon (3) 0–2 Gateshead (5) – 5,321
4) Tranmere Rovers (4) 1–3 Stockport County (3) – 5,164
5) Port Vale (3) 5–1 Maldon & Tiptree (8) – 4,551
6) Luton Town (3) 4–3 Forest Green Rovers (5) – 4,511
7) Blackpool (3) 1–0 Scunthorpe United (5) – 4,503
8) Cambridge United (4) 3–0 Chester (6) – 4,329
9) Peterborough United (3) 1–0 Cardiff City (3) – 4,405
10) Wigan Athletic (3) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) Hemel Hempstead Town (6) – 4,020
11) Reading (3) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Carlisle United (5) – 3,929
12) Oldham Athletic (4) 3–1 Northampton Town (3) – 3,693
13) Colchester United (4) 2–3 Milton Keynes Dons (4) – 3,639
14) Wycombe Wanderers (3) 2–0 Plymouth Argyle (3) – 3,571
15) South Shields (6) 1–3 Shrewsbury Town (4) – 3,570
16) Chelmsford City (6) 4–1 Braintree Town (5) – 3,502
17) Grimsby Town (4) 3–1 Ebbsfleet United (6) – 3,392
18) Rotherham United (3) 1–2 (a.e.t.) Swindon Town (4) – 3,351
19) Mansfield Town (3) 3–2 Harrogate Town (4) – 3,301
20) Cheltenham Town (4) 1–0 Bradford City (3) – 3,075
21) Crewe Alexandra (4) 1–2 Doncaster Rovers (3) – 2,996
22) Tamworth (5) 0-1 Leyton Orient (3) – 2,820
23) Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1-2 Accrington Stanley (4) – 2,612
24) Newport County (4) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Gillingham (4) – 2,596
25) Weston-super-Mare (6) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Aldershot Town (5) – 2,577
26) Burton Albion (3) 6–0 St Albans City (7) – 2,523
27) Bromley (4) 1–2 Bristol Rovers (4) – 2,500
28) Eastleigh (5) 0–3 Walsall (4) – 2,389
29) Spennymoor Town (6) 0–2 Barrow (4) – 2,283
30) Brackley Town (5) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Notts County (4) – 2,233
31) Macclesfield (6) 6–3 AFC Totton (6) – 2,197
32) Wealdstone (5) 1–0 Southend United (5) – 2,146
33) Stevenage (3) 0–1 Chesterfield (4) – 2,084
34) FC Halifax Town (5) 0–2 Exeter City (3) – 1,994
35) Salford City (4) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) Lincoln City (3) – 1,951
36) Buxton (6) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Chatham Town (7) – 1,652
37) Sutton United (5) 2–1 AFC Telford United (6) – 1,575
38) Boreham Wood (5) 3–0 Crawley Town (4) – 1,536
39) Slough Town (6) 2–1 Altrincham (5) – 1,531
40) Fleetwood Town (4) 2–1 Barnet (4) – 1,076
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 glasses in 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 National League North and South on the next few pages…
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NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH + SOUTH
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