We continue our look at every attendance of the last few days. Time to check out the Carabao Cup First Round…
1) West Ham United (2) 3-1 (1) Portsmouth – 53,369
Good stadium, just not for football at all.
Away end too spread out and broken up, can see why West Ham fans don’t like it. Going from Upton Park to that is a tough one and exactly what i’d want Pompey to avoid.
Felt like a pre season game. pic.twitter.com/mxC7Gs3GUZ
— A (@ReadA89) August 9, 2026
This week’s Carabao Cup First Round attendances…
2) Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) 3-0 (0) Port Vale – 21,360
3) Norwich City (3) 4-1 (0) Milton Keynes Dons – 20,056
4) Middlesbrough (0) 1-0 (0) Wrexham – 18,221
5) Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Exeter City – 16,755
6) Sheffield Wednesday (0) 1-0 (0) Bolton Wanderers – 15,834
7) Swansea City (0) 0-1 (1) Birmingham City – 11,283
8) Derby County (1) 1-2 (2) Lincoln City – 11,095
9) Burnley (0) 1-1 (4-3p) (1) Notts County – 10,272
10) Stoke City (0) 2-0 (0) Oldham Athletic – 10,157
11) Bristol City (0) 0-1 (0) Walsall – 9,992
12) Bradford City (1) 2-0 (0) Rochdale – 6,915
13) Mansfield Town 0-3 Sheffield United – 6,908
14) Watford (0) 1-0 (0) Crawley Town – 6,907
15) Cardiff City (2) 3-2 (1) Swindon Town – 6,168
16) Preston North End (0) 1-1 (4-3p) (1) Huddersfield Town – 6,120
17) Colchester United (0) 0-2 (0) Southampton – 5,822
18) Stockport County (0) 1-1 (4-5p) (0) Doncaster Rovers – 4,974
19) Rotherham United (0) 1-4 (2) West Bromwich Albion – 4,850
20) Grimsby Town (0) 1-3 (1) Blackpool – 4,817
21) Bristol Rovers (0) 0-1 (1) Peterborough United – 4,810
22) Barnsley (0) 1-1 (6-5p) (1) Wigan Athletic – 4,414
23) Gillingham (0) 0-3 (1) Luton Town – 4,015
24) Leyton Orient (0) 2-0 (0) Oxford United – 3,783
25) Cambridge United (0) 2-1 (0) Barnet – 3,521
26) AFC Wimbledon (0) 1-1 (5-4 p) (0) Newport County – 3,393
27) Cheltenham Town (0) 1-3 (3) Charlton Athletic – 3,119
28) Crewe Alexandra (1) 2-1 (0) Accrington Stanley – 2,961
29) Burton Albion (1) 1-2 (0) Blackburn Rovers – 2,839
30) Wycombe Wanderers (1) 1-2 (1) Stevenage – 2,510
31) Salford City (0) 1-1 (3-4p) (0) Shrewsbury Town – 1,936
32) Fleetwood Town (1) 1-0 (0) Chesterfield – 1,619
Bromley (1) 1-1 (4-5p) (1) Reading – TBC
Leicester City (1) 1-0 (0) Northampton Town – TBC
Queens Park Rangers (0) 1-1 (0-2p) (0) Millwall – 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 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 the National League attendances on the next page…
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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