Every Home and Away Attendance in Midweek – 31st August 2023

With fans filling the stands, we look at every attendance in the Carabao Cup Second Round including who were among the biggest in midweek.

It was a busy few days of football with supporters up and down the country going through the turnstiles to watch their sides all in action.

Tuesday and Wednesday saw the most highly anticipated clashes, local derbies, managerial debuts and with that in mind, you can see the scores throughout this article.

This was the biggest attendance in the Carabao Cup second round…

1) Chelsea 2-1 AFC Wimbledon – 37,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THE OTHERS:
2) Nottingham Forest 0-1 Burnley – 27,766
3) Fulham 1-1 (5-3p) Tottenham Hotspur – 21,403
4) Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 Blackpool – 20,605
5) Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Crystal Palace – 15,826
6) Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Everton – 11,430
7) Birmingham City 1-3 Cardiff City – 11,405
8) Sheffield United 0-0 (2-3p) Lincoln City – 11,040
9) Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (4-5p) Mansfield Town – 10,724
10) Wrexham 1-1 (3-4p) Bradford City – 9,816
11) Luton Town 3-2 Gillingham – 9,468
12) Stoke City 6-1 Rotherham United – 9,410
13) Bristol City 0-1 Norwich City – 9,408
14) Swansea City 2-3 AFC Bournemouth – 8,785
15) Bolton Wanderers 1-3 Middlesbrough – 8,624
16) Reading 2-2 (1-3p) Ipswich Town – 7,867
17) Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Leicester City – 6,610
18) Portsmouth 1-1 (4-5p) Peterborough United – 6,594
19) Port Vale 0-0 (2-0p) Crewe Alexandra – 6,375
20) Newport County 1-1 (0-3p) Brentford – 4,981
21) Exeter City 1-1 (5-3p) Stevenage – 4,006
22) Salford City 1-1 (9-8p) Leeds United – 3,147
23) Harrogate Town 0-8 Blackburn Rovers – 2,653
24) Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Sutton United – 1,778

Here’s the biggest away attendance in the Carabao Cup second round…

1) Tottenham Hotspur fans at Fulham – 5,500

 

 

THE OTHERS:
– AFC Wimbledon fans at Chelsea – 4,298
Burnley fans at Nottingham Forest – TBC
Blackpool fans at Wolverhampton Wanderers – TBC
Crystal Palace fans at Plymouth Argyle – 1,059
Everton fans at Doncaster Rovers – 3,000*
Cardiff City fans at Birmingham City – 711
Lincoln City fans at Sheffield United – 2,900*
Mansfield Town fans at Sheffield Wednesday – 1,775
Bradford City fans at Wrexham – 1,000+
Gillingham fans at Luton Town – 1,058
Rotherham United fans at Stoke City – 189
Norwich City fans at Bristol City – 912
AFC Bournemouth fans at Swansea City – 400*
Middlesbrough fans at Bolton Wanderers – 2,867
Ipswich Town fans at Reading – 2,214
Leicester City fans at Tranmere Rovers – 2,000*
Peterborough United fans at Portsmouth – 189
Crewe Alexandra fans at Port Vale – 1,027
Brentford fans at Newport County – 935
Stevenage fans at Exeter City – 91
Leeds United fans at Salford City – 1,238
Blackburn Rovers fans at Harrogate Town – 454
Sutton United fans at Wycombe Wanderers – 282

FA WARNING ON FAN BEHAVIOUR:

FA Chief Executive Mark Bullingham said: “We all know about the fantastic and unique role that football can play in bringing communities together. However, the rise in anti-social behaviour that we saw in stadiums was entirely unacceptable and put people’s safety at risk. Together, English football has introduced new measures and stronger sanctions, for the start of the coming season, to send out a clear message that we will not tolerate this type of illegal and dangerous behaviour. Football stadiums must be a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for all, and it is the responsibility of everyone in the game, including governing bodies, clubs, players, coaches, and fans, to ensure that we all play our part in protecting our game and each other.”

Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters said: “Everyone should feel safe and able to enjoy a football match. Together, with clubs and partners across football, we are making clear the type of incidents we saw last season must stop. If we don’t take collective and sustained action, it may only be a matter of time before someone is seriously injured, or worse. These new measures are a strong response to a significant increase in fan behaviour issues, but we know it is the minority who have behaved unacceptably and unlawfully. Premier League football should be a fantastic experience for everyone and we don’t want matches to be marred by these sorts of events in the future.”

EFL Chief Executive Trevor Birch said: “This season sees new measures introduced and sanctions implemented that will serve to remind everyone attending games – but particularly the minority of people behaving in an offensive manner – that there are real life consequences for the criminal, dangerous and irresponsible conduct at football. It is wholly appropriate that these unacceptable behaviours will now be dealt with through a combination of police action and automatic club bans. There is nothing like going to watch your team live and that is why the English professional game has taken strong collective action, to ensure the match day experience remains a safe and welcoming environment for all including fans, players, club staff and match officials.”

Football Supporters’ Association Chief Executive Kevin Miles said: “We are contacted by supporters on a fairly regular basis who have been caught jumping on the pitch, or with pyro in the stands, and without exception they regret doing it. Whether they had positive intentions or not is irrelevant in the eyes of the law – pyro and pitch incursions are illegal, you will be prosecuted and you will be banned by your club.”

To support this new package of policies and actions, today marks the launch of an all-football campaign. ‘Love football. Protect the game’ will make clear the consequences of, and sanctions for, illegal and dangerous behaviour as we seek to urge fans to help us protect the game and keep everyone safe.