In this article, we take a look at the home and away attendances from the Carabao Cup First Round which played out in midweek.
After 18 hugely difficult months for everyone, clubs can finally welcome back full crowds and get back to hearing some noise to make what football is all about.
Some clubs were briefly allowed limited crowds during last season – but for others, August will see them play in front of their own supporters in a competitive match for the first time since early 2020.
The opening weekend of the season had plenty of emotion for thousands of fans up and down the country as they returned to places that mean so much to them.
The same goes again for many clubs who have their turn with hosting duties, this time in the cup.
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HOME ATTENDANCES
12,860 – Sheffield Wednesday (3) 0–0 (2–4 p) Huddersfield Town (2)
9,514 – Nottingham Forest (2) 2-1 Bradford City (4)
7,915 – Millwall (2) 2–1 Portsmouth (3)
7,147 – Bolton Wanderers (3) 0–0 (5–4 p) Barnsley (2)
6,778 – Sheffield United (2) 1–0 Carlisle United (4)
6,199 – Birmingham City (2) 1–0 Colchester United (4)
6,144 – Ipswich Town (3) 0–1 Newport County (4)
5,836 – Blackpool (2) 3-0 Middlesbrough (2)
5,746 – Bournemouth (2) 5–0 Milton Keynes Dons (3)
5,284 – Coventry City (2) 1-2 Northampton Town (4)
5,283 – Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Morecambe (3)
4,989 – Reading (2) 0–3 Swansea City (2)
4,981 – Leyton Orient (4) 1-1 (3-5 p) Queens Park Rangers (2)
4,747 – Derby County (2) 3–3 (5–3 p) Salford City (4)
4,694 – Stoke City (2) 2–1 Fleetwood Town (3)
4,139 – Hull City (2) 1–1 (7–8 p) Wigan Athletic (3)
4,021 – Peterborough United (2) 0–4 Plymouth Argyle (3)
3,505 – Cardiff City (2) 3–2 Sutton United (4)
3,372 – Charlton Athletic (3) 0–1 AFC Wimbledon (3)
3,267 – Port Vale (4) 1–2 Sunderland (3)
3,149 – Hartlepool United (4) 0–1 Crewe Alexandra (3)
3,131 – Rotherham United (3) 1–2 Accrington Stanley (3)
2,684 – Oldham Athletic (4) 2–2 (4–3 p) Tranmere Rovers (4)
2,555 – Exeter City (4) 0–0 (3–4 p) Wycombe Wanderers (3)
2,554 – Forest Green Rovers (4) 2–2 (6–5 p) Bristol City (2)
2,526 – Mansfield Town (4) 0–3 Preston North End (2)
2,409 – Bristol Rovers (4) 0–2 Cheltenham Town (3)
2,384 – Walsall (4) 0–0 (3–4 p) Doncaster Rovers (3)
2,069 – Shrewsbury Town (3) 2–2 (4–2 p) Lincoln City (3)
1,904 – Crawley Town (4) 2–2 (9–10 p) Gillingham (3)
1,825 – Cambridge United (3) 0–0 (3–1 p) Swindon Town (4)
1,320 – Barrow (4) 1–0 Scunthorpe United (4)
1,868 – Burton Albion (3) 1-1 (2-4 pens) Oxford United (3)
N/A – Stevenage (4) 2–2 (3–0 p) Luton Town (2)
N/A Harrogate Town (4) v Rochdale (4) – WALKOVER
As always, we check out the away attendances and have listed them from biggest to smallest just like those you’ve seen above.
AWAY ATTENDANCES (* – Last known sales / Estimate)
Those in the thousands:
2,324 – Huddersfield Town fans at Sheffield Wednesday
2,000 – Portsmouth fans at Millwall
1,700+* – Queens Park Rangers fans at Leyton Orient
1,608 – Barnsley fans at Bolton Wanderers
1,300+* – Middlesbrough fans at Blackpool
1,228 – Bristol City fans at Forest Green Rovers
1,172 – Bradford City fans at Nottingham Forest
Those in the hundreds:
236 – Lincoln City fans at Shrewsbury Town
456 – Preston North End fans at Mansfield Town
400 – Sunderland fans at Port Vale
524 – Carlisle United fans at Sheffield United
178 – Fleetwood Town fans at Stoke City
310 – Doncaster Rovers fans at Walsall
845 – Tranmere Rovers fans at Oldham Athletic
137 – Accrington Stanley fans at Rotherham United
46 – Scunthorpe United fans at Barrow
908 – Morecambe fans at Blackburn Rovers
191 – Wycombe Wanderers fans at Exeter City
500+* – Swansea City fans at Reading
300* – Sutton United fans at Cardiff City
348 – Cheltenham Town fans at Bristol Rovers
260 – Plymouth Argyle fans at Peterborough United
200* – Colchester United fans at Birmingham City
584 – AFC Wimbledon fans at Charlton Athletic
429 – Oxford United fans at Burton Albion
903 – Northampton Town fans at Coventry City
To be confirmed / No match:
TBC – Milton Keynes Dons fans at Bournemouth
TBC – Swindon Town fans at Cambridge United
TBC – Gillingham fans at Crawley Town
TBC – Newport County fans at Ipswich Town
TBC – Luton Town fans at Stevenage
TBC – Wigan Athletic fans at Hull City
TBC – Salford City fans at Derby County
TBC – Crewe Alexandra fans at Hartlepool United
Harrogate Town (4) v Rochdale (4) – WALKOVER
Albert Adomah jumping in the away end with QPR fans after scoring the winning penalty tonight. 💙🤍
Easy to forget how much players must’ve missed crowds too… pic.twitter.com/s0YMbB29SE
— COPA90 (@Copa90) August 11, 2021
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