PHOTOS: Away Fans in the Stands – 1st February 2022

Time for photos of away fans in the stands, we will be taking a look at all the different ones at this week’s English football matches.

Unfortunately we are seeing a slightly disrupted schedule for the EFL due to Covid, however there are still some games going ahead and thankfully lots of travelling supporters are still able to attend fixtures up and down the country.

During a very difficult time for everyone, clubs are welcoming 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 few weeks 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 away day experience is one of the very best parts of following your own team, and although your alarm may be set for times of the day that, frankly, should never be seen, you still excitedly cram onto coaches or overpriced trains, and the whole experience, regardless of result, is still one you’ll always remember.

As long as trains and buses are on time, the pre-match pint and grub is a vital part of the whole match day experience.

It may be tough to find a pub without hostile home fans, but it’s always possible to duck into a nice little ‘boozer’ for a bevvy before kick-off.

While much of the ‘away day’ experience takes place out of the stadium, the ground itself always plays a big part.

The days of old in which away fans were in roof-less terraces being battered by the elements are becoming a distant memory – albeit they are still a problem at some settings – with modern stadia now spacious and comfortable.

Right then, time to look at photos of those away ends, check them out below…

LUTON TOWN fans at Swansea City

PRESTON NORTH END fans at Millwall

CREWE ALEXANDRA fans at Gillingham

Welcome to the Priestfield stadium for Gillingham vs Crewe Alexandra.

Currently 200+ in the away end with a further 3500 outside in the car park #CreweAlex pic.twitter.com/FCOeCJVHEO

— Harry (@HarryL97) February 1, 2022

ROTHERHAM UNITED fans at Doncaster Rovers

CHELTENHAM TOWN fans at AFC Wimbledon

Lovely stuff @alfiemay #ctfc pic.twitter.com/5Rz0zTNDjV

— Craig Shipley (@disco_shippers) February 1, 2022

ROCHDALE fans at Colchester United

LEYTON ORIENT fans at Bradford City

OXFORD UNITED fans at Wigan Athletic

 

CAMBRIDGE UNITED fans at Bolton Wanderers

MORECAMBE fans at Sheffield Wednesday

MANSFIELD TOWN fans at Harrogate Town

BARROW fans at Northampton Town

STEVENAGE fans at Tranmere Rovers

CRAWLEY TOWN fans at Swindon Town

CARLISLE UNITED fans at Salford City

FOREST GREEN ROVERS fans at Port Vale

Last weekend’s away attendances

CHAMPIONSHIP
1) 3,143 – Birmingham City fans at Derby County
2) 3,000* – Sheffield United fans at Peterborough United
3) 1,948 – Reading fans at Queens Park Rangers
4) 1,859 – Blackpool fans at Fulham
5) 1,708 – West Brom fans at Millwall
6) 1,600* – Stoke City fans at Huddersfield Town
7) 1,376 – Nottingham Forest fans at Cardiff City
8) 1,280 – Coventry City fans at Middlesbrough
9) 1,032 – Blackburn Rovers fans at Luton Town
10) 926 – AFC Bournemouth fans at Barnsley
11) 523 – Bristol City fans at Preston North End
12) 342 – Swansea City fans at Hull City

LEAGUE ONE
1) 5,310 – Sunderland fans at Bolton Wanderers
2) 2,818 – Ipswich Town fans at Sheffield Wednesday
3) 1,466 – MK Dons fans at Wycombe Wanderers
4) 1,200 – Wigan Athletic fans at Cheltenham Town
5) 1,200* – Charlton Athletic fans at Portsmouth
6) 1,168 – Morecambe fans at Accrington Stanley
7) 1,093 – Rotherham United fans at Crewe Alexandra
8) 838 – Shrewsbury Town fans at AFC Wimbledon
9) 749 – Plymouth Argyle fans at Doncaster Rovers
10) 650 – Oxford United fans at Gillingham
11) 450 – Burton Albion fans at Lincoln City
TBC – Cambridge United fans at Fleetwood Town

LEAGUE TWO
1) 2,014 – Rochdale fans at Oldham Athletic
2) 605 – Swindon Town fans at Colchester United
3) 381 – Leyton Orient fans at Mansfield Town
4) 274 – Scunthorpe United fans at Port Vale
5) 200* – Forest Green fans at Tranmere Rovers
6) 141 – Hartlepool United fans at Exeter City
7) 128 – Salford City fans at Northampton Town
8) 120 – Crawley Town fans at Bradford City
9) 118 – Harrogate Town fans at Stevenage
9) 118 – Sutton United fans at Carlisle United
11) 73 – Barrow fans at Newport County
TBC – Walsall fans at Bristol Rovers

 

 

The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
mid January’s cold chill,
scarf snug round the neck.
Blood pulses through arteries,
moving as it should. Heart lifts
with every step towards the stadium.

An old pal texts me from
another game up north.
The name rings a bell.
He’s at a club where my job
was to phone over a few pars
for the Saturday Pink
from a kiosk outside the ground.

Games that I didn’t give a toss about,
dictated to a bored copy taker,
wishing I was somewhere else,
roaring my own team on to promotion.
But then, I remember Larkin’s sigh
it wasn’t the place’s fault I didn’t care.
A goalless draw can happen anywhere.

Poem by Greg Freeman