PHOTOS: Away Fans in the Stands – 1st March 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.

Thankfully we are seeing a less disrupted schedule for the FA Cup, Premier League, EFL and Non League when it comes to Covid and the weather, so 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.

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.

FA STATEMENT ON FANS ATTENDING GAMES

From Thursday 24 February 2022:-

• People will not be legally required to self-isolate if they test positive for COVID-19, however, the Government advises that they should stay at home if possible and avoid contact with other people.

• People will not have to take daily tests or be legally required to self-isolate following contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Government has also confirmed that sport specific COVID-19 Guidance is no longer required.

There are still steps you can take to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19:

1. Get vaccinated
2. Let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside
3. Consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces
4. Get tested if you have COVID-19 symptoms, and stay at home if positive

The FA urges all participants to continue to follow this Government advice to protect themselves and others.

We also want to take this opportunity to thank all of our football family for their hard work and support over the last two years, through the pandemic and a number of lockdowns.

It’s down to the tireless work of our volunteers, coaches and officials that the game has been able to come back as strongly as it has.

Right then, time to look at photos of those away ends…

WEST HAM fans at Southampton

NORWICH CITY fans at Liverpool

CHELSEA fans at Luton Town

YORK CITY fans at AFC Fylde

LEYTON ORIENT fans at Colchester United

STOKE CITY fans at Crystal Palace

BARROW fans at Bristol Rovers

MAIDENHEAD UNITED fans at Dag & Red

SLOUGH TOWN fans at Braintree Town

WALSALL fans at Northampton Town

TOTTENHAM fans at Middlesbrough

 

 

 

 

 

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ROTHERHAM UNITED fans at Shrewsbury Town

Some of the #rufc fans at Shrewsbury tonight. That away end was bouncing on Boxing Day 2019, the last time the Millers were here. Michael Smith, 97th minute. pic.twitter.com/ItqDtEXYlI

— Paul Davis (@paulm_davis) March 1, 2022

MAN CITY fans at Peterborough United

CAMBRIDGE UNITED fans at Wycombe Wanderers

FOREST GREEN ROVERS fans at Newport County

NOTTS COUNTY fans at Chesterfield

OLDHAM ATHLETIC fans at Crawley Town

FLEETWOOD TOWN fans at Wigan Athletic

DERBY COUNTY fans at Cardiff City

KING’S LYNN TOWN fans at Wrexham

PORT VALE fans at Harrogate Town

ROCHDALE fans at Carlisle United

LEICESTER CITY fans at Burnley

BURTON ALBION fans at Sheffield Wednesday

OXFORD UNITED fans at Portsmouth

SWANSEA CITY fans at West Brom

 

 

 

 

 

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The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
mid March 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