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PHOTOS: Away Fans in the Stands – 25th January 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 in English football due to Covid, however there are still some EFL, Papa John’s Trophy and Non League 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 and videos of those away ends, take a look below…

PRESTON NORTH END fans at West Brom

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CHARLTON ATHLETIC fans at Hartlepool United

BRADFORD CITY fans at Walsall

NEWPORT COUNTY fans at Leyton Orient

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE fans at Fleetwood Town

STOKE CITY fans at Coventry City

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IPSWICH TOWN fans at AFC Wimbledon

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BRISTOL CITY fans at Luton Town

SWANSEA CITY fans at QPR

SHREWSBURY TOWN fans at Gillingham

MK DONS fans at Burton Albion

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BARNSLEY fans at Nottingham Forest

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SOUTHEND UNITED fans at Aldershot Town

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PETERBOROUGH UNITED fans at Birmingham City

CAMBRIDGE UNITED fans at Rotherham United

GRIMSBY TOWN fans at Wrexham

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EBBSFLEET UNITED fans at Maidstone United

BRISTOL ROVERS fans at Scunthorpe United

NOTTS COUNTY fans at Wealdstone

The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
mid January 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

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