Time for photos of away fans in the stands, we’ll be taking a look at all the different ones at this week’s English football matches.
There is yet another busy schedule for the Football League and EFL Trophy so lots of travelling supporters attending fixtures and filling stadiums up and down the country.
After 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.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN fans at Peterborough United
(Total amount of miles between each club – 132, round trip – 259 miles, 4 hours and 43 minutes)
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QPR fans at Cardiff City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 148, round trip – 316 miles, 5 hours and 47 minutes)
HULL CITY fans at West Bromwich Albion
(Total amount of miles between each club – 144, round trip – 290 miles, 5 hours)
STOKE CITY fans at Blackpool
(Total amount of miles between each club – 85.5, round trip – 171 miles, 3 hours and 5 minutes)
FULHAM fans at Blackburn Rovers
(Total amount of miles between each club – 233, round trip – 466 miles, 7 hours and 57 minutes)
DERBY COUNTY fans at Barnsley
(Total amount of miles between each club – 56.9, round trip – 114 miles, 2 hours and 14 minutes)
PRESTON NORTH END fans at AFC Bournemouth
(Total amount of miles between each club – 271, round trip – 546 miles, 9 hours and 8 minutes)
IPSWICH TOWN fans at Wycombe Wanderers
(Total amount of miles between each club – 115, round trip – 230 miles, 4 hours and 12 minutes)
Both sets of fans are making noise at Adams Park 🔊 #Chairboys #ITFC pic.twitter.com/kON1Xb7ZQK
— James Richings | Bucks Free Press (@James_BFP) November 2, 2021
CAMBRIDGE UNITED fans at Morecambe
(Total amount of miles between each club – 230, round trip – 461 miles, 7 hours and 46 minutes)
WIGAN ATHLETIC fans at Fleetwood Town
(Total amount of miles between each club – 40.9, round trip – 81.8 miles, 1 hours and 59 minutes)
SUNDERLAND fans at Sheffield Wednesday
(Total amount of miles between each club – 122, round trip – 245 miles, 4 hours and 27 minutes)
SWANSEA CITY fans at Coventry City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 154, round trip – 337 miles, 5 hours and 44 minutes)
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READING fans at Millwall
(Total amount of miles between each club – 46.5, round trip – 95.6 miles, 3 hours and 17 minutes)
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MIDDLESBROUGH fans at Luton Town
(Total amount of miles between each club – 220, round trip – 440 miles, 7 hours and 23 minutes)
BRISTOL CITY fans at Birmingham City
(Total amount of miles between each club – 91.3, round trip – 186 miles, 3 hours and 40 minutes)
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SHEFFIELD UNITED fans at Nottingham Forest
(Total amount of miles between each club – 39.4, round trip – 78.6 miles, 2 hours and 15 minutes)
BOLTON WANDERERS fans at Rochdale
(Total amount of miles between each club – 21.5, round trip – 42.7 miles, 55 minutes)
CHELTENHAM TOWN fans at Portsmouth
(Total amount of miles between each club – 110, round trip – 225 miles, 4 hours and 26 minutes)
ROTHERHAM UNITED fans at Charlton Athletic
(Total amount of miles between each club – 185, round trip – 372 miles, 6 hours and 41 minutes)
DONCASTER ROVERS fans at Crewe Alexandra
(Total amount of miles between each club – 97.7, round trip – 194 miles, 3 hours and 45 minutes)
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The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
late October’s comforting 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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