We start our look at away fans from the week’s games with those at Championship fixtures, check them out below…
SUNDERLAND fans at Bristol City
#SAFC fans @BristolCity for @SunderlandAFC away game #SAFC @FBAwayDays @Awaydays23 @theawayfans pic.twitter.com/ugBORDKCmH
— Nathan Richardson (@NathRNath) August 6, 2022
LUTON fans at Burnley
The @LutonTown away end at @BurnleyOfficial this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/GBDYKVSqpX
— LutonNews_LTFC (@LutonNews_LTFC) August 6, 2022
MIDDLESBROUGH fans at QPR
Around 2,400 Middlesbrough fans made the long trip south to QPR today. Top effort. #UTB pic.twitter.com/Wt061ZyvVY
— The Away Fans (@theawayfans) August 6, 2022
WIGAN fans at Norwich
Norwich City – WIGAN ATHLETIC 📸 6/8/22#wafc @adam_harv19📸 pic.twitter.com/9xwkpcdfBq
— KisyAWAY (@kisyrpk) August 6, 2022
MILLWALL fans at Sheffield United
Sheffield United – MILLWALL FC 📸 6/8/22@alexjNAD 📸#millwall #millwallfc pic.twitter.com/wkroffZm08
— KisyAWAY (@kisyrpk) August 6, 2022
BLACKPOOL fans at Stoke
Game 2/46: Stoke City v Blackpool pic.twitter.com/WaUvBdBnUl
— Matt Scrafton 🇺🇦 (@matt_scrafton) August 6, 2022
HULL fans at Preston
HUDDERSFIELD fans at Birmingham
Huddersfield fans at Birmingham tonight#HTAFC pic.twitter.com/mJ3jGAQ5B4
— The Away Ends (@_theawayends) August 5, 2022
BLACKBURN fans at Swansea
CARDIFF fans at Reading
Cardiff’s sell out away end at Reading today. #CCFC pic.twitter.com/S8aUEEL7WC
— The Away Fans (@theawayfans) August 6, 2022
The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
the slight cold chill,
scarf wrapped 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
After stepping into the field
there is no way out
even before you start the game
you hear the fans shout
The players then sings their anthem
its football……
the most beautiful game…..
And when the whistle blows
the crowd starts their roar
in the 90 tensed minutes
the players got to score
Football is friendly only in name
because friendliness is not meant for football….
the most beautiful game….
So when the hard tackles go in
and injured fellow goes out
the crowd becomes furious
and starts to shout
Even after breaking one’s leg
there seems to be no shame
because its football….
the most beautiful game….
Poem by Rohan Roy
Take a look at photos of other away ends from the English Football League by clicking on the next page.
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