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, so lots of travelling supporters attending fixtures and filling stadiums up and down the country despite the new storm coming in causing havoc.
After a very difficult time for everyone, clubs are saying hello to 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 saw 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.
So without furtherado, let’s see all the away ends from Tuesday and Wednesday’s action…
LINCOLN CITY fans at Crewe Alexandra
PORT VALE at Bristol Rovers
IPSWICH TOWN fans at Charlton Athletic
CARLISLE UNITED fans at Mansfield Town
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BOLTON WANDERERS fans at Fleetwood Town
OXFORD UNITED fans at Doncaster Rovers
YOU YELLOWS 👏👏👏
🟡🔵 #OUFC | #COYY pic.twitter.com/PAP7vcfEAC
— Oxford United FC (@OUFCOfficial) December 7, 2021
FOREST GREEN ROVERS fans at Harrogate Town
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY fans at Portsmouth
GILLINGHAM fans at Rotherham United
NORTHAMPTON TOWN fans at Exeter City
MORECAMBE fans at Sunderland
TRANMERE ROVERS fans at Oldham Athletic
CRAWLEY TOWN fans at Walsall
💻 Reporting live from the away end this evening!
🔴 0-0 🔵
3’ | #TownTeamTogether 🔴 pic.twitter.com/D5i3VXIWWb
— Crawley Town FC (@crawleytown) December 7, 2021
SWINDON TOWN fans at Leyton Orient
BOSH!!! #stfc pic.twitter.com/tmCJnUbpTe
— HanrahanrahAnthonyGrant#42 (@Safehandsstfc1) December 7, 2021
Town fans in good voice #stfc pic.twitter.com/vc5HA84cfQ
— Lucinda (@Lucidavis86) December 7, 2021
CAMBRIDGE UNITED fans at Cheltenham Town
AFC WIMBLEDON fans at Accrington Stanley
Second-half underway and here’s our fantastic supporters cheering on the boys! #AFCW @ProSportsImages pic.twitter.com/Voy7TkYh0L
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) December 7, 2021
LAST WEEKEND’S AWAY ATTENDANCES
CHAMPIONSHIP
1) West Brom fans at Coventry City – 4,470
2) Preston North End fans at Blackburn Rovers – 4,330
3) Huddersfield Town fans at Barnsley – 3,848
4) Birmingham City fans at Millwall – 2,152
5) Peterborough United fans at Nottingham Forest – 1,987
6) AFC Bournemouth fans at Fulham – 1,670
7) Derby County fans at Bristol City – 1,500*
8) Luton Town fans at Blackpool – 1,391
9) Stoke City fans at Queens Park Rangers – 1,200
10) Sheffield United fans at Cardiff City – 1,000*
11) Hull City fans at Reading – 650*
-) Swansea City fans at Middlesbrough – TBC
FA CUP + LEAGUE ONE
1) Mansfield Town fans at Doncaster Rovers – 3,292
2) Stockport County fans at Rotherham United – 2,318
3) Swindon Town fans at Walsall – 2,000+
4) Port Vale fans at Burton Albion – 1,522
5) Chesterfield fans at Salford City – 945
6) Hartlepool United fans at Lincoln City – 916
7) FC Halifax Town fans at Kidderminster Harriers – 860
8) Cheltenham Town fans at AFC Wimbledon – 469
9) Plymouth Argyle fans at Rochdale – 420
10) Tranmere Rovers fans at Leyton Orient – 417
11) Oxford United fans at Sunderland – 400*
12) Stevenage fans at Yeovil Town – 326
13) Fleetwood Town fans at Accrington Stanley – 321
14) Charlton Athletic fans at Gateshead – 300*
15) Exeter City fans at Cambridge United – 287
16) Sutton United fans at Bristol Rovers – 278
17) Shrewsbury Town fans at Carlisle United – 351
18) Barrow fans at Ipswich Town – 205
19) Wigan Athletic fans at Colchester United – 179
20) Harrogate Town fans at Portsmouth – 121
21) Morecambe fans at Buxton – TBC
The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
late December’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
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