PHOTOS: Away Fans in the Stands – 9th July 2022

Time for photos of away fans in the stands, we will be taking a look at all the different ones at this weekend’s English football matches.

Thankfully we are seeing a less disrupted schedule this summer for our sides when it comes to Covid those there is a sudden rise again in cases, however life goes on and we’re seeing lots of travelling supporters attending fixtures up and down the country with pre-season in full swing.

During a very difficult time for everyone, clubs have been welcoming back full crowds and get back to hearing some noise to make what football is all about.

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 take a look at all those away fans in the stands, pre-season edition…

STOKE CITY fans at Cork City

Cork away #scfc pic.twitter.com/QC7RkfQOmb

— Tomscfc (@Tomo_scfc) July 9, 2022

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY fans at Harrogate

COVENTRY and NOTT’M FOREST fans in Spain

ARSENAL fans at Nurnberg

MIDDLESBROUGH fans at York City

SHEFFIELD UNITED fans in Lisbon

TORQUAY at Buckland

LEEDS fans at York for game vs Blackpool

Leeds fans at York last night giving the Blackpool keeper some stick in pre season. Football is back! 😆 #LUFC pic.twitter.com/SsCDYCMvHA

— Football Away Days (@FBAwayDays) July 8, 2022

OXFORD UNITED fans at North Leigh

ASTON VILLA fans at Walsall

Teams are out at The Bescot #WFC #AVFC pic.twitter.com/lnSuqYOEXQ

— Daz Hale BBC Radio WM (@DazHaleWM) July 9, 2022

BRENTFORD fans at Boreham Wood

PORT VALE fans at Kidsgrove Athletic

QPR fans at Crawley

BLACKBURN fans at Accrington

DERBY fans at Bradford

WEST BROM fans at Stevenage

SWINDON TOWN fans at Swindon Supermarine

CHARLTON fans at Dartford

✌️ @MilesLeaburn at the double.

Watch live: https://t.co/dGjPrcVXIb#darts 1 #cafc 5 pic.twitter.com/WwnDsGXtyN

— Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) July 9, 2022

🎥 Nicely taken, Kirky! 🔥@charliekirkx bags the first of the summer…

Watch live: https://t.co/dGjPrcVXIb#darts 0 #cafc 1 pic.twitter.com/9s2tf0Xn9y

— Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) July 9, 2022

AFC WIMBLEDON fans at Eastbourne Borough

CARLISLE UNITED fans at Workington

SOUTH SHIELDS fan sat Berwick Rangers

Our fans ♥️

📸 @KevWilson19#SSFC #OurTownOurDestiny pic.twitter.com/Xisk4bS82r

— South Shields FC (@SouthShieldsFC) July 9, 2022

MORECAMBE fans at Macclesfield

Great support as ever from the travelling #Shrimps fans! 👏

2-0 | #UTS 🦐 | #MACvMOR pic.twitter.com/aLsK9jZnNJ

— Morecambe FC (@ShrimpsOfficial) July 9, 2022

PORTSMOUTH fans in Murcia for game vs Qatar SC

💙 Best fans in the world

Thank you so much for your support in Spain 🇪🇸#Pompey pic.twitter.com/vzSQbZpppD

— Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) July 9, 2022

MANSFIELD fans at Retford

Dem Badgers.

Mansfield Town (H) pic.twitter.com/3QgbUglSaC

— TBⓋFTA 💚 (@VgangTB) July 9, 2022

The beckoning floodlights
still work their magic,
mid April’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