What makes a good match day experience?

[Maguire]

To be fair, football's just an excuse to legitimise getting on the shant all day.

Oh, and booing Seol.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

Away games certainly offer a different (and, imho, better) experience fo a number of reasons. Firstly, home games tend to be a very set routine for me whereby I know that: I will arrive at my parents for lunch and football focus/early sky kick off, then drive the same route, pick up the same people, park in the same spot, sit in the same seat (listening to the same moaners behind me - twats) and go to the same pub after the game as I did for the previous match. Familiarity breeds contempt. There are now only a few home games which I get genuinely excited about much before kick off.

On the other hand, away games offer a little venture into the unknown: Setting off at different times, picking the way up the motorway network (though the M6 can only be traveled so many times), stopping in the services and seeing fans from all over teh country, finding the ground, somewhere to park where the car won't get nicked, discovering a decent pub near the ground (big up to Brum, Fulham and Charlton), few beers before hand, different seat often with a crap view (WHU esp), feeling like it's us against them, singing and sometimes standing for the whole game, not being too bothered if it's a crap game, falling asleep on the journey home.

The two Fulham matches last year were far from classic encounters, both of which Reading won, but you'll not find a single person who went to both who found the home game more enjoyable

i hope u didn't drive there and fall asleep at the wheel on the way home

[Farnborough Royal]

booing Seol.

Good shout.

[Sharpy]

To be fair, football's just an excuse to legitimise getting on the shant all day.

defo..see you in oakford with silverfox

[Hugo Boss]

Try the Bradford Arms

Cheers mate.

Where is it??!!

[mini _dariusz]

booing Seol.

Good shout.

What a oxf*rd

[Barry the bird boggler]

a win for reading

[soggy biscuit]

The drummer

[Jerry St Clair]

To be fair, football's just an excuse to legitimise getting on the shant all day.

defo..see you in oakford with silverfox

Can I join you mate?

[Sharpy]

lol get invoLOLved

[Jerry St Clair]

Cheers mate.

[When Hicks went up...]

Lots of women and children in attendance.

500 miles.

Polite clapping of opponents.

Music after goals.

Getting home to watch the accurate highlights and insightful analysis on Match of the Day.

[Kes]

Football gets in the way of a good p1ss up IMO.

[PieEater]

Surprised nobody has mentioned goals and banter with the away fans yet.

For away games, finding a top pub with decent food and beer, agree with GN about Fulham and you could add WBA for my top awayday pub.

[Norfolk Royal]

I like it if the away team have got one of those mascots with a big foam head.

Also, if they've got big feet which makes them run in a funny way. Always cracks me up.