Welcome to Episode 64 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom.
Today we meet Andy Callard and his son, Hux. Avid Sheffield United fans, but more importantly, for the context of this podcast, avid AWAY fans.
Travelling the length and breadth of the country together in support of their beloved club, they have encountered everything that regular away fans encounter on their travels:
Indeed, being an away fan in a strange town or city can be quite daunting, and even if you go on organised travel, you still need to eat and you still might want a pint or two in an away fan friendly hostelry.
So, after many a poor decision, and many an "I wish I had known that" moments on their travels, often caused by trusting some anonymous scribe who has never even been to the ground, let alone that town or city, or checking the club website - which is written exclusively for home fans, Andy (and Hux) created;
Primarily and currently for Championship away fans, but with plans to expand across the pyramid, Andy & Hux have been to 21 of the 23 current Championship as AWAY fans and have documented all that any other away fan might need or want to know for their own planned visit - but crucially, from an AWAY fan perspective.
There is a lot of brilliant content for each ground, but one of the BEST options is around parking - where is safe, where is close enough, where has decent walkable access (rather than through the woods like Nick from this podcast has previously encountered in the dark at Huddersfield and using a Sherpa at Blackburn), and most importantly, where can you get a decent getaway after the match - as you just want to get on your way - especially after a late midweek match in a distant town or city.
www.awaydayhub.co.uk really is a brilliant resource for ANY fan of ANY club planning an away trip this or any other season.
It has already been used by Nick at Blackburn and as part of his planning for Burnley this coming Wednesday - and despite having been to both a number of times, it still added some valuable insights and ideas.
This is a slightly longer episode as we had a lot to talk about as fellow away fans. We share the origin story of the idea to what plans there are for its evolution. We share away day "war stories" and some thoughts on how other fans can get involved. One thing is for sure, we wish Andy & Hux the very best of luck with this brilliant new resource - and they are good people too - so please support them.
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