The away support of championship clubs Charlton Athletic, Millwall FC, Queens Park Rangers and Watford FC is simply staggering given the competition from six Premier League teams and a total of 14 League clubs in London. But then loyalty, or as the bean-counters like to call it ‘brand loyalty’ is stronger in football than anywhere else. Rangers have taken more away than any other London club this season, but it is Watford who just about pip them as things stand. Millwall sit third with Charlton fourth, but the two do have more local derby games to come. The Addicks also have Reading the top supported destination of both the Hornets and Rangers.

Indulge me in a wee tangent if you will, as you crave the stats as much as something to unwind, perhaps a wee dram before, or after, the working day. There will always be bit of a soft spot in my heart for QPR, taken there by my dad like his dad before him, only for him to introduce me to The Arsenal at a tender age (a 2-2 draw). He died in August 2012, with Rangers a Premier League team and our last game together was a cup game between the two, but let us not go into the score, although I did want that Crouch effort to go in almost as much as he did that day.

He would tell me of the ground transformation thanks to ‘a car dealer’ who brought Marsh, the 75/76 entertainers and a ground to be proud of, not the biggest but a matchbox packed full of sparkle and sulphur on those fabulous floodlit nights when Bowles, Thomas and then Gregory on plastic, under veritable Venables, inspired a father to take his son through a right of passage. We would be in the Loft one week and the North Bank the next. Indeed my only time supporting anyone but Arsenal, in the old home end, was a Cup semi-final when brave Bobby Hazel’s knee beat WBA. Well Clive Allen actually, but on that terrace all I remember seeing was it leave bustling Bobbies knee before everyone in the end went mental as father and son hugged.

Split loyalty, or an affair? My apologies to you away-day die-hards, it was a scandalous ‘scarfer’ fantasy where a bit on the side, namely live football, is surely always a passion in fashion, one that steals our hearts. But to cut to the chase, the tell all table plus the highlights underneath….

League Rank Total Average High Low 8 Watford 11514 1439 3460 500 9 QPR 12647 1405 2153 564 16 Millwall 9751 1083 2858 232 20 Charlton 7188 899 1784 230

Watford boast the highest individual following so far, an incredible 3460 to Reading, with Millwall second as 2858 went to Charlton. The Hornets took over 2700 to Birmingham, with The Rangers high of 2153 at Reading is not too far above their 2107 at Millwall and the lengthy away-day on the cider at Yeovil as 2105 partied.

Charlton’s highest outing so far has been to Watford with 1784 in attendance. The Addicks also took 1447 to Bournemouth, but with the QPR, Millwall and Reading derbies still to come they may not end up with the wooden spoon after all.

The Lions mustered a massive 1778 to Brighton and have seen three other takes circa the thousand mark, against Burnley, Reading and Bournemouth. Watford and QPR both boat three over the thousand mark too with Rangers calling out 1800 for Charlton.

The Lions’ low of 232 at Birmingham, is just 2 better than Charlton’s worst of 230 at Blackpool, with Watford managing around 500 at Blackburn and Rangers 564 at Bolton.