Premier League Away Days: What Was It Like?

[ChrisCityFan]

For those of us who were lucky enough to follow Hull in the Premier League, those away days were something else. Going to grounds we'd only ever seen on TV and watching our lot play against the best teams in the country.
My standout was Old Trafford. I'd watched Manchester United on telly my whole life like everyone else and then suddenly I was there watching Hull City play against them. Walking up to the ground, seeing the size of it, taking your seat and just thinking how on earth did we end up here. We lost but honestly I couldn't have cared less. The experience was everything.
Arsenal at the Emirates was similar. Everything about the place is pristine. The concourses, the food, the legroom. Coming from League One grounds a few years earlier it was like landing on another planet.
The best result was probably beating Arsenal at home in that first season but for pure away day experience the London trips were incredible. Chelsea, Tottenham when they were at White Hart Lane, West Ham at Upton Park before it got knocked down. Each one felt special because you knew it might never happen again.
For those who did the Premier League away days, which was your favour
ite?

 

[HessleRoad_Tiger]

White Hart Lane was mine. Tiny old ground in the middle of a residential area, completely different to the new one they've got now. The atmosphere was class though. Proper intimidating but exciting at the same time. And then Geovanni went and scored a worldie and the away end just lost it. I've got a video on my phone somewhere of the goal going in and you can't hear anything except Hull fans going absolutely beserk. Moments like that don't come around often when you're a Hull fan so you treasure them.

 

[AmberNBlack]

Stamford Bridge. Walking down the Fulham Road to an actual Premier League game at Chelsea with my Hull shirt on and people looking at me like I was from another dimension. Inside the ground it was amazing even though we were stuck in a tiny away section in the corner. The whole day felt unreal. Got absolutely smashed on the pitch but went to the pub after with a massive grin on my face because I'd just watched Hull City play at Stamford Bridge. Nobody can ever take those memories away from us.