Town manager Kieran McKenna hailed the club’s away support ahead of Saturday’s game away against the MK Dons with around 7,000 fans set to make the trip to Buckinghamshire.
It will be the club’s biggest away following since the visit to the Emirates for the Carling Cup semi-final against Arsenal in January 2011 when the Blues were backed by 9,000 supporters. In the league it’s probably the club’s largest ever away attendance, although precise figures for historical away attendances aren’t available.
"Fantastic,” McKenna said when asked for his thoughts on the huge travelling army. "I believe it’s going to be one of, if not the highest attendance for an away team in the EFL all season across the Championship to League Two.
"It’s incredible. We keep saying it, it represents the club so well, it shows the scale of the club, the passion of the fanbase and also I think shows the positivity in the club.
"From the ownership all the way through the club there’s a positivity there, it feels like people are pulling together and trying to get behind the team, which we really appreciate.
"It’s was fantastic on Tuesday night at Doncaster to have the big away crowd and and a vocal away crowd as well, travelling that far. But obviously we know that there are big numbers coming on Saturday across to the game and it’ll definitely give us a boost.”
Given the number of fans behind them, can Town treat Saturday’s match like a home game? "Hopefully it’ll feel a little bit like that. It’s a very big stadium but having 7,000 there is hopefully going to be a really special feeling.
"I’m sure they’ll be vocal as well behind the players. Whether it’ll feel quite like a home game I’m not quite sure but I think being away from home and feeling that support behind you can also feel really special in a different way.
"The players are well aware of it, they really appreciative of it and we’re looking forward to seeing them on Saturday and we hope that we can deliver a performance that justifies it.”
The record away crowd at Stadium MK is the 8,900 Wolves supporters who made the trip in March 2014. After barriers were breached and damage to the ground, the local Safety Advisory Group capped travelling allocations at just below 8,000.