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Pink pigs fill the stands for AwayDays' amateur-football surprise

Ellis, Ben and Alfie bring supporters to Great Yarmouth for an AC Mill Lane double-header, with storm disruption complicating the plan.

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I Surprised an Amateur Team With 1,000 Fans

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1:42The crew explain the double-header: Great Yarmouth Town against Stowmarket, then AC Mill Lane against Shrublands.
3:13Hundreds of inflatable pink pigs need preparing, but the small pump makes slow work of it.
5:11Storm warnings and train disruption raise questions about how many supporters will reach the ground.
6:26Ground staff explain the financial pressures of non-league football and the preparations behind the matches.
16:06Supporters chant together before marching from the meeting point to the Wellesley.
17:50The first match begins in front of a packed historic grandstand.

The small pump won't do. Ellis, Ben and Alfie have hundreds of inflatable pink pigs to prepare, and that is only the first logistical problem in AwayDays' plan to bring a huge crowd to amateur football.

"I Surprised an Amateur Team With 1,000 Fans" takes the crew to the Wellesley in Great Yarmouth, where Great Yarmouth Town face Stowmarket before AC Mill Lane play Shrublands. Fallen trees and disrupted trains threaten the turnout. Then supporters gather in the car park, collect their pigs and march towards the ground together.

Between the crowd-building comes a reminder of what the visit means to the hosts. Bar manager Anne describes the difficulty of keeping a non-league club going, while chairman Martin hopes attendance can get over the thousand mark. By the first kick-off, the historic grandstand is packed. Ellis adds a personal incentive: if he doesn't score, his head gets shaved.

The upload has passed half a million views and is the channel's busiest video right now. It's a return to a format with history here: March's "I Surprised A Football Team With 1,000 Fans!" is AwayDays' most-watched regular upload. In the comments, viewers propose making these small-club visits an annual tradition, while one visitor describes travelling from California for their first trip outside the US.

AwayDays added subscribers this week, and daily viewing is running at nearly twice its usual level. Among nearby football creators, OzanB Goalkeeper has had a particularly large viewing week; angryginge13 and DannyAaronsMore had unchanged subscriber counts.

Away from the terraces, the four-upload week also brought "When Balotelli Met Maradona 😂" and two instalments of the £1-to-football-club project. Episodes 23 and 24 continue Ellis's rather different route into club ownership: trading football cards and reselling items to build the pot.

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What viewers say

My hope is that just as the Sidemen have their annual charity match, that the AwayDays Pigs invade a small club every year. I look forward to joining in the future.
@OneBigBoyIQSee it on YouTube
Thank you so much for putting this on Ellis! This trip being my first time outside of the US from California was so out of this world. Great to meet you all and so amazing knowing how good the community you have built is. Up the pigs!🐷
@RemovingZeusSee it on YouTube
Props to Martin Tyler for the voiceover as well. Absolute legend of the game
@EastlygodSee it on YouTube

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I love 'my pocket is here somewhere' at 1:17
@timw180See it on YouTube
The Pigs continuing to set the standard 🙌 incredible as always 🎙️⚽️
@TheJoyOfFootballPodSee it on YouTube
Thanks away days for this very good video
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