I Visited Britain’s Most Depressing Football Club

[@AJCole04]

Watching Leeds again are we Ellis?

[@GTLPT]

Was wondering the same thing, Leeds is a sh*thole, but better than this dump

[@10bighikes58]

🤣

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

HE SAID THE LINE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@georgehitchen702]

Was gonna make the same joke about Man Utd. I’d know I speak from experience

[@georgemacpherson1992]

@@GTLPTyou are saying that out of jealousy.

[@theviewsthesubs]

Ben gives me so much joy. And that Ellis bloke is alright too

[@aaronhurst4379]

This is Ben Gibbs's world, we're all just living in it 😜

[@dillytalksfootball1160]

The reason this is my favorite channel. Encapsulates the meaning of football. “It’s not about the level or winning trophies. It’s about community.”

[@awaydaysfootball]

🤝🤝

[@GaffneyDean]

It's very true , sadly since the dawn premier and champions league football has become a television show where Algerians can follow man UTD and Koreans can follow barca but for the thousands of teams not billboarding the prime time slots on premium cable channels it's about the real fans in the stands that buy crap pies and chocolate bars washed down with watered down tea to support a club where every penny mattes and helps the club survive . To local lower league sides an injury time equalizer In a relegation dog fight is as orgasmic as winning the world cup and will long be remembered as terrace folklore long after it's forgotten by the masses ,

[@awaydaysfootball]

@@GaffneyDean DEAN!!!

[@LukeChadwick-ek8oo]

​@@awaydaysfootballyour one of my favourite content creates mate give up the good work

[@leviberg2377]

@@GaffneyDean As an American, I think there is some worth in making the sport available to other nations. However, I think the issue lies in that many young fans don't want to be seen as "weird" or "uncommon", so in order to fit in they're riding the bandwagon. Me personally, I love underdog stories and just genuinely experiencing the sport, so I support Everton and am also heavily involved in the online Welsh football community.

[@VichyAlways]

Genuinely love seeing Ben in videos

[@Skelig]

Ben is the real reason I watch this channel

[@bloodlust1000]

someone needs to bring the sex appeal

[@Jemuzu80]

Ben has a supporter club in the us. Members across the nation.

[@shazrahman8556]

More Ben please!

[@Bb-M4n]

Ben for Prime Minister

[@lockeddowndad7673]

Oh man...I'm a 46 year old bloke getting a bit emotional at this. You're absolutely right in everything you say. My dad took me to my first Col U game in 1989 and I've been taking my own children for 13 years. It's our thing, the thing we do which is just for us, me and the kids. We talk line ups on the way, we make predictions, we endure the match, then dissect where it went wrong (inevitably) on the way home. I say "Never again" most weeks, yet we're there come rain or shine. Thank you for this, it's superb. Up the Us!

[@TheCOLUfanGK]

Love this from you mate

[@motormouthalmighty]

1989?that's only four years after they had a beautiful team!things must have deteriorated!

[@TheManics27]

Loved this video Ellis. As a Col U fan, you perfectly showed our troubles and how the stadium is not ideal. But you showed how our great our fan base is and how much it does mean to the area. Thanks from the U’s fans 🔵⚪️

[@starkers1997]

Given our luck, we’ll lose at home to Colchester on Saturday.

[@TravellerUK]

Prediction: GRIMSBY 2-0 COLCHESTER 😢

[@66evans]

I’d just like to tell Young Ellis… what a really genuine top bloke he is, only found this channel 2 weeks ago (not sure how as I’ve been watching KZbin for over 10 years daily) probably watched almost all his videos in the last 2 weeks .. Ellis mate keep doing what you’re doing, you deserve everything you work for ❤

[@awaydaysfootball]

That’s so kind, thank you!

[@Durx1]

2 weeks and you know this fella inside out? wise the fuck up

[@66evans]

@@Durx1 by the way you’ve replied, I can tell you’re an absolute melt of a lad and that’s one comment.. so make of that what you will

[@davidkelly2924]

Brilliant outro. The stuff that you, Stuntpegg & Footy Adventures do on clubs outside the English & Scottish top flights is some of the best football content around.

[@benkolya]

Zealand's hidden grounds too

[@angel_whitefence]

@@benkolyagreat shout. love his most recent one :0

[@davidkelly2924]

@@benkolya Thanks - will check that out.

[@AshNott]

Wow can’t believe you’ve gone back to Elland Road so quickly

[@AshNott]

Well shoot you got me straight away

[@jamesdeegan211]

Such a dead comment

[@Chaelay122]

💛🤍💙

[@babygravey]

We al hate leeds scum 💙

[@UncannyPlanet06]

​@@jamesdeegan211 Such a British comment

[@user-jk6vx5zn6p]

Love that how wherever you guys go ben is always the biggest fan of the club you go and see proper gets himself involved and always happy jumping around when the team you’ve gone to see scores. Proper fan of football

[@davebee9651]

As a fan of Colchester rivals Southend I can confirm that it's bloody depressing being a footie fan of an Essex team. Colchester 18 years of only 2 relegations, Southend relegated twice in a row to national league and juuuust survived being liquidated 13 months ago. We hate each other as supporters but we should respect each other for being nothing teams stuck in crappy leagues with nothing to cheer for almost every week with fans who still turn up and pay money to see a team provide regular misery when bigger more successful teams are close enough to support instead. Colchester, we might hate you but we respect you, and Essex people will stand together I know. P.S try to move up the table a bit, it's bloody awful being a non league team.

[@andrewthomas5232]

Well said Dave rivalry aside we’re both in deep s***

[@ollieduracell]

@@davebee9651 putting our hatred to aside, I was very glad you guys survived going out of business. Ron Martin was a cancer to football. I'm sure we'll get our rivalry back next season!

[@TheMegaMoomin]

I don't respect them at all. Scumbags. Hope they go down. They will drop the leagues when they eventually go down.

[@thepuppetmaster1520]

Yes Southend had a horrendous owner who was so awful he made ours look brilliant (and that is almost impossible to do). Hopefully you'll be back in the EFL soon so we can start up our rivalry again as you guys don't deserve to be in the NL - thats more for Braintree Town & Chelmsford City.

[@saveygirl8198]

The state of southend now… the ground is falling apart.. it saddens me…

[@Fistrike]

My dad was expert at mixing drinks. And he was great at mixing, but I've never seen anything more mixed than Ellis' reaction to Andy Cook scoring when he's on Colchester side

[@awaydaysfootball]

😂😂😂

[@RossParker1877]

This is why lower and non league football pisses over the Premier League and Champions League. The dedication and passion when there is no reward is why it's so special

[@CallumBlyth]

Mon the local

[@RossParker1877]

@CallumBlyth he's creepy wi that

[@espben360]

Champions league is still special, because for smaller teams, that’s the dream and pinnacle of the elite level of football. For that reason, premier league is as well but again to a certain extent (I.e Luton town and now this season, Ipswich town )

[@gregoryeze9329]

Fans are fans and not just followers or glory hunters

[@ollieduracell]

As a Colchester supporter, i can agree whole heartedly. We've been so bad for so long 😔

[@jamesahmed7036]

You had that one season you went to championship in 2006? I'm sure Oldham are more depressing

[@ollieduracell]

@jamesahmed7036 we had 2 season in the championship as Ellis mentioned a long time ago now. We've just tumbled down and down and avoided relegation out of the football league for the last 4 years now and once again in loitering around the drop zone. It is f**king miserable

[@ryuhayabaker]

​@@ollieduracellto be fair, for away fans it's miserable as well if you travel by public transport. Went once by train, 2 mile walk, to get to the fan park, which I thought was a nice touch, and then the card machine broke so no one could buy drinks outside the stadium 😂 To top it off, Colchester then won 2-1 and Orient's manager's family got harassed to the point he resigned that weekend. Plus it's the only city I've played in a youth game where I got punched in the face and broke my nose 😂

[@ollieduracell]

​@@ryuhayabakerI think you should stay away from Britain's oldest recorded town for ever mate 😂 but yeah, banter aside, it is a rough ground to get to, as Ellis highlighted earlier in the video. Respect to the Orient too, always a nice "local" one for us

[@aaronflatt3525]

I once went to Colchester away on boxing day with luton, we lost 4-1, best part of the day was during the warm up one of our shittest players absolutely walloped it and it hit a woman in the face stood near the goal.

[@eshaw220897]

I’m a top six club fan and this is beautiful! The beauty of the lower leagues and the commitment is what it’s all about!

[@waxerwerris1586]

Watching from Australia, love this. I love the passion that the supporters show for their clubs. We don't really have that over here. Great channel Guy's.

[@tomleigh7478]

The footage at the end with the Farm tune when Colchester scored was top class. Quality KZbin material Love this channel 👊🏽💙

[@jamesfenton4979]

I see Colchester Ubited and I raise you Oldham Athletic weve gone 33 years without a promotion. My first season as a season ticket holder was 91/92 in the top flight Ive seen us go from the Premier league to Non-league Its also alot colder in Oldham than Colchester. However I still have a season ticket. I have a brick with my name on it in the wall of the stand. My family has supported the club for over 5 generations and I still get the buzz of going to the game just like those Colchester fans, a team who Ive seen us play on multiple occasions and very rarely did any of those games deliver anything resemble a classic but like us they are fighting the good fight.

[@Tillyard86]

Not in the 92

[@doyouneedalittlebag]

This is the tragic paradox of Oldham Athletic. By being the worst team in the football league, they lost their right to be the worst team in the football league.

[@thepuppetmaster1520]

Swindon could be the next ex PL team in the NL.

[@zzzzzz4110]

That bit on Colchester moving and taking the heart of the club with it was actually quite powerful, great improv Ellis

[@BorinUltimatum]

This felt very authentic Away Days - so many league pyramids are filled with teams like this, or teams similar. Supporting the Big 6 in England would be easy, but these fans are fighting and supporting every day for a potential lifetime of just barely existing. That is football. Not Champions Leagues, not FA Cups. Committing to your club and supporting through thick and (more often than not) thin.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Agreed, was brought up as an Arsenal fan by both sides of my family, and while I follow them I felt gravitated towards my local team Peterborough and go watch them regularly. Consider myself way more of a fan of them than the team I can only watch on the TV

[@PumpsterToo]

Watching Leeds again, are we Ellis?

[@ShoeArmyNTFC]

beat me to it mate 😂😂

[@thesausages3387]

@@ShoeArmyNTFCsame lol

[@awaydaysfootball]

Booooo

[@thesausages3387]

Omg

[@johnc3177]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-oi9yy4zz3k]

Real fans, good luck Colchester, gonna follow your results. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SaintsAwayOllie]

That ending with the music on the goal made me genuinely emotional! Great video

[@TomBarneyBarnes]

Being a York fan I relate to this video, but you were absolutely right, real football is getting battered, it makes the small wins so much sweeter!!

[@RyanBromhead503]

If Ben Gibbs has fans, Would the fans be called Gibbons?

[@TheJinxCast]

XD

[@mg5347]

I prefer Benders

[@GaffneyDean]

Do do do do the funky Gibbon

[@srgvldmr]

If he has fans?? He has 438k fans!!!!

[@Johnsports963]

Ellis u are absolutely right at the end about what football is and how it’s about a community and not trophies! Keep up the great work mate well done!

[@AngryAnt0]

As a Coventry fan, that outro sums it up for me perfectly too. I don't live in Cov (I came along in '88 after the FA Cup), but travel there for every home game, it's the sense of belonging and of tradition. It's my families team and if I ever have kids, it will be their team too (they've no choice in that matter, I'll pay for their therapy). Been in the dark days as a club too and like you said, when you experience the pain and darkness, the highs are so much better. No one for instance can take away that 3 minutes last season when we went 4-3 up against Manchester United, I've never felt anything like it and that was probably due to living through the league two days, the thumpings from other teams while down there etc. Fingers crossed for Colchester that things get better for them, it can be rough, but it's their local team and the supporters who turn up through thick and thin, will hopefully get their glory days.

[@Deltaexe190]

i respect coventry a lot, my dad is from there but i was born in the us and started supporting villa long before i knew where he was from or what football team he supports

[@anthonyi7284]

"If it ends 0-0 or a 1-0 loss, I think that's the end of away days" before a 99th minute equaliser is the most brilliant trolling by the curse. The curse can't have you no longer going to games

[@daves143]

Brighton fan here and this video was one of your best. Will be following Colchester’s results and hope some good times come to what looks a genuine excellent fan base!

[@malane24]

Genuinely the best channel on youtube, regardless of genre

[@neilwiltshire1467]

Totally spot on Ellis. I've lived in Essex all my life and used to do a lot of work in Colchester, whilst my son is currently at University there and recently moved in with his G/F in the city centre after she got her first full-time job in the High Street. We both like the place but our first visit to the 'new' stadium for a match a couple of years ago was probably the dullest matchday experience I've had in my life. Despite the team we were supporting winning a cup final there that night, I came away quite depressed !! I saw about half a dozen games at Layer Road and it was the complete opposite, a proper old school small Football League stadium at the heart of the community, which unfortunately the club's then (rare !) successes, along with the changing landscape regarding ground requirements, necessittated selling up and moving to what is the absolute definition of a "soulless concrete bowl" out of town which so many clubs have had to relocate to in order to progress / survive. Good to see & hear the U's fans in good voice and get their moment to celebrate near the end and Danny & Nicky Cowley are essex football legends for what they achieved a few years ago with little Concord Rangers and then Braintree Town, I am sure if anyone can get Colchester promoted they can. PS: There wasn't even a Slim Chickens or the awesome Wendy's Burgers at the ground when we went either - so it could have been even worse for you & Ben !!

[@davidwilliamgay4821]

You and Ben bring the real emotion to a football game Ellis, and thats how it should be. Those fans support their home club through thick and thin, and being honest its only thin with Colchester at the moment, and probably for years or decades to come. Who cares..They love their club

[@Ollie_Vine]

absolutely we do

[@winstonmontgomery8785]

16:57 I think that's what makes this channel so beautiful. Truly. Y'all are in it for the fans, and not the status. Truly amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@GiannisParastatidis]

You make a fair point about the "big six" clubs feeling entitled to winning, but coming from Greece, I see things differently based on what I just watched. Even in the 4th division, Colchester draws thousands of fans to every game, operates professionally, and plays in a modern stadium. That stadium, by the way, would be the 6th largest in the Greek Super League if Colchester were in Greece's top division. It would also rank 5th in average attendance. And this is comparing Greece’s first division to England’s fourth! Don’t even get me started on the state of Greece's second division. So, what you see as "depressing" might actually be a dream scenario for many top-tier clubs across Europe.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Fair points, indeed!

[@ymg8057]

However, despite people often laughing at Scottish attendances, Colchester has a population of 130,425, compared to Dundee's population of 148,210. So, yes, Dundee has a population a little higher than Colchester's, but not massively so. However, Dundee has two League clubs (playing less than 200 metres apart.) Both of them normally average 6,000/7,000+, sometimes 8,000+ (Dundee United in most recent seasons (even last one, in the 2nd Flight) averaging towards the upper end of that scale and Dundee perhaps more like between 6,000-7,000) True, both those clubs in the past, have reached the Semi Final of the European Cup, plus United have also reached a UEFA Cup Final and Dundee a Fairs Cup Semi. Surely Dundee must be the smallest city in Europe too have had two European Cup Semi Finalists. (So, yes, they have had historical success and often play Top Flight Football.) However, they often average under 50%, of the 2 major Edinburgh clubs and Aberdeen and around 15% of Celtic and Rangers. (The latter two attracting loads of glory hunters, of course.) Yes, this is not really relevant to this video, but puts things into perspective, for those who frequently sneer at Scottish football and attendances. Also, Ross County, from a town of under 6,000, average around 3,500, which is pretty amazing. And, by the way, I don't support the Dundee clubs, or Ross County (think The Proclaimers, Irvine Welsh, or Andy Murray, if you want to know who I follow) and I am certainly no Scottish patriot! I in fact detest patriotism of any kind! Total respect to the Colchester fans though. The Scottish clubs I mentioned have all won major trophies during my lifetime, so I'm not comparing like with like! (Though It's 51 years since Dundee last won one.) However I'd rather play in front of fans like in this video, than a bunch of European Super League supporting tourists and corporate, prawn sandwich munching tossers!

[@eradimitrova2673]

@@ymg8057wow, 8K!

[@jakeWarner14]

Ellis with his hat making him look like he’s about to throw a banana at Mario 😂

[@babygravey]

Good to see how much ellis skin has improved from that flashback video

[@thepuppetmaster1520]

I'm a U's fan and a lot of the problems stem from our owner, he put the Academy up and although it has produced some decent players they usually get sold on as the best ones don't want to stay at a club consistently in the bottom 8 of league 2. Plus while the owner has backed some managers really well he doesn't usually give the club a massive budget for transfers and most money from academy youngsters goes back to the academy. If he invested more in the first and was more ruthless in the transfer market then I think the club could do so much better - a better team doing well would bring more fans in which would bring the better snowball effect. In summary for the U's the tools are there to improve considerably but we're not making the best use of them.

[@Trolex.1]

Colchester United just sound like an even shitter Shrewsbury Town. Stuck near the bottom of the division, stadium miles from the town/city centre, stadium by major road, stadium has no corners, owner built new stadium but the fans still love the old one in the centre of the town. Never realised how similar they are.

[@Colchestrian]

Shrewsbury and Colchester's ground was built by Barr Construction. The New Meadow's blueprint is exactly the same as the Jobsworth.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Funnily enough I had a similar journey on my first trip to Shrewsbury's ground, as Ellis and Ben did to Colchester's, in that the bus from the park and ride dropped us quite a way away from the stadium lol

[@Trolex.1]

@@Colchestrian I was thinking that as they both have 4 stands with it the corners, very strange how they just built the same stadium twice in a way

[@Trolex.1]

@@aaronhurst4379 it is a horror to get to from the town centre.

[@johnno9962]

Ellis, this video is some of your best work, the build of suspense at the end, the overlaying of all together now, To finally a great ending ! Hats off to you ❤

[@jamesbarker1764]

21.23 -22.23 is just brilliant. A perfect summary of what being a lower league fan is all about. The scenes after that summary are the reason why we put up with the misery week after week.

[@NeilWeedon]

I really enjoyed this vlog, it's the first of yours that I've seen but it won't be the last. I was at this game as a neutral, ticking off my 79th of the 92 grounds. Although Colchester haven't had any great success for a long time and the ground is cold and a pain to get to, I will remember the sheer joy of that 99th minute equaliser and the way the Colchester supporters gave everything to lift their team throughout the game. As a Bournemouth supporter for over 50 years, I've seen some bad times and feel for the Colchester fans. However, they outplayed Bradford for a lot of this game and in Danny Cowley, they have a good coach with a really positive mindset. I wish Colchester the very best for the rest of the season.

[@michaelwelsh6969]

One of the best videos I've watched. I follow colu home and away and you've put into words what i can never explain... Why we love and watch football every week. I've always likened it to a child's Nativity play... You don't want to go... You know it will be shit... But you still go to support.

[@CSRunner7]

Great video! You’re right losing our old dilapidated but intimidating ground has had a massive impact on us. On the flip side we needed to move to ensure long term sustainability and trying to secure a new ground dragged on for probably 15 odd years and that’s equally stressful as other clubs are still experiencing and you worry about club future then. Weirdly if you’re of a certain age, then the promotion and Championship seasons were so amazing that they still feel like a recent memory. We had a lot more barren miserable spell up until the 90’s so these last few years have comparatively flown by!! The ground is getting there gradually as more things to do are popping up in surrounding area. Issue for first few years was it was literally the only thing in that area!

[@Danny34_]

9:22 Sorry Ellis if you could actually turn the music up a bit in this segment, as I could almost make out what you're saying! Thank you! 😊

[@tlcrf80mins73]

Winning every week - and expecting to win every week. Where's the joy in that? Sucking up the lows for a rare high is character-building. And the highs feel so much sweeter. Great video.

[@mikhailsydow9379]

the bloke about to get absolutely clobbered by the ball in the background at 13:20 and then the clip cutting off is gold 😭

[@johnx-tx8qd]

I've gone back and watched your earlier videos, as much as time will permit. But I gotta say, while they are all great, your latest have been simply astounding. Best KZbin Football Vlogger around! Hope you win that award. Cheers

[@Hans007Dampf]

Love watching you guys. Cheers from 🇩🇪

[@Martim_Prime]

Love the content and the new people you constantly add! Continue the good content!❤

[@iNotWhoosa]

The strike in the bowling alley - Top 10 Coldest Ellis Platten Moments

[@mdmd-md-p5y]

That's a really top class production, guys, and I'd have to say it's also one of the most enjoyable football-related pieces I've seen in a very long time. Well done and thanks!

[@AnxietyAddict]

Kind of feel Ben doesn’t really exist in real life and he just spawns whenever Ellis makes a video

[@awaydaysfootball]

This could actually be true

[@MartyFox]

I was just thinking, I wonder what he does in real life because I can’t imagine it

[@stevenspraggs4953]

these are the proper football fans who stick with there club through thick and thin had the honor of going to there old ground thanks i watch all of these but do not comment much keep up the the great work Steve

[@senor.molina]

Man, being a fan of a smaller team of my country's first division league, having won our first and last league cup on 2013, that last monologue summed up really well what it's like to be a small team fan. It's not about the victory, it's about the identity, the inconditional support, and the hope that one day, maybe, your small team will be champion. Nice video as always mate, come to Chile some day.

[@woddy1uk]

Can remember the league one battles we (Brentford) had with Colchester … felt like we played them and Southend a lot back in the early 2000s

[@sirprintalot]

Col U fan here. This is so depressing.

[@woddy1uk]

@ crazy to think back then you, Southend, Scunthorpe & Yeovil got promoted to the Championship before us… I felt like we were going to be stuck in league one forever!!

[@paddyanglais91]

Brentford fan #2! Remember us getting turned over by Col U regularly around the mid 00s

[@simoncotterill9660]

Oh just stop now (no, don't stop!) This takes me back to the mid 90s and my time following my hometown club. No hope, no nothing. But they shouldn't give up on that hope, these clubs are really what makes football special. I miss those days. Excellent video again, Ellis.

[@snookerstones]

You was buzzing inside when Andy cook scored 😂

[@DANNYonPC]

So i was driving with a friend to his house in ipswitch, i saw a random football stadium near the road that i wanted to check out And it was, of all the clubs.. Colchester united and checked out their magnificent stadium Cant believe i was in the vicinity of such a legendary club (im an Ajax Fan myself)

[@ethangardner1709]

Ben Gibbs just IS the goat of KZbin sidekicks, isn't he?

[@jtr36jtr19]

Ellis is the sidekick. Ben is the draw here 😂.

[@ConnorMKW]

I've always been a lurker but I just wanted to say I've been watching your channel since 2017-18ish, I enjoyed your content back when it was more simple and to-the-point but I enjoy it even more now with the top notch editing and narrative you've got to it. Watching you grow from a fairly small, niche channel in 2018 to being one of the most recognised football channels at almost half a million subs is amazing and you (and Ben) really deserve it tbh. Keep it up lads :)

[@thedevonianfootiefan9871]

I saw the interview with my team’s manager above and then the title and I thought “Oh shit he’s gone to Torquay”

[@tuppytheducky]

i thought he had from the title tbf

[@th420.]

Thank you for making this about my local club. You hit the nail on the head the whole way throught the video. It's devestating because the place I learnt to play football and spent a couple days every week for years as a kid was knocked down with a housing estate plonked on top. Devastating.

[@iNotWhoosa]

Ellis upload one video without mentioning the Real Madrid hospitality challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]

[@awaydaysfootball]

For the price they paid I’m gonna get my moneys worth

[@iNotWhoosa]

@ that’s understandable boss

[@weaty1571]

Your best video yet. My parents live 10 mins walk from the stadium… too cold as every corner is open, shit transport from the station, soulless stands, chairman who doesn’t care, no infrastructure, no pubs nearby AWFUL

[@legolego8736]

It's hilarious that Andy Cook of all guys scored Bradford's goal. It would have been hilarious to see Ellis doing a secret cheer for his main man. I love these local soccer club videos! We don't really have anything like this in the US, so it's really cool to see a healthy local team. Can't wait to see the next video!

[@alisterhargraves5848]

Thank you Ellis this really did remind me of the reason I support my club reading even after all we continue to through it’s not the success it’s not the owner the manager it’s the people you meet it’s the moments that are create together with family friends. Great video keep it up and good luck to Colchester

[@chrisroberts8695]

I’m from Colchester born and bred but a Wolves fan… Agree that Colchester is the most depressing club! I’ve fond memories of Layer Road as a kid. No atmosphere at all where the stadium is now… You have the bowling alley, Travelodge, McDonald’s, Slim Chickens and petrol station and that’s it in close proximity 😂

[@finmitchellyh1918]

No atmosphere is a tough comment. Go to any low league ground and there is no where near the level of atmosphere or displays

[@codclips1029]

No atmosphere is not true. I mean even in this video you can see block 1 creating a atmosphere and all the flags and display before the game.

[@InTheKM]

So much of Colchester United's story resonates with me as a Falkirk supporter. From the agony of selling their ground and relocating, to finding themselves without any success for such a long time. Even their core attendance is similar to what ours was when we were really bad. Even their new ground isn't too dissimilar to ours. I wish them all the best. I really enjoy these types of videos you do, where you shine a light on the lesser celebrated clubs. They all have a story, and they all belong to a community.

[@chriswilliams9144]

I'm a Mansfield Fan, supported for 23 years. You were at MK Dons when we missed out.. and then 4 years later you get that.... me and my Dad celebrated every little success of the club he passed down to me. We are doing well now, finally.. so thankyou for broadcasting the small clubs on this great pyramid. Up the gaffers, viva la awaydays

[@mitchello91]

I live in Colchester but support Ipswich, I go to a few games season. That section in the corner have always been there, always stuck by them. I know they were optimistic before the season started to, for once, not be involved in a season-long relegation scrap. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. I really hope they can kick on soon.

[@SlimeTheHow]

Charlton, Bradford or Chester are the 3 most depressing in my opinion

[@georgebaines6676]

Bradford at least get into the playoffs!

[@SlimeTheHow]

@ It’s depressing for the size of the club, Bradford is something like the 10th largest city in England. It’s amazing to me how they keep getting stuck in league 2

[@fabi7974]

The most depressed Football Club in Europe, is by far Schalke 04. Not long ago, they played in Champions League and had often the 2nd/3rd Place in Bundesliga but in the last years they had a bad Downfall. Actually they play in 2nd Bundesliga and are there under the last 4 teams. (P.S. Sorry for my bad English, i hope it's understandeble)

[@NumberOneTrickshots]

Sometimes I wonder if this is a football channel or comedy channel...

[@awaydaysfootball]

That’s a compliment right!?

[@NumberOneTrickshots]

@@awaydaysfootball I think so...

[@samlock24]

Up the colu I was sick this match day so I couldn’t make it, tbh it is depressing however we have a decent fan base in that block and we still love our club

[@mikeybarley8576]

Watching Leeds again are we Ellis

[@stuss4519]

Wow Ellis what an incredible video you caught what it's like to be a football supporter, I had to rewatch just before the equaliser you couldn't help but smile that is why football is amazing

[@dylanragsdale3964]

Hope is a very powerful thing. I will add the video feels like a father taking his son to a day out to a football match. The dynamic is so there.

[@TheGondoo]

What a brilliant video - I've only recently discovered you so better yet, lots of videos to catch up on!

[@kristaskrastina2863]

I immediately thought about Scunthorpe United or Yeovil Town. Didn't think it can be more depressive than those fellas.... English football and infinite sadness.

[@ryuhayabaker]

Yeovil did at least get a promotion last season. Scunthorpe has been pretty rotten for a while, Southend, Rochdale & Torquay also.

[@robertpavey5615]

I would've thought of Oldham Athletic. It's been a very long time since they have experienced a promotion. It's only been downhill since they got relegated from their only spell in the top flight back in the 90s.

[@cal-efc8062]

19:19 proper fan👏🏻 The speech at the end is spot on I go home away with Everton few of my mates are reds they go home and away with them. But I would never change being a Everton fan for anything met some of my best mates in life going the match also some of the best days I’ve ever had when Everton have been beat. Everything you said it spot on and people who choose a “top 6” team an don’t go anywhere will never ever understand what it means to be a proper football fan

[@mikeybarley8576]

Looking fit in this video Ellis

[@neil74white]

Absolute quality video Chaps how you captured that equaliser great bit of editing 🙌🏻

[@AshNott]

Realistically at the end of the day this is what football is about. No matter how bad it gets you stay with your team through thick and thin and take the small wins in a season eg a 90+9 min equaliser which in long term means nothing but in the moment feels like the greatest thing ever

[@sadieyoung1014]

You always comment about being negative! I don't think you are, you are more than positive but speak truthfully when needed! I love the way you get involved in the atmosphere around you! ❤❤❤

[@sasboe3602]

Visit Germany's most depressing club now: Schalke 04. For years now, going to the Veltins-Arens as a supporter for a home game, just does one thing to you: it makes the PTBS worse that u got from the home games before.

[@rebsy95]

Wow that throw back clip was hilarious - you two are babies. Amazing how far the channel has come along!

[@BloodyComedyy]

Most depressing football club in Europe is probably „Schalke“ in Gelsenkirchen. Check it out. Also love it when Ben is joining you on your adventure!

[@lukasstammschroer8500]

Times now are depressing but six years ago we played Champions League. I think Duisburg, Cottbus etc are more depressing in Germany than Schalke.

[@Simon_M.]

Never ever. They are playing 2nd devision. If you look at Teams Like KSV Hessen Kassel that completely Crashed. And never really had something really good Happening. In a lot of years Schalke will seem really succesful to you. KSV Hessen Kassel that is one of the Most depressing Clubs in Europe

[@brendanparker9253]

I'm a Chelsea fan, but that's because as an American a game between them and Crystal Palace was the first football game I watched and that's who I picked as a kid to pull for. I have a few other teams I pull for throughout the Championship, and leagues 1&2 that I've picked over the years, namely Wrexham, Leyton Orient, Millwall, and Blackburn. This was mostly so I had someone to pull for when watching games. This year I haven't really watched any games from League 2 because Wrexham and Leyton got promoted. Colchester is now the reason I have to watch the games. Loved this video and love the energy from the fans.

[@Easthantsdownhill]

As a Pompey fan I can't help but love Danny Cowley. Never wanted a manager to succeed more. Hopefully he can be the man to make Colchester less depressing

[@aaronhurst4379]

I'm surprised he's down in League 2 tbh, thought he was bound to do well at Championship-top half League 1

[@tompollitt2118]

Right, Oldham Athletic were last promoted in 1990/91, have since been relegated 4 times AND spent 21 years in League 1 before being relegated twice again. Again, the station is miles away AND it's in Oldham. I don't think there is a more depressing history than that. Also, it IS the coldest ground in England. I would argue it is more depressing than Colchester in every way.

[@10ambeer58]

You went to Man City?

[@lawlore]

As a Gillingham fan, I feel this. Only discovered this channel very recently, absolutely love it.

[@manuelring941]

The most depressing Club in Europe is Schalke 04. Never won the Bundesliga, althought they are the 3rd biggest club in the country and currently relegated and in debt.

[@malc.s.5373]

Nice honest reporting. I agree with your views on the big clubs, so arrogant. All clubs have passionate fans, whatever level. As an Imp, I have seen Lincoln struggle in non league, I am only a part time attendee, due to logistics, but follow every commentary. Colchester have a few ex imps in thier squad, and the Cowleys too. I wish them well.

[@TomPFC]

Went with Pompey a few years ago, its basically Oxford with 4 sides. Absolutely awful ground, we won 4-0 and now they have our old manager Cowley - I am unsurprised things haven’t changed.

[@codclips1029]

Cool story bro

[@MrKungFuPanda18751]

Exactly Ellis, what you said at the end was bang on. My club doesn’t win much silverware, but will I be there every week ? absolutely. I don’t know how people can glory hunt, it’s fun winning trophies but having that feeling when you win a cup after all the years of hurt is so much sweeter.

[@jamescooper3739]

There is a club in Holland called FC Eindhoven (obviously the smaller club in the city). HITC Sevens released a video on them being the most boring club in Europe a few weeks back due to being the longest serving professional team in a non top flight league in Europe, and their fans have proudly taken on that mantle with several posts from fans and even the club referencing it They'd he a good shout for the most depressing club in europe

[@TheCOLUfanGK]

Thank you very much indeed for including me in this vid.

[@Bloodlustian]

I knew how this game ended. I wanted to see Elis and Ben get the notification of the equaliser on the walk homer.

[@awaydaysfootball]

😂😂😂😂

[@meeraaudio]

Their supporters were amazing tbh