Fans of a club playing in the sixth tier of English football for the first time have spoken about their pride and excitement ahead of the team’s first match of the season.
Horsham FC are playing away at Chelmsford City on Saturday in their first ever game in National League South, the highest they have been in the football pyramid.
Lee Wellings, who is travelling to Essex to support his hometown club, said: “More Horsham fans will turn up at Chelmsford than they’ll be expecting and we will make a load of noise and I’ve seen it happen time and again at away matches.
“They will say, ‘oh, hello, that’s who Horsham are’, and that’s going to [bring] a feeling of pride even if we lose.”