YouTuber Ellis Platten rallies fans to fill non league ground and break club’s record attendance

YouTuber Ellis Platten rallies followers and his followers to fill a non league floor and break a membership’s document attendance.

Platten, whose AwayDays channel with 580,000 subscribers, is looking on his viewers, and anybody else to attend Witham City v Gorleston on Saturday, March seventh.

The purpose for the sport is to try to do one thing good for an area non league aspect, however to additionally give a tremendous fan a sport he’ll at all times bear in mind too.

The Isthmian North League fixture takes place on the Simarco Stadium, Witham, CM8 1UN. Get your self there for those who can and make it a memorable expertise.

His tweet, on the tenth of February, asking ‘If we did an AwayDay the place we tried to take as many followers as doable to a workforce that get none…’, went on to get a whole lot of replies, and one million views.

Followers from throughout the UK and even overseas jumped in, promising large crowds that might ship very important gate receipts and publicity to grassroots soccer scraping by on tiny attendances.

I additionally simply need to preface this with us having had actually 200+ golf equipment attain out.

If this can be a success we’ll do it once more for different golf equipment 100%

— Ellis Platten – AwayDays (@ellis_ Platten) February 13, 2026

Ellis mentioned in his newest YouTube video” “We want your assist. On March the seventh, we’re going to try to do one thing completely superb. We want as many Away Days viewers as doable from anyplace on the planet as a result of we’re going to try to pack out the stadium of a non-league workforce in England with Away Days viewers.

“The workforce in query? Witham City FC. A workforce we visited earlier than on this channel as a result of reality they’ve one extraordinarily loyal fan who’s a pal of the channel and I can’t wait to return. I additionally tried to do that actual video in 2018.

7 years in the past – “Hi there guys, only a fast video to say that tomorrow I’m going to be at Witham City FC for his or her sport in opposition to Hornchurch I imagine. I need to get as a lot of you down there tomorrow for those who can. Get all the way down to Witham City tomorrow and be part of me and try to get an environment of James. Everybody is aware of who James is.”

“Nobody turned up. Right now, issues are totally different. We’ve an enormous loyal viewers and I actually suppose we will do one thing actually particular and lift some huge cash for a non-league workforce that want it.

“Will 100 individuals flip up? Will a thousand individuals flip up? I don’t know however I’m excited both approach. Right here’s what I would like from you.

“Within the description is a hyperlink to tickets. All you need to do is purchase a ticket and switch up on the day. It’s that straightforward.

“On the day we’re going to be assembly at Witham Skatepark between 12.30 and 1pm. Location is in your display there.

“No pyro, no idiots. Please don’t spoil it. I do know clearly prefer it’s thrilling and the preliminary thought is oh we will let off some pyro and it’d be superb.

“If individuals let off pyro or do something silly like that, it displays badly on us and in addition the membership will likely be high-quality. Please don’t do this.

“Should you go to purchase a ticket and there’s tickets obtainable, nice. Purchase one, flip up. It’ll be a tremendous day.

“Nonetheless, on the off probability we in some way promote out of all tickets, please don’t flip up on the day. Solely flip up on the day in case you have a ticket to the sport. We don’t need to trigger a headache for a workforce that simply frankly don’t want a headache.

“There’s additionally a hyperlink on this video’s description to a discord channel for this if you wish to be part of that. We’re going to place the whole lot in there.

“Any data is superb. Their document attendance by the best way is 898. Might we beat it? Lastly, I do know we’ve got numerous worldwide viewers that possibly need to purchase a ticket simply to assist the trigger and like give some cash to the membership.

“By all means, if in per week or so’s time there’s nonetheless tickets obtainable, do this. It will be nice to present some cash in direction of the membership anyway.

“Nonetheless, only for now when that is first introduced, please solely purchase a ticket for those who can come to the sport. Let’s do that.”

Right here’s the social media response as YouTuber Ellis Platten rallies followers to fill the non league floor and break the membership’s document attendance…

@connor_202_: bought my ticket lad

@TomFUT7: See you there 🫡

@TC42_SZN: I shall be there!

@shanejones: . You might do a number of of those in several corners of the UK and convey native followers from these areas who comply with AwayDays. I’m up within the North West, a sport within the south of England may be a little bit of a stretch for me. Might make collection!

@GabrielPurves: PLEASE do Tooting & Mitcham for this problem @ellis_platten they’ve a capability of three,500 within the ninth tier and get below 230 on common, they might be completely excellent for this AND they’re in London so a great deal of individuals may make it and the tickets are £8 I’ll carry 20 flags

@thedreamis20521: Do a non league membership not soccer league. Think about turning up at locations like Steeton, Sillsden or Eccleshill United (now taking part in in Keighley) and the way a lot of sport changer for season it will be.

@fcislocheng: That sounds sensible. Paying homage to the previous Followers United days. A membership with an outsized floor simply crying out to be packed out is the one to go for. Not Milton Keynes although clearly. Worcester Metropolis have a 10k capability floor and get common crowds of about 1000.

@OshJones25: @tnsfc could be excellent for this however because the purpose is to make a small non league aspect a ton of cash, most likely not the most effective concept to pack out the one skilled workforce in the whole league and one which’s bankrolled by a millionaire

@TheKarlRobinson: Relying on the place it’s sounds prefer it could possibly be snigger

@liamcato3: I’d do it in a heartbeat

@meister487: Effectively up for that.

@JackTheJobber: I’ve already been to Milton Keynes anyway

@ConnorC74795949: Id like to it will be class

@DJMercenary_UK: Hell yea I’d be nicely on this! Make it occur for Ellis!

@HcafcArmy: Rely me in sir

@Dansmeeeth: Will depend on location however 100% 🫡

The Pigs vs the police does write itself in equity…

— Ellis Platten – AwayDays (@ellis_ Platten) February 10, 2026

Hello Ellis, we’ve bought The Greatest Meals in Non-League for those who fancy a visit to Willenhall? #UpTheKhalsa

— Sporting Khalsa (@SportingKhalsa) February 10, 2026

Proper, @ellis_platten we’ve bought a high flight workforce in Austria who statistically common ONE away fan…

Been that means to recommend this concept for some time 😂 https://t.co/b5KZR87bzr

— The Different Bundesliga (@OtherBundesliga) February 10, 2026