But when it comes to football, supporters love nothing more than a good away day – be it a trip to a decrepit lower league ground in the League Cup on a cold and wet Tuesday night or lapping it up at Old Trafford on Boxing Day.
The camaraderie, the craic, the train journeys, the boozy coach trips are the staple of supporting your team on a journey behind ‘enemy lines’.
And win, lose or draw, games away from home tend to stay long in the memory of fans up and down the country – and Wednesday fans are no different.
So, here are 11 ‘best away days’ – not including trips to Wembley and the Millennium Stadium – as suggested by Owls supporters on Twitter and Facebook.
And win, lose or draw, games away from home tend to stay long in the memory of fans up and down the country – and Wednesday fans are no different.