Alarm clocks would have been set for the middle of the night for some as the Fratton faithful set off on the near 300-mile trip to Lancashire and Morecambe’s Mazuma Stadium in the early hours of the morning.
And with a late return home a guaranteed as well, those 1,057 supporters who made the journey deserve a lot of credit for their latest efforts to get behind the team.
Unfortunately, that magnificent efforts wasn’t replicated on the pitch as a below-par Blues performance resulted in a 1-1 draw.
That will make the near five-hour journey back down the road that little bit tougher.
But in a bid to help the long trek back south a bit easier, here’s 18 fabulous pictures of the Fratton faithful taken at the Shrimps game.
Can you spot yourself or someone you know in the crowd?