So far, over 1000 away football fans have pledged to leave their car at home and travel by coach to FA Cup fixtures around the country this season. By traveling together by coach rather than taking their cars, fans have saved over 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of heating and lighting 22 houses for a year.
E.ON will be providing free coach travel for away fans at each of the eight Fifth Round fixtures in order to reduce the environmental impact of The FA Cup. By logging onto Carbonfootyprint.com, fans can reduce their own carbon footprint by opting to travel by coach.
Arsenal fans will save over two tonnes of carbon dioxide if they take up the offer of free coach travel for the 621 mile round trip to Old Trafford. This is the equivalent of watching over 8000 FA Cup matches.
Pompey fans face the longest journey in Round Five with an 856 mile round trip to Deepdale as Harry Redknapp's side take on Preston North End. If 50 Pompey fans travel in a coach together they will save over three tonnes of CO2 the equivalent of powering a house for 18 months.
With fans expected to clock up over 3,456 miles in total traveling to games over the Fifth Round weekend, fans are being encouraged to do their bit. Going by coach is the most environmentally friendly form of transport, emitting just 29g of CO2 on a per passenger per kilometre basis (gCO2/pass.km) compared to trains and cars. If just one coach is filled with fans at every game rather than traveling by car, over 12 tonnes of CO2 would be saved, the equivalent of powering two houses for the whole season.