Football fans walk 147 miles to match for charity

"Everything is aching, but we are driven to succeed," said Innes Miles (L) and Jordan Brooks (R)

Two football fans have walked 147 miles (236km) to their club's first away game of the season.

Innes Miles and Jordan Brooks set off from Swindon Town's County Ground on 2 Aug and arrived at Chesterfield's SMH Group Stadium in Derbyshire on Friday 9 August ahead of the 20:00 BST kick off.

Their challenge has raised more than £6,000 for Alzheimer's Society and the National Autistic Society - two causes which are close to their hearts.

"The support that we got from people was just absolutely incredible," said Mr Brooks.

"That was certainly something that will forever stand out," he added.

"And without sounding too soppy, doing it with my best mate.

"Walking with my best mate and not falling out," he told BBC Radio Wiltshire.

Mr Miles joked the key to getting on well over the eight-day journey was walking "about 20m behind [Jordan] the whole walk".

"99.9% of people driving towards us were very courteous," said Mr Innes (R)

Mr Brooks said it was his "ridiculous idea" to embark on the challenge.

At the time, neither of them knew where they would be heading, as fixtures had not been announced.

They walked about 20 miles (32km) a day to reach their destination.

Mr Brooks said: "If you set yourself something - no matter how difficult it is - there’s so many people behind you and two great charities we’re doing it for.

"Just get up and get on with it because we’re privileged to be able to do it.

"A lot of people can’t."

The pair reached their destination after a "gruelling" eight days of walking

Mr Miles said the "words of support" they received along the way gave them "a little boost".

He is now on crutches and said his advice to anyone wanting to do a similar challenge was: "Maybe train a bit more, maybe scope it out a little bit better than we did, we kind of did it on a bit of a wing, but it all worked."

Asked whether he would do the challenge again, Mr Brooks answered: "I said no, but I'm the stupid one that thought of it in the first place. Never say never."