On the march with Wanderers fans Wanderers fans out in full force A sea of red as Western Sydney fans gather by the thousands in Parramatta, marching in support of the Wanderers to the A-League finals on Sunday. Follow our live blog of the A-League grand final on smh.com.au from 4pm In the hours before the game at least, it was almost as if the result would not matter. Making their way east, fans of the A-League's newest team, the Western Sydney Wanderers, were just as thrilled by all that had gone before in their phenomenally successful debut season as they were about what would happen in Sunday afternoon's grand final at Allianz Stadium. "Win or lose, we don't care," said Peter Gerges, from Guildford. "We made it this far, first year," he said. You know what time I woke up? I woke up 6 o'clock this morning. It's like we're going on a holiday," he said. Gerges' friend, John Boutros, agreed he had struggled to sleep. "I've never followed soccer before, I was a rugby league fan," said Boutros. But I haven't followed rugby league this year at all - I said not until after this. The atmosphere is the best atmosphere I've ever experienced anywhere. Thousands of fans had congregated at Parramatta's Woolpack Hotel from 10am, before marching en masse and in song to Parramatta Station at 11.30am for a Central-bound tram. There was a brief hiccup at the station: everyone went to the wrong platform. But it was a minor detour, and merely presented another opportunity for the red-and-black to break into their repertoire of song. For Jeremy Brown and Laveniya Satgunaseelan, two doctors and admitted Johnny-come-lately Wanderers fans, Sydney's awkward geography and haphazard transport had made supporting the new side compelling. "It seems it really is western Sydney and Sydney," said Brown, who moved to Northmead from Melbourne in January. It's just so hard to get anywhere. We've tried to go to Sydney, the city of Sydney, and we decided it was just not worth it. We really feel like we're from western Sydney rather than Sydney. "There's more community here," said Satgunaseelan, of their trips east into central Sydney. Having packed the train from Parramatta to Central, a number of Wanderers fans proceeded to cover the inside of the carriage with club stickers, just away from the watchful eye of a heavy police presence. Patricia Issa, from Merrylands, was heading to the game with her three sisters, Christine, Chanel and Marie-Antoinette, all club members. "We've been following them from pretty much day one," Issa said. "Obviously winning has created a little bit of extra atmosphere, but this is a melting pot sort of area," she said. It's been a good ride. The Minor Premier Wanderers will play the Central Coast Mariners on Sunday, hoping to win a grand final on their fourth attempt.