Tuesday, 18 August 2015

IT'S A LONG WAY TO MAKE A POINT

There are some fanatical fans in the Football League and many will go to the ends of the earth to support their teams. Well, this is going to be true for Carlisle United, who face a 779 mile round trek to Plymouth Argyle, as the Cumbrians under manager Keith Curle, visit Home Park tonight.
This is one of the punishments for living so far north or south! Shame.

Carlisle has gained only a draw in eleven visits to Plymouth, travelling 8580 miles for one point. In total this season in league 2 the Cumbrians will notch up 11,810 miles in total, a longer distance than from Carlisle to South Africa!

Plymouth's return trip to Brunton Park is on January 2nd and of course this will mean travelling on News Year's Day or before!! So far 69 club tickets have been sold by the Argyle for this rematch.

If you are a betting man/woman then take this into consideration when you look at the fixture card and lay your money. York City are playing Yeovil tonight also.

At other times, Gateshead to Torquay in the National League is 389 miles and AFC Bournemouth to Newcastle in the Premier League racks up 357 miles. So which ever status your club may have, it all costs money in coach expenses and hotels, not to mention the environmental costs!

Can the “computer” help make English clubs' travels a little more user friendly? Probably not, but could the leagues arrange more “derbys” at sensible holiday times and have the longer journeys at the  bulk standard weekends. Don't do long distances midweek, think of the fans. Regional the leagues and have massive play offs at the end of the season, The Americans do. The National League has done it's best for tonight's games, so maybe somebody is thinking about it?

When would you play Brighton v Middlesbrough, Fleetwood v Gillingham, Hartlepool v Exeter and Morecambe v Portsmouth?
OR
Man U v Man C, Liverpool v Everton, Leicester v Stoke, Palace v Chelsea, Villa v WBA, West Ham v Arsenal, Tottenham v Watford, Southampton v Bournemouth, Newcastle v Sunderland and that leaves Leicester v Norwich and Swansea v WBA. Sorry Baggies? Sorry Foxes?


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