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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