How far would you travel?


By Frank Stormont
June 7 2006

Distances between all National League One clubs and the total miles a fan would have to travel to support their team.

How far do supporters have to travel to support their teams?

 

If your a Pirates fan, living next to the ground, you will need to travel 8220 miles to follow your team to away matches in the National League One with your furthest trip to Otley, 385 miles each way. Their closest  team being Plymouth just 52 miles away.

Plymouth supporters are slightly better off only have to travel a total of 6950 miles with their furthest being Otley, 341 each way and Exeter their closest at 47miles.

At the other extreme new boys Moseley will only travel 3326 miles with Pertemp Bees only 4 miles down the road and Pirates 249 miles away.

The other maximum and minimum distances can be seen from the table below.

Team total miles Avg Miles closest furthest
Pirates 8220 548 Plymouth 54 Otley 385
Plymouth 6950 463.3 Exeter 47 Otley 341
Exeter 5994 399.6 Plymouth 47 Otley 301
L Welsh 4866 324.4 Bedford 66 Pirates 251
Waterloo 4818 321.2 Sedgley P 43 Pirates 349
Otley 4746 316.4 Leeds 10 Pirates 385
Newbury 4444 296.2 L Welsh 56 Pirates /Otley 215
Leeds 4432 295.4 Otley 10 Pirates 371
Bedford 4316 287.7 Coventry 60 Pirates 301
Sedgley P. 4292 286.1 Leeds 43 Pirates 338
Doncaster 4066 271 Rotherham 16 Pirates 350
Rotherham 3818 254.5 Doncaster 16 Pirates 337
Nottingham 3512 234.1 Rotherham 43 Pirates 300
Coventry 3424 228.2 Pertemp 16 Pirates 269
Pertemp 3338 222.5 Moseley 4 Pirates 253
Moseley 3326 221.7 Pertemp 4 Pirates 249

 

Distances between all grounds

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Distances calculated in miles by www.rac.co.uk

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