National League Team Locations

[Hirstys 12th Pint]

Was talking to a Scunny fan yesterday who goes to every game and was saying how southern biased the division was in terms of location and the miles he has to cover.

Over half the Division are South of London and beyond.  I got thinking how many miles they cover, so I got Google Maps on the case - yes I was bored and turns out for 23 away games round trips for Gateshead have round trips of 11,184 miles (Ground to Ground).

Big hitters milage wise are:

 

Torquay	770
Eastleigh	692
Yeovil	654
Maidstone	618
Dorking	614
Aldershot	610
Bromley	604
Southend	596
Woking	590
Dagenham	572
Maidenhead	566
Wealdstone	560
Barnet	532
Borehamwood	526

 

Edited October 7, 2022 by Hirstys 12th Pint

[HoylandOwl]

Yeah think it's been that way for a while too, my former colleagues at Lincoln used to talk about being glad about not having to travel so far once they got out of the National League!

[Tylluan]

There was talk, at the beginning of the recent pyramid restructure planning stage, of combining League 2 and National into a North South so there was a natural flow through the pyramid and clubs across both could cut down on travel expenditure. The majority of clubs in both divisions (and National North and South) at the time were up for it but the relevant governing bodies shat on it big time. League 2 clubs tried to get it to the membership vote but couldn't get any momentum. 

[Reesh]

4 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

There was talk, at the beginning of the recent pyramid restructure planning stage, of combining League 2 and National into a North South so there was a natural flow through the pyramid and clubs across both could cut down on travel expenditure. The majority of clubs in both divisions (and National North and South) at the time were up for it but the relevant governing bodies shat on it big time. League 2 clubs tried to get it to the membership vote but couldn't get any momentum. 

Some clubs seem to flip between NLN and NLS I've noticed, Brackley springs to mind.

[Skamp]

But they did that also in the old division 3 North and South. 

Each season the leagues got rebalanced depending on the previous year's promotion/ relegation and clubs in the Midlands (mainly) got moved about. 

[bricat]

In div 3 N/S I believe Grimsby and Coventry were two clubs who played in both sections.

[Reesh]

1 minute ago, Neville Facking Bartos said:

Grimsby have? Coventry doesn’t surprise me but Grimsby is a weird one 

Just one season at the very start of the 3rd division formation 

[Skamp]

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-20931,00.html#:~:text=Grimsby Town ended up playing,and get the record back

 

I genuinely believed it was more clubs than 2.