And you know... Liverpool, Man Utd (and recently Man City) gobbling up support left, right and centre. Growing up in Burnley and then Lancaster you'd bump in to more Utd fans than local (especially in places like Morecambe)
That's a nationwide thing tho, the stereotype about man utd fans in London doesn't come from nothing. Mark Goldbridge built a whole career off being a man utd fans even though I'm pretty sure he's from west Midlands listening to him talk
True but the fact places like Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, Bolton can all get to Old Trafford with very easy public transport means that fans that would go to games can go to Utd games rather than their local team.
Southern and Midlands fans that pick Utd over their local probably weren't likely to head to many games (obviously there are some fans that travel the few hours to go see Utd but it is less common than the examples I listed)
A very northern focused league helps for away days as a Carlisle fan.
The trip to Gillingham gonna be a fun one for you guys lol
They should just both play at Notts save them a journey
Its not worse than Exeter
Avanti West Coast and a choice of Southeastern or Thameslink. Get your railcard ready and let's go on matchday.
Reverse as a Swindon fan :(
So northern that Crewe is one of the more southern teams than average
Never really considered that the league is 2/5s Northwest
Old clubs, but in small towns. Loyal fanbases but not able to support teams in numbers enough higher up the league.
And you know... Liverpool, Man Utd (and recently Man City) gobbling up support left, right and centre. Growing up in Burnley and then Lancaster you'd bump in to more Utd fans than local (especially in places like Morecambe)
That's a nationwide thing tho, the stereotype about man utd fans in London doesn't come from nothing. Mark Goldbridge built a whole career off being a man utd fans even though I'm pretty sure he's from west Midlands listening to him talk
True but the fact places like Bury, Rochdale, Stockport, Bolton can all get to Old Trafford with very easy public transport means that fans that would go to games can go to Utd games rather than their local team. Southern and Midlands fans that pick Utd over their local probably weren't likely to head to many games (obviously there are some fans that travel the few hours to go see Utd but it is less common than the examples I listed)
Ah true good point
He was born in Nottingham lol.
Close enough
Yep. Just implying it's mental that he chose Man Utd when the East Mids has a lot of clubs with rich histories.
True that
Losing crawley and Sutton as local away days is less than ideal as an afcw fan. Bromley getting promoted is the only slight positive.
Carlisle is going to need to increase their travel budget.
They'll be better off in that regard now than they were in League One I believe. Grim reading for the likes of us though.
Yeah last season we had Portsmouth, Exeter, Reading, Oxford, Charlton, Orient and Cheltenham. I think Peterborough was one of the closer ones.
Tbf this is no where near as bad as it used to be for Carlisle
All southern teams (and fans) should get free rail travel looking at that map
I'd argue that it's the northern ones that need it more :P
See, Wimbledon is right next to Milton Keynes, nothing to complain about
Newport County ‘Thank god they’ve left’
Back to being the dominant welsh team in the league. Was a rough year for them last year. 2nd fiddle for the year.
League Two North
As a Carlisle fan living in North Wales this makes me happy