How southern?

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sat May 02, 2015 11:59 pm

I remember one of the seasons in the third tier where we broke the record for the distance we had to travel to away games. Well I reckon we will beat that next year. I reckon at least three of the teams coming down from League One will be from the wrong part of the UK, Barnet are coming up, and I reckon Brizzle Rovers will join them.

Away days are equally crap/great in loads of different areas, but it's nice not to have to travel so far for them. Nailed on we have got the following next year:

Barnet
Yeovil
One, two or all three from Orient, Colchester and Crawley
Three from Wycombe, Southend, Stevenage and Plymouth
Luton
Newport
Exeter
Northampton
Oxford
Dagenham
Wimbledon
Portsmouth
Cambridge

With a little light relief provided by:
Morecambe
Accrington
York
Carlisle
Mansfield

Possibly but unlikely:
Crewe
Notts County

And the only northern hope from the Conference is Grimsby, against Brizzle Rovers, Eastleigh or Forest Green.

The London sides all make for good away days, but Stevenage, Yeovil, Wycombe and Northampton are the pits from a fan perspective. And as much as I like Exeter, it's a fucking long way to drive, even for me in the midlands.

Let's hope next season is one like the Wilson season, where we would turn up everywhere in huge number expecting to win, and usually did.

Hartlepool davey · **Joined:** Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:14 pm **Posts:** 270

could nearly be called league division 2 south but still looks better than the conference we could have been in

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 8:08 am

Think how much better you'll look for a bit of late October sunshine.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 3:11 pm

Get in! Notts County are down.

MK Dons finally got into the Championship, hopefully they will get the thrapping of their lives up there.

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

I haven't been to Notts county since the days of pederson and the other Viking

Definately on my list for next season. Pleased Crawley came down and not Colchester, far better day out

billygoatblue · **Joined:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:30 am **Posts:** 606

Not so bad for us exiles down south.

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Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 5:22 pm

Chesssington wrote:

Pleased Crawley came down and not Colchester, far better day out

Crawley ? You are taking the mick of course..

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex wrote:

Chesssington wrote:

Pleased Crawley came down and not Colchester, far better day out

Crawley ? You are taking the mick of course..

The town itself might be shit but I really enjoyed the old high street and the away end has covered terracing. You would know of course if you went to games

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 5:49 pm

Chesssington wrote:

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex wrote:

Chesssington wrote:

Pleased Crawley came down and not Colchester, far better day out

Crawley ? You are taking the mick of course..

The town itself might be shit but I really enjoyed the old high street. You would know of course if you went to games

Darlo played Crawley..the whole town is shit..i've stayed /worked there a good few times..It's crap,so don't make out it is..

You've be living out in the sticks too long buddy..

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

Crawley ? You are taking the mick of course..[/quote]

The town itself might be shit but I really enjoyed the old high street. You would know of course if you went to games

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Darlo played Crawley..the whole town is shit..i've stayed /worked there a good few times..It's crap,so don't make out it is..

You've be living out in the sticks too long buddy..

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Each to there own I guess, would certainly much prefer to go there than Colchester which was the other team to come down.

Well done on getting to an away game though

KeithNobbsBigToe · **Joined:** Wed May 01, 2013 11:32 pm **Posts:** 1057

By my calculations - google maps wise - The average distance to the confirmed teams in league 2 next season is 420 miles (round trip) - from Victoria Park.

With the teams remaining in the picture - the average round trip next season is between 440 miles and 466 miles.

Does that beat previous seasons?

Serious proposal - Is it time to bring back the separation of Northern and Southern teams for Leagues 1 and 2.

Economically and Ecologically it makes sense.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 8:55 pm

No way. Next season will be a one-off, it will balance back out again geographically.

We would have no London away days for starters. Or the chance of a weekend on the south coast, or any other type of interesting away day. It's not like a lot of the northern teams travel in big numbers anyway. How many did Accy bring to ours? And Morecambe? Bury?

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Sun May 03, 2015 9:16 pm

There probably aren't enough Northern clubs at this end of the Football League for it to make much sense. Walsall used to be a favourite joker card when it came to dividing the leagues into regions. That's how far down the country the divide was and I believe it's only drifted farther south since.
I seem to remember one season where Colchester were in the NORTHERN section of the JPT or whatever it was called then.

HonestPoolie · **Joined:** Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:46 pm **Posts:** 663

Its a bit lower down but look at the Conference North and you have teams like Oxford and Gloucester.

qwerty keyboard · **Posted:** Tue May 05, 2015 10:28 am

Hartlepool
Morecambe
Accrington
York
Carlisle
Mansfield
and hopefully Grimsby

The northern powerhouse of League 2?

How southern?

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