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Clocking up the Miles

By: Matty Newton
Date: 18/05/2008

GRIMSBY fans will have to travel around 1000 additional miles next season if they go to every game. With Bournemouth, Gillingham, Luton coming down and Aldershot and Exeter coming up, League Two will have a more southern feel to it next year.

Two of the closest journeys, Peterborough and Mansfield, will no longer be on the fixture list next season, and whichever of Rochdale and Stockport get promoted means the disappearance of a team out of the nearest ten. Only the promotion of this season's most distant team Hereford and the relegation of the relatively near Port Vale constitutes good news travel-wise.

The total distance to travel to every game and back is now around 6,700 miles, equivalent to driving to Baghdad and back!

For London-based Mariners it is relatively good news with trips to nearby Wycombe, Gillingham, Luton and Aldershot in addition to the three games in the capital next season.

TeamDistance (one way)Time (one way)
Lincoln City38.2 miles0 hr 54 min
Rotherham64.3 miles1 hr 18 min
Notts County72.2 miles1 hr 41 min
Chesterfield76.3 miles1 hr 29 min
Bradford86.7 miles1 hr 40 min
Bury113.5 miles2 hr 02 min
Macclesfield113.8 miles2 hr 18 min
Accrington114.5 miles2 hr 18 min
Port Vale122.6 miles2 hr 31 min
Darlington126.7 miles2 hr 22 min
Luton150.8 miles3 hr 08 min
Chester155.8 miles2 hr 51 min
Shrewsbury164.7 miles3 hr 16 min
Barnet165.2 miles 3 hr 21 min
Morecambe165.6 miles 2 hr 54 min
Brentford179.3 miles3 hr 52 min
Dag & Red184.4 miles3 hr 52 min
Wycombe193.0 miles3 hr 47 min
Gillingham206.9 miles4 hr 05 min
Aldershot209.7 miles4 hr 07 min
Bournemouth272.1 miles5 hr 11 min
Exeter302.3 miles5 hr 16 min

Play-Off Finalists

TeamDistance (one way)Time (one way)
Stockport108.0 miles2 hr 8 min
Rochdale106.0 miles2 hr 57 min

Fans wishing to travel to games by coach should contact Terry Hall on 07716 094444.

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