Tesco in Disguise
Where do we go from here?
I was told by a Yeovil fan that the Amex must be the furthest 'out of town' stadium in the country. I couldn't really think of any others, perhaps except for Bolton, but I was sure that there must be plenty. I looked online to see if there were any data out there on this, but couldn't find any. So I made some.
Below is a chart of all 92 clubs, listed in order of the distance from their ground to the 'city centre' of the place they represent.
The figures derived were from the most direct walking route from the ground to wherever Google Maps considers the 'city centre', according to Google Maps, rounded to one tenth of a mile.
Some points:
- For Millwall, you have to cross the Thames to get from Millwall to South Bermondsey, so this figure was adjusted
- Likewise, the route is circuitous for Wigan for the same reason (a river)
- Both Bristol clubs represent 'Bristol', rather than the areas of the city that they are from
- Coventry's distance is to the Ricoh Arena, otherwise the stats would have been skewed
- Dagenham and Redbridge and Brighton and Hove Albion are to the first city in their titles, respectively
- Port Vale's distance is from Burslem
- QPR's distance is from Queen's Park station (Google didn't recognise this as an area)
- In the few instances where strange routes are given, because of the ways roads are laid out, I have adjusted
Below is a chart of all 92 clubs, listed in order of the distance from their ground to the 'city centre' of the place they represent.
The figures derived were from the most direct walking route from the ground to wherever Google Maps considers the 'city centre', according to Google Maps, rounded to one tenth of a mile.
Some points:
- For Millwall, you have to cross the Thames to get from Millwall to South Bermondsey, so this figure was adjusted
- Likewise, the route is circuitous for Wigan for the same reason (a river)
- Both Bristol clubs represent 'Bristol', rather than the areas of the city that they are from
- Coventry's distance is to the Ricoh Arena, otherwise the stats would have been skewed
- Dagenham and Redbridge and Brighton and Hove Albion are to the first city in their titles, respectively
- Port Vale's distance is from Burslem
- QPR's distance is from Queen's Park station (Google didn't recognise this as an area)
- In the few instances where strange routes are given, because of the ways roads are laid out, I have adjusted
