Biggest catchment area - anyone know?

[BrightonBird]

I am trying to find out what football club has the biggest catchment area. Tried on google but no answer

I'm just a sad git who wants to know where Brighton are. I think we'll be quite high being the only club in sussex in the 4 divisions, and the nearest club 2 hours away.

Can anyone either post on here or inform me where I can get such information?

Thanking you in advance x

 

[Marc]

if we wer'nt next to the sea and still no other teams for a 50odd miles then we'd be the biggest I reckon, we still have a large catchment area even though we have only 180degree radius. Then again alot of london footy fans live down here....bastards

 

[Notters]

Think it must be Brighton, with perhaps Carlisle as a close 2nd? I reckon there must be around 2 million people in the UK who have Brighton as their nearest league club. Also, Brighton is the biggest city in the UK (except perhaps Milton Keynes) to only have one club.

 

[edna krabappel]

Isn't that impossible to work out? Depending on how you look at it, Arsenal either have a huge catchment area (London) or a very small one (Tottenham isn't far away).

How do people reach "catchment area" conclusions? Norwich probably have miles to the nearest club, but only a few farmers live there!

 

[Dunkstar]

Yeah i would say it's pretty hard to judge!

 

[BrightonBird]

Sorry - not made myself clear.

I would say catchment area being measured in amount of people who's nearest club is Brighton/other team

 

[Citrus]

Yes, edna, I think you are right.

Hull have a huge catchment area.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Although Torquay are along the coast, Plymouth would have a large chunk of Devon and the whole of Cornwall?

 

[Rambo]

Yes, edna, I think you are right.

Hull have a huge catchment area.

So what about, Grimsby,Scunny, Doncaster, York and Sheffield then?

 

[BrightonBird]

Rambo - Sheffield have two teams so it will not be as high.

Does anyone actually know where I can find the info out? Geek on a mission!

 

[Mr Popkins]

i reckon Yeovil, the only team in somerset
they get 5000 plus for some of thier matches!

 

[looney]

If a city has 2 teams then /2.

nottinghams is very large I reckon.

 

[edna krabappel]

Plymouth surely, they have most of Cornwall and half of Devon to pick from.

On the other hand maybe Sussex is more densely populated so it may be a smaller area but with more people.

 

[elbowpatches]

Nope but Plymouth is probably as good as any other competition, they would have the whole of Cornwall and share Devon with Torquay and Exeter (if you count them). Wrexham and Swansea should also have large areas, I've discounted Cardiff because they aren't far from Bristol. As to where to find out from, no idea, I'm just speculating.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Man United seem to have a catchment area of the whole universe so i would say its probably them.

 

[looney]

Man Utd must have at least a third of the far east so they win hands down.

 

[DessieBoy]

Rambo - Sheffield have two teams so it will not be as high.

Does anyone actually know where I can find the info out? Geek on a mission!

Sorry BB, I think, if you count again, you'll find there's only one team in Sheffield. They are, in fact, the only team in Yorkshire too (unless you count Wednesday reserves).

UTO

 

[Citrus]

So what about, Grimsby,Scunny, Doncaster, York and Sheffield then?

Catchment area is not just how big the area is, but how populated it is!
Hull are in Division 3 and get 15-20 000 every game! Lot's of people up there!

 

[BrightonBird]

Sorry BB, I think, if you count again, you'll find there's only one team in Sheffield. They are, in fact, the only team in Yorkshire too (unless you count Wednesday reserves).

UTO

ok. You can now see how important this list is to me!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Largest Urban Area in England WITHOUT a league football club is Aldershot (population 231,000).

Largest Urban Area in England with ONLY ONE league football club is Tyneside (population 886,000). Second is Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton (population 438,000).

Greater London (population 7,652,000) has 12 league clubs - which, apart from Tyneside, is the highest ratio of people to football club in England - one club per 638,000 people.

The SMALLEST recognised free-standing Urban Area with a league football club is Irthlingborough (population 5,200). Combine Irthingborough with Rushden and Higham Ferrers and you get 34,400 people.

"Urban Areas" are as defined by the Office of National Statistics - a definition that was accepted by all parties at the Falmer Public Inquiry.

Personally, I think it's daft to include Littlehampton in the Brighton Urban Area, but if you get rid of it and add in Newhaven, Haywards Heath, etc, things more or less balance up.

All the population figures are 1991 census figures.


And if Tim Carder's reading this - I'll return your notes on all this stuff soon.