A lot more local though. Fratton Park is almost 3 times the distance that the Amex is from Crawley. Portsmouth is a long way for the majority of Sussex.
Haha! Did you not read my post. I stated that Gatwick is part of the historic county of Surrey which it still is. You are talking about council boundaries. In much the same way the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells is in the administrative county of Kent but are still part of the historic county of...