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in the football league or Scottish leagues
we have to up there surely
we have to up there surely
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biggest radius of one football club in the uk
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Johnny Byrne-The Greatest
I would think maybe one of teams in the south west may push us close as would inverness caladonian thistle.
Only guessing though
Only guessing though
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Carlisle United, apparently.
Norwich City are up there as well.
Norwich City are up there as well.
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Johnny Byrne-The Greatest
That's interesting. Do you know if the Carlisle one includes scottish teams as well?
BASINGSTOKESEAGULL
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Aldershot is 3rd I think, seriously wide pitch.
Elvis
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Biggest radius is one thing, but I suppose you must consider the population!
I wouldn't of thought that Cumbria is densely populated. If you look at say Gillingham ( whole of Kent) Brighton (SUSSEX) and Southend (essex) then those teams have huge areas of a populated radius before getting to another league club.
I appreciate this is not allowing for people following Man U and other prem teams, and the fact that most of Essex would be WHU.
So hypothetically, if you had to support your nearest League team,
Who would have the most fans
??
I wouldn't of thought that Cumbria is densely populated. If you look at say Gillingham ( whole of Kent) Brighton (SUSSEX) and Southend (essex) then those teams have huge areas of a populated radius before getting to another league club.
I appreciate this is not allowing for people following Man U and other prem teams, and the fact that most of Essex would be WHU.
So hypothetically, if you had to support your nearest League team,
Who would have the most fans
??
Steve Foster
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Population of Tyneside is almost 900,000 hence why Newcastle get such big crowds
16bha
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Plymouth, but most of the fans would be fish
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I wasn't really thinking in those terms. More the distance from Carlisle to the next closest team in their league, which I think is Newcastle United - 58 miles away.
Norwich City's nearest rivals are 45 miles away.
Ours are 43 miles away.
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The Large One
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Biggest radius is one thing, but I suppose you must consider the population!
I wouldn't of thought that Cumbria is densely populated. If you look at say Gillingham ( whole of Kent) Brighton (SUSSEX) and Southend (essex) then those teams have huge areas of a populated radius before getting to another league club.
I appreciate this is not allowing for people following Man U and other prem teams, and the fact that most of Essex would be WHU.
So hypothetically, if you had to support your nearest League team,
Who would have the most fans
Southend United is only 40 miles from Colchester United
ICT is less than 20 miles from Ross County and the 3 SW teams are all in Devon, quite close to each other.
I agree with TLO, Carlisle is more than 40 miles from Newcastle and Queen of the South - although if Workington were still in the league, they'd only be about 25 miles away.
EDIT: Just checked and Carlisle is only 33 miles from Dumfries so it doesn't beat Norwich or Brighton
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34 miles from Torquay United.
Thunder Bolt
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Which is almost the same from Exeter.
And only 32 miles from Dagenham
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Peterborough is 46 miles from Leicester.
Close.
Close.
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I'm challenging that.
Not the distances, but the (admittedly anecdotal) notion that once you crossed from England into Scotland or vice versa, you wouldn't successfully get one club vying for the support of the people from over the border.
Barrel of Fun
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No Liverpool fans in Wrexham or North Wales?
Scotty Mac
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swansea to cardiff is, the aa reliably inform me, 42 miles