Watching the Albion away next year will cost you an extra £200 in petrol minmum

[El Presidente]

We have lost

West Ham (140 miles)
Southampton (131 miles)
Pompey (101 miles)
Donny (462 miles)
Reading (163 miles)
Coventry (322 miles)
Total 1,320 miles

and replaced them with

Blackburn (522 miles)
Bolton (544 miles)
Sheff W (462 miles0
Huddersfield or Sheff Utd (504 or 464 miles)
Wolves (378 miles)
Charlton (132 miles)
Total 2542 (or 2502) miles

An increase of up to 1,222 miles if you live in Brighton.

I am clearly bored on a Friday night.

 

[philsussex]

On a brighter note, the Blackburn and Bolton fixtures could be weekend away trips to Manchester if the fixtures fall right

 

[El Presidente]

On a brighter note, the Blackburn and Bolton fixtures could be weekend away trips to Manchester if the fixtures fall right

[MENTION=11956]bushy[/MENTION] can give you a few tips on where to cop off if you do come for the weekend!!!!!

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

....if you live in Brighton its harsh.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

....if you live in Brighton its harsh.

A bit, ive already chosen the away games i plan to go to - just waiting for the dates of course.

 

[Bozza]

Only if you go to every away game by car and travel by yourself. If you're doing that, an extra £200 outlay is the least of your issues.

(The main point holds true, obviously. It's become a very much more Northern division for next season.)

 

[Bean]

Good. I hate southern away games when you get Albion morons going for the 'day out' rather than because they have an interest in the football.

Or because they can't afford further away games. Oh but they have no 'interest in the football', right.

 

[philsussex]

Long distance away trips on the A21 Club minibus make for a great day out, so every cloud and all that.

 

[Nottseagull]

Such is the southern bias of the Blue Square Premier (present since its inception as the Alliance Premier League), I believe Mansfield Town's away mileage more than doubled when they got relegated!

 

[algie]

[MENTION=11956]bushy[/MENTION] can give you a few tips on where to cop off if you do come for the weekend!!!!!

You should be buzzing with all these extra northern teams considering you live in Stockport. I bet Bolton is your number 1 must do next season.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

If you can afford £32 to get into West Ham and £20 for the train or for petrol then money isn't your main worry.

London away games definitely attract a moronic element I never see anywhere else in the country.

You have a point here, i mean if you book far enough in advance for trains, hotels etc - its pretty cheap. Just the effort which puts people off - I love away days me !!! Do plan to go to as many as possible next season though - so i will be going to the London games.

 

[lichfield seagulls]

blackburn,bolton, sheff utd/ hudders + others cant wait.......

 

[SirElliotBennett]

Good. I hate southern away games when you get Albion morons going for the 'day out' rather than because they have an interest in the football.

True, but i love watching us play away with a massive following.
Not as much fun going up to places like Doncaster with less than 1,000 fans and making no atmosphere.

 

[El Presidente]

You should be buzzing with all these extra northern teams considering you live in Stockport. I bet Bolton is your number 1 must do next season.

Bolton is my number 1 next season mainly because it will be ground number 117 in which I have watched the Albion!

 

[El Presidente]

Exactly. West Ham must have been about our third nearest game last season but for me it was one of the most expensive. I must have spent £80, which is ridiculous for a match so close to home. I try to avoid places like that normally. I'm quite pleased Portsmouth, Southampton, West Ham and Reading have disappeared as I expect all of them to attract the day trippers. I always think the atmosphere is much better when we have 1,000 fans somewhere in the north than 3,000 about 50-60 miles from home.

I think the poor atmosphere at West Ham (0-6), Reading (0-3), and Southampton (0-3) may have been influenced by being thumped at all those venues.

I must confess I thought our away support was more subdued than normal last season, but that may have been linked to the lack of results/goals/chances.

 

[wehatepalace]

On the plus side, maybe there will be less of a binfest for tickets.