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[mdl_1979]

I'm playing an away game tomorrow, but the ground we're playing at is less than 100 yards from my flat.  This got me thinking: what's the shortest distance you've travelled for an away game, and what's the furthest you've gone (excluding tours)?

Shortest: Tomorrow - playing at Leverstock Green

Furthest: Probably Liverpool to Leeds, when I was at Merchant Taylors School and we crossed the Pennines to play Leeds Grammar

[Buzz]

the Met Police Ground at Imber Court is my closest ground it is a gentle stroll actually the clubhouse is further from the pitch than my house! Have travelled a couple of hours to play an MCC game before now.

Not sure if tours count, but I have played in Nepal and Holland too...

[Tumo]

Closest is about 600 yards, just round the corner. Furthest is from Hull to Stamford, just over 100 miles each way!

[tim2000s]

Furthest I've travelled for an away game is approximately 4,700 miles....

Used to regularly travel 65 miles one way for home games.

[uknsaunders]

Once took my team 3 hours to travel from Marlow to Teddington, West London. It's only 30 miles but the Chelsea Flower Show and Kempton Races were on :-(

One unlucky player had to wait an additional hour for a car to stop burning on the hard shoulder of the M40!

[ianbuchanan]

Shortest game is probably around 2 miles........ Ive travelled over 3 hours to a game countless times! Mostly because of traffic around the Bristol area!

[uknsaunders]

Shortest trip I have done from a home ground to an away game is a road width - Marlow CC and Marlow Park CC are seperated by a dirt road. 5/6 yards?

One of Johan, do Southgate play Southgate Adelaide? They share the same field from memory.

[Perkins17]

closest is a mile and furthest is sanford st martins in oxford which is a distance from leicster !

[Red Ink Cricket]

after recently moving im actually closer to some away games than my home ground. been at the club for about 20 years so that wont change. normally about 7 miles closest, furthest is about 45-50 miles.

[richthekeeper]

our club has 2 sunday teams in the same league so technically i have played away games on my home ground.

[uknsaunders]

Just reminded me, we ground share with another club who we played 2 weeks ago. It was an away game for us, but obviously it was at our home ground. I'd imagine quite a few clubs are similar.

[mdl_1979]

Home ground for me is about 8/9 miles away from my flat.  But tomorrow I can just roll out of bed and walk over the road for an away game.  Lovely.  Am doing a bbq for our guys after the game as well.  Fingers crossed the rain stays away!

[Colesy]

Shortest is probably Almondsbury or Stoke Gifford

Furthest I've played an indoor game in Ipswich and outdoor either Stroud or Calne.


Our 3s and 4s are in the same league this year so it is technically an away game, but they'll be playing at our home ground.

[richthekeeper]

never played in a high enough league to travel too far for away games - Brecon is probably the furthest (about an hour).

in my non-league football career though my longest ever away trip was 180 miles from Lincoln to Kendal. Urgh.

[Apple]

I'm playing an away game tomorrow, but the ground we're playing at is less than 100 yards from my flat.  This got me thinking: what's the shortest distance you've travelled for an away game, and what's the furthest you've gone (excluding tours)?

Shortest: Tomorrow - playing at Leverstock Green

Furthest: Probably Liverpool to Leeds, when I was at Merchant Taylors School and we crossed the Pennines to play Leeds Grammar

Merchant taylors, I love playing there, scored my first county 50, first county 100 and still haven't lost playing there, my favorite ground of all time.