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Ffs we never get a close game
We're not close to that many places. The top 30 cities in England/Wales are London - 145 miles away Birmingham - 100 miles Liverpool - 120 miles Bristol - 170 miles Manchester - 80 miles Sheffield - 60 miles Leeds - 60 miles Leicester - 80 miles Coventry - 90 miles Bradford - 70 miles Cardiff: ~170 miles Nottingham - 50 miles Hull - 30 miles Newcastle - 150 miles Stoke - 90 miles Southampton - 190 miles Derby - 70 miles Portsmouth - 200 miles Brighton - 190 miles Plymouth - 270 miles Northampton - 100 miles Reading - 150 miles Luton - 120 miles Wolverhampton - 100 miles Bolton - 90 miles Bournemouth - 210 miles Norwich - 100 miles Swindon - 150 miles Swansea - 190 miles Milton Keynes - 110 miles Average Distance = 3875 miles / 30 ≈ 129 miles Oxford is 130 miles away so is more or less what you'd expect from where cities are located. Most population is clustered around the big cities.
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We're not close to that many places. The top 30 cities in England/Wales are
London - 145 miles away Birmingham - 100 miles Liverpool - 120 miles Bristol - 170 miles Manchester - 80 miles Sheffield - 60 miles Leeds - 60 miles Leicester - 80 miles Coventry - 90 miles Bradford - 70 miles Cardiff: ~170 miles Nottingham - 50 miles Hull - 30 miles Newcastle - 150 miles Stoke - 90 miles Southampton - 190 miles Derby - 70 miles Portsmouth - 200 miles Brighton - 190 miles Plymouth - 270 miles Northampton - 100 miles Reading - 150 miles Luton - 120 miles Wolverhampton - 100 miles Bolton - 90 miles Bournemouth - 210 miles Norwich - 100 miles Swindon - 150 miles Swansea - 190 miles Milton Keynes - 110 miles
Average Distance = 3875 miles / 30 ≈ 129 miles
Oxford is 130 miles away so is more or less what you'd expect from where cities are located. Most population is clustered around the big cities.
Nottingham 50miles ???
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November 5, 2023, 10:59pm |
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We're not close to that many places. The top 30 cities in England/Wales are
London - 145 miles away Birmingham - 100 miles Liverpool - 120 miles Bristol - 170 miles Manchester - 80 miles Sheffield - 60 miles Leeds - 60 miles Leicester - 80 miles Coventry - 90 miles Bradford - 70 miles Cardiff: ~170 miles Nottingham - 50 miles Hull - 30 miles Newcastle - 150 miles Stoke - 90 miles Southampton - 190 miles Derby - 70 miles Portsmouth - 200 miles Brighton - 190 miles Plymouth - 270 miles Northampton - 100 miles Reading - 150 miles Luton - 120 miles Wolverhampton - 100 miles Bolton - 90 miles Bournemouth - 210 miles Norwich - 100 miles Swindon - 150 miles Swansea - 190 miles Milton Keynes - 110 miles
Average Distance = 3875 miles / 30 ≈ 129 miles
Oxford is 130 miles away so is more or less what you'd expect from where cities are located. Most population is clustered around the big cities.
I wish Plymouth was that close about 370 isn't it Remember it took daft time to get there on the coach once think it was when Boulding and Ten Heuval were up top
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Nottingham 50miles ???
These are straight-line distances not road distances I think
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These are straight-line distances not road distances I think
Yep, as the crow flies. We know full well how long it takes to get to Southampton and Brighton - it’s a nightmare!
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It is not just all the away games, or even the long distances to travel. It is the quality of the teams we have been drawn against.
We only beat 5 teams from higher leagues because we had to play them.
In the first round last year we drew the top possible team Plymouth. This season we play Oxford (if we win the replay). They are clear 2nd in Div 1, top scorers in the division. Only Portsmouth have conceded fewer goals as well.
A very tough match for us.
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It is not just all the away games, or even the long distances to travel. It is the quality of the teams we have been drawn against.
We only beat 5 teams from higher leagues because we had to play them.
In the first round last year we drew the top possible team Plymouth. This season we play Oxford (if we win the replay). They are clear 2nd in Div 1, top scorers in the division. Only Portsmouth have conceded fewer goals as well.
A very tough match for us.
We have just played a team 2 divisions below us though, and the previous year we played 2 teams in leagues below us (one of whom beat us), so I think you are guilty of some confirmation bias in overlooking these! After Round 1 nearly every team is above us in the league anyway, and that becomes increasingly the case as the draw progresses. Given we are at the edge of the country and a low-ranking side we'd generally expect to get quite a few games against better, relatively distant sides. Even home draws were about level last year over the two cup competitions, but people tend to remember that we got a lot of away ones (more confirmation bias probably).
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Yep, as the crow flies. We know full well how long it takes to get to Southampton and Brighton - it’s a nightmare!
That crow must have the positional sense of the Town defence if it's taking 30 miles to get to Hull.... strong tides I guess!
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