Extra distance for Dale fans to travel
Tuesday, 3rd Jun 2008 06:09

Our carbon footprints will be going off the scale this season, given the distances we'll have to travel to watch Dale in every game this season.

The change of sides in League Two will lead to more travelling for Dale supporters in 2008-9. Indeed, the four longest trips that we face will all be against new sides. Even existing trips have increased, given Rotherham's switch from Rotherham to Sheffield.

Pos	Team	Distance
1st	Bury	8.5 miles
2nd	Accrington	15.7 miles
3rd	Bradford	31.4 miles
4th	Macclesfield	32.5 miles
5th	Rotherham	49.6 miles
6th	Port Vale	50.3 miles
7th	Chester	55.6 miles
8th	Chesterfield	57.1 miles
9th	Morecambe	64.4 miles
10th	Shrewsbury	86.1 miles
11th	Notts County	90.0 miles
12th	Lincoln	101.3 miles
13th	Darlington	102.9 miles
14th	Grimsby	107.5 miles
15th	Luton	181.2 miles
16th	Wycombe	194.2 miles
17th	Barnet	204.0 miles
18th	Brentford	217.9 miles
19th	Dagenham	232.1 miles
20th	Aldershot	233.7 miles
21sr	Bournemouth	246.1 miles
22nd	Exeter	253.0 miles
23rd	Gillingham	254.6 miles

If you were to attend all matches this season, you'll have done a round trip of 5739 miles - the equivalent to a quarter of the way around the world, and we've not even included any potential Play Off legs or Wembley visits.

All distances have been calculated using the AA's routefinder website, and are worked out using the distance from Spotland to the opposition ground. Or as near as possible in the case of Morecambe and Aldershot who have never been heard of by the AA.

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