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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: BobG on February 20, 2026, 06:05:15 pm

Title: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: BobG on February 20, 2026, 06:05:15 pm: Have you seen the Conference fixtures tomorrow?

Carlisle v Yeovil
Morecombe v Eastleigh
Rochdale v Woking
Truro v Gateshead
Altrincham v Braintree
Aldershot v Scunthorpe

And just as an hors d'oeuvre:
Solihull v Hartlepool

Some miles there...Is it deliberate?! Who's got the longest journey...?

BobG
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: Northants Nomad on February 20, 2026, 06:11:50 pm: Aldershot v Scunny is almost a short hop compared to some of the monster trips on there.
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: donnievic on February 20, 2026, 06:32:14 pm: Do you really need to ask who has longest journey
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: ncRover on February 20, 2026, 07:04:46 pm: Just noticed that York and Rochdale play each other on the final day. That could be one hell of a finale.
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: Spud on February 20, 2026, 07:12:19 pm: Wow, there's some mileage there !
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: wilts rover on February 20, 2026, 07:12:40 pm: No idea if it's the same in the Conference itself, but in Conference North/South all the derby games/shortest trips are on a Tuesday night. To try and ensure the longest journeys are on a Saturday.
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: ForsolongaRover on February 20, 2026, 10:08:53 pm: Quote from: wilts rover on February 20, 2026, 07:12:40 pm
No idea if it's the same in the Conference itself, but in Conference North/South all the derby games/shortest trips are on a Tuesday night. To try and ensure the longest journeys are on a Saturday.

In this 6th tier, divided on a North/ South basis, it is surprising that the line is drawn as far south as Merthyr Tydfil, Oxford and Hereford meaning that the Northern section absorbs all the “midlands”, so that the overall quality below tier 5 is better in the south than in the North. However the fifth tier is more or less evenly split with more northern sides in the top half. CONCLUSION: Quality is equal geographically but more concentrated in the northern teams and more thinly spread in the south (I think!).
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: BobG on February 21, 2026, 12:09:23 am: Quote from: donnievic on February 20, 2026, 06:32:14 pm
Do you really need to ask who has longest journey

Surely the statement that Solihull v Scunthorpe is just an hors d'oeuvre answers your question for you?!

BobG
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: wilts rover on February 25, 2026, 08:53:13 pm: Nice write up of the Truro v Gateshead game - plus Gateshead's current travails & why football is so important to it's fans - here:
https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/i-went-on-longest-away-day-4223327?ico=more_from_this_author
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: Alan Southstand on February 27, 2026, 09:37:19 am: Gateshead better set off now!
Title: Re: Gordon Bennett!
Post by: Fal on February 27, 2026, 12:39:40 pm: Quote from: Alan Southstand on February 27, 2026, 09:37:19 am
Gateshead better set off now!

Well considering they are at home to Forest Green tomorrow, i don't think thats a good idea! Think you're a week late to this thread Alan