Truro Town

[Muteswan]

You have to feel sorry for their fans.
Nearest away game in the National League is Yeovil Town which is a 380 mile round trip and 5hrs and 4 minutes by car.
Furthest is Gateshead which a 914 mile round trip.

Gateshead vs Truro: Fans travel 914 miles for furthest away match in English football history

BBC Sport travels with Truro fans to Gateshead, for the longest ever away journey in English football history.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[swan65split]

thats hell of a journey mind, I always used to deflate when coming back from Newquay and seeing the sign Exeter 100 miles!

 

[Ringwood]

I think the NL should be regionalised. I would combine the NL and both NL north and south and have three leagues below the EFL having league structure of a north central and south feeding into a promotion to the EFL.

 

[Smurph]

Knowing our luck if we were in the same league our away fixture would be on a Tuesday evening.

Truro is a lovely part of the world.

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

I think the NL should be regionalised. I would combine the NL and both NL north and south and have three leagues below the EFL having league structure of a north central and south feeding into a promotion to the EFL.

Does seem a crazy amount of travelling, even if the NL is all full time these days.

Personally I’d even go a league higher and make League 2 and the National League a Tier 4 North & South with 2 promotion places each into League 1.

There’d be an issue with finances if you’re increasing the size of the EFL but you’d imagine attendances (away especially) would increase with more local matches.

In terms of quality I don’t think there’s much difference between the two league, crowds are generally on a par (barring a handful of clubs either way) with so many ex league clubs in the National League (and below) so I don’t think you’re diluting anything there.

Competitive wise there’s the slight issue if all 4 relegated teams are from the North/South for the next season but that’s the case wherever the pyramid becomes regionalised.