League 1 North & League 2 South ...

[marky No.1]

... is virtually what we have now.

Miles from Morecambe ~

Fleetwood.....29~~~~~~~~~~Accrington.......46
Blackpool .....40~~~~~~~~~~Carlisle...........69
Wigan...........46~~~~~~~~~~York..............87
Rochdale ......56~~~~~~~~~~Hartlepool......110
Bury.............58~~~~~~~~~~Mansfield.......146
Bradford........61~~~~~~~~~~Notts. Co.......147
Oldham.........65~~~~~~~~~~Northampton..183
Crewe...........85~~~~~~~~~~Bristol Rovers..215
Port Vale........91~~~~~~~~~Oxford...........217
Barnsley.........98~~~~~~~~~Luton.............220
Sheffield Utd..100~~~~~~~~~Newport.........223
Chesterfield...107~~~~~~~~~Wycombe........226
Shrewsbury....116~~~~~~~~~Cambridge........231
Doncaster.....123~~~~~~~~~~Stevenage........243
Burton.........126~~~~~~~~~~Wimbledon.......258
Walsall.........127~~~~~~~~~~Dagenham.......260
Scunthorpe....139~~~~~~~~~~Leyton Orient...264
Coventry.......154~~~~~~~~~~Barnet............264
Peterborough..205~~~~~~~~~Yeovil............278
Swindon........213~~~~~~~~~Crawley...........288
Millwall.........261~~~~~~~~~Exeter.............288
Southend.......281~~~~~~~~~Portsmouth.......292
Colchester...286~~~~~~~~~~~Plymouth.........330
Gillingham...290~~~~~~~~~~~


Half League 1 is less than 2 hours away and 17 are North of Birmingham...
Only 4 trips under 2 hours in League 2 and only 6 North of Birmingham

Just 2 local derbies and can't see the terrace being open very much

Can't wait for the Tuesday night fixtures

[Wild Bill]

if her there was an argument for promotion, this is it. I imagine away followings would double in L1

[marky No.1]

if her there was an argument for promotion, this is it. I imagine away followings would double in L1

If we were in L1 instead of Southend, I think double would be very conservative..

[KenH]

if her there was an argument for promotion, this is it. I imagine away followings would double in L1

If we were in L1 instead of Southend, I think double would be very conservative..

I'd always been worried whether we'd cut it in L1, but given last season's impressive wins against the better teams, and having watched a few more L1 matches than usual recently, I don't think we'd be out of place. I think we'd have a fair chance of staying up rather than demotion the following year.

With the bigger attendances, we'd certainly have more money to have a full squad of quality players rather than the mix of quality and youngsters Jim has to compromise with at the moment. Maybe this Summer's renewal of the stadium naming rights will release some funds for Jim to bring in another couple of quality signings to let them go for promotion this season?

[Wild Bill]

if we don't make it up next season lets hope for a bottom four of bradford, sheff utd, blackpool and maybe Oldham Rochdale or Wigan