Club Location and Effect on Performance

[That Jekka Gal]

I'm sure this may have been discussed before but I was thinking about this after listening to a podcast this morning in which it was said that Arsenal play 12 London derbies per season.

That means that a club like Newcastle or Sunderland have to travel 250 miles 6 times plus even longer trips to the South Coast clubs etc. Even trips to Villa and Wolves are quite a schlepp.

Mind you, if they all travel in private jets probably won't have much effect. Five or six hours up and down the A1 in a bus, on the other hand, must result in the loss of a few points, I'd say.

 

[The_One]

A lot of clubs are using trains now aswell

you could also argue derbies tend to be more intense games requiring more energy, focus etc etc. so playing a lot of derbies compared to a team who has one derby could be a hindrance

 

[fez]

You could argue that its grim up norf so the poor London and Southern clubs have a hard time of things up there.

 

[That Jekka Gal]

You could argue that its grim up norf so the poor London and Southern clubs have a hard time of things up there.

Yes, Arsenal certainly didn't used to enjoy their trips up to Bolton in mid winter.

 

[Shamikebab]

Biggest impact remains on transfers. London will always be a bigger draw than up north.