With the make up of Championship known for the coming 2017/18 season and the curtain long drawn on the 2016/17 year, here is how far Birmingham City fans will travel in the second tier campaign in the coming year.
The exact order of these trips were discovered when the fixtures were released a couple of weeks ago, but on a simple alphabetical basis travelling fans can tot up the cost of their journey’s if they want to scare themselves, based on the number of miles involved this season.
Miles are round trips and approximately rounded.
Aston Villa – 7 miles
Barnsley – 202 miles
Bolton Wanderers – 205 miles
Brentford – 229 miles
Bristol City – 189 miles
Burton Albion – 69 miles
Cardiff City – 221 miles
Derby County – 103 miles
Fulham – 234 miles
Hull City – 278 miles
Ipswich Town – 305 miles
Leeds United – 239 miles
Middlesbrough – 354 miles
Millwall – 245 miles
Norwich City – 325 miles
Nottingham Forest – 103 miles
Preston North End – 219 miles
Queens Park Rangers – 225 miles
Reading – 216 miles
Sheffield United – 169 miles
Sheffield Wednesday – 187 miles
Sunderland – 403 miles
Wolverhampton Wanderers – 46 miles
A rough total of 4773 with journey’s being rounded and no doubt some clever travellers know shortcuts on these numbers especially when hitting the London area.
