How far do you travel?

[steveherbe]

Winchester for me. Usually reckon to get home 5 hours after kick off time, so 8pm for a 3pm start. Then of course, son has another 40 minutes back to Bournemouth. Having said that, haven't been this season, can't be arsed. The euro 8pm kick offs were a laugh, getting back about 1 in the morning, as long as roads weren't  closed. Still, be a long time before I have to entertain that again.

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, FoxesFan#1 said:

This is beyond crackers!
 

No wonder the roads are clogged.

 

I’m now 50 mins away so I now go to watch my new local club instead, I can highly recommend knocking the travelling on its head. 

 

I was home by 5.10pm today and I didn’t leave at 80 mins!

I can watch my local step 5 team and can/have gone home to have a dump at ht and get back in time for the second half. Not the same as following your own team 

[Cincinnati Fox]

5 hours ago, Pontus83 said:

Just wondering how far fellow foxes travel to get to home games. It’s a hard slog right now but I am a STH and travel from Blackburn (originally from Leicester) and I never leave a game early 🤪

I did live in Manchester and did home and away for years. Now in Cincinnati and make 10-12 games a year.

[FOXSE]

1 hour ago, An Away Move said:

London. Used to drive from Sydenham, which was horrendous. Sometimes 2 hours to get to the M1. Now just off Finchley Road so hit the motorway in about 15 mins. 
I think this will be my last season as a STH. I’m so torn as I have an amazing seat with no one behind me aside from hospitality. The row behind me costs £2300 more than I pay per season. It’s the amount of rearranged/midweek/tv fixtures that are the killer though. Trains are often screwed up or finish early and if I want a pint it means staying over at extra cost. Not sure I can justify it anymore, especially as I have a 2 year old. Hats off to people coming from Scotland, Devon and Cornwall, etc.,  

I used to go from Sydenham... used to go to st Pancras and train from there... I would be in leicrster on about 2 hrs!

[Graceroad]

12 hours ago, em9999 said:

I admire anyone travelling those distances to watch events .. true fans 

I agree find it so annoying that so many of our so called die hard fans on the various podcasts  never even attend matches. Don't know how they can call themselves fans esp Lox off Blue tinted glasses lives in Leicester  not been to a single game this season 

[Pontus83]

Well you have all made me feel a lot less alone so thank you 🤣. Had a ST for 30 years, and no matter how bad it gets I can’t see myself ever giving it up. Guess it’s an addiction where I’m just hoping for the next hit, this one just seems to be taking a while 🤣

[Graceroad]

8 hours ago, Parker Pen said:

Season Ticket holder and Travel up from  Leighton Buzzard with my son and sometimes pick my Father in Law up en route from Rushden or my other son in Market Harborough when he can’t make it. Been going  since the late 70’s.

You must have watched Peter Welsh play he lives around the corner from me

[smudgerfox]

West London for me too. Night closures on the M1 are the biggest pain. You find yourself stuck behind lorries in Country roads in Northamptonshire for an hour .

 

Ive now found a decent reliable parking spot, but getting out of the city to the M1 takes ages and I sometimes drive to Harborough and catch the train from there. 

 

Certainly hasn’t seemed worth the effort on a lot of days in recent years. 
 

I was at MCG on Boxing Day for Australia v India and there was 84000 crowd and public transport was so good I was home 20 mins after leaving the ground..

 

 

[SK3Blue]

Atherstone, Warwickshire. Not many of us over here, for every Leicester shirt you see five Villa or Man Utd. 

[Salieri]

St.Ives, Cornwall. Bit of a trek 🥴

[andy peake]

12 hours ago, jonthefox said:

The board of directors should be forced to read this thread. Fantastic dedication from some of you. I salute you all.

The board of directors should be forced to read it just to get an idea of how many people have either stopped, including myself, or intend to stop going. Then they might start to get an idea of the level of disillusionment with the current situation.

[Halifax Fox]

STH….Halifax feels like it’s getting farther away with each passing game/defeat! I still drive down with hope and expectation every game…..and we all know what they say about the hope.

[Pontus83]

It always kills you? But not today 🤣

[DesertFox]

5,258.9 miles. But not very often, unfortunately.

[Dr The Singh]

to all that travel from a far

[Hales]

Cambridge

[Sunbury Fox]

Me and my boys are STHs and travel up from Surrey. 230 mile round trip. 

Edited 26 January by Sunbury Fox

[Pontus83]

Today makes you feel like why 🙌

[ChrisFilter]

20 hours ago, jim5000 said:

Kent, usually park at the Holiday in. Can take 3-4 hours to get there and usually 5 hours to get home as it takes ages to get out of the city.

Also Kent. Tonbridge. I’d get the train from Ebbsfleet to St Pancras but they’re so £££ that I usually drive. 

[simpmeister]

Northampton. Always buzzing on the way back tuned in to Radio Leicester if we've won..... But most games this season its the sad song playlist on Spotify getting blasted out.

[fazzyfox]

Suffolk via Cambridge. Travel early in case of cancellations and delays - up at 5, out 5:50, bus 6:10, train 8:00, in Leicester by 10, pub 12::00 match (well it can’t all be fun), pub til 8, train, bus, home at midnight. All totally worth it for the Fulham s**tshow 

[jimsmallman]

North Wales, when I can get to games around work. Previously it was Hinckley, Barwell and then Orlando (the latter was a bit of a commute)

[niyaminski]

Wimbledon for me. Although hopefully Sheffield next year.

 

A home game is normally the best part of a day. 

 

I understand why people are thinking about knocking it in the head. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love it. Especially after days like today.

[Dan]

On 25/01/2025 at 23:07, Stadt said:

Huge selection effect in a play in this thread (and FT generally) obviously but I do feel we have a disproportionate amount of fans that live elsewhere - e.g out of Leicestershire and its hinterlands.

 

Something about being a large-ish county in the middle of the country without fantastic employment opportunities seems to disperse us.

Said this to you before, I can't prove it for sure but I think we probably have the highest % of drivers to games. Especially for away games as we're quite central and trains are often crap for us.

[Dan]

On 25/01/2025 at 23:22, BenTheFox said:

I used to travel from Huddersfield. The train links were terrible. It was only two trains but the train from Huddersfield to Sheffield would take an hour and a half because it would stop at everyone's front door. I'd always drive. 

Had this when I was in Leeds. Took double the time to get the train. A complete joke.