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April 18, 2007
Sports ground finder: Enter you UK postcode and find your nearest football, rugby (either code) or cricket ground. Not much use to most of our users I realise, but maybe on a business trip?
I don't know if this qualifies as a good FPP...
posted by jerseygirl at 12:12 PM on April 18, 2007
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posted by JJ at 04:07 AM on April 19, 2007
Why would you care that this tool is only useful for us Brits? There are plenty of US-centric posts. Apparently I live 62 miles from West Brom's ground. In the car it's 80 miles. I also live just under a mile from Oxford United's ground, but unlike JJ I can't hear when the U's are playing. On the other hand I can hear when the speedway is on.
posted by salmacis at 05:24 AM on April 19, 2007
I realise it is a bit thin, justgary, sorry about that. It cropped up in a post on my hometown club forum when people were arguing about supporting your local side, and I thought it might be fun and interesting to UK users (also lets you see how far you have to go for an away trip). Where I'm from in the northwest, there's a ton of professional football clubs all within a 40-odd mile radius of where I grew up. Sort of inoffensive I felt :D. Will do something more substantial in future.
posted by Abiezer at 07:00 AM on April 19, 2007
I too can hear the speedway. I lived in my house for a year before I figured out what that noise was. I thought perhaps my neighbour was a beekeeper with a particularly angry swarm. Strangely, there seems to be more noise coming from the U's ground since they dropped out the bottom of the league. Abiezer, thanks for the post. I'm 138.74 miles from the football team I support. Where I grew up (Belfast), there is only one listing (Ulster RFC).
posted by JJ at 08:29 AM on April 19, 2007
That's a bit ropey JJ, especially with the good showing in European football competitions by Northern sides in recent years. Hell, after the World Cup they need to get your cricket grounds in there too. Something good must be happening at some :D
posted by Abiezer at 01:05 PM on April 19, 2007
Largely useful for settling arguments about whether you do support your local team or a just a dirty glory-hunter, and not much else, I suspect. Turns out I grew up seven miles from Crewe's ground and they were the closest team.