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What’s the longest trip a club has made only to have their match postponed?
“I was researching Tooting and Mitcham United’s 1958-59 FA Cup run and I came across an article, in a rival publication, that mentioned the fact that Chelsea travelled 1,000 miles, by train, for two postponed matches against Newcastle,” wrote Phil Withall last week. “So I got to wondering: what is the furthest distance a club has had to travel without a ball being kicked in anger?” Brighton had a similar pair of wasted journeys north in 2001, with the added trauma of transport disruption. “On Saturday 7 April 2001, Brighton & Hove Albion made the 450-mile round trip to Halifax, only for the game to be cancelled – the Halifax Blue Sox [rugby league team]...
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