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Kerry Football Fans Will Clock Up Crazy Mileage In The National League This Year

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Kerry fans will see plenty of the country this year. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
Kerry fans will see plenty of the country this year. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

THIS year’s Allianz National Football League has thrown up four away fixtures for the Kingdom.

That means the travelling Kerry support will clock up some serious mileage.

2,576km to be exact and 30 hours on the road in total.

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It’s a good job petrol and diesel prices are plummeting, because there wouldn’t be a whole pile left in the kitty following excursions to and from Dublin, Mayo, Down and Monaghan.

There will have to be a full day’s eating in the sandwiches as well, so hopefully ham and brown sauce prices remain steady.

A breakdown of mileage and travel time for the four away games (round trip).

Jan 30, Croke Park, Dublin
309 km 6 hrs 36 mins

Feb 28, Páirc Esler, Newry
400 km – 8 hrs 18 mins

Mar 13, McHale Park, Mayo
268 km – 7 hrs 16 mins

Mar 27, St. Tiernach’s Park, Monaghan
321 km – 8 hrs 44 mins

To put it into perspective the combined distance to and from all of Kerry’s away fixtures in the league is almost the equivalent of driving from Tralee to Barcelona (2,403km).

Sometimes it’s worth pointing out how far away we really are way from all the other major football counties. Bar one notable exception, Kerry is surrounded by mainly hurling counties and the majority of our opposition is from the midlands up.

There are people who will actually make all of these journeys. Some incredible dedication or madness, whichever way you look at it.

  • Kerry’s first match in the Allianz National League is this Saturday against Dublin in Croke Park at 7pm. Match will be live on Setanta.