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What's the furthest you have travelled for a sporting event

I was going to say football but it could just as easily apply to any sporting event.

In the 90s my brother and I travelled up to Middlesbrough for a football match only to find the match had been cancelled before we got there meaning we had to turn around and come home again. We went back up the following week and the match was played.

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MrDavidson · M
Did Exeter to Carlisle for football a few times in my younger years. A long old trek....especially if we had lost !
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@MrDavidson especially on a Tuesday evening.
MrDavidson · M
@Jacko1971 Especially!
Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
Ugh I remember those days. My son played rep soccer and hockey and I drove all over Ontario for that. I’m soooo glad that’s over
@Jenny1234 you are an awesome hockey/soccer mom...i appreciate you...and one day your son will look back and think about how awesome his mom was...good job mom 👍🤗
twice...once i flew like 5 hours to florida (orlando) for an mls match...and once to new orleans to an nfl game...from vancouver canada...and 3 times by train to portland for soccer (football) matches which took 9 hours...considering it's only a 5-1/2 hour drive.... @NativePortlander1970
GerOttman · 61-69, M
I flew from Newark NJ to Denver Colo. and back for an Eagles game once.
Wizardry · 46-50, M
Going to baseball game in Toronto after flying 18 hours from where I live in New Zealand. That’s right off the plane
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@Wizardry how long did you stay in Toronto?
Wizardry · 46-50, M
@Jacko1971 was only there for the game. before staying with friends for a couple days. who live a hour a away from Toronto
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@Wizardry that made a nice break.
Kiesel · 56-60, M
1300 miles to surprise one of my niece’s for a volleyball tournament
Kiesel · 56-60, M
@Jacko1971 indeed
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@Kiesel your appearance must have made the difference.
Kiesel · 56-60, M
@Jacko1971 overall support mainly
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
I once flew from Exeter to Glasgow to compete in a gymnastics competition.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Jacko1971 The day got off to a bad start when the bag with my leotards got left in Manchester . . but managed to recover and placed 5th out of 30 for my floor routine.
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@SunshineGirl all's well that ends well. Were you part of a team?
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Jacko1971 We travelled as a group but competed individually. Just as well as my replacement kit was nothing like the original.
exexec · 70-79, C
1200 miles to watch our daughter play in volleyball national championship tournament
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@exexec did you stay over?
exexec · 70-79, C
@Jacko1971 It was Thanksgiving week. We stayed with the team. After they lost, we went to the ski resort so they could ski and have fun in the snow.
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@exexec that sounds lovely.
4300 miles.

Kentucky to Maui for the Maui Invitational.

Basketball tourney during Thanksgiving week

Feast week

Went twice
2005
2011
Newcastle to Sydney
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout what was that for?
@Jacko1971 Game 2 State of Origin.
(rugby league)
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
I once travelled from England to Melbourne Australia for an Olympics. Does that count?😷
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@whowasthatmaskedman you have done some globetrotting
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Jacko1971 I have been fortunate...😷
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@whowasthatmaskedman I was a coach driver for a while.mi have seen a lot of the UK and parts of mainland Europe. My only "exotic adventure was a week I spent with friends in San Francisco.
KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
Cross country
CactusJackManson · 46-50, M
1,213 miles to Minneapolis, MN for the 1992 NCAA Final Four
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Never attended a sporting event. 🤷‍♀
Donotfolowme · 51-55, F
Stadium is close by but I am not interested in these events
swirlie · F
I did a grueling 18 minute walk from my condo to the sports center in downtown Toronto to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball. It took me over a week to get over the jet lag.
London to Cardiff for Rugby League
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@V00doo that would have been good. My wife isn't into sports so I don't get to do that sort of thing.
@Jacko1971 Hope you get to go one day
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@V00doo the only professional rugby match I ever saw was Caerphilly playing a cup match against a team of part timers. It wasn't very competitive but it was good fun.
TurtlePink · 22-25, F
Like 5 hours just for us to lose lol
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
@TurtlePink that is sport unfortunately. Wear did you go and why?
Gibbon · 70-79, M
850 miles to Daytona Speedway.
hunkalove · 61-69, M

 
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