I love how all the Norwegians that sign for Liverpool start talking like Jamie Carragher after a season or so. The only foreigners Liverpool had that didn't end up sounding like scousers were Dalglish and Hansen.

I live in Chorlton, Manchester. Go every home game when I'm not at work or watching Liverpool and a few aways.

I did buy a season ticket until they stopped selling them in the West Stand again, but a couple of seasons ago I missed too many games for various reasons so combined with the hassle of having to queue and swap my South Stand voucher for a West Stand ticket every time I did go, I decided it wasn't worth it anymore.

Train or cycle to home games, but obviously Manchester isn't very far away so I can't really be compared to people in Teeside/London/Ireland/etc.

I think Qatar is about 3500 miles......

I'll be back in the UK for a mates wedding on 29-Jan (in Leeds.......urrgh), so will be able to get to the Wigan riendly on the Sunday.

Hoping to get to a couple of games before the summer and then maybe 3 when I'm back in the UK in July, plus something at end of the year, so fingers crossed, about half a dozen games.

All trips to see family, work related training courses etc. etc. are all closely scheduled around the Wire fixture list.

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What route do you take? I'm doing a triathlon and need some long rides [fnarr]

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Funny how, in football, teams like Manchester United and Liverpool are criticised for having fans from far away but, in Rugby League, it's seen as a virtue. I suppose it's a lazy glory hunter stereotype but if you make the effort to travel hundreds of miles to see your team, you deserve to enjoy every bit of glory you get.

I got called a glory hunter by a Salford fan at the Willows last season. At that point we'd won 1 (real) trophy in 30 odd years. Weird.

The criticism in football tends to be that long distance fans don't originate from the area that the team in question is based in. Most of us long distance Wire fans originate from the town, although I do know of several Teessiders who are Warrington fans, although they tend to go to away matches rather than home.

Chorlton - Sale - Carrington - Partington - Warburton Bridge - A57.

I'm a slow cyclist so it takes me a couple of hours, but if you're fit enough to be doing a triathlon you could probably do it in half that!

On the football point, the key problem is that clubs like Liverpool and United attract people from all over who have no concept of the match going culture and traditions in the city/area. They then turn up en masse looking like the club shop has been sick on them and spend half the match taking photos. Obviously there are exceptions but you don't notice the people who blend in. RL clubs probably have a few of them without the glory hunting masses.

Ta. For the sake of clarity, I am NOT fit enough to do a triathlon yet. Hopefully, I will be by the time race day comes along.

The Transpennine Trail is another decent route but, unless you want to arrive in Warrington caked in mud, make sure it's a very dry day before going that way.

Quote: Ian 77 Redux "What route do you take? I'm doing a triathlon and need some long rides [fnarr]'" i do quite a bit of cycling on little routes around warrington..? i have some nice little 10, 15, 20 mile routes mapped out. I use this gb.mapometer.com/en/ to map my own routes out. One thing i have learnt is If your going to ride when its dark then i would ride the route in the light first.... warrington has some lovely pot holes and new wheels are expensive

Quote: Ian 77 Redux "What route do you take? I'm doing a triathlon and need some long rides [fnarr]'" i do quite a bit of cycling on little routes around warrington..? i have some nice little 10, 15, 20 mile routes mapped out. I use this gb.mapometer.com/en/ to map my own routes out. One thing i have learnt is If your going to ride when its dark then i would ride the route in the light first.... warrington has some lovely pot holes and new wheels are expensive

Its all part of the cycling experience... on the flip side i like to try and swipe cans of cider out of unsuspecting chavs hands as i cycle past.

Get to the peaks or the Lakes and go offroad that'll get your stamina up, the roads will feel like a velodrome in comparison.

so it was you,you swine ! why were you cycling naked at 11 o'clock at night ?

Thanks all - I've got a road bike rather than a mountain bike so I'm going to have to stick to roads I think.

Bringing this back on topic a bit - my closest away game is Salford. I could ride my bike there but [Insert tired gag about Salford].

All wendyballers sound Greek to me. At least, they make as much sense as does Greek.

I'm based in rural Northamptonshire so it's a 280 mile round trip for me. Season ticket holder and I get to see most home games, usually day return courtesy ( or even in spite of ) Virgin Trains. I lived in London for 18 years so made Fulham my 'home team' from 1981 until I moved away.