By oldest So yesterday I spent half an hour trying to figure out how far Tottenham fans travel for a midweek match against Newcastle. Total nightmare. My desk looked like a recycling bin exploded – fixtures list scribbled on one page, stadium names on another sticky note, some geography nonsense floating around in my head. Felt like solving a puzzle blindfolded.
I always thought knowing who was “North” or “London” was enough. Until my mate Dave, trying to plan a pub trip for the derby, asked me which teams were actually close enough for an evening pint near Kings Cross after work. I just kinda froze. Stared at my pile of notes like a fool. There were gaps, man. Big ones.
That’s when the map idea smacked me in the face. Why not just see all the buggers laid out at once? Grabbed my laptop first thing this morning, coffee steaming next to it, determined to make this happen. Started searching for a simple way to drop pins without needing a geography degree. Found a free online map generator after like, three false starts (seriously, why are so many of those things ridiculously complicated?).
Manually typed in every single Premier League team name. Painstaking. Checked each stadium location twice – nearly put Burnley in London, that would’ve been embarrassing! One by one, dropped those pins. Seeing them all on screen together was like flipping on the light switch.
Suddenly all those abstract directions turned real:
- Crystal Palace right next to Fulham? Never clicked before.
- How isolated Brighton actually is? Explains the trains getting jammed.
- That whole Manchester/Liverpool/Everton cluster? Pure rivalry gold right there.
Took me maybe 20 minutes tops to build it, plus another 10 sipping coffee just spotting connections. Best part? Even Dave could glance at it and instantly get where everyone was. No explanation needed. Pure visual magic.
Forget memorizing towns and motorways. This little map solves real stuff:
- Planning match trips (can you actually drive back same night?).
- Understanding why some away trips are brutal journeys.
- Spotting natural rivalries just by seeing who’s crammed together.
- Making sense of fixture pile-ups – why playing Newcastle then Chelsea in 4 days is madness.
Honestly thought maps were for tourists. Turns out they’re a Premier League cheat code. Stuck mine on the wall now. Total game-changer for anyone who watches, travels, or just chats footie in the pub. Simple fix for a stupidly annoying problem.
