Less miles to travel in Enterprise National League in 2026-27 for the Iron

United will travel ever so slightly less miles completing their National League fixtures next season - just 42 fewer than in the last campaign in fact.

Last season, the team travelled 7,254 miles to complete their 23 regular away league games, but they will travel 7,212 to take on the sides in the National League Premier Division next season.

Last season, following promotion back non-regionalised football, United reintroduced trips to face teams over 200 miles away, and despite losing the longest trip of the season Truro City to their relegation, there are six opponents over that threshold in 2026-27, compared with last season’s five. There are also just five teams to face within a 100 mile radius of the Attis Arena, in comparison with the six there were last season following the promotion of York City and Rochdale back to the EFL.

Harrogate Town becomes the Iron’s shortest trip of the campaign at just 60 miles, six miles longer than last season’s shortest trip (York City), while FC Halifax Town and Boston United are second and third, respectively, as they were last campaign.

The longest trip of the season will see the Iron head back to Yeovil Town, with that trip to Somerset a 532-mile round trip from Scunthorpe’s home (204 miles shorter than last season’s longest outing). 

Many Iron supporters will also be heading to AFC Fylde, Worthing and Hornchurch for a ground tick, the first of which coming in at a relatively short trip of 246 miles in both directions, while the trip to the south coast will add 500 miles in total to the odometer, the side’s second longest trip, with an additional trip to the London area adding 356 miles to the tally, respectively.

The 7,212 mile total expected to be travelled this season is the lowest the Iron will travel in three seasons of being at this level but is higher than any recent EFL mileage tallies.

NATIONAL LEAGUE MILEAGE CHART (ONE WAY)

Harrogate Town - 60 miles
FC Halifax Town - 67 miles
Boston United - 68 miles
Altrincham - 90 miles
Tamworth - 99 miles
Hartlepool United - 112 miles
Solihull Moors - 115 miles
AFC Fylde - 123 miles
Gateshead - 133 miles
Kidderminster Harriers - 139 miles
Boreham Wood - 160 miles
Carlisle United - 161 miles
Barrow - 178 miles
Hornchurch - 178 miles
Wealdstone - 181 miles
Forest Green Rovers - 186 miles
Southend United - 195 miles
Woking - 196 miles
Aldershot Town - 207 miles
Sutton United - 218 miles
Eastleigh - 224 miles
Worthing - 250 miles
Yeovil Town - 266 miles

RECENT CAMPAIGNS	MILEAGE	LEAGUE
2014-15	5,736	League One
2015-16	5,270	League One
2016-17	6,190	League One
2017-18	6,530	League One
2018-19	6,826	League One
2019-20	6,776^	League Two
2020-21	6,328	League Two
2021-22	6,662	League Two
2022-23	7,322	National League
2023-24	5,036	National League North
2024-25	5,110	National League North
2025-26	7,254	National League
2026-27	7,212	National League

^had the campaign been completed, the side would have travelled 6,776 miles

*please note, the figures are based on travelling to and from the Attis Arena on the shortest possible route