This weekend, Truro City and a hardy group of their fans will be making a historic trip for their National League fixture against Gateshead .

With the two clubs situated in opposite corners of the country, the game represents the longest away trip in the history of English professional football, with the travelling Truro fans facing a gruelling 902-mile round trip from their homes in southern Cornwall all the way up to Gateshead in the northeast, on the other side of the River Tyne from Newcastle.

The Tinners earned promotion from the regional National League South last season and as such are competing in the National League this year -- the fifth tier of the football pyramid that takes in clubs from right across England.

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