Morecambe

Reasons To Adopt

Here is the argument for Morecambe: England, England National League North, and a ground called Halo Aerospace Stadium. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• You get a nickname

  Known as The Shrimps. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

• Worth the journey

  Nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), roughly 81km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.

• The calendar you inherit

  England National League North is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

• Old enough to matter

  1920 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.