Sirius

Why Sirius

Here is the argument for Sirius: Sweden, Sweden Allsvenskan, and a ground called Studenternas IP, Uppsala. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Worth the journey

  Nearest airport is Örnsköldsvik Airport (OER), roughly 37km out. This is not a casual away day, which is precisely why the people who do it take it seriously.

• The calendar you inherit

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

• Old enough to matter

  1907 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.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Svenska Mästerskapet: and Superettan:. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.