Tottenham and now Chelsea may be temporarily relocating from their home bases while work is done on their stadiums. The data shows that Premier League teams have generally stayed pretty close to where they started

Both Tottenham and Chelsea may be set to temporarily relocate in the coming seasons as the former seeks to build a new ground and the latter wants to develop Stamford Bridge.

If, as is rumoured, Spurs opt for Stadium mk then they will have moved around 60 miles from home (though not as far as Wimbledon controversially did before they were turned into MK Dons).

We have taken what we classified as each Premier League club’s first real ground. Our criteria: if they merged it was the first one after the merger, if they had no real permanent home it was where they went regularly and it was not just the pitch they played on as amateurs.

For example, Everton used to play on a pitch in Stanley Park but moved to a ground in Prior Lane when they became a professional club. Similarly, Tottenham played in Tottenham Marshes but they had no control over the park and passersby could interrupt their games at will.

We have then taken the shortest distance it takes to get there by driving on Google Maps and seen which are closest and which are furthest away.

Unsurprisingly, Arsenal, who were originally based in Greenwich and moved to north London for commercial reasons, have strayed the furthest from their base. Manchester United (formerly Newton Heath) also did a similar thing.

Three clubs have remained in the same place: Newcastle, Liverpool and Chelsea. The last two were clubs that were formed by those owning the stadiums.

Interestingly, a lot of clubs have returned to their home bases despite having previously moved away. Hull’s KC Stadium is built on the site of the old Circle Cricket Ground where they used to play, Southampton returned close to where they formed and Tottenham’s new stadium will be in their historical home of Northumberland Park.