Cap doffed to you and many others like you.Normal match day, i leave the house 5.30am. Bus at 5.45am, boat at 7.30am. In Glasgow for 11.30am. Straight back after the game for the 8pm boat home and back in the local for 11pm. That’s a Saturday/Sunday game
For midweek bus picks us up at 9am, boat at 10.30am in Glasgow for about 2.30pm. Back straight after the game for the midnight boat home. Back in the house about 3am. If your unlucky and miss the midnight boat then it’s the 4am sailing which doesn’t get me back to 7am
But wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a way of life and I’ll be doing it until I physically can’t anymore. I do this journey sometimes 2/3 times a week depending on fixtures. Try not to miss a home game if possible in all competitions.
Try maybe 3/4 aways a season to including Europe. All my holidays in work is used for basically the football
Thats dedication.Normal match day, i leave the house 5.30am. Bus at 5.45am, boat at 7.30am. In Glasgow for 11.30am. Straight back after the game for the 8pm boat home and back in the local for 11pm. That’s a Saturday/Sunday game
For midweek bus picks us up at 9am, boat at 10.30am in Glasgow for about 2.30pm. Back straight after the game for the midnight boat home. Back in the house about 3am. If your unlucky and miss the midnight boat then it’s the 4am sailing which doesn’t get me back to 7am
But wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a way of life and I’ll be doing it until I physically can’t anymore. I do this journey sometimes 2/3 times a week depending on fixtures. Try not to miss a home game if possible in all competitions.
Try maybe 3/4 aways a season to including Europe. All my holidays in work is used for basically the football
Sitting last night pre match talking to the old guy behind me and was telling
me he had travelled up hours ago from Nottingham.
He is at every game ,then was telling me about his mates, he meets on the way up from all over England.
Others that have season tickets all over the ground, are from Coventry ,Derby ,Liverpool ,Barrow and more.
They come to EVERY game ,and stay in hotels after the game.
Says you would not believe how big we are all over England ,as if i didnt know ,esp. with the sacrifice they make to come to our stadium.
Fling in the others that come over the water from N.Ireland on early morning boats ,thats dedication.
I think its a trek coming from 45 minutes away.
Cap doffed.
7 hours up 7 hours down every home game drive from east anglia from ,work offshore so helps i have days off to recover you just get so used to it.Travel between 90 minutes to 2 hours depending on traffic but when you see how far some travel it's nothing
Normal match day, i leave the house 5.30am. Bus at 5.45am, boat at 7.30am. In Glasgow for 11.30am. Straight back after the game for the 8pm boat home and back in the local for 11pm. That’s a Saturday/Sunday game
For midweek bus picks us up at 9am, boat at 10.30am in Glasgow for about 2.30pm. Back straight after the game for the midnight boat home. Back in the house about 3am. If your unlucky and miss the midnight boat then it’s the 4am sailing which doesn’t get me back to 7am
But wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a way of life and I’ll be doing it until I physically can’t anymore. I do this journey sometimes 2/3 times a week depending on fixtures. Try not to miss a home game if possible in all competitions.
Try maybe 3/4 aways a season to including Europe. All my holidays in work is used for basically the football
Normal match day, i leave the house 5.30am. Bus at 5.45am, boat at 7.30am. In Glasgow for 11.30am. Straight back after the game for the 8pm boat home and back in the local for 11pm. That’s a Saturday/Sunday game
For midweek bus picks us up at 9am, boat at 10.30am in Glasgow for about 2.30pm. Back straight after the game for the midnight boat home. Back in the house about 3am. If your unlucky and miss the midnight boat then it’s the 4am sailing which doesn’t get me back to 7am
But wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a way of life and I’ll be doing it until I physically can’t anymore. I do this journey sometimes 2/3 times a week depending on fixtures. Try not to miss a home game if possible in all competitions.
Try maybe 3/4 aways a season to including Europe. All my holidays in work is used for basically the football
Fantastic mate.Normal match day, i leave the house 5.30am. Bus at 5.45am, boat at 7.30am. In Glasgow for 11.30am. Straight back after the game for the 8pm boat home and back in the local for 11pm. That’s a Saturday/Sunday game
For midweek bus picks us up at 9am, boat at 10.30am in Glasgow for about 2.30pm. Back straight after the game for the midnight boat home. Back in the house about 3am. If your unlucky and miss the midnight boat then it’s the 4am sailing which doesn’t get me back to 7am
But wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a way of life and I’ll be doing it until I physically can’t anymore. I do this journey sometimes 2/3 times a week depending on fixtures. Try not to miss a home game if possible in all competitions.
Try maybe 3/4 aways a season to including Europe. All my holidays in work is used for basically the football
That is an unbelievable effort.
I bet you wouldn't want to add up what it costs you over the season though
I was on the KP bus to Graz, got train up to Glasgow on the Sunday, done bus to Graz via Munich ( 28 hours iirc ) done return journey, got off bus on friday afternoon at Carlisle, train from Carlisle to Newcastle, arrived home on Friday night. Back up the road on Saturday morning for home game...all day Sunday was spent in my bed.I remember the Graz away game, boys from NI on KP bus had come over for Selkirk away on the Saturday, stayed for trip to Graz, arrived back on Friday afternoon, home match Saturday afternoon and Stadium announcement 15 minutes from end of match to say all ferries to NI have been cancelled due to weather.
These 4 guys had been away from home for over a week for 3 matches and had travelled about 3000 miles.
Mega respect.
Plymouth TB edge it for me!The Portsmouth true blue boys must rack up some mileage over the season.
Happened many a time in the early/mid 00’s.Have done it many times mate when the holidays were drying up
Years ago when i drove for a living for a Euro match I was only allowed the one day of, the day of the game. So down the road after the match, missed the boat. Had to wait to 4am
Sailing. In the house for 7am, quick shower and cup of tea to start work at 7.45am. Was never as tired in all my life and how I stayed awake the next day at the wheel of the van I’ll never know lol
You should have asked the bus to pick you up somewhere just over the border. Got the KP bus a few times and they usually picked bears up down south when on euro trips.I was on the KP bus to Graz, got train up to Glasgow on the Sunday, done bus to Graz via Munich ( 28 hours iirc ) done return journey, got off bus on friday afternoon at Carlisle, train from Carlisle to Newcastle, arrived home on Friday night. Back up the road on Saturday morning for home game...all day Sunday was spent in my bed.
Durham Loyal, Big Jeff’s blue & white army
Travel over from Croatia for about 6 games a season (try and combine 2 home games a trip). Next trip is Hamilton and Scum games in March. Have a ST in CD.
Also spent thousands as well travelling to Euro away games over the years. Longest trip was driving from Croatia to Bucharest, around 17 hours through Serbia, Bulgaria and into Romania. Bremen wasnt quite as long a drive, but got delayed by snow on that trip and had to drive myself as my Croat mate had never driven in snow before . Coming back from Vienna had to put the snow chains on as got stuck in snow in central Croatia. Some great times following on...
They only leave Pompey to get away from the smell of dogshit.The Portsmouth true blue boys must rack up some mileage over the season.
Of those who have travelled a long distance - what % of them do you think leave early? would it be more likely to be low (as you'd want your moneys worth) or high (as you've got a long journey back)?