Rather than moan about early leavers!

[Return of the Rev]

What could be done to ease the travel worries before we start to lose our mighty fanbase? We can keep moaning about going early but there must be a very good reason. Please come up with ways to improve travel,whats it going to like with 30,000

 

[Bold Seagull]

Southern need more carriages, it really is simple as that. Frequency etc. all probably fine if all the trains were minimum 6 coaches long, preferably 8.

At the moment, far too many 3 coach trains are being used.

 

[RowXintheNorth]

Isn't there current supply problem between Lewes and Brighton, so longer formations can't be used as the power supply isn't sufficient?

 

[GingerBeerMan]

I thought Dobbie was poor last night but give him time to settle in and I think he'll come good

 

[Stat Brother]

 

[Commander]

a) lock people in until the final whistle
b) add more carriages
c) fill up the current carriages

There are no other options.

I still don't understand why people leave early though. I have a long way to travel home so for evening games I leave my seat when there is a minute of injury time to go and walk to the exit, watch the last 30 seconds or so from there and then leave the second the whistle goes. Every single time I make that 21.45 train so am back in Brighton under 20 mins after the final whistle. Why would anyone need to get home any earlier than that?

 

[Gritt23]

What could be done to ease the travel worries before we start to lose our mighty fanbase? We can keep moaning about going early but there must be a very good reason. Please come up with ways to improve travel,whats it going to like with 30,000

If only MORE people would leave before the end of the game then the first wave of buses could be gone and back again by teh time I shuffle to the end of my queue.

Tbh, getting 25,000 peiople away from a stadium does take quite a long time. It seems to happen everywhere, so I'm always a bit confused that people seem to think we are somehow missing an easy solution.

 

[8ace]

Divert the River Ouse through Falmer Village and then use the IOW hovercraft to bring people in. People would be able to park their cars in the IOW.

 

[abc]

What could be done to ease the travel worries before we start to lose our mighty fanbase? We can keep moaning about going early but there must be a very good reason. Please come up with ways to improve travel,whats it going to like with 30,000

First class post.

Noone WANTS to leave a game early (unless the game is truly dire) but when the difference between leaving 5 minutes early or on the final whistle can be well over an hour in getting home it is hardly surprising people do. Its got absoultelly NOTHING to do with how dedicated a fan you are but many people simply have other commitments, early work in the morning etc.

Most grounds are traditionally in the middle of town and people can leave on the whistle and disperse quickly and easily. This is the opposite to the Amex. So yes, if the club want the support to stay to the end the only solution is to improve the transport links.

 

[00snook]

Divert the River Ouse through Falmer Village and then use the IOW hovercraft to bring people in. People would be able to park their cars in the IOW.

This is an excellent idea

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

c) fill up the current carriages

There are no other options.

This.

Like in Japan they should have staff to push people on to trains.

In all seriousness these people who get the trains are clearly NOT commuters. If they were they would know to MOVE DOWN THE CARRIAGE but they dont they stand by the door. IDIOTS.

The staff are ALSO IDIOTS because they dont tell people to. Simply put I would have a cattle prod to get people TO MOVE.

You could get loads more on. LOADS. After the Brum game half empty trains were leaving

 

[abc]

a) lock people in until the final whistle
b) add more carriages
c) fill up the current carriages

There are no other options.

I still don't understand why people leave early though. I have a long way to travel home so for evening games I leave my seat when there is a minute of injury time to go and walk to the exit, watch the last 30 seconds or so from there and then leave the second the whistle goes. Every single time I make that 21.45 train so am back in Brighton under 20 mins after the final whistle. Why would anyone need to get home any earlier than that?

So actually you DO leave early! how would it work if 25000 people left their " seat when there is a minute of injury time to go and walk to the exit, watch the last 30 seconds or so from there and then leave the second the whistle goes"? Hoisted by your own petard Sir!

Also, not everyone lives in Brighton. You might not be quite so smug if you lived further away?

 

[Commander]

This.

Like in Japan they should have staff to push people on to trains.

In all seriousness these people who get the trains are clearly NOT commuters. If they were they would know to MOVE DOWN THE CARRIAGE but they dont they stand by the door. IDIOTS.

The staff are ALSO IDIOTS because they dont tell people to. Simply put I would have a cattle prod to get people TO MOVE.

You could get loads more on. LOADS. After the Brum game half empty trains were leaving

There were spare SEATS on the 21.45 last night! SEATS! With a queue of about 5,000 people waiting to get on a train, how the hell can it leave with spare seats? Unless the last person on's nose is pressing up against the glass of the door, then the train is not full. The journey to Brighton / Lewes only takes a couple of minutes, they should pack those trains out, it would save a lot of people a lot of time, and then we might not have the mass exodus at 85 minutes.

 

[Stat Brother]

This is an excellent idea

How the fook can a hoovercraft be an excellent idea over a Jet Pack Helicopter.

 

[Rich Suvner]

First class post.

Noone WANTS to leave a game early (unless the game is truly dire) but when the difference between leaving 5 minutes early or on the final whistle can be well over an hour in getting home it is hardly surprising people do. Its got absoultelly NOTHING to do with how dedicated a fan you are but many people simply have other commitments, early work in the morning etc.

Most grounds are traditionally in the middle of town and people can leave on the whistle and disperse quickly and easily. This is the opposite to the Amex. So yes, if the club want the support to stay to the end the only solution is to improve the transport links.

i rarely leave before FT but as a 5.40am commuter occassionally take the option to get home as early as possible. 3 carriage trains serving a 26,000 crowd is a joke and needs addressing urgently.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Train stuffing in Tokyo - YouTube

Problem solved.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

How many does an Imperial Tie Fighter hold? Or an X-wing? Surely if a group of us clubbed together and split the petrol costs it wouldn't work out too much over the season.

 

[Commander]

So actually you DO leave early! how would it work if 25000 people left their " seat when there is a minute of injury time to go and walk to the exit, watch the last 30 seconds or so from there and then leave the second the whistle goes"? Hoisted by your own petard Sir!

Also, not everyone lives in Brighton. You might not be quite so smug if you lived further away?

So actually you DO leave early! how would it work if 25000 people left their " seat when there is a minute of injury time to go and walk to the exit, watch the last 30 seconds or so from there and then leave the second the whistle goes"? Hoisted by your own petard Sir!

Also, not everyone lives in Brighton. You might not be quite so smug if you lived further away?

You got me.

Except I don't live in Brighton, I live in North West London. I think that's far enough away for a midweek game to justify being 'smug' about how people really don't need to leave early. If I don't, then nor do 99% of the crowd.

My point is, I don't understand why people need to leave on 85 minutes. What's the point in going in the first place if you're going to miss the last 5 minutes? OK, if we're 3-0 up or 3-0 down I understand it, but not at 1-1! When we beat Sunderland last year I left at the final whistle (after extra time) and was still back home before midnight.

What annoys me is the people sprinting and pushing and shoving to get on the first train out, when they live in Brighton! Hang around for a beer after, you'll have a nice leisurely, quiet train journey home then.