seagull special's

[Pretty pink fairy]

did you use this service and did you ever bunk it without a ticket

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Used it and PAID for it. Ticket everytime.

 

[Hiney]

Used it and always paid for my ticket

*angel*

 

[Sir Norman Gull]

Used it many times and never thought about not paying. I remember after one friday night having imbibed too much the night before waking up at about 5 in the morning for a necessary comfort break. I couldn't get back to sleep so wondered where the Albion were playing that day and remembered Grimsby! so still not thinking straight got a train to Brighton in time for the Seagulls special and as it was not sold out managed to buy a ticket at the gate. Oh the smell of fish as we passed through Grimsby Docks station on the way to Cleethorpes was enough to clear any hangover. The memories!! The only time I did not pay was the seagulls special to Charlton- a free ticket for not arriving at Forest on the train that never arrived for the League Cup match.

 

[Al Bion]

I used it all the time and always paid, must admit I never realised anyone bunked on for free but guess I was young and naive then

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

i think people who boarded the train at haywards heath and three bridges might have few stories:

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I remember the aroma of Grimsby and the young & naive Al Bion.

 

[Al Bion]

I remember the aroma of Grimsby and the young & naive Al Bion.

I hope you're not trying to say I smelt fishy

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

As if!

 

[herman gelmet]

Used it all the time as a teenager, it was only about £2 to go anywhere wasn't it?
Anyone remember cardiff in about 76. Station near the ground was closed, so the police walked us through cardiff for about a mile to the ground. After the game, no police to be seen, longest mile of my life. I was the one with the big black eye thanks to some welsh inbreds giving me headbutts I was only 14 for christ sake
Kept my scarf though
Think we lost 2-0

 

[surrey jim]

when did they stop the service??

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Used it all the time as a teenager, it was only about £2 to go anywhere wasn't it?
Anyone remember cardiff in about 76. Station near the ground was closed, so the police walked us through cardiff for about a mile to the ground. After the game, no police to be seen, longest mile of my life. I was the one with the big black eye thanks to some welsh inbreds giving me headbutts I was only 14 for christ sake
Kept my scarf though
Think we lost 2-0

£2 ,no it varied .after the service stopped i think the club provided discount fares on scheduled service's to away matches but i think theses were limited to about 100 per game

 

[Ex Vanguard Drinker]

Most times paid the cost but not when using normal train service.Still getting someone under 14 i think to purchase child ticket but we all looked mid teens and older but never stoped by the old bill or ticket collectors.Mad rush back at brighton to get over the rail lines to unused platform.Most trips to london never bought tickets and would come back next day on the first train,some very cold nights and meeting other lost souls at Vic station.Met the Nolan sisters with some of the Albion players once back in early 80,s on train back from london.

 

[Mr Blobby]

I used it a few times. My Dad got stuck on the seagull special to Notts Forest for the league cup game back in the late 70's!

I think the last one was to Hull City in the FACup in 1986 (we won 3-2). The train lost a number of windows as we pulled out the station and the locals bid us a fond farewell.

 

[Barry Izbak]

I remember a bloke who boarded the Seagull Special without a ticket at Oldham Werneth on a Tuesday evening circa 1978.

It wasn't until nearly midnight when we were approaching somewhere like Leicester that he realised he wasn't on his usual commuter train home and he managed to get the the train stopped and so he could get off.

We had great fun imagining the story he would have to tell his missus