[Albion] Yet another Amex food complaint

Anger · Oct 13, 2024

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
Let's transport ourselves back to the good old days of The Goldstone where, at half time, you could buy.......errrr (consults detailed historical records)......that's it! f*** all!

Not true. You could buy tea, coffee and Bovril. Not that the liquids which arrived following your order resembled those drinks in any way, but you could at least buy them.

Also they were scalding hot.

I want to go to there!

beorhthelm · Oct 13, 2024

schmunk said:
Do you have a link to the footyscran post?

From what I can see, Chicken George Jnr is a couple of restaurants in Bedfordshire (nowhere near Stoke) and that burger to takeaway would be £10.

Edit: found it:

It's an external food van at St Alban's City (average attendance 1,400), not Stoke City (average attendance 22,000).

thought so. i've noticed on footy scran the good stuff is usually outside vans, or if in the ground lower league where they probably have a van onsite. regular concources tend to be just as crap as Falmer fare. except the pies of course.

thedonkeycentrehalf · Oct 13, 2024

Anger said:
Not true. You could buy tea, coffee and Bovril. Not that the liquids which arrived following your order resembled those drinks in any way, but you could at least buy them.

Also they were scalding hot.

I want to go to there!

I remember asking for a bovril but then, looked at what I had been given which looked like a tea so added milk. It was only when I got to the end of the scalding hot beverage I realised it was a bovril after all as there was trace of the brown sludge at the bottom of the cup!

BNthree · Oct 13, 2024

One of the problems of the lovely Amex is all the immediate adjacent land is owned by the club which means there’s sod all food vans/stalls. Pretty much any other ground has dozens of vans/stalls in the surrounding areas offering all sorts of food. Think Sodexo’s offerings are generally pretty dire but if I’m starving I’ll maybe have a Piglet's pie or sausage roll. Other than usually avoid eating at the Amex whenever possible.

Terry Butcher Tribute Act · Oct 13, 2024

The "Footyscran" social media feed was originally a great idea. Now it's just a horrible place where clubs go for better PR on their food offering, with perfect photo's of a product seldom seen in an actual stadium. Sadly our club has got in on the act and keeps sharing great photo's of mythical products.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Oct 13, 2024

Anger said:
Not true. You could buy tea, coffee and Bovril. Not that the liquids which arrived following your order resembled those drinks in any way, but you could at least buy them.

Also they were scalding hot.

I want to go to there!

Tea + coffee + Bovril = FA

One of the most fundamental laws of catering physics.

(I do like a plastic-cup Bovril, made with granules, to be fair. Late night at Brighton Station in the 70s, that was pure salty nectar.)

South Stand Bonfire · Oct 13, 2024

The irony of that burger allegedly ( but actually not ) being sold at Stoke City is that there was no where, absolutely no where, within half a mile of Stoke station after the game to buy any ready to eat food unless it came from a petrol station.

Hovegull · Oct 13, 2024

Does anyone know how many Vegan Kitkats we are from the return of normal chocolate bars?

Herr Tubthumper · Oct 13, 2024

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
Let's transport ourselves back to the good old days of The Goldstone where, at half time, you could buy.......errrr (consults detailed historical records)......that's it! f*** all!

I buy a steak and ale pie at half time quite regularly now, depending on KO time and whim. Absolutely fine.

If I wanted to go out for a nice lunch, I'd want an hour in a nice room with table service.

But I'm at....the f***ing.....football. Innit.

FFS.

You could buy crisps, wagon wheels and chips.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Oct 14, 2024

Herr Tubthumper said:
You could buy crisps, wagon wheels and chips.

I could. But would I?

Professor Plum · Oct 14, 2024

South Stand Bonfire said:
The irony of that burger allegedly ( but actually not ) being sold at Stoke City is that there was no where, absolutely no where, within half a mile of Stoke station after the game to buy any ready to eat food unless it came from a petrol station.

Why is that an irony?

dwayne · Oct 14, 2024

Westdene Seagull said:
I can see what you mean !

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Absolute nonsense burger like the other one. Nothing worse than these stupid monstrosities that you can't fit in your mouth and just fall apart in your hands. A proper burger fits nicely in the bun and is about flavour, not fitting 20 layers in.

nickjhs · Oct 14, 2024

We dont want to be seen as Currying Favour

South Stand Bonfire · Oct 14, 2024

Professor Plum said:
Why is that an irony?

The irony is that the food at the ground was supposed to be so good, but it was so poor elsewhere in the town.

Super Steve Earle · Oct 14, 2024

Hovegull said:
Does anyone know how many Vegan Kitkats we are from the return of normal chocolate bars?

Stop moaning. The club sells very small, very expensive, milk chocolate Yorkies if you don't want a very old, very cardboard KitKat. The Sodexo staff member even said only Vegan Kitkats is a mistake. Damn right it is, but not one they'll be putting right soon.

bluenitsuj · Oct 14, 2024

All food should be vegan from next season.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Oct 14, 2024

South Stand Bonfire said:
The irony is that the food at the ground was supposed to be so good, but it was so poor elsewhere in the town.

Faversham is quite nice.

Nearby Sittingbourne is less nice.

But that isn't ironic.

Herr Tubthumper · Oct 14, 2024

South Stand Bonfire said:
The irony is that the food at the ground was supposed to be so good, but it was so poor elsewhere in the town.

You are Alanis Morissette and I claim my £5.

Sid and the Sharknados · Oct 14, 2024

South Stand Bonfire said:
The irony of that burger allegedly ( but actually not ) being sold at Stoke City is that there was no where, absolutely no where, within half a mile of Stoke station after the game to buy any ready to eat food unless it came from a petrol station.

Could buy a cracking oatcake from the canal boat on the walk back to the train station last time we played there.

By "cracking", I mean "so good it's addictive like crack". I'd like us to get drawn there again in a cup just so I have an excuse to go back and have another one.

Cowfold Seagull · Oct 14, 2024

HeaviestTed said:
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From footy scran, this is stoke city - if they can produce this why do we get actual slop?

It makes no sense from a commercial point of view, also I’m gonna stop eating at the stadium
I think

Really? l think they should be renamed Cholesterol City, not Stoke City . Am l alone in thinking that overall our food offerings are pretty good? At the end of the day it's all fast food, and cooked for the masses, so it's hardly likely to be haute cuisine. What we serve up certainly isn't slop.

Piglets pies are really excellent in my opinion . . . chips being more widely available would be no bad thing though.

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