[Football] Is that all you take away?

[LamieRobertson]

Talking of away support, Bournemouth's was very decent considering it was on telly and they are 100 miles away.

I think as a percentage of their normal home attendance it was certainly decent

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Bet you really appreciated the unexpected (as in, no warning signs) closure of the A27 at Lancing last night - especially the way that they let you get to the new roundabout before making you double back to flyover.

We were just approaching the airport roundabout as they were shutting it. Our driver (from Mum's care home, in Lancing) swung left, and took us on a nifty route through service roads in the airport, emerging on the coast road. We dropped Mum off, jumped into my car, and re-joined a totally deserted A27 at Lancing Manor!

 

[BN9 BHA]

I did 60 miles yesterday after arriving back from the states with about 2 hours sleep. Great getting down , but didn't get back until after midnight as I stayed until the end....

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

We were just approaching the airport roundabout as they were shutting it. Our driver (from Mum's care home, in Lancing) swung left, and took us on a nifty route through service roads in the airport, emerging on the coast road. We dropped Mum off, jumped into my car, and re-joined a totally deserted A27 at Lancing Manor!

Not too bad for you then - don't think our coach would have made it through the little tunnel under the railway if we tried that route!

 

[dwayne]

Well quite. We set off at 3.30pm, and we live 45 minutes along the route they'd have to drive. It is a shit journey.

(At least they only have to do it once a year, rather than every other week!)

Think you missed the point.

I'm a pretty terrible fan but I made it. Bmuff should have sold out IMHO.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I did 60 miles yesterday after arriving back from the states with about 2 hours sleep. Great getting down , but didn't get back until after midnight as I stayed until the end....

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

100 miles is definitely not nothing with our shower of shite roads and trains

I did about 70% of the journey they would have had yesterday.
Brighton bound I left home at about 3.15. Took a good two hours to get to Mill Road, including one short comfort break. The worst parts of the journey were Sussex, as you could guess particularly Chichester, Arundel and - worst of all - Worthing.
for the return i left on about 90+4, and got on a bus fairly quickly, within 10 minutes of the final whistle, I would think. When I got back to the car the eta on the Satnav was 11.27. That was soon stymied by a big diversion off at Shoreham down to the coast road all through Lancing until Worthing, where it went up past Waitrose and Broadwater Green to rejoin the A27 at Warren Road. It added about 15 minutes to the journey.
i would think the remainder of their journey on Motorway and dual carriageway through the forest would probably have been straightforward.
i have in the past have had some very uncomfortable waits for P&R buses, particularly last season for whichever European match it was where it was torrential rain and I realised my supposedly waterproof coat was not waterproof! I’m 71, so a spirit of self-preservation comes into play, a la @Harry Wilson's tackle !

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

We were just approaching the airport roundabout as they were shutting it. Our driver (from Mum's care home, in Lancing) swung left, and took us on a nifty route through service roads in the airport, emerging on the coast road. We dropped Mum off, jumped into my car, and re-joined a totally deserted A27 at Lancing Manor!

I was caught with having to turn back from the airport roundabout too! I was jolly cross!!!

 

[lawros left foot]

Fulham fans:

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Leeds would have taken more.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I did about 70% of the journey they would have had yesterday.
Brighton bound I left home at about 3.15. Took a good two hours to get to Mill Road, including one short comfort break. The worst parts of the journey were Sussex, as you could guess particularly Chichester, Arundel and - worst of all - Worthing.
for the return i left on about 90+4, and got on a bus fairly quickly, within 10 minutes of the final whistle, I would think. When I got back to the car the eta on the Satnav was 11.27. That was soon stymied by a big diversion off at Shoreham down to the coast road all through Lancing until Worthing, where it went up past Waitrose and Broadwater Green to rejoin the A27 at Warren Road. It added about 15 minutes to the journey.
i would think the remainder of their journey on Motorway and dual carriageway through the forest would probably have been straightforward.
i have in the past have had some very uncomfortable waits for P&R buses, particularly last season for whichever European match it was where it was torrential rain and I realised my supposedly waterproof coat was not waterproof! I’m 71, so a spirit of self-preservation comes into play, a la @Harry Wilson's tackle !

AKA 'Bollocks to that' syndrome.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Leeds would have taken more.

*cough* of *cough*

 

[Westdene Seagull]

That brings back memories. As a teenager I used to spend my paper round pay on buying vinal singles of the past from a catalogue ( think it might have been called Gold ). This was one I bought - it's probably still in my ex-wife's loft.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Harsh. It is 100 miles (and that route is shite with hardly any motorway) for a televised early evening kick off - and they returned one block.

Fulham took a LOT less to Wolves.

Not harsh, it’s one of their closer games as well.

Thought it was poor myself, agree with @dwayne

 

[portlock seagull]

I did about 70% of the journey they would have had yesterday.
Brighton bound I left home at about 3.15. Took a good two hours to get to Mill Road, including one short comfort break. The worst parts of the journey were Sussex, as you could guess particularly Chichester, Arundel and - worst of all - Worthing.
for the return i left on about 90+4, and got on a bus fairly quickly, within 10 minutes of the final whistle, I would think. When I got back to the car the eta on the Satnav was 11.27. That was soon stymied by a big diversion off at Shoreham down to the coast road all through Lancing until Worthing, where it went up past Waitrose and Broadwater Green to rejoin the A27 at Warren Road. It added about 15 minutes to the journey.
i would think the remainder of their journey on Motorway and dual carriageway through the forest would probably have been straightforward.
i have in the past have had some very uncomfortable waits for P&R buses, particularly last season for whichever European match it was where it was torrential rain and I realised my supposedly waterproof coat was not waterproof! I’m 71, so a spirit of self-preservation comes into play, a la @Harry Wilson's tackle !

Absolutely this, and the Europa game was AEK because I was so wet through due to the torrents waiting for the P&R after that I had to make a similar drive home in my pants and bare feet! I'll leave you with that very powerful image...

 

[Oh_aye]

Good lads. Own it!

Also, not sure we should be sniffy about others support given I could have done naked star jumps at my seat in the last 3 home games without coming within 5 feet of anyone.

Our home banner should be "we're gonna leave in a minute"

 

[tigertim68]

You'll never understand because you live close by, but for anyone travelling more than 10miles has to allow for a 3 day round trip / it's possible to get to continental capitals quicker than the Amex sometimes!

I know it’s quicker to get home from St Mary’s to portslade, than from the Amex to portslade

 

[BrightonCottager]

Perhaps we could build a smaller lego stand mk2 in the South stand specially for fulham so they don't get too lonely.
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...except it sold out very quickly, and why wouldn't it - it's an attractive awayday for us? We've not won at Wolves in the top division for 40 years - that may have contributed to it. A pity, because both goals were superb, the first one almost a carbon copy of Manor Solomon's at the Amex 2 seasons ago.