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Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:45 am
by BobbyJ1956
I've been thinking what a good trip back to Manchester all those City supporters must have had after the win at Arsenal, even with getting home at 2 and 3 in the morning. It's one of the things you miss about England with living overseas, they were good times those drives back up the motorway after a match, the radio on for Sports Report and stopping at a caff for a fry-up. (Lord, I could murder a bacon butty.) So it set me wondering, what are people's best memories of returning from an away win back in the day? And since it's a long way home when you've lost, what were the most wretched return trips you've had, too?

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:17 am
by lyons07
only just got home and it's 20 past bastard 4!

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:32 pm
by Blue Since 76
would the semi against the rags count as an away trip, cos that was a fantastic trip home.

Worst was actually a home game - for work I had to go to Edinburgh for the day and be in Newcastle the following day, together with another City fan. So we travelled all the way home, past Newcastle, getting back just in time to get to the match. After the match, we left Manchester about midnight to head back to Newcastle ready for an 8:30 meeting the following day. The match was against Arsenal at Maine Rd and we were 4-0 down in about 25 minutes. Arsenal were fantastic, but you did wonder why you'd bothered.

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:45 pm
by stevefromdonny
a few years back i went on the train with a few mates to see Bristol city v city, pissed, i got the train at 9 got into Bristol about 12
went to game which we lost 1-0, Paul power got sent off, got a train about 5-30 and got back to Donny about 12, train went to brum, derby, back to chesterfield[ dont know why ]back to derby, to sheffield where their was a few rags on station, to rotherham,swinton, mexborough,conisbrough and Donny, what a fucking nightmare and we lost

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:50 pm
by Blue Since 76
stevefromdonny wrote:a few years back i went on the train with a few mates to see Bristol city v city, pissed, i got the train at 9 got into Bristol about 12
went to game which we lost 1-0, Paul power got sent off, got a train about 5-30 and got back to Donny about 12, train went to brum, derby, back to chesterfield[ dont know why ]back to derby, to sheffield where their was a few rags on station, to rotherham,swinton, mexborough,conisbrough and Donny, what a fucking nightmare and we lost


You might have to redefine 'few'!

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:06 pm
by stevefromdonny
Blue Since 76 wrote:
stevefromdonny wrote:a few years back i went on the train with a few mates to see Bristol city v city, pissed, i got the train at 9 got into Bristol about 12
went to game which we lost 1-0, Paul power got sent off, got a train about 5-30 and got back to Donny about 12, train went to brum, derby, back to chesterfield[ dont know why ]back to derby, to sheffield where their was a few rags on station, to rotherham,swinton, mexborough,conisbrough and Donny, what a fucking nightmare and we lost


You might have to redefine 'few'!



quite a few years back lol

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:14 pm
by Dameerto
stevefromdonny wrote:
Blue Since 76 wrote:
stevefromdonny wrote:a few years back i went on the train with a few mates to see Bristol city v city, pissed, i got the train at 9 got into Bristol about 12
went to game which we lost 1-0, Paul power got sent off, got a train about 5-30 and got back to Donny about 12, train went to brum, derby, back to chesterfield[ dont know why ]back to derby, to sheffield where their was a few rags on station, to rotherham,swinton, mexborough,conisbrough and Donny, what a fucking nightmare and we lost


You might have to redefine 'few'!



quite a few years back lol

God help you when you go out for a few beers then.

Re: Long way home

PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:42 pm
by Patrick
17 hours through driving rain back from a 3-1 drubbing at Poznan, great trip though