Places to get stuck following City

A590 blues said:
Not as interesting or as funny as previous.....But living in south Cumbria was a fooking mare in the 80s to 20s
Reds everwhere so not the greatest place to get stuck especially when city away are on telly in boozer full of the vermin.
Had some interesting conversations to say the least.
Great hardcore of blues here but always outnumbered.
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Worked up in Barrow a couple of times 2 years ago.

Couldn't believe the amount of Rags and Dipper fans!
 
Sort of fits here but mine goes back to October 2011 and I was able to get hold of a couple of tickets for the Derby at Old Trafford. Time had been booked off work and I was really looking forward to watching the blues again. I lived in the North East at the time and with working in retail, I rarely got time off on a Saturday to watch our team.

A day before the match I got a call from the Area Manager letting me know that my time off was cancelled because one of the other Managers was ill and I would have to cover for him, I was gutted and gave my tickets to my brother who was a Scum fan.

On the day of the match, I get to work and the store opens as normal but around 10:30 the power went off and the store had to be closed until the power had been fixed. The game kicked off at 13:30 and I got a radio out of the store to listen to the game.

The power didn't get restored until 17:30 so the store was closed for the rest of the day. I was fuming because I would have witnessed the greatest win at the Swamp by our magnificent blues!!!
 
Fernster said:
Sort of fits here but mine goes back to October 2011 and I was able to get hold of a couple of tickets for the Derby at Old Trafford. Time had been booked off work and I was really looking forward to watching the blues again. I lived in the North East at the time and with working in retail, I rarely got time off on a Saturday to watch our team.

A day before the match I got a call from the Area Manager letting me know that my time off was cancelled because one of the other Managers was ill and I would have to cover for him, I was gutted and gave my tickets to my brother who was a Scum fan.

On the day of the match, I get to work and the store opens as normal but around 10:30 the power went off and the store had to be closed until the power had been fixed. The game kicked off at 13:30 and I got a radio out of the store to listen to the game.

The power didn't get restored until 17:30 so the store was closed for the rest of the day. I was fuming because I would have witnessed the greatest win at the Swamp by our magnificent blues!!!
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At least your brother got to see it.
 
Salford in the City said:
Worked up in Barrow a couple of times 2 years ago.

Couldn't believe the amount of Rags and Dipper fans!
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Yeah, I spent a fortnight working in Wigton and Carlisle ... and there were a lot of Liverpool and United fans there too .... there was quite a number of City fans around as well, especially in Carlisle, as there was Carlisle United..
 
mayo31 said:
Just seen this post

Do you remember at the train station that Irish lad who was traveling around with his camping gear

He made us a brew. Everything he had was camouflaged even his bible
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Can’t remember that Ste. Maybe I had managed to fall asleep. I remember it was a cold and seemingly dodgy place. Great trip though mate.
 
on way to spurs m1 engine overheated
on way home stoke throttle cable snapped fixed by tieing shoe laces to throttle and putting through bonnett to inside car.
on way home from forest another engine failure
home to spurs my mate had my car keys got arrested in cells for hours no idea he was in the nick.
southampton away league cup at the dell tues night special back to piccadilly got back no buses or trains back to knutsford had to walk got to about alty and some kind person gave us a lift.
im sure theres more will have a think
 
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82 / 83 season. We played Southampton in the League Cup the same night as Siouxsie & The Banshees played in Southampton. Travelled to the game on the Special.
We got knocked out of the cup and off I went to to find the venue in the town centre.
Gets there and tried to blag my way in but the bouncers weren’t having it. I stood at the side of the venue listening to the band. Towards the end folk started coming out and one of them gave me their ticket. I showed it to the bouncers and they still weren’t having it!
The gig ended and then I just wandered around town and ended up at the train station and tried to kip in the waiting room but then was asked to leave as the station was closing. Walked around for ages and stumbled across a police station and they let me kip on a chair in the reception.
Around 6am and very little kip I started to hitch hike back. Got two rides and reached Banbury and after an hour of being stuck there I jumped on a train to Brum and then Manchester.
 
Stuck in Turkey after the CL final for an extra night and a full day. Flight back from Dalaman cancelled and put up in one of the resorts nearby. That one was pretty good
 
After champs league final me and my 28yr old son left istanbul for a 6hr stopover in Podgorica Montenegro so nowt really to do but go on the lash , got back to airport later waited for around 4hrs to be told our flight home had been cancelled coz of repairs to the Ryanair plane so around 1am we're bein shipped out to numerous hotels , around half hour into this journey the coach stopped amd turned back to Podgorica airport where we was told to get off the coach and wait , Podgorica airport is about the size of 1 football field so by this time it was shut , cut a long story short a guy turned up who sorted another hotel out but by now the beer had now turned into a massive 3 day hangover and I needed sleep, we finally got in our room at 4am to be woken at 8am to be told we was bein picked up at 9am. Got home Monday around 18hrs later than we should've but we won the cup.
 
Wimbledon away January 1987. 5 of us set off in mates banger early morning heading over M62 then M1. Called at Hartshead Moor services for papers and car wouldn't start. Pushed it and got it going but every time we stopped, the engine conked out and we had to push it to get it going. Anyway, made it to the game and parked on the supermarket car park behind the open end. No recollection of the game but checked and it was a nil nil thriller in front of five and a half thousand! Came out of the game and car would not start despite pushing it all around the car park. So obviously we retired to the nearest pub to decide what to do. Had a chat with landlady and explained our problem and she shouted over to a couple of guys in oily overalls who, it turned out, had a scrapyard round the corner. They reckoned our problem was the alternator and as luck had it they had one which they kindly offered to fit for us! Result, the car was fixed at a reasonable price though driver had already had half a dozen pints so we decided to stay, having been invited to the party that night in the pub for daughter of landlady. Disco and lovely buffet and plenty of beers later ,we staggered out and slept in the car. Set off back home around breakfast and back in the local pub in Littleborough for lunchtime session. Great day out.
 
Wembley nick after giving a couple of dippers who thought it was a good idea to single of my little brother only to get a good hiding
It was worth it though I have to say
 
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