Return of Supporters

[staffsblue]

No excuses for that. We’ve been there so many times recently you should be able to get there with your eyes closed ;-)

The last few times, I've just gone to the pubs near Marylebone and got the Chiltern train up to Wembley Stadium. Saves all the Underground faff.

 

[gouldybob]

I don’t want a ticket its a right Sh*tshow

i can guarantee watching the game on tv city fans will not be in individual seats

It'll be like one of those American prison buses. Escorted to your seat then shackled to it for the duration of the match to maintain distancing. It's really a test event to stop our crowd disappearing after 80 minutes... nothing to do with Covid

 

[Blue Mist]

All this Covid pandemic and do's & dont's rules you've got to follow plus tests you need to do. Yet they still manage to have 1st and Standard class on the special trains !
Wonder what the extra £50 for a 1st class ticket get you ? A silk face mask !

A seat next to worsley

 

[TedofChume]

There's a very good reason the trains can't stop at Wembley Central, platform length! It's an H&S requirement for trains with automatic doors to be fully platformed, unless there's a safe way of working with SDO (selective door operation). In the case of the Avanti fleet, SDO can only be used at locations where fixed infrastructure (called balises) are installed. Balises are basically bits of lineside kit that send a message to the train's software to keep certain doors locked when the rest of the doors are released.
On the Avanti Network, they are only installed at Haymarket (Edinburgh), Lichfield Trent Valley and Manchester Piccadilly platforms 13 and 14 for diverted services.

Vic - I meant the railway station not the tube one, I got the names mixed up.

Yes obviously changed a lot since I did my BR stint in the 80s. Back then the micro switches on the door buttons would get really dirty and stick closed, so when the guard unlocked the doors at the station, the doors with a dirty switch would fly open, and anyone leaning on them would end up on the platform or track if the train was too long. I guess the new system you've described is progress.

Would shorter trains get round the problem ?

Oh hell, City->Logic->Road-to-nowhere somethings never change.

 

[TedofChume]

Where there's a will, there's a way. Get some 7UP 500ml bottles, get rid of that shite and fill with lovely ale.

Under the

Sporting Event (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985

It is an offence to serve alocohol, be in posession of alocohol or be drunk on a coach or train principally used for transporting people to or from football matches. So there won't be any alcohol on sale.

 

[TedofChume]

Will the trains defo be alcohol free? Dont mind jumping through all the hoops they have put in place but if it means no alcohol there and back that kills it for me.

Sorry HSK meant to reply to you, answer is in above post.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Under the

Sporting Event (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985

It is an offence to serve alocohol, be in posession of alocohol or be drunk on a coach or train principally used for transporting people to or from football matches. So there won't be any alcohol on sale.

Under the where there's a will there's a way act since time began.....;-)

 

[Corky]

You normally get at least 2 bottles/cans of beer, often 3 in first class and well as the food on that journey.

It isn't really first class if they don't have food or drink on offer, they really need to clarify what you get. Most people in 1st will only be there as they have no choice if they want a match ticket, as there won't be any benefit on a half full train if there is no food/drink offer.

 

[Lavinda Past]

As my old mam would have no doubt said... "What a bloody palaver"

So much desperation on here by people who just want to be able to say "I was there".... Save your money; stay in, watch the match on the telly, have a pint or two in a comfortable seat, and be home in time for Antiques Road Show.

 

[blue44]

You normally get at least 2 bottles/cans of beer, often 3 in first class and well as the food on that journey.

It isn't really first class if they don't have food or drink on offer, they really need to clarify what you get. Most people in 1st will only be there as they have no choice if they want a match ticket, as there won't be any benefit on a half full train if there is no food/drink offer.

we went 1 st class for the carabao last year march 2020, ( sunday ) it was cheaper when i booked it on line than 2nd class ( work that one out )

we got no alcohol,just soft drinks and a few sanwiches free,its during the week when you get all that ( free booze ),thats what happened to us anyway,that was the first time in my life iv gone 1 st class,can only say what we experienced

 

[jrb]

Will going eclipse York away?

 

[Corky]

we went 1 st class for the carabao last year march 2020, ( sunday ) it was cheaper when i booked it on line than 2nd class ( work that one out )

we got no alcohol,just soft drinks and a few sanwiches free,its during the week when you get all that ( free booze ),thats what happened to us anyway,that was the first time in my life iv gone 1 st class,can only say what we experienced

Only ever been mid-week so makes sense. It was normally 330ml bottles or cans of lager/ale, and not been for some time so things could have changed.

 

[staffsblue]

Vic - I meant the railway station not the tube one, I got the names mixed up.

Yes obviously changed a lot since I did my BR stint in the 80s. Back then the micro switches on the door buttons would get really dirty and stick closed, so when the guard unlocked the doors at the station, the doors with a dirty switch would fly open, and anyone leaning on them would end up on the platform or track if the train was too long. I guess the new system you've described is progress.

Would shorter trains get round the problem ?

Oh hell, City->Logic->Road-to-nowhere somethings never change.

Yes, shorter trains would solve the issue. We have a fleet of 5 car diesel trains, but with social distancing would only be able to convey 80 or so passengers. The club wanted to convey circa 250 fans per train, which meant 11 cars factoring in social distancing.

 

[blue44]

Only ever been mid-week so makes sense. It was normally 330ml bottles or cans of lager/ale, and not been for some time so things could have changed.

It was always thus
my brother in laws brother went mid week and got given unlimitted spirits and beer ( 1st class )
just befor we went ,but he went midweek
the attendant last year told us this when i first asked for a beer
thank god id bought 8 pint stella cans at picc

 

[denTTony]

Similar issue for me, the test centres within easy reach close at 3-45pm on Saturday, I haven't seen any official clarification of whether "within 24 hours" is to be taken literally or would a test earlier on Saturday be ok?

+1 my nearest (only?) centre for a Saturday test is the Reebok and that closes at 12:30 lunchtime. I guess thats within the time the coach sets off but not within 24 hours of the game starting ? surely they wont be that specific?

 

[HelloCity]

Will going eclipse York away?

We’ll have sold out the entire end in 20 years.

 

[HibbertStreetKid]

You normally get at least 2 bottles/cans of beer, often 3 in first class and well as the food on that journey.

It isn't really first class if they don't have food or drink on offer, they really need to clarify what you get. Most people in 1st will only be there as they have no choice if they want a match ticket, as there won't be any benefit on a half full train if there is no food/drink offer.

Supporter services told me today the only difference is you sit in a first class carriage there are no extras

 

[HibbertStreetKid]

Used to travel first class a couple of times a year 15 years ago or so with work to conferences in London. A cracking full english on the way down and fancy sarnies and a free bar on the way back. On one trip when we got to piccadilly i opened the train door and fell out on to the platform i was that oiled.

 

[East Level 2]

Will there be places around the stadium doing lateral flow tests? I assume we'll be allowed to leave the stadium area if fans are travelling to Wembley from central London on the tube. - And the refreshments are much cheaper away from the ground.

 

[Corky]

Supporter services told me today the only difference is you sit in a first class carriage there are no extras

A bit rubbish considering everyone gets 2 seats anyway - the £50 extra is a total piss-take, bring your own cloth for a head rest and save the money :)