Same happened to us,we were on that pink car park near the crystal club.We got one of the club coaches for the final last year. Was fine on the way there, got there in plenty of time. Was a nightmare afterwards though, didn’t leave the car park until about 3 hours after the game. Never again. The lack of trains after the Chelsea game means I’m not sure if I’ll even go to this one, which is a shame.
I think the problem with the pink car park last year after the game was someone had a heart attack and was lay on the ground in front of a coach, stopping lots of coaches from exiting the car park? I remember seeing paramedics running around the car park.Same happened to us,we were on that pink car park near the crystal club.
I heard 1 coach near the front had broken down that held everyone else in.
Like you say it was about 2 or 3 hours after the final whistle we eventually got going,we missed the trophy presentation through coming out early cos the driver said he wouldn't be hanging around.
Got home at 2.30am and was in work 9.30.Never ever again
About as hardcore as Charles fucking HawtreyHow old are you? Why don’t your grow up? Perfectly reasonable thing to discuss as the responses show.
It’s shows to me the apathy some people have for Wembley when the likes of me who I consider a hard core fan really don’t want to bother (certainly with the semis) and probably with the final. Also I am gutted the champions league final is there.
How many times you been last 5 years?
About as hardcore as Charles fucking Hawtrey
Break up the journey, I drive part way then train into London.Trains are expensive and also they've been on strike at times. If you stay over, hotels are expensive. Food and beer are expensive too down there.
Driving to London from Manchester is generally a 4+ hour drive and parking is expensive. It's a looong drive back too.
It's not the distance, it's the overall time/cost of it and then you have to do it again a couple of months later if we get to the final.
I'm all up for playing finals at Wembley, but if we're playing teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea etc then we should be looking at Old Trafford, Villa Park etc instead of Wembley. If nothing else, it's lost it's mystique.
I would consider 1500 games fairly hardcore fan
Spot on, these last 2 weeks have been boring as Fuck without City and Club football.How can anybody seriously 'not be bothered' with a cup semi final??
People will be yearning for them if the barren years ever return.How can anybody seriously 'not be bothered' with a cup semi final??
But he does, constantly. Or at least when he’s not banned.
I would consider not being arsed going to Wembley for an fa cup semi final completely soft coreI would consider 1500 games fairly hardcore fan
After what so many fans had to put up with last season when travelling to and from the stadium for the CL Final in Istanbul, I don't think I'll be complaining about getting to and from Wembley ever again. It took some fans longer to get to the Ataturk Stadium on the day of the game even though it was in the same city when they started their journey than it does if travelling to Wembley from Manchester by coach. Contrast that to Wembley where you can get from Euston to the stadium in half an hour or so. In fact, you should be able to get to Wembley from pretty much anywhere in London in not much more than an hour at worst.The problem with Wembley is the semi-finals are played there. In effect, it's lost its appeal as we normally play there more than we do at Anfield, Old Trafford and the Emirates! I really believe that Wembley should be for the England team and the FA and League Cup finals - no other football should be played there.
Getting to Wembley is a pain, it's expensive and takes a lot of time.
However, one day, we'll give our hind-teeth to have a day out there again so enjoy it whilst you can!
Make a lot of money for Scruffy Jim at the Stadium of the NorthNot playing 2 FA Cup semi-finals doesn’t make Wembley financially unviable. Or didn’t mean it wouldn’t get built.
Wembley was paid off this year. The FA no longer owe money for Wembley. That was always going to be the case regardless of when the FA paid the Wembley debt off.
The argument could now be made that semi-finals, especially for Northern clubs, no longer have to played at Wembley.
The FA would still make a semi-final profit if the semi-finals were played at another stadium in the North of England or at Villa Park.
Will be buying our 4 tickets, have to laugh at those who cannot be arsed, the journey they, cannot be bothered to do, we do similar distances, every game, home and away, sometimes 3 times a week, their choice of course, but hardly worth broadcasting
Me thinks you protesteth too muchI would consider 1500 games fairly hardcore fan