Chris in London
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Dave's thread about smallest away support made me think about my worst ever experience at an away match.
It was either 1989 or 1990, Howard Kendall was the manager and I was still living at home. We got the train down from Manchester to watch City away at Wimbledon at the old Plough lane. The train was late, and when we got to London somehow we ended up getting on the wrong train and finally arrived at Twickenham, where there was a Rugby game going on. We couldn't get a train back in to where we needed to be so ended up walking, before hailing a black cab. £20 later (when that was a week's beer money) we were dropped off 'just round the corner' from the ground. No it fucking wasn't.
Another half hours walk laters we arrived at the ground. On the way, we met a blue coming the other way who said the first half had been so shit he was going to the pub. Finally we arrive at the ground. We were charged full admission and allowed in for about the last 20 minutes.
Clive Allen scored for us from a corner, they missed a Penalty but scored a last minute equaliser.
In terms of amount of money spent for minutes of football watched, it was the worst away match I've been to.
Someone whose trawler ran aground on the way to York must be able to top that.
It was either 1989 or 1990, Howard Kendall was the manager and I was still living at home. We got the train down from Manchester to watch City away at Wimbledon at the old Plough lane. The train was late, and when we got to London somehow we ended up getting on the wrong train and finally arrived at Twickenham, where there was a Rugby game going on. We couldn't get a train back in to where we needed to be so ended up walking, before hailing a black cab. £20 later (when that was a week's beer money) we were dropped off 'just round the corner' from the ground. No it fucking wasn't.
Another half hours walk laters we arrived at the ground. On the way, we met a blue coming the other way who said the first half had been so shit he was going to the pub. Finally we arrive at the ground. We were charged full admission and allowed in for about the last 20 minutes.
Clive Allen scored for us from a corner, they missed a Penalty but scored a last minute equaliser.
In terms of amount of money spent for minutes of football watched, it was the worst away match I've been to.
Someone whose trawler ran aground on the way to York must be able to top that.