| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 00:10 - May 3 with 1695 views | loftboy |
Mine would be the Stockport Monday night away game in 1989, parked up right outside the ground next to the supporters coach, got held back by the old bill after as apparently an ambush had been planned, heard to the M56, after driving down it for a good half an hour I said to my mate “ shouldn’t we be at the M6 by now?” I had driven the wrong way, came off at the next junction and headed back the right way, came off the M6 to go on the M1, just before Luton traffic ground to a halt, roadworks, 3 lanes into 1, eventually got back to Bracknell about 4 AM had to be at work at 8 |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 00:23 - May 3 with 1660 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
One that springs to mind was my first time going to Notts F
Feb 1978 FA cup replay ended 1-1 and went to a 3rd game**
It was in a batted old car belonging to my best mates brother who drove us up there, on the way back he insisted on having a window open to keep him awake and it was fecking freezing
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I just looked and the 2nd reply was also at Notts F, anyone knows why that was, and not a neutral ground? we lost 3-1 |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 01:00 - May 3 with 1660 views | qpr_1968 |
in the 52 years ive been going, absolutely too many to mention.
they say your best ones are the ones you don't remember.
and after leaving on a coach, not lsa or supporters club, at 7.30 from SAR to elland road,
when we lost 6-1, 2004 I think, and ending up in the pavilion at nearly 11pm, I don't remember a thing......I know so much happened on that journey though from bits and pieces after, will be left on that coach.
being handcuffed to a luggage rack all the way to derby in 1975, after an early ruck with palace fans at kings cross.
in the car park at luton when a good few qpr were stabbed at that cup game in '87.
Sheffield united 1976, when we drew 0-0, evil.
went by train, came home in a open top furniture lorry.
Yeovil away in the cup late '80's, half of us got off the lsa coach in the town, and had it with a load of Bristol city fans in the pub, very naughty.
aston villa, 76 or 77 new years day, van load of us broke down in luton, waited in the luton crest hotel till van was fixed, broke down on spaggetti junction, not too bad though, only a handful of qpr at the game, about 20 all in all, mullered outside after. van smashed to bits.
just a few to mention, other than that, lovely days. |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 09:16 - May 3 with 1568 views | enfieldargh |
Early days of going to away games was a Saturday game away at Charlton. Those were the days before radio, internet or anything really. Got all the way there to find out the game was postponed.
Flew back from LA March 30th 1974, landed mid morning dad picks me up from LHR then straight to see a pulsating 0-0 draw with Derby who had players sent off.
Broke down on the M6 on the way back from Shrewsbury 29th March 1980. We got stuffed 0-3, broke down in the pouring rain, watched the team coach whiz by as waiting for recovery service.
Getting home from Birmingham this season, took hours!!!! |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 09:43 - May 3 with 1528 views | ozexile |
Amazingly not an away game. I was 14 at the time went to the box office after school to buy FA Cup tickets v West Ham.
Got home and was informed by my Dad that we had a family event in Oxford that day and I wouldn't be going. Matchday comes and the game is delayed due to dodgy tickets. I convince my Dad to drive me to loftus road and I walk into the loft just as Pizanti hits one into the top bins. I genuinely can't remember what time the game finished? Anyone? | | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 10:04 - May 3 with 1507 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Southampton away was always my favourite trip. The car journey was horrific so most R's got the train. Which meant beers.
We always won there as well*. In one game in the early 90's we won 5-0 or something** and we had a massive support and the beers were flying***. This continued until late evening and my crew decided to catch our train home. I said I'd stay on with other Rangers and catch a later train.
A couple of hours later I was on the platform and I felt my rolled-up QPR tricolour slip out of my back pocket. I turned around to see a gang of Southampton fans. One was starting to burn my flag.
I asked if that was because it was a Rangers flag or because it was Irish.
Both, said he.
Fair enough, said I.
And carried on.
On the train we carried on drinking. Then I decided to go to the next carriage where more mates were drinking and I grabbed my beers and sauntered off. But on the way I saw an open door and a guard's compartment. And a bed.
Twenty minutes kip would be just the job for me. Would set me right up.
When I awoke I gathered myself and gathered my beers. And opened the door. To darkness. Odd. I went for another saunter. More darkness. No movement. No people. We were parked up for the night. I was parked up for the night.
I tried a door. Locked. Another. Locked. All of them. locked. So I headed for the front of the train and into the driver's cab. There'll be a phone there. There was. No-one answered. Door. Locked. Need a hammer. Smashed the glass box. Blood everywhere. The hammer was on a chain. The chain was too short. The hammer didn't reach anything. Bollocks. Tried another door. Open.
Out I got, and went for a walk for myself, loads of tracks. Don't step on the live ones, Briany. Good lad. Going fine. Saw some lights ahead. A platform. Walk towards that. watch the live tracks. Great boy. Legend. It was Clapham Junction. Tube still running. people on the platform all staring at this bloody man with beers strolling across the tracks. Jumped up on the platform. Wiped myself down.
Another day done, says I to them. And strolls off.
Tube shutting down. Black taxi. To Kenton. 50-odd quid. Woke my Dad for a loan. Had a beer. Went to bed.
*probably bollocks
**more bollocks
** this is true, and so is the rest. |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 10:33 - May 3 with 1490 views | ted_hendrix |
Mel's double decker coach to manure for an evening cup game, me and me two lads met the coach at the M40 services the journey up there was one hell of a craic, lots of good lads who used to post on this MB on the coach, coming back was a bastard bitch some pratt from Highways decide to shut most of the M6 lanes just to annoy me causing a traffic jam of epic proportions, by the time I got back in me car and got home it was almost 8.00 FFS, straight off to work, and of course we lost being a cup game, to cap it all off a couple of weeks later I got a letter from my Company asking me to pay the £60 fine for leaving my car at the M40 services. (Carpenters Greatest Hits).
To cap it all off again a few years later I got on another one of Mel's coaches to Cardiff at Leigh Delamere services and hey ho I got fined another £60 for leaving my bloody car in the services for more than 2 hours  apart from that it was a good day out.
Stockport away was a bastard on a freezing cold day in January, the pitch inspection was at 1.00 pm on the Saturday by which time I was already on the M6 not knowing if I was wasting my time or not and then the announcement was made on the car radio that our game was on, being an FA cup game surprise--surprise we fecking well lost FFS, fists flying outside the ground afterwards.
Been diverted many times driving up North and always with the same result a long journey home pissed off.
Port Fail 4-4 was just brilliant though and a few others too. |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 12:06 - May 3 with 1438 views | loftboy |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 09:43 - May 3 by ozexile |
Amazingly not an away game. I was 14 at the time went to the box office after school to buy FA Cup tickets v West Ham.
Got home and was informed by my Dad that we had a family event in Oxford that day and I wouldn't be going. Matchday comes and the game is delayed due to dodgy tickets. I convince my Dad to drive me to loftus road and I walk into the loft just as Pizanti hits one into the top bins. I genuinely can't remember what time the game finished? Anyone? |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 12:21 - May 3 with 1412 views | collegeranger |
Barnsley away midweek game - Promotion year 2011 ? Car went into limp home mode at Chesterfield on M1 - maximum 40mph all the way home should have got home at approx 2.30am got in at 5am ! |  | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 13:18 - May 3 with 1353 views | kingo |
5 of us went up to Doncaster in the cup. All good before the game so we parked in the car park outside the ground. During the game Sheffield Wednesday turned up in the away end and there were a few scuffles. Outside after, it was like the Wild West in the car park. We got in the car but as we were driving out they attacked the car with bricks. Side window was put in and a brick landed on my lap. It was January, so 250 mile journey down the motorway with freezing cold wind on us. Luckily the fashion was ski clothing, so at least we had some warm gear. |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 14:56 - May 3 with 1321 views | derbyhoop |
Yeovil (A) in League Cup. Was working in Bristol. It's not that far, I thought. Wrong. Got there minutes before KO. Out on open terrace and we lost to a club that weren't even in the League at that point. |  |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 21:15 - May 3 with 1233 views | M40R |
Taraabt getting the bus back from Fulham at half time... | | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 03:08 - May 4 with 1148 views | Match82 |
Cardiff playoff final. Was at Uni in Leeds, had an exam two days after. Wanted to travel some of the way with my dad and make it a shared experience, so he drove from London a d I got train down to Bristol. Enjoyable time other than the match itself but got a bit worried when it went to extra time. Stepped on it to try and get back to Bristol in time for last train back to Leeds, but missed it. Told "go to Birmingham New Street you'll be able to get something from there, so wave goodbye to my dad and off I trot.
At Birmingham, nothing. Poor student, wasn't going to splash out for a hotel room, so decide to make the most of it. Me and one other bloke, who's just come back from a tour of duty. Jobsworth security guards move us on 3 or 4 times and finally get about 2 hours kip with my textbook for a pillow. Cold as fck. Get home, pass out, don't study and scrape by the exam by the absolute bare minimum.
Haven't liked Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Andy Campbell or Tommy Williams since. |  | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 07:22 - May 4 with 1117 views | distortR |
qpr v liverpool at anfield, after the 'hurricane'.springs to mind.
Leaves (And, branches, trunks etc) on the lines, so I decided to hitch up to Hemel Hempstead on the friday, meet up with a mate and head on from there.
So there's me, with my mohican and clobber, thumb out, yeah right.
A reliant robin eventually pulled up. This huge bloke i had known from my days squatting in Guildford and hadn't seen or heard from soon gets out, 'Where you going Gus?'.
Returning from his first trip to Brighton - 
So he took me to somewhere or other from where i could get a train to hemel. His accelerator cable snapped on the motorway, so i gave him my qpr scarf, he wrapped it round his hand and we continued.
So all in all a happy day - such a lucky coincidence, great to catch up. Haven't seen him since!
Match was shit and we lost 4-0 | | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 10:46 - May 5 with 987 views | themodfather |
someone mentioned an lsa coach to leeds, i was on the one that caught fire going up , near scratchwood, we waited for a replacement...got to game, lose 6-1 , stewards were like para military loonys that day, anyway coach back had no bog, it had been removed and was an open hole, it was so cold coming back......
and the now famous return from manure in the cup....when some git in the motorway dept agreed to let them remove graffiti from roadside causing massive tailbacks and delays to london, got back to white city about 5am! | | | |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 14:07 - May 5 with 934 views | qpr_1968 |
| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 10:46 - May 5 by themodfather |
someone mentioned an lsa coach to leeds, i was on the one that caught fire going up , near scratchwood, we waited for a replacement...got to game, lose 6-1 , stewards were like para military loonys that day, anyway coach back had no bog, it had been removed and was an open hole, it was so cold coming back......
and the now famous return from manure in the cup....when some git in the motorway dept agreed to let them remove graffiti from roadside causing massive tailbacks and delays to london, got back to white city about 5am! |
yes, I went up on JM's coach that morning, but a fellow I work with still, went up on the coach that caught fire....still mentions it. | |
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| Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on 15:28 - May 5 with 916 views | Guppy |
Hitch hiking from Swindon to watch the Rs v Liverpool afternoon game many years ago and then hitching back finding myself stuck at Newbury turn off till gone one in the morning.
And this one might be a dream as we had played in a final in 86 and four of us found us on the train back to Swindon with train full of Oxford supporters who were offering us out of the buffet car past the couple of transport cops - seemed to take ages till their stop | | | |
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