fernandopartridge
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Plenty around Manchester
Blackpool Tuesday anyone ? (4 Viewers)
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Frank Sidebottom
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M6 is a nightmare at the minute with 50mph roadworks nearly all the way from J13-20. Also if you're travelling back to Cov on the night its worth checking to see if there are any overnight closures planned because that'll add an hour or 2 onto your journey.
Frank Sidebottom
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I think there's quite a lot of us we're just not very organised. Someone said a few city fans meet up in the Tib street tavern In the Northern Quarter for games on sky. I might head up there for the Oxford game myself.
Nick
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Bit pointless really if you are paying to go in the ground isn't it? Last time it was a bit weird everybody cuddling the Blackpool fans and then going into the ground to watch the game. It's like being all pally with people protesting about Sports Direct but then going in and getting yourself some new trainers after waving goodbye to them.
Still remember the last one some pissed up blokes going mental singing Oyston out and afterwards he turned to his mate to ask who Oyston was.
stevefloyd
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I just looked to see how much it would be on the train 150 quid for a fuckin return for 1 person...having a laugh or what !!!!!
SkyBlueSoul
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Fuck it, I'm in. Just bought my ticket, decided to let future me worry about the trains. See you on Tuesday lads!
Nick
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They shit everywhere, will steal anything you leave about and wear vests.
CovInEssex
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Genuinely mate, you won't regret it. Full of good lads. I drive up and park at the old deers' for Northern games.
I'm Liverpool based. Theres quite a few in Liverpool/Manchester.
I'm heading to this one. In Blackpool from about 3pm. Staying overnight with the missus.
Wheres good to drink? Walkabout still?
You'd want shooting for buying trabs from there.
pusbccfc
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I believe there is works on the train line between Manchester and Blackpool North which is probably why.
pusbccfc
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The coaches are going to The Castle.
pusbccfc
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Not necessarily. The Blackpool fans who do go to the games don't buy refreshments. It's a sizable dent in income for the owners.
I wouldn't give Mike Ashley a penny in his shops!
Nick
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It's another case of selectiveness to make people feel better, same as nopm for us but go to Wembley.
No point going into the game and giving your money to then try and make a moral point by not having food or drink in there to starve them of money. Especially when there's far higher quality food and drink places for before and after in Blackpool anyway.
May as well show your anger at McDonalds by protesting to slash their income by not having a mcflurry with your meal.
Frank Sidebottom
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When I've been before the Manchester up near the ground had a good atmosphere, Had a DJ playing Cov related songs, Roll out the barrels, The Enemy etc. Also went in the bridge house which was rammed.
What time they getting there for?
pusbccfc
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One of them is leaving Cov at 9!
Frank Sidebottom
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Gives people plenty of time to buy a stick of rock and have a donkey ride.
Mcbean
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Good luck boyz on your various journeys - away Cov turnout quality ! have another job on Tuesday night sadly - will watch the score - Its coming home
- M6 was shit last Thursday 50 mph as per above a few posts was still solid all the way to Manchester and back didnt help when some of these fuckers are determined to crash - one lot blocking the South bound for 4 hours or so
- M6 was shit last Thursday 50 mph as per above a few posts was still solid all the way to Manchester and back didnt help when some of these fuckers are determined to crash - one lot blocking the South bound for 4 hours or so
Hullinho87
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And bloody Bradford! We’ve got screwed over in the North West this season .. roll on Rochdale!
Irish Sky Blue
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It seems from what has been said on here that even some of the 3k Blackpool fans who still attend games don’t buy anything other than their ticket to the game and appreciate it when visiting fans do the same. If that is what they are asking then that seems fair enough to me. Considering the fuss that Tim has made about the need to have access to all of the ancillary spend, it is obviously still quite a big deal. If you don’t buy anything in the ground then it might just be because it is the right thing to do and not because you want to make yourself ‘feel better’. I really admire the way that a lot of the Blackpool fans have stuck to their guns, have not given in and will not attend while their odious owners are there. To miss out on the chance of seeing their team in a play off final must have been so hard to do.
I hated that season in Northampton as something that I had loved doing was taken away from me through no fault of my own and for no good reason. It was awful to stay away but I felt it was the right thing to do, and also the most positive thing that I could do to get my club back. I can therefore imagine how hard it is for those Blackpool fans to boycott their team for a moral principle not for one season like a lot of City fans, but for season after season with still no end in sight. No doubt there will be those on here who will say they are doing it for the ‘likes’ and for the ‘backslaps’ We already have the same comments about any City fans who do not buy anything but their ticket. I want to see my team play, have bought a ticket for this game but won’t buy anything inside the ground. I could have denied the Oystens the price of the ticket yes, but this way I still get to see my team play and put a dent, a smaller one it’s true, in the owner’s coffers. I won’t be shouting it from my seat in the stand and nobody on here knows me in real life. Not to make myself feel better therefore, just a small contribution to a good cause because it is the right thing to do.
I hated that season in Northampton as something that I had loved doing was taken away from me through no fault of my own and for no good reason. It was awful to stay away but I felt it was the right thing to do, and also the most positive thing that I could do to get my club back. I can therefore imagine how hard it is for those Blackpool fans to boycott their team for a moral principle not for one season like a lot of City fans, but for season after season with still no end in sight. No doubt there will be those on here who will say they are doing it for the ‘likes’ and for the ‘backslaps’ We already have the same comments about any City fans who do not buy anything but their ticket. I want to see my team play, have bought a ticket for this game but won’t buy anything inside the ground. I could have denied the Oystens the price of the ticket yes, but this way I still get to see my team play and put a dent, a smaller one it’s true, in the owner’s coffers. I won’t be shouting it from my seat in the stand and nobody on here knows me in real life. Not to make myself feel better therefore, just a small contribution to a good cause because it is the right thing to do.
Nick
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You aren't eating in a football stadium. Let's not pretend you are a moral hero because you are not eating or drinking for 90 minutes.
I didn't eat at Oxford, I wasn't being moral I just ate when I got home. I'm not going to Blackpool because I'm making a stand against their owners, that sounds morally grand. In reality I can't get time off work but it doesn't sound as heroic.
By the way I didn't eat chicken today, I could claim it was to make a stand about the welfare of chickens. In reality I just didn't fancy it.
Not sure why the desperation to try and justify going to watch the game with "I just won't eat in the ground" to ease the guilt. Really? Don't see the point in it.
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pusbccfc
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Because by not spending money in the ground they are starving the owner of a fraction of their usual income.
The people still going to the Blackpool games are the same as those who went to Northampton. They don't want to support the owner, but cannot stay away from the team. Therefore, the next best thing is to stop spending money on programmes and pies.
Nick
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You can't see how strange it sounds? Why make things about morals?
Why the need to justify?
Astute
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The Oystons make SISU look like angels.
I knew one of their players through family. The way they ripped the club apart in the name of asset stripping is appalling. Players were not treated that well. The club is run by a convicted rapist. But as it happened before when the fit and proper test came out he passes the test.
I didn't go to Northampton. And now thinking about it I feel as though it is wrong to go to Blackpool. It is not the 'like' situation as you make out. If it was I wouldn't be drawn into stupid arguments on here frequently. It is about supporter solidarity.
Not happy with missing the game. Was taking two of my lads. Have one of my elder lads moving back in with us today. He is a ST holder with another club but has always enjoyed going to our games. Don't think it will take too much to convert him as at least his second club. Because he will miss going to games. But he will understand.
I don't know you like but you come across as terrifically argumentative just for the sake of it.
I'd imagine 1500 people not spending a fiver on a pint and a pie is half noticeable when they run the end of day after the game!
Nick
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It's the making it about morals thing to justify going.
Pretty obvious what I mean.
The 1500 have already paid more than a fiver to get in the ground.
It's no different to me saying I'm not going to show support to Blackpool fans to strangely get some recognition.
Yes they have paid more than a fiver but then if they don't spend an additional £5-10 then the club are missing out. Me personally, I'm not too mithered either way. I just though it would be nice if you could debate opinion without being sarcastic or condescending.
Nick
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There's hundreds of things I'm not doing today, maybe I could pretend it's because of morals and making a stand?
That's my point, don't get why people feel the need to make out they are making a stand or try to justify going to the game with "but I won't eat in the ground".
"Oh I hate Amazon so much for their working environment. I'm going to make a stand by only buying some things from there they I really need but I'm not buying the stuff I don't need to really show them"
The last Blackpool away I ate before the game and drank loads before and after, does that make me a moral hero? In fact I can't even remember seeing a food outlet and had no intention of buying anything just because I wasn't hungry or thirsty.
fernandopartridge
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Driving up from Greater Manchester, or possibly from Leeds depending on work arrangements