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Post by GlynDerby on Nov 16, 2008 15:41:19 GMT
I always travel by car to every away game...some of you may have seen me post a pic of my car before when ive been asked "how do i get back so quick" from the games but i thought i'd try the official coach yesterday seeing as i knew it would be £10 parking and i Presumed they'd have some sort of plan as to how to get us out of the City in a hurry....... And the dirty manc's have quite a rep for nicking quick cars..
What a load of Crap.....
My first moan was the fact some 80year old woman wanted to search my mrs's bag.......Im 32 for fucks sake....what do you think im going to bring on the coach...a bottle of white lightning cider and a some flares......
Then the 80year old "coach stewardess's" had saved all the front seats by placing bags and scarves on them.....for these saved seats the majority of these people didnt turn up till 1minute before the coach left....some couples who had got there a good 30mins before were forced to sit in single seats at opposite ends of the coach due to these "saved" seats.
Then i had some bloke behind me that for the 1hour 20min journey seemed to bring an entire shopping bag full of food...It wasnt just him either....some one actually bought a Curry in a tupaware box that stank like crap right next to me....
We parked went to the match then my nightmare started again.....
When we were about to pull off all the Leons coaches were trying to race each out...i swear they nearly hit each other trying to force each other out of the car park.....I thought "whats the rush" , "we'll get traffic light control all the way out and an escort surely................"
Would we fuck.................We were stationary just 100yards out of the car park....and stayed that way for god knows how long.....
The driver seemed totally confused about which lane to pick and how to use an automatic vehicle and kept jerking the bus all over place.....the worse bit of driving however was saved when we came to a roundabout.....imagine a roundabout with a road through the middle.....if you want to turn left or right you use the "roundabout" if you want to go straight on you simply use the straight on road......This CLOWN actually went round the roundabout and went straight on....It cost us another ten mins as i watched all the other "normal" drivers just go straight on....
We finally got back to the M6 and the 80 year old "coach Stewardess's" actually came round for a collection for the driver??????? People were putting pounds in and all sorts , he probably got about £30......Does he not already get a wage??? If we'd got out straight away and he hadnt given me a bad neck with his poor driving i may have put in 50p for putting on radio5live on the radio for us but that'd been it..
And to top it all i was surrounded by idiots talking utter rubbish...
I will never go back on that again.....i'd rather use £50 of fuel and £20 parking than go on that again and i will for the next time....
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Post by upthepotters on Nov 16, 2008 15:45:33 GMT
i used to go on the coach but had similar experiance. And one bloke who goes on the bus thinks he knows everything from rocket science to gardening i go on the train now.
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Post by 606Stokie on Nov 16, 2008 15:49:39 GMT
i used to go on the coach but had similar experiance. And one bloke who goes on the bus thinks he knows everything from rocket science to gardening i go on the train now. Same here and you can have a few Bevys in the process! |
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Post by kkkkken on Nov 16, 2008 15:49:44 GMT
lmao
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Post by twisty on Nov 16, 2008 15:51:59 GMT
Never go on the coaches anymore because they are WANK.
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Post by GlynDerby on Nov 16, 2008 15:57:16 GMT
Used to take the train but i go with the mrs to away games now to keep me out of trouble so have to use car......Oh well
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Post by nathan on Nov 16, 2008 15:59:24 GMT
That collection lark sounds a load of bollocks.
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Post by McLovin on Nov 16, 2008 16:25:23 GMT
The coaches are fucking wank. I used to go to every away game on them at one point. The last game I went on the coach was Plymouth away a couple of seasons ago. The fact you can't drink puts me off straight away. But 5 hours of idiot, unknowledgeable football fans being spoken over by Alan Green on Talk Sport was enough to make me attempt suicide when I got back to Stoke. Train all the way now.
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Post by guernseydave on Nov 16, 2008 16:36:15 GMT
Driving is much better and you can have a few tins of Stella while doing 90 in the fast lane without some jobsworth driver telling you that alcohol is banned  GD |
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Post by gordonmarshall on Nov 16, 2008 16:35:46 GMT
Used the coaches for about 3 years in the late 1980's.Used to be Bostocks then.Jean used to be courier 1 and John Lawson on No 2.Wonder if they are still doing it.Last time i went on the club coaches was for the Cup game at Fulham last season and that was only because of car trouble at the time.Otherwise much prefer to find own way to away's nowadays.
PS Glynn think you are talking about Mabel,she is a lovely old lady and devoted to Stoke City.
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Post by GlynDerby on Nov 16, 2008 17:02:20 GMT
Used the coaches for about 3 years in the late 1980's.Used to be Bostocks then.Jean used to be courier 1 and John Lawson on No 2.Wonder if they are still doing it.Last time i went on the club coaches was for the Cup game at Fulham last season and that was only because of car trouble at the time.Otherwise much prefer to find own way to away's nowadays. PS Glynn think you are talking about Mabel,she is a lovely old lady and devoted to Stoke City. Nothing against "mabel" If it was even was her, Its the whole experience was a joke and a waste of £30 for me and the mrs |
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Post by SneydGreenStokie on Nov 16, 2008 17:20:50 GMT
Used the coaches for about 3 years in the late 1980's.Used to be Bostocks then.Jean used to be courier 1 and John Lawson on No 2.Wonder if they are still doing it.Last time i went on the club coaches was for the Cup game at Fulham last season and that was only because of car trouble at the time.Otherwise much prefer to find own way to away's nowadays. PS Glynn think you are talking about Mabel,she is a lovely old lady and devoted to Stoke City. Maybe she is. However, I also despise all this 'boys club' attitude. Saving seats for 'regulars' is a piss take. If id got there before these other people, and there was two of us, no way would I sit on odd seats whilst these other 'seats' were saved. Id simply ask, if anyone was sitting in the seats with scarves etc on them. If the people werent there, id move the stuff and sit there. What the fuck can they do? We all pay the same fare, so why should others be treated disproportionatly? SGS |
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Post by gordonmarshall on Nov 16, 2008 17:32:00 GMT
I agree.The reason's Glynn gives are the same reason why i no longer use club travel,served there purpose for me but no longer interest me.
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Post by robin1302 on Nov 16, 2008 17:36:21 GMT
Plus at £15 it seems a rip off anyway!
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Post by hiyadad on Nov 16, 2008 17:39:21 GMT
sounds like things havnt changed much since the time we use to go with them!
it was an old boys club then. sounds like it still is.
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Post by swampySCFC on Nov 16, 2008 17:42:24 GMT
Used the coaches for about 3 years in the late 1980's.Used to be Bostocks then.Jean used to be courier 1 and John Lawson on No 2.Wonder if they are still doing it.Last time i went on the club coaches was for the Cup game at Fulham last season and that was only because of car trouble at the time.Otherwise much prefer to find own way to away's nowadays. PS Glynn think you are talking about Mabel,she is a lovely old lady and devoted to Stoke City. Maybe she is. However, I also despise all this 'boys club' attitude. Saving seats for 'regulars' is a piss take. If id got there before these other people, and there was two of us, no way would I sit on odd seats whilst these other 'seats' were saved. Id simply ask, if anyone was sitting in the seats with scarves etc on them. If the people werent there, id move the stuff and sit there. What the fuck can they do? We all pay the same fare, so why should others be treated disproportionatly? SGS Spot on. Its fucking rude and should be first come first served. And searching bags is a personal afront. |
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Post by TheWiseMaster on Nov 16, 2008 18:53:33 GMT
Wrong coaches try
Micks from Red House - cheaper, far more sociable and trip includes a good pub stop
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Post by gordonmarshall on Nov 16, 2008 18:59:26 GMT
Red house potters from Longton,beer+stoke=good day out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2008 19:18:34 GMT
My preferred mode of transport has always been the train - though being 50 miles away from the coach pick-up that's hardly surprising  But TBH - it's horses for courses..with the official coaches you get what's on the can..for some that offers the type of trip they want...not everyone wants a drink fuelled day out and prefer to share their travel with people losely of the same mind.....fair play For others that's a totally alien day out...again fair play No great surprise then that two ends of the spectrum don't see what the other gets from their day out .If what they offer doesn't coincide with what you expect from a day out,simply don't use them... You wouldn't expect someone to go on one of the coaches with a pub stop to start tutting when the coach pulled up at a pub would you? If you want an A-B , see the match and go home , with usually the minimum of fuss, surronded by likeminded people they're for you...If you want a different style of day out then there's plenty of options...particularly this season... |
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Post by jcscfc on Nov 16, 2008 19:24:57 GMT
£10 return on the train from Stoke + £2 tram return.
It does nt add up
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Post by GlynDerby on Nov 16, 2008 19:25:26 GMT
My preferred mode of transport has always been the train - though being 50 miles away from the coach pick-up that's hardly surprising But TBH - it's horses for courses..with the official coaches you get what's on the can..for some that offers the type of trip they want...not everyone wants a drink fuelled day out and prefer to share their travel with people losely of the same mind.....fair play For others that's a totally alien day out...again fair play No great surprise then that two ends of the spectrum don't see what the other gets from their day out .If what they offer doesn't coincide with what you expect from a day out,simply don't use them... You wouldn't expect someone to go on one of the coaches with a pub stop to start tutting when the coach pulled up at a pub would you? If you want an A-B , see the match and go home , with usually the minimum of fuss, surronded by likeminded people they're for you...If you want a different style of day out then there's plenty of options...particularly this season... I dont drink due to my job and its not about the pubs, it was the whole experience..It was just that the experience was nothing like i expected and i wont be using it again......lets not turn this into "i didnt enjoy it because i couldnt get pissed up and shout and jump about", its nothing to do with that if you read my original thread |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2008 19:45:41 GMT
glyn didn't mean it come over like that...the examples re drink I gave were to illustrate the official coaches are at the far end of one end of the spectrum...there's plenty of other choices spread through the entire spectrum...
But lets be honest ,unless you've lived on the moon for the past 15 years or so you must have heard what a day out on these coaches was likely to be like before you bought your ticket...
Personally have used them in the past , but not regularly and usually as a last resort to save a long drive , particularly for night games ...for many of the same reasons you state
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Post by AlanHansen on Nov 16, 2008 20:22:21 GMT
Alan Green is on Five Live (not TalkSport).
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Post by silverfox on Nov 16, 2008 20:36:24 GMT
Leave Mabel alone you tosser she's a legend, I hope you can still follow a club with as much passion and commitment at 80 or will you be dribbling into your tea because you've spent your life on the booze.
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Post by abboscfc on Nov 16, 2008 20:38:08 GMT
i've only been on the official coaches once which was fulham in the fa cup but after that they brought the under 17 rule in so i now travel on a private coach, 10 times better about the same cost pub stop there and sometimes comming back too, we have a quiz some times for united we had bingo which was a laugh, and aloud booze too  |
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Post by McLovin on Nov 16, 2008 20:41:49 GMT
Alan Green is on Five Live (not TalkSport). My bad. I haven't listened to that station ever since tht fatal trip. Thank god ;D |
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Post by GlynDerby on Nov 16, 2008 20:42:49 GMT
Leave Mabel alone you tosser she's a legend, I hope you can still follow a club with as much passion and commitment at 80 or will you be dribbling into your tea because you've spent your life on the booze. I havent once mentioned this so called legend "mabel" who ever the hell she is....I dont even know who she is, and if you'd care to read the whole thread you'd also know i dont drink........So watch who your calling a tosser Mr brave man sat behind a pc  |
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Post by hutchstokie1 on Nov 16, 2008 20:45:52 GMT
Ive gotta agree why save seats first come first served!!!
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Post by hutchstokie1 on Nov 16, 2008 20:47:25 GMT
I forget to say dee on coach 3 is a nice lady and always as a dvd xxx football dvd!!!
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Post by silverfox on Nov 16, 2008 21:00:15 GMT
you dont know who Mabel is !!!!!!! just shows you know nowt about Stoke City.
As for being brave behind a PC I speak as I find, you are really brave to slag off an 80 yr old woman, the womans had a stroke and still has the bottle to steward a bus where all manner of iliterate yobs give her grief
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