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on the road

Postby heysham_mfc » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:53 pm

following our trip to Bounmouth on tuesday night (thankyou fixture computer!) got me thinking what is the longest trip you have made to watch the shrimps ( I have only been following the shrimps for 4 years so as of yet I havnt made any realy made too many of the longer trips)
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Re: on the road

Postby cragbankshrimp » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:49 pm

When i used to follow Blackpool in the late seventies, early eighties, i went to Milwall on the Tues night, Plymouth on the Saturday and Kilmarnock the following Tues for an Anglo - Scottish cup game. Oh they were great days.
Furthest ive been watching Morecambe is Deepdale, but i haven't missed a home league game for 4 seasons.
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Re: on the road

Postby Silver Fox » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:03 pm

I have, with many others done Margate Thursday night and Dover Saturday!! We stayed over mind, happy days!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

What a weekend that was :o :o :o !!
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Re: on the road

Postby Wild Bill » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:15 pm

Flew back from New York in 2004 to catch our last game of the season against Shrewsbury on the off-chance we would make the play-offs. Does that count?

As a teenager I went to Emley for an FA cup replay which went to extra time and penalties. Remember walking down Lancaster road looking out for my mum to pick me up at 2.15 in the morning and worrying about school the next day! :oops:
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Re: on the road

Postby Christies Child » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:47 pm

Margate for me and Jimmy
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Re: on the road

Postby marky » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:49 pm

Woking
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Re: on the road

Postby P/T Indie » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:54 pm

Ipswich, Exeter and Weymouth

The playoff game at daggers was a nightmare on a tue night due to traffic
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Re: on the road

Postby Castaway » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:41 pm

Dagenham for a 12.00pm KO for the sky game was abit mad.
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Re: on the road

Postby Jody » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:56 pm

Crawley for a 12pm k.o a few years ago and we got beat 4-0..
or Brentford/Bournemouth on Tuesday nights, Gillingham this season, Wycombe away on the Friday in December last year. A few mad trips now I think about it!
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Re: on the road

Postby Mark S » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:05 pm

Myself, Downsy, Matty, Brian C and our driver drove 1,185 miles from Morecambe to Halifax via every other Conference Club within 48 hours a couple of years ago.

Does that count? 8-)
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Re: on the road

Postby John L » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:18 pm

Err, Wembley, with Barnet a close second. 8-)
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Re: on the road

Postby outsider » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:34 pm

John L wrote:Err, Wembley, with Barnet a close second. 8-)




same here :?
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Re: on the road

Postby small » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:59 pm

I go to every home and away game ;) ;) thats wat you call a true fan ;)
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Re: on the road

Postby Keith » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:09 am

Four hours each way for a home game is pretty long time wise. Not much of it spent "on the road" though :lol:

Been to Margate a couple of times, including a Bank Holiday Monday when we set off at about 6am. Dover a couple of times too. And Exeter a couple of times, again including a Bank Holiday. Flew to a game via London City, then stayed at Southend.

Also (as I've just been reminded :roll: ) a "romantic week in London" to get to Woking one Saturday and Hayes the next.

I also wonder if anyone else has watched Wycombe v Morecambe on all three occasions that we've played there?
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Re: on the road

Postby Matt Donlan » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:42 am

Jody wrote:Crawley for a 12pm k.o a few years ago and we got beat 4-0..
or Brentford/Bournemouth on Tuesday nights, Gillingham this season, Wycombe away on the Friday in December last year. A few mad trips now I think about it!


Cheers Jody...I am still trying to forget that day. Chris Blackburn did not take kindly to his mark if I remember correctly...at fault for three goals and then sent off...
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Re: on the road

Postby Andy » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:51 am

Barnet [home] for me :lol: oops sorry, that bad day out @ Gillingham was my nearest ! also I was in the Margate end when we scored a goal in [ the F A Trophy] a few years back and I cheered :lol:
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Re: on the road

Postby Shrimpsscene » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:51 am

think aspers has it hands down doesnt he?
sydney to gravesend to watch us get beat 6 0??
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Re: on the road

Postby Freez » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:11 am

...but he was in the pub at 4.20pm drowning his sorrows and chatting up the barmaid! :D
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Re: on the road

Postby thegentlegiant » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:03 pm

Wembley....Daggers in March thou...Gonna spend weekend there, might as well as its my birthday the day before!!!
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Re: on the road

Postby milo08 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:00 pm

mine must have been 2 moscow for the champs league final last year!! there are also a few european aways that we do in a day which are a fair journey! but portsmouth is a fair journey on a monday night and exeter isnt a short trip down the road either!
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Re: on the road

Postby heysham_mfc » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:44 pm

outsider wrote:
John L wrote:Err, Wembley, with Barnet a close second. 8-)




same here :?

yes this is the same for me hoping to do the Exeter trip in the new year as well
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Re: on the road

Postby Aal » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:14 pm

These long trips must be so tiring. Hats off to everyone who goes on these long hauls on a regular basis.

I saw the Exeter mini bus driver leaving the car park last Saturday and he looked none too enthusiastic about the journey home.

My furthest apart from Wembley was Boston in the Unibond the season we went up.
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Re: on the road

Postby Martin » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:27 pm

Wembley (twice) and Ipswich

But the worst trip was for a FA Trophy replay at Staines Town about 30 years ago. Took all afternoon to get down there, saw a forgettable 0-0 draw and was back home for 3am ready for about 4 hours sleep before work. We won the second replay at Stafford, so I travelled down for the next round where we lost 2-0 at Slough (seem to remember our Captain handing theirs a huge stick of Morecambe rock before the kick off!).

What fun!! :D
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Re: on the road

Postby Posh » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:37 pm

My longest away trips would be:

Morecambe -> Dover - 335 miles

Blackheath -> Scarborough - 247 miles (through a blizzard all the way up the M1)

St Albans -> Evesham (Engine blew up on Thursday before game and paid £540 to get it fixed quickly so I could get to the game - didn't think about renting)

New York -> Stevenage - flew back on early flight to get back in time for game fell asleep on train
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Re: on the road

Postby leedsutd » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:13 am

bangkok for a pre-season friendly.

columbus crew and washington d.c. utd for end of season tour.

also flew from stansted to stockholm and then drove a hire car all the way to the artic circle, for a freindly.
then moved on to oulu finland for another game, before driving back to stockholm.
i know im mad. :lol:
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