by grockle » 20 Dec 2018, 06:52
I used to travel on the club run coach(es) in the late 70's. We used to leave Plainmoor 12.00 at night and get to places like Rochdale, Doncaster, York between 6.00 and 7.00 in the morning. We used to stop at Newton Abbot to pick up "Buster" and his crew, next stop Gordano services. Usually the coach had about 30-35 people on it. sometimes less. We never seemed to see any other supporters at the games, although even in those days there would have been exiles. When I moved to Sussex in the 80's I started watching our away games in London and the South East. I remember driving up to Southend for a Friday night match, and only seeing 2 other supporters, although there were probably 1 or 2 more there. It is so memorable that I couldn't tell you the score, let alone who was playing, or even who our manager was at the time!
I used to travel on the club run coach(es) in the late 70's. We used to leave Plainmoor 12.00 at night and get to places like Rochdale, Doncaster, York between 6.00 and 7.00 in the morning. We used to stop at Newton Abbot to pick up "Buster" and his crew, next stop Gordano services. Usually the coach had about 30-35 people on it. sometimes less. We never seemed to see any other supporters at the games, although even in those days there would have been exiles. When I moved to Sussex in the 80's I started watching our away games in London and the South East. I remember driving up to Southend for a Friday night match, and only seeing 2 other supporters, although there were probably 1 or 2 more there. It is so memorable that I couldn't tell you the score, let alone who was playing, or even who our manager was at the time!
