Exactly! So someone "up the line", excuse the pun, would have some idea as to how serious the problem was, an approximate time for resolving it, and what contingency plans could be put in place. It's the complete lack of information passed (or not) to staff at the coal face that is the bug-bear...
I hope not. Would the club honestly accept a fixture change in the knowledge that NO trains will be operating between Brighton and Lewes on a match day? That it will the final home match of a possible promotion season? That the attendance could be close to 30,000?
More to the point do the club...
For crying out loud!! The information required was how to get Brighton on 2nd of May and how much would it cost. It's six weeks away, not f***ing next year. You don't know that it will be a Saturday service and that is the problem, there is NO information, otherwise we would all sleep more...
Well the conclusion to my story was a train eventually did turn up. Although having left Brighton at 6.00 pm (ish) I finally got to Southampton at around 11pm. Five hours later!! I claimed a delay repay-ment.
My beef was the complete late of advice and information from train and station staff...
Far be it from me to kick a man when he's down or in this case the magnificent organisation known as Southern Railway, but a little story that sums up SASTA :
Following the Wolves game on the 1st January I caught a (yep, delayed) train from Brighton to Southampton. It got as far as Worthing...
Well would you believe it! Not only are us true Albion fans inconvenienced, yet again, with another fixture change but the the rail network are doing their damnedest to shaft us as well.
I've just checked the following, Southern trains, Trainline, Network Rail, for information about train...