FA Cup: Eastbourne Borough V Oxford United

[The Orange Seagull]

Got my ticket yesterday.Only a tenner!

Anyone else going?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Stoke

 

[Goring Gull]

Stoke

Can't think of many places i'd rather go less - Stoke is a damn awful place. Bound to bl00dy loose as well.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Can't think of many places i'd rather go less - Stoke is a damn awful place. Bound to bl00dy loose as well.

Yes but id rather watch Brighton with a day on the beer than Watch Eastbourne

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Got my ticket yesterday.Only a tenner!

Anyone else going?

got mine last night... numbered 1778... don't know if that represents the number sold so far... Oxford could bring quite a few down so 3,000+ crowd looks certain... (i've got the Herald's "Come on Boro!" poster up in my front window - Cup Fever has hit the town...)

 

[London Irish]

Yes but id rather watch Brighton with a day on the beer than Watch Eastbourne

Spurs non-alert

 

[The Keeper]

Expect aggro at this game.

 

[Albion Dan]

What aggro at the Eastbourne match? Are you taking the piss?

 

[The Orange Seagull]

Expect aggro at this game.

Why?

 

[Braders]

Expect aggro at this game.

which one the Brighton or Eastbourne game?

 

[The Keeper]

What aggro at the Eastbourne match? Are you taking the piss?

Have heard that a large group of Oxford undesirables are making a weekend of it down there!

 

[Hampden Park]

Have heard that a large group of Oxford undesirables are making a weekend of it down there!

are they arriving on bicycles, as this seems to be the main mode of transport there?

 

[Jonathon Livingstone]

I'm going to see Weymouth defeat the former European Champions at the City Ground

 

[Stinky Kat]

I played in a tournament at Langley Sports a few years back. Eastbourne borough are now Lanley sports and I can vouch for the locals we met around the ground round there they can handle themselves - I think Oxford might be better off behaving

 

[The Great Cornholio]

I played in a tournament at Langley Sports a few years back. Eastbourne borough are now Lanley sports and I can vouch for the locals we met around the ground round there they can handle themselves - I think Oxford might be better off behaving

Two attempts and still not right! Not Langley or Lanley!

Langney Sports became Eastbourne Borough a few years ago to attract sponsorship - being known as Eastbourne is more desirable as people know where Eastbourne is - no one outside of the area knows where Langney is.

I doubt there will be any trouble but I'm intrigued to know how they will segregate fans as there are (to my knowledge) only one set of turnstiles. (Ex Goldstone I believe)

Anyway, off to get my ticket tonight!

 

[The Keeper]

Two attempts and still not right! Not Langley or Lanley!

Langney Sports became Eastbourne Borough a few years ago to attract sponsorship - being known as Eastbourne is more desirable as people know where Eastbourne is - no one outside of the area knows where Langney is.

I doubt there will be any trouble but I'm intrigued to know how they will segregate fans as there are (to my knowledge) only one set of turnstiles. (Ex Goldstone I believe)

Anyway, off to get my ticket tonight!

Nice little shopping precint down the road, it makes London Road look like Bond Street

 

[Hampden Park]

Two attempts and still not right! Not Langley or Lanley!

Langney Sports became Eastbourne Borough a few years ago to attract sponsorship - being known as Eastbourne is more desirable as people know where Eastbourne is - no one outside of the area knows where Langney is.

I doubt there will be any trouble but I'm intrigued to know how they will segregate fans as there are (to my knowledge) only one set of turnstiles. (Ex Goldstone I believe)

Anyway, off to get my ticket tonight!

bravo tgc

in their defence though, when i grew up in hampden park, we used to have to walk along pigs lane to get to Langney but we called it Langley (probably out of laziness cause its easier to pronounce )

 

[The Great Cornholio]

bravo tgc

in their defence though, when i grew up in hampden park, we used to have to walk along pigs lane to get to Langney but we called it Langley (probably out of laziness cause its easier to pronounce )

Most people say Langley - the same as most people say West Ham. As you say Langney is more difficult to pronounce and laziness sets in. And only posh people (And train announcers) call Westham Westhum.

I wonder if they will change as in days of old. Kingston is just a corruption of Kings Town.

 

[Hampden Park]

Most people say Langley - the same as most people say West Ham. As you say Langney is more difficult to pronounce and laziness sets in. And only posh people (And train announcers) call Westham Westhum.

I wonder if they will change as in days of old. Kingston is just a corruption of Kings Town.

my aunt used to live at pevensey and westham and i often got the train to go and baby sit for her. instead of asking for a ticket to p&w i used to ask for the 'stop before pevensey bay'

 

[METALMICKY]

I played in a tournament at Langley Sports a few years back. Eastbourne borough are now Lanley sports and I can vouch for the locals we met around the ground round there they can handle themselves - I think Oxford might be better off behaving

Blimey you make it sound like the Bronx! I live 3 mins walk from the ground and can vouch for the fact that its a very respectable residential area of mainly bungalows inhabited by old biddies! The scariest thing in the grond might just be the ghost of Mick Green!

As for the question of "what if" some Oxford goons came looking for trouble the only conceivable opposition might come from the Shinewater or Kingsmere estates if they got wind that a scrap was being offered.

Personally i think the biggest concern might just be crowd safety with so many people crammed into a small ground.

Either way i'm making the effort to lend my support but of course the big game is at Stoke.