Earliest you have left a game

[Skaville]

Had enough at the Priestfield watching the Scunthorpe game. Left at half time and went down the pub.

 

[Trufflehound]

The earliest I ever left a game was October 1969.

Stayed for the whole 90 minutes though.

 

[hutchings (48)]

apart from hereford as mentioned above, the only time I've left early was in the LDV or whatever it was called back then v Notts County when we lost 5-1.

I think whether people decide to leave early or not is no ones buisiness but those concerned. I wonder why people pay 25 notes only to watch a bit of the game but that is entirely up to them. It doesn't effect me - I will get behind the team whatever. I love it when teams come back from 3-0 down and always have a laugh at the prople that did leave in a fit of pique.

I think some people overlook the fact that some people have a life outside football - there might be plenty of reasons why someone needs to make a sharp exit (going out for supper in the evening etc., nans 80th or whatever) when its clear the team haven't put in the same effort to the afternoons preceedings that you have put in supporting the team. Some times its is totally apparent that a great come back just is'nt going to happen.

And then theres what happened to Turkey last night. Lives a fair distance away, was obviously looking forward to the game, team were shite, getting stuck in the queue after the game and getting back on hour or so later when most of you lot would have been safely tucked up in bed... well dont balme him really. Staying would have only compounded a crap evening. Fair play to him for making the effort to come from where he did.

People should just mind their own business and if they are such "superfans" they should just focus 100% on supporting the team.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

well, let me tell you a story ............... we played Newcastle at home, and I went with a mate and a mutual friend who supported Sunderland. Now he hates Newcastle, and with Newcastle 2-0 up I felt pity, and said did he want to go back down the pub. I have no idea how far through the game it was, I was particularly legless at the time. But I will leave you, dear reader, to identify the game and what happened next ..............

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Missed extra time and penalties at the Sudbury replay a few years ago to get train back to Essex. Phoned clubcall at Victoria expecting to hear of our march to Round 2. Little did I know.

 

[e77]

Left Brentford away ten minutes early last year and Blackpool at home (when we were winning 3-0) to watch England v Turkey at Hove dogs.

 

[perth seagull]

Never left a match before the final whistle.

Once I did leave a match at half time, then came back midway through the second half and missed a goal.

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

I have had one unfortunate trip to scarborough a few years back on the Friday night - got uttlery wankered on the way up and was refused entrance at the gate.

Oops.

 

[Scoffers]

As a rule, I try to stay to the bitter end, but there has been the very odd occasion where I have left a couple of minutes early.

 

[Safeway]

Last night was the first time I've ever voluntarily left a game early. Simply had enough and went at half-time (had to laugh when the steward said "you won't be allowed back in" - goon).

The only other games I've missed the ends of are Hereford at home in 96/97 and Crewe away this season, and neither of those were through choice.

 

[ShorehamGull]

Stay right until the end even if the team are losing, it's pissing hard with rain and I am freezing my B*****ks off

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I left before half-time once. We were playing swindon sometime in the mid-nineties. They were top of the league and we were knocking about somehwere in the bottom half. We were awful that day and they pissed all over us. They went three up after 30 minutes or so. I thought i'd hold on until half time to see if we could pull one back and make a go of it in the second half. By the time it got to 40 minutes or so it was clear that we weren't going to even get close to their penalty box, let alone their goal, so i decided to call it quits and go home.

I wouldn't do that now, mind. Not after the albion heroically clawing back a 3 goal deficit at gillingham, and watching qpr on telly come back from 4 down against port vale(or maybe it was port vale who came back, I can't remember).

I did however leave immediately after the fifth goal went in at selhurst.

 

[Gully]

Only once, at Fulham in probably the League Cup in the early to mid 90's, about 5 minutes before the end of the game, we were absolutely dire. Hoped to make it back to Victoria in time for the last train home, waited for an eternity at the Tube, missed my train by a couple of minutes. Made it back to Horsham, unfortunately my car was parked in Pulborough...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

after palace got there 3rd

 

[Emily's Mum]

Left Burnley at home this season at half time as I was poorly. Left Cardiff away in 2000 on the advice of the stewards - never again!

But I think my best effort was to get the soon to be Ex to leave a Barnsley game early. He had to drive to Rotherham to collect Emily & I as I was too pissed to find the bus station by myself

 

[On the Left Wing]

Stranraer v East Fife 1994
I left after 25 minutes when my second wife went into labour with our first daughter.

I took her to hospital and managed to get back to the ground for the final 15 minutes and saw two cracking goals

 

[perseus]

Two hours before the start of the reserve game Albion versus Notts County in 1965.

 

[Strike]

This season against Crewe after 85 minutes of action Brighton were 3-0 down, plus last season LDV Vans Trophy against Boston when some scored a penalty to put Albion 3-1 up in extra time. Apart from those never left early.

 

[Safeway]

I took her to hospital and managed to get back to the ground for the final 15 minutes

She's you EX wife, you say?

 

[perseus]

Nearly went home when soaked to the skin in a boring 0-0 first half against Walsall once. Some people did leave at half-time. It stopped raining and we won 7-0.