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[Albion] Early leavers



A1X

Well-known member
Sep 1, 2017
15,658
Deepest, darkest Sussex
Why doesn’t anyone start the moralistic must leave on 40mins to get a pint and not arrive back until the 50th minute thread…….
Saw plenty of people who missed our fifth goal against Wolves because they were still drinking their pint. Could have started a self-righteous, smug thread about it to prove I’m a true fan, but didn’t bother because I’m not a tedious twerp.
 

Lenny Rider

Well-known member
Sep 15, 2010
5,025
Mrs H asked this when we were watching on holiday on Thursday.

Why do people pay full price for a ticket and then leave before the end?, she used the analogy of a West End musical.

You wouldn’t leave 10 minutes before the end of Les Mis, or Mamma Mia, so why is the Albion any different?

Quite an rational argument from someone who freely admits the Albion is not really her thing, but on the dozen or so times she has attended in over 30 years of marriage she’s always heard the final whistle.
 

A1X

Well-known member
Sep 1, 2017
15,658
Deepest, darkest Sussex
Mrs H asked this when we were watching on holiday on Thursday.

Why do people pay full price for a ticket and then leave before the end?, she used the analogy of a West End musical.

You wouldn’t leave 10 minutes before the end of Les Mis, or Mamma Mia, so why is the Albion any different?

Quite an rational argument from someone who freely admits the Albion is not really her thing, but on the dozen or so times she has attended in over 30 years of marriage she’s always heard the final whistle.
I would bet a lot more people leave west end musicals earlier if there was one railway station serving it which it might take you an hour longer to get away from
 

Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
Jul 11, 2003
56,938
The Fatherland
Why do people pay full price for a ticket and then leave before the end?, she used the analogy of a West End musical.

You wouldn’t leave 10 minutes before the end of Les Mis, or Mamma Mia, so why is the Albion any different?
….unless

 

pure_white

Well-known member
Dec 8, 2021
1,216
Can’t see anything after a quick scan over NSC

But I hope you enjoyed the game last night!!! How many of you think it ended 0-0

Personally I can never understand leaving early but each to their own.
Waiting for a couple of friends outside at FT that were in different stands I heard a couple of ppl say they left early, heardwe had a penalty then rushed back in! I thought there was no re-admission?
 
Apr 19, 2011
27
Horsham
My dads group of mates leave 88-90 as as routine did so again as we stay til the whistle. I’m a bit smug. Although I do leave bang on the whistle for the second wave of park and ride buses otherwise it’s a good hours wait and I won’t be home til the AM.
 

Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
68,062
Mrs H asked this when we were watching on holiday on Thursday.

Why do people pay full price for a ticket and then leave before the end?, she used the analogy of a West End musical.

You wouldn’t leave 10 minutes before the end of Les Mis, or Mamma Mia, so why is the Albion any different?

Quite an rational argument from someone who freely admits the Albion is not really her thing, but on the dozen or so times she has attended in over 30 years of marriage she’s always heard the final whistle.
Personally I'd leave 10 minutes before the start
 

faoileán

Well-known member
Jan 29, 2021
810
I have one mate who sometimes leaves before the end, but he is a classic over-thinker with a dash of anxiety thrown in. Instead of concentrating on what is happening before his eyes he's thinking about the queue for the train, or the vital importance of getting home before his wife goes to bed. There's no telling him to relax and let things unfold, and I think there are a lot of people out there like it. It's a bit like OCD.
 

A mex eyecan

Well-known member
Nov 3, 2011
2,884
I have one mate who sometimes leaves before the end, but he is a classic over-thinker with a dash of anxiety thrown in. Instead of concentrating on what is happening before his eyes he's thinking about the queue for the train, or the vital importance of getting home before his wife goes to bed. There's no telling him to relax and let things unfold, and I think there are a lot of people out there like it. It's a bit like OCD.
Don’t forget all those who sit there worrying that they may have to start a post about all the other people who may feel the need to leave early ….
 

swindonseagull

Well-known member
Aug 6, 2003
8,939
Swindon, but used to be Manila
On Thursday I was thinking of leaving before the final whistle just to try and get on the first round of P&R buses for Mill Road, which would probably have meant I got home by about 11.30 rather than 12.20 - and I already felt knackered.

that idea was put on hold when I was trying to work out whether he had blown for full time, and what weren’t the players moving off the pitch. Then the VAR thing went up.

Glad I didn’t leave early, but it’s a 60+ mile journey home which does it. If I go to a movie or a play, it’s likely to be nearer to home.
Exactly in 60 miles you can make up for the 15 min late KO I know we did normally 2:30 home and we done it in 2:20
 

Billy the Fish

Technocrat
Oct 18, 2005
17,297
Haywards Heath
It's a free country, but I just can't understand it. As a comparison, I have seen people stand up and leave the cinema 20 mins into a film as they realise it's not their cup of tea, but never 5 mins before the end..!
If I'd seen the same film about 500 times over 30 years, I'd consider leaving early to beat the queue for the train.
 

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